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Wednesday Nov 22, 2017 #
5 PM
Orienteering - Street Sydney (Pymble Hill) 46:18 [3] 7.73 km (5:59 / km)
18 controls for 390 points with a 20 point penalty for being late.
Surprised to find David Kitchener a fellow Novacastrian from Newcastle Orienteering Club lining up at the start line immediately prior to my departure!
I didn't find the first control "2" on my course and there was another differently number control nearby (which must have been for another kids course or something). After finishing the event I went back and found the correct control.
I could have bailed early and come back on time but I pushed for an extra 20 points which got wiped out by being late. A few time wasters on the run going short distances up the wrong street and the normal level of searching for a few controls.
Unlike most of the other Sydney events this map was basically entirely Street-O with no bush areas. So pushed harder to keep the km rate up to my prior levels.
I was only 8 minutes from my older brothers house so I went to visit him afterwards for a chat.
Surprised to find David Kitchener a fellow Novacastrian from Newcastle Orienteering Club lining up at the start line immediately prior to my departure!
I didn't find the first control "2" on my course and there was another differently number control nearby (which must have been for another kids course or something). After finishing the event I went back and found the correct control.
I could have bailed early and come back on time but I pushed for an extra 20 points which got wiped out by being late. A few time wasters on the run going short distances up the wrong street and the normal level of searching for a few controls.
Unlike most of the other Sydney events this map was basically entirely Street-O with no bush areas. So pushed harder to keep the km rate up to my prior levels.
I was only 8 minutes from my older brothers house so I went to visit him afterwards for a chat.