SpaceRacing

Results Lake Neangar 11/5/2013

Colin — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:58:03 +0000

Individual

Torren Arthur 200 points Melbourne Forest Racers

Mason Arthur 200 points Melbourne Forest Racers

Joanna McLean 140 points Formula 1

Daniel McLean 140 points Formula 1

Michael McLean 140 points Formula 1

Charlotte Wigney 130 points Super Sixers

Sarah Morse-McNab 130 points Super Sixes

Eleanor Williams 130 points Super Sixers

Brianna Rankin 130 points Hurry Ups

Liam Morse-McNab 130 points Hurry Ups

Jarrah Bear 130 points Hurry Ups

Finn Vanhggelen 100 points Super Flaming Fire

Silas Vanhggelen 100 points Super Flaming Fire

Abi Brockett 100 points FFC

Mabel Kranner 100 points FFC

Teams

MFR (new) 400 points Total 400

F1 280 points Total 640

SS 260 points Total 740

HU 260 points Total 760

SFF (new) 200 +250 (start) Total 450

FFC 200 points Total 480

NEXT WEEK

Spring Gully North:

SGN in that part of SG creek north of Stanley Street. It is opposite LUBAC. Park in LUBAC and cross the road to Adelaide Street which runs into the reserve.

Strathfieldsaye 27th April

Jim — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:22:31 +0000

Last Saturday morning we held the first competitive race for this series at Strathfieldsaye Linear Park. It was a beautiful morning and we shared our start area with the people watching the soccer. As is usual with this area we walked a few hundred metres to the start, near the football ground and so had a taste of the two footy codes.

The set up took a bit longer for this, the first race, as we had to arrange the teams that will last for the rest of the series. The competitors worked some controls near the football arenas and then made their way back to circle the soccer ground and the school to the finish. As this was the first time for some, we arranged to have some of our elite juniors patrol the course to ensure that all went well.
We only had four teams but the competition was fast and furious. You will note from the times that all teams made it back without any penalties and the scores were very impressive given that this was the first Space Race for the competitors.

Results

Teams
Super Sixers 280 points
Hurry Ups 280
The Formula 1’s 260
The FFC’s 200

Individual
Charlotte Wigney (SS) 25.34
Sarah Morse-McNab (SS) 25.34
Brianna Rankin (HU’s) 29.32
Liam Morse-McNab (HU’s) 29.33
Joanna McLean (F1’s) 25.58
Daniel McLean (F1’s) 26.02
Mabel Kranner (FFC’s) 23.59
Isabel Byrne (FFC’s) 23.59

Next week.
Race 2 will be on Spring Gully Creek. This is a long reserve similar to Strath (not as curly!), but the start/finish will be in the same place, close to the assembly area at the back of the tennis courts. Travel out Carpenter Street and at the Cemetery turn left into Spring Gully Road. Continue for about 1 km and look for the tennis courts on the left.
Assembly from 9.30 am, map handout at 10.00 and mass start at 10.30.

Space League Final Results

Colin — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:01:45 +0000

Space League competition. The Space League competition for 2012 is over! It has been a good exercise and the wind up with its sausages, cakes and lollies and Mars Bars was fitting. Thanks to Karen (Katie and Corey’s Mum) for the yummy cakes and lollies. And, while on the thanks bit, thanks to Katie and Tia for taking Grace under their collective wing, to Corey for looking after Michael and to Jack Wigney for looking after Coby. I love the way you people take care of other people – I wish the caring bit was a little more visible in the elite ranks of orienteering.
Congratulations to all who took part, and particularly the winners; this was the first bush orienteering venture for Lachlan, Zac, Michael and Coby and I hope it was a good experience.
# Name Team Result H/Cap Net Team Point
1. Leisha Maggs BGV 00:21:29 8.00 00:29:29

2. Zac McDonald Aliens 00:34:47 3.00 00:37:47 10
2. Lachlan Perdon Aliens 00:34:47 3.00 00:37:47

3. Corey Wilson UFO’s 00:39:34 5.00 00:44:34 9
3. Michael Matotek UFO’s 00:39:34 5.00 00:44:34

4. Jack Wigney Electrons 00:45:33 5.00 00:50:33 8
4. Coby Bennett Electrons 00:45:33 5.00 00:50:33
5. Katie Wilson Protons 00:55:28 0.00 00:55:28 7
5. Tia Bennett Protons 00:55:28 0.00 00:55:28
5. Grace Chislett Protons 00:55:28 0.00 00:55:28
VERY EASY COURSE

# NR Name Club Result
1. 0 Serryn Eenjes BGV 00:28:43 7p
2. 0 Family X 4 BGV 01:24:02 7p

Team Scores:

Meteorites 28

Electrons 25 + 8 = 33

UFO’s 25 + 9 = 34

Protons 24 + 7 = 31

Aliens 22 + 10 = 32

Venus 7

Saturn 7

Stellar Stars 7

Masters 7

Space League Final

Colin — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:26:46 +0000

Next Saturday 8/9/12.

12.30pm

Presentations to follow

Map: Rocky Rises
Directions: From the intersection of Calder Hwy and Olympic Pde, travel south along Olympic Pde. After 1 km turn right into Rocky Rises Road. Travel 1.2km and turn left into Drinkwater Road and park.
From Kangaroo Flat. At Calder Hwy-Lockwood Rd intersection, turn west into Lockwood Rd. At roundabout turn right into Olympic Pde. After 3.9 km turn left into Rocky Rises Road and proceed as above.

Results 25/8/12

Colin — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:23:16 +0000

Space League Competition. The third race in this series was held on the Lyell Forest map near Axe Creek, courses set by Daryl Fleay. There was some good racing and the points tally is looking very interesting. Lyell Forest is a very different area – there isn’t a lot of detail and if you lose your place you can be in all sorts of trouble. If you did well that is a great achievement – it is difficult navigation! MichaelMatoteck and Lachlan Perdon couldn’t get there, which was sad – we hope they can get to the wind up.

Because the Bush Classic event next week is at Maldon, we have decided to postpone the last race until the 8th.September when the event is closer to home. Hopefully this will make it easier for everyone to get to the final race(and the presentations and the sausage sizzle and the drinks and the Mars Bars!). So, come along and put in for your team, there will be full details in the next Update.

Name                   Team       Handicap Time    Team Points

1.    Corey Wilson     UFO’s      00:18:05              10

2.    Katie Wilson     PROTONS    00:18:18 +00:13       10

3.    Tia Bennett           PROTONS    00:18:20 +00:15       9

4.    Michael Loughnan METEROITES 00:22:29 +04:24       8

5.    Zac McDonald     ALIENS     00:25:11 +07:06       7

 5    Jack Wigney           ELECTRONS  00:25:11 +07:06       7

Team Scores:

Meteorites 28

Electrons 25

UFO’s 25

Protons 24

Aliens 22

Venus 7

Saturn 7

Stellar Stars 7

Masters 7

Space League Results 18/8/12

Colin — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:56:54 +0000

Space League Competition – next event 25/8/12

The third race in this series will be on the Lyell Forest map near Axe Creek, courses set by Daryl Fleay. There is only one more race after this and the points are very tight so come out and go for it! Only two more races to go.

I was impressed by the performance of the UFO’s and the Alien’s on Saturday — they had a bit of a glitch with their navigation on one of the last controls but successfully relocated and got back OK. This is part of good orienteering – to be able to find your place on the map after you make an error. Well done these two teams. I am very impressed when kids handle their mistakes as well as these people did. (There were some very nervous people back at the start, I might add!)

1. Michael Loughnan Meteroites 23:26 10 points

2.      Jack Wigney                 Electrons                24:51       9 points

3.      Katie Wilson                  Protons                   26:33      8 points

4.      Tia Bennett                    Protons                   26:38

5.      Corey Wilson                 UFO’s                     41:30       7 points

6.      Michael Matotek            UFO’s                     41:33

7.      Lachlan Perdon              Aliens                     46:25      7 points

7.      Zac McDonald               Aliens                     46:25

TEAM POINTS

Meteorites 20

Electrons 18

UFO’s 15

Aliens 15

Protons 15

Venus 7

Saturn 7

Stellar Stars 7

Masters? 7

Space League Results 4/8/12

Colin — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:12:02 +0000

Space League Competition 4/8/2012.

The first race in the four race Space League series was runon the Brown’s Reef map last Saturday. Course 5 was chosen as the easiest course but even so the first two controls were in quite complex terrain and could have been difficultto find, but apparently no one had any real problems. Everyone got back safely. We have chosen teams and named them; where people run by themselves they are a team of one. In the next race we will bring in a handicap system as some of the people have much more experience than others, and are older and faster. This will make a big difference, but even as it was on Saturday there are only seven minutes between first and last – Charlotte Wigney went around with her Mum and she is younger and hasn’t done a lot of orienteering yet so she took a bit longer. She has been included as a team and is certainly in the competition. I think that as the handicap process starts to show there will be a lot less points separating the competitors.
Space League is in its early stages and will develop as did Space Racing. There was a great atmosphere on Saturday and I think everyone enjoyed themselves. Details of the next race are shown below. Try and be there – help your team and enjoy the bush.

RESULTS

1. Michael Loughnan Meteroites 00:14:06

2. Jack Wigney Electrons 00:14:20

3. Corey Wilson UFO’s 00:15:18

3. Michael Matotek UFO,s 00:15:21

4. Lachlan Perdon Aliens 00:18:37

4. Zac McDonald Aliens 00:18:39

5. Samuel Stone Masters? 00:18:50

5. Mikias Brooks Masters? 00:19:03

6. Grace Chislett Protons 00:20:38

6. Katie Wilson Protons 00:20:39

7. Serryn Eenjes Venus 00:21:10

8. Caitlyn Steer Saturn 00:21:31

9. Charlotte Wigney Stellar Stars 00:40:20

TEAM POINTS

Meteroites 10

Electrons 9

UFO’s 8

Aliens 7

Masters? 7

Protons 7

Venus 7

Saturn 7

Stellar Stars 7

The next Space League race will be on the 18th. August at the same start as last Saturday, on Lockwood Road.

People may enter on the day and will be included in a team.

Directions:

From Bendigo

Next Saturday 4/8/12

Colin — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:11:33 +0000

After 2 weeks of practice the real SPACE LEAGUE competition starts on Saturday.

Teams are below but you can swap around and change your team name if you want. We may have to look at some sort of handicap system for those teams that include a more experienced orienteer. We will work this out on the day.

People may enter on the day and will be included in a team.

Directions:

From Bendigo

TEAMS FOR NEXT SATURDAY 3/8/12

Map handout at 12.00pm for 12.30pm mass start.

Michael Loughnan, Lewis Stone, METEORITES

Lachlan Perdon, Zac McDonald, ALIENS

Samuel Stone, Mitchell Cook, SUPERNOVA

Tia Bennett, Charlotte Wigney, Alkira Bennett, STELLAR STARS

Jack Wigney, Thomas Wigney, ELECTRONS

Luella Ansted, McKinley Masili, ALL STARS

Grace Chislett, Katie Wilson, PROTONS

Otto Ansted, Felix Ansted, ROCKETS

Michael MacOtek, Corey Wilson, UFO’s

Sedgwick results 28/7/12

Colin — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:31:36 +0000

  #    NR Name                      Club         Result              
 1.     0 Michael Loughnan          Meteorites 00:16:46
 2.     0 Corey Wilson              UFO's      00:19:10 +02:24
 2.     0 Michael M                 UFO's      00:19:10 +02:24
 4.     0 Samuel Stone              Supernova  00:20:28 +03:42
 5.     0 Luella Ansted             All Stars  00:22:46 +06:00
 6.     0 McKinley Masili           All Stars  00:22:49 +06:03
 7.     0 Katie Wilson              Protons    00:24:00 +07:14
 8.     0 Grace Chislett            Protons    00:24:01 +07:15
 9.     0 Lachlan Perdon            Aliens     00:24:17 +07:31
10.     0 Zac McDonald              Aliens     00:24:24 +07:38
11.     0 Felix Ansted              Rockets    00:41:49 +25:03
12.     0 Otto Ansted               Rockets    00:42:23 +25:37

TEAMS FOR NEXT SATURDAY 3/8/12

Map handout at 12.00pm for 12.30pm mass start.

Michael Loughnan, Lewis Stone, METEORITES

Lachlan Perdon, Zac McDonald, ALIENS

Samuel Stone, Mitchell Cook, SUPERNOVA

Tia Bennett, Charlotte Wigney, Alkira Bennett, STELLAR STARS

Jack Wigney, Thomas Wigney, ELECTRONS

Luella Ansted, McKinley Masili, ALL STARS

Grace Chislett, Katie Wilson, PROTONS

Otto Ansted, Felix Ansted, ROCKETS

Michael MacOtek, Corey Wilson, UFO’s

Sedgwick Results 21/7/12

Colin — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:54:51 +0000

What a perfect day to be enjoying the bush and Sedgwick is one of the best around.
We were joined by kangaroos, horses, and a group of horse riders (mum and 3 kids).
The format was a bit different and took some adjusting to, however times were all very good.
We will brush up on your compass work again next week and look at following a bearing from point to point.
Thanks to all the J SQUAD members who turned up to help out, great to see you showing the others how it is done.

Results are below.

Next week 28/7/12

Same start location as the last event – Sedgwick (directions below).

Same start time – 10.00am for 10.30am start.

See you there.

Directions: From Bendigo, head out Spring Gully Road, which becomes Mandurang Road, to Sedgwick Hall (approx. 15 km from Bendigo). Turn left into Boyd Lane (at the hall) and follow orienteering signs.

Course (1): 13 KP 2.2 km ^

  #    NR Name                      Club         Result

       Lachlan Cherry            BGV       00:16:16

      Michael Loughnan          BGV        00:21:24

       Lewis Stone               BGV        00:21:30

       Lachlan Perdon            BGV        00:25:06

       Zac McDonald             BGV        00:25:09

       Serryn Eenjes             BGV        00:38:01

       Mitchell Cook            BGV        00:44:23

       Samuel Stone              BGV        00:44:23

       Tia Bennett               BGV        00:52:39

       Charlotte Wigney         BGV        00:52:42

       Alkira Bennett            BGV        00:52:42

       Jack Wigney               BGV        Helpers

       Thomas Wigney             BGV        Helpers