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SA Interclub Relays at Waite Campus

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The SA Interclub relays were held at the Waite Campus of the University of Adelaide on Sunday September 24th.  The event was presented by the Southern Arrows, the SA interstate elite orienteering team, with the courses planned by Ethen Penk, with Simon Uppill as the controller and SPORTident manager.

The Waite map is a sprint standard map, however the courses offered a variety of terrain, covering the complex of campus building, and the treed area of the Waite Reserve. 72 teams were entered, although last minute team changes were made due to late withdrawals.

The Yalanga club was the successful club, with many teams being paced as well as managing to get a high proportion of their club members entering. The other clubs placings were OHOC, WA, TT and TJ.

Results are here

Club winners - Yalanga

Yalanga Winners

 One of the loops on Course 1 - campus to the arboretum

Course 1 AC small

 Working in the finish

Working at the Finish

 

 

 

 

Student teamwork on show at Thorndon Park for SA Schools Relay Champs 2023

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Stirling Cheer SquadFor Full results click here

1 Sepember, 2023: There was plenty of cheering for all orienteers, not just the placegetters, at the 2023 SA Orienteering School Relay Championships held at Thorndon Park on 1 September.

Thank you to Zita Sankauskas and her merry band of pink-hatters, and the school coaches who prepared the students for the day, and to all the teachers, parents and spectators who came along to support their schools.

Clive Arthur not only set courses with support from Marian Arthur, he marshalled the troops for the exciting Mass Start. Competitors and supporters were able to track results in near real-time, thanks to the technical expertise of Dianne Bergen and Colin Burnett using a big-screen display (hope we can do the same for the 2024 Australian 3 Days at Easter next year).

It was great to see students from 2 regional SA schools, Curamulka and Goolwa, travel from early in the morning to be there. See Facebook for more pics from the day, including winners.

Congratulations to all the winning teams. This year’s School Champions and Shield winners are:

• Primary Girls - Stirling East
• Primary Boys - St Martin De Porres
• Junior High Girls - Heathfield HS
• Junior High Boys - Urrbrae Agricultural HS
• Senior High Girls - Mitcham Girls HS
• Senior High Boys Glenunga International HS/Heathfield HS (equal

Participating Schools:

Black Forest PS
Coromandel Valley PS
Crafers PS
Curamulka PS (regional)
Echunga PS
Eden Hills PS
Glenunga International HS
Goolwa PS (regional)
Hawthorndene PS
Heathfield HS
Hope Christian College
Marryatville HS
Mitcham Girls HS
Stirling East PS
St Martin DePores
Upper Sturt PS
Urrbrae Agricultural HS
Woodside PS

 

Orienteering across the generations: Jeffa Lyon discusses route choice with competitors at the School Relays.

SA School OrienteeringRelayJeffa Lyon

 

Senior High School Course, Thorndon Park Map - set by Clive Arthur

 

Senior High School Orienteering Relay Course Thorndon Park

 

 

 

SA Schools Orienteering Team 2023

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Congratulations to the junior orienteers selected in the 2023 SA Schools Orienteering Team.  The team members will compete in the Australian Schools Championships in WA in October, as well as other Australian Championship events as part of the Kambarang Carnival  For information about the carnival see the carnival website.  The schools competition has individaul Sprtnt and Long Distance events, followed by a relay, each event has races in the 4 classes for which the team has been selected.

Schools Team 2023

45th SA Schools Orienteering Championships set the bar high for School Relay Championships

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Umbrellas were out in force for the spectator crowd at the 45th SA Schools Orienteering Championships held on Monday 29 May at Bonython Park, North Adelaide.

Even drenching rain did not dampen spirits, with more than 240 students from 22 schools taking part, achieving the organisers’ goal of a 25 percent increase over the 2022 champs.

Heathfield High School took home the Brian Wales Trophy, knocking out Adelaide Botanic in a convincing win, while Hawthorndene Primary nabbed the Williams Trophy from favourites Linden Park, with several outstanding individual efforts.

See below for the individual winners list and schools winners poster (for download). For all the results visit the Results Page

Kym Barnett, supported by Lyn Barnett and Controller Jenny Casanova, set the 10 courses, with the right level of challenge for brand new orienteers fresh from after-school orienteering programs all the way up to our more experienced regular orienteers.  The ‘pink hat’ brigade stationed themselves around the course to provide help where needed and monitor creek crossings.  Mitchell Stephens on roving mic helped everyone follow the action.

Early starters didn’t let wet weather get them down, braving the squally conditions, whereas the sun broke through as the morning wore on, making later starts a bonus.

Some orienteers coming up the straight got carried away by the moment, storming past the finish to jump the tape out of the arena… “PUNCH THE FINISH!!” could be heard from mums, dads and classmates showing their vocal support throughout the day.

“Today’s turnout was fantastic, especially with the challenging weather,” organiser Aylwin Lim said. “We are seeing some keen promising orienteers who can now go on to attend regular events and enjoy all the benefits of our international sport. It was also a great preparation in the lead-up to the SA Schools Relay Champs on September 1, where we expect many of these schools will send teams."

Furthest travelled was Josh Steadman from Goolwa, who came in 2nd in M12A. Great achievement, Josh!

Many thanks go out to all who made the event such a success. Led by Aylwin Lim, the Orienteering SA team included:  Ben Cazzolato, Pavel Grecian, Colin Burnett, Fi Pahor, Bob Smith, Jan Hillyard, Paul Hoopmann, Chris Franklin, Joel Stanley, John Anderson, Noelene Anderson, Diane Mather, Barry Wheeler, Steve Cooper, Carol Such, John Such, John Hicks, Tara Miller, David Tilbrook, Clive Arthur, Marian Arthur. Diane Bergen, Anne Oke, Guy Schubert, Mark Overton, Meredith Rasch, Al Sankauskas, Peter Cutten, Peter Kreminski, John and Jeffa Lyon, Jess Jarvis, Zita Sankauskas, Robin Uppill, Mitchell Stephens and Leila Henderson.

 

SEE BELOW FOR WINNERS LIST AND PHOTO GALLERIES

 

 SA Schools 2023 Trophy winners

 

FIRST PLACES - FEMALE 

WOpenA  Gemma Burley

Unley HS

W16A Jessica Jarvis

Mitcham Girls HS

W15A  Lucinda Fogarty

Mitcham Girls HS

W15B Esther Moran

Heathfield HS

W14A  Adeline Richmond

Mitcham Girls HS

W13A Alexandra Garden

Glenunga International

W12A Molly Miller

Black Forest PS

W11A Eleanor Hobbs

Hawthorndene PS

W11 Pairs Freya Powell & Mia Tisato

Coromandel Valley PS

W10 Ailie Hawthorn

Stirling East PS

 

 

FIRST PLACES - MALE

MOpen A Finn Johnston

Adelaide Botanic HS

M16A Mitchell Morcom

Reynella East College

M15A Marcus Cazzolato

Adelaide HS

M14A Jamie Spooner

Heathfield HS

M13A Eric Cassey

Urrbrae HS

M13 Pairs Eamon Williams & Joel Zanker

Coromandel Valley PS

M12A Euan Farquharson

Hawthorndene PS

M11A Cade Richmond

Hawthorndene PS

M11 Pairs Benjamin Goodwin & Harley Mcshane

Woodside PS

M10 Darcy Crettenden

Woodside PS

MOpenB Oliver Farnan

Marryatville HS

 

 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS


High Schools

Heathfield

Adelaide Botanic

Glenunga IHS

Mitcham Girls

Urrbrae

Marryatville

Adelaide High

Reynella East College

Unley

St Johns Grammar

Cabra Dominican College

 

Primary Schools

Hawthorndene

Linden Park

Woodside

Coromandel Valley

Crafers

Stirling East

Black Forest

Goolwa

Echunga

Eden Hills

St Thomas Goodwood 

 

PHOTO GALLERIES

SA Schools Orienteering Champs 2023 Gallery 1
SA Schools Orienteering Champs 2023 Gallery 2
SA Schools Orienteering Champs 2023 Gallery 3

SA Schools Orienteering Champs 2023 Gallery 4

SA Schools Orienteering Champs 2023 Gallery 45

Orienteering SA AGM Sunday 26th March

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The 2022 AGM was held at after the event at Belair National Park on Sunday 26th March.

The following Management committee was elected, however the following positions need to be filled urgently

Treasurer – OSA uses online financial management using ZERO, however handover to use this and introduction to the OSA accounts would be provided
Assistant Secretary – to assist the secretary with managing correspondence, meeting minutes, a good introduction to OSA affairs
Coaching Coordinator – initially as an assistant to Bridget Uppill, then taking over the role from October

Elected Management Committee

President- Rob Tucker
Secretary – Fi Pahor
Coaching Coordinator – Bridget Uppill (until October 2023)
Technical Officer – Robin Uppill
Marketing – Leila Henderson
Newsletter Editors – Leila Henderson and Erica Diment

Other appointed positions will be confirmed at the next Council Meeting in April.

Copies of the 2022 Annual Report were available at the meeting, and are posted at the following link - https://www.sa.orienteering.asn.au/about-us/annual-reports

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