2008 Victorian Championships
Results:
2008 Victorian Long Distance Championships
Sunday October 19, 2008
Map: Chewton Diggings (near Chewton) Scale 1:10,000
Organising club: Melbourne Forest Racers
Terrain: Spur gully with areas of detailed gold-mining. Vegetation varies from open and fast to areas of coffee bush and patches of blackberries. Courses will have a good mix of route choice, detail and easier pines. The extensive track network means tracks will play an important part in all courses. Unique terrain, much like continental Europe but including Aussie goldmining. Probably the most similar terrain in Australia to the 2009 World Championships in Hungary. Some really open areas and other parts with low visibility will test everybody’s ability to value track speed against terrain speed in choosing routes. As you can see from the photos, some parts of the pines will be slower underfoot and the Course setter Warren Key and his team are plotting furiously to tease your brain on each control .Route choice will truly be a highlight.
Location: Near Chewton, 5km east of Castlemaine; will be signposted from the Chewton area.
First start: 10.00 a.m.
Event enquiries: Blair Trewin (b.trewin@bom.gov.au, 03-94553516).
2008 Victorian Middle Distance Championships
Saturday October 18, 2008
Map: Butterfly Gully (near Daylesford) Scale 1:10000
Organising club: Bayside Kangaroos
Terrain: Spur gully with areas of detailed gold-mining especially in the main gullies. Vegetation varies from open and fast to areas of blackberries.
Location: North-west of Daylesford; will be signposted from Midland Highway 5km west of Daylesford (towards Ballarat).
First start: 11.00 a.m.
Event enquiries: Greg Tamblyn (gtamblyn@netspace.net.au).
Information for both events, and how to enter
Classes
A – M/W10, 12, 14, 16, 17-20, 21, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75; M80, 85.
AS (Long Championships only – enter the appropriate A class for the Middle Distance Championships) – M/W 17-20, 21, 35-44, 45-54, 55+
B – M/W12, 14, 16; Long Open B, Short Open B.
All A (Championship) classes will be run if there is at least one entrant. AS and B classes may be merged if there are three or fewer entrants.
A limited range of non-Championship enter-on-the-day courses will also be offered on both days.
Eligibility
All competitors in the Long Distance Championships (except enter-on-the-day courses) must be members of the VOA or an interstate or overseas orienteering organization. For those joining the VOA for the first time, a membership taken out in October is valid to the end of 2009. There are no membership requirements for the Middle Distance Championships.
Closing date for entries
September 20, 2008. Late entries may be accepted if maps are still available; an additional fee of $5 per event applies.
Entry fees
Middle Distance Championships: Members – senior $20, junior (classes 17-20 and younger) $10, family (maximum of 2 seniors) $50. Non-members – senior $30, junior $20, family $60.
Long Distance Championships: Senior $25, junior $15, family $55. Non-members are not eligible to compete unless they take out a membership prior to the event.
Sportident stick hire: $2.50 per event.
Late fees (after 20 September): $5 per event.
How to enter
Entry may be made by any of the following methods:
(a) email entry form to ndalheim@bigpond.net.au and online bank transfer of money (no credit card) - preferred
(b) send entry form and cheque or money order (payable to ‘Melbourne Forest Racers’) to Nicola Dalheim, 12 Thames St, Northcote VIC 3070.
Details for online bank transfer of money are:
Account name: Melbourne Forest Racers
Bank: Bendigo BSB: 633108 Account number: 116202805
Please put your name and ‘Vic Champs’ in the payment description.
Event information
Event information and start times will be posted on the VOA website (www.vicorienteering.asn.au) 1-2 weeks before the event, or will be posted if a stamped self-addressed envelope is included with the entry.
