1997 Australian Short Distance Orienteering Championships
(incorporating Round 6 of the Australian Orienteering League)
Castlemaine, Victoria, 26 April
Results
Heats
M21
(8 to qualify from each heat)
Heat 1
1 Rob Walter ACT 28.10
2 Warren Key VIC 28.18
3 Jon McComb SA 28.53
4 Jason McCrae VIC 29.24
5 Eddie Wymer VIC 29.48
6 Blair Trewin VIC 29.52
7 Craig Dufty WA 31.39
8 Paul Liggins VIC 31.58
9 Andrew McComb SA 33.53
10 Halvard Dalheim VIC 35.15
11 Darren Meeking VIC 36.49
12 Peter Taylor SA 40.31
13 David Searle VIC 44.12
Heat 2
1 Andy Hogg ACT 26.15
2 Jock Davis NSW 27.15
3 Jim Russell VIC 27.21
4 Rob Vincent NSW 27.42
5 Eric Morris NSW 27.57
6 Tom Quayle ACT 28.04
7 Reuben Smith SA 29.06
8 Bruce Arthur SA 29.12
9 Michael Derlacki ACT 29.17
10 Bruce Graham VIC 32.07
11 Pasi Kankaanpaa VIC 36.03
John Whittington VIC DNF
W21
(5 to qualify from each heat)
Heat 1
1 Jo Allison ACT 28.38
2 Cathy Liggins NSW 29.11
3 Tracy Bluett NSW 29.14
4 Cassie Trewin ACT 29.16
5 Nicki Taws ACT 29.20
6 Karen Staudte VIC 32.02
7 Jenny Casanova SA 33.35
8 Allison Jones NSW 37.52
Heat 2
1 Natasha Rowe VIC 27.43
2 Nicola Plunkett-Cole NSW 29.14
3 Emily Viner VIC 29.22
4 Belinda Allison ACT 29.32
5 Mary Fien NSW 29.55
6 Carolyn Jackson VIC 37.33
7 Susannah King VIC 40.48
M20
(5 to qualify)
1 Troy de Haas VIC 24.51
2 Ben Rattray SA 29.01
3 Tom Walter ACT 29.59
4 David Colls VIC 31.56
5 Damian Dawson SA 33.18
6 Karl Hillyard SA 40.11
Andrew Jones VIC DNF
W20
(4 to qualify)
1 Kathryn Ewels VIC 35.01
2 Anna Jenkins SA 35.04
3 Jane Ewels VIC 35.44
4 Kerryn Searle VIC 36.46
5 Libby Schofield SA 37.01
6 Claire Davill SA 37.08
Finals
M21
A Final
1 Warren Key VIC 25.45
2 Rob Walter ACT 26.04
3 Eric Morris NSW 26.10
4 Blair Trewin VIC 26.55
5 Jock Davis NSW 27.07
6 Eddie Wymer VIC 27.11
7 Jon McComb SA 27.29
8 Andy Hogg ACT 27.53
9 Rob Vincent NSW 28.37
10 Reuben Smith SA 28.48
11 Tom Quayle ACT 29.02
12 Paul Liggins VIC 29.08
13 Craig Dufty WA 29.31
14 Jim Russell VIC 30.03
15 Bruce Arthur SA 30.26
Jason McCrae VIC DNF
B Final
1 Michael Derlacki ACT 28.48
2 Andrew McComb SA 32.53
3 Bruce Graham VIC 35.31
4 Pasi Kankaanpaa VIC 35.57
5 Halvard Dalheim VIC 36.26
6 Darren Meeking VIC 39.39
7 David Searle VIC 40.00
8 Peter Taylor SA 41.38
W21
A Final
1 Natasha Rowe VIC 25.10
2 Mary Fien NSW 26.16
3 Cassie Trewin ACT 26.31
4 Tracy Bluett NSW 26.55
5 Nicki Taws ACT 26.59
6 Jo Allison ACT 27.33
7 Nicola Plunkett-Cole NSW 28.01
8 Emily Viner VIC 28.28
9 Cathy Liggins NSW 29.01
10 Belinda Allison ACT 30.30
B Final
1 Karen Staudte VIC 28.28
2 Carolyn Jackson VIC 30.21
3 Allison Jones NSW 30.29
4 Jenny Casanova SA 33.14
5 Susannah King VIC 35.19
M20
A Final
1 Ben Rattray SA 27.39
2 Tom Walter ACT 30.58
3 David Colls VIC 32.14
4 Damian Dawson SA 33.27
5 Troy de Haas VIC 34.48
B Final
1 Karl Hillyard SA 42.48
Andrew Jones VIC 32.17*
* unofficial as he failed to finish in the heats
W20
A Final
1 Kathryn Ewels VIC 31.35
2 Kerryn Searle VIC 38.28
3 Anna Jenkins SA 39.17
4 Jane Ewels VIC 41.04
B Final
1 Libby Schofield SA 35.41
2 Claire Davill SA 41.18
Points for Australian Orienteering League
(sum of lowest placings, with B finalists being ranked behind the first A finisher)
Men
1 Victoria 11 (Key, Trewin, Wymer)
2 New South Wales 17 (Morris, Davis, Vincent)
3 ACT 21 (Walter, Hogg, Quayle)
4 Outer States 30 (McComb, Smith, Dufty)
Women
1 New South Wales 6 (Fien, Bluett)
2 ACT 8 (Trewin, Taws)
3 Victoria 9 (Rowe, Viner)