An enjoyable weekend of orienteering was held in the Burra area on 28-29 August, with orienteers being treated to fast open mallee spur gully terrain for 2 events.

The Saturday afternoon event run by Onkaparinga Hills on Worlds End North featured courses set by Evalin Brautigam,  Orienteers had to negotiate some steeper terrain with complex water courses through to the gentler more subtle terrain in the latter part of the courses.  Results are here, along with a link to WinSplits - https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/11115

And all courses can be viewed on Route Gadget where you can add your own route - http://ospot.xyz/gadget/rg2/#246

The 2021 SA Middle-Distance Championships were held on the Sunday morning at Paradise, using a section of the map that had not been used for a long time. It was mostly fast-running terrain, generally mallee, but with large areas of rough open land. Many controls were located on watercourses or erosion gullies. The three longest courses had to cross a ridge system that bisected the map, offering long legs with large-scale route choices.

The event was presented by Tjuringa Orienteers with Aylwin Lim as the course planner, and controller Robin Uppill

Results are here along with a link to WinSplits - https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/11110

All course maps and some of the various routes taken by participants are available on RouteGadget. Participants are encouraged to add their routes (either using GPS or hand-drawn) for others to compare, if they haven't already done so. http://ospot.xyz/gadget/rg2/#245

Many photos from both events are on the OSA Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/OrienteeringSA

Yesterday 38 teams from primary and secondary schools took part in the annual SA Schools Relay Championships on a new map of the SE Parklands.. It was a very close competition particularly in the primary girls division with Stirling East Primary School winning by 2 seconds to one of the Goodwood Primary School teams.

Mass start of the Relays. (Photograph by Aylwin Lim )

Shield winners were as follows:

• Primary School Girls: Stirling East Primary School ( Annabelle Laurie & Avie Mildren)
• Primary School Boys: Hawthorndene Primary School (Tom Hobbs & Eric Casey)
• Junior High Girls: Unley High School ( Ella Bruce & Gemma Burley)
• Junior High Boys: Glenunga International High School ( Duncan Still & Giulio Zuckermann)
• Senior High Girls Heathfield High School ( Lucy Burley & Ana Penck)
• Senior High Boys Adelaide High School (Toby Cazzolato & Oscar Johnston)

Full results included leg times are on Eventor
Thanks to all teachers and parents who put the teams together and to all the club members who assisted on the day. Particular thanks to David Tilbrook (Organiser) and Clive Arthur (Course Planner assisted by Marian Arthur). Thanks also to the Dog Obedience Club for making their facilities available.

One of the senior courses.