Western Nomads course setters Oliver Martin, Joseph Coleman, and Riley McFarlane set deceivingly tRicky courses throughout the small North Lake Senior Campus map, with many participants not having enough time to think before navigating to the next control!
The course lengths were 2.0km for the long, 1.4km for the short, and 1.0km for the easy as the crow flies. The winners for the Long course were Liam Dufty (12:57) and Kate Braid (15:15); for the Short course, Sten Classens at (10:17) and Rosemary Kullman (22:28); and for the Easy course, Fraser Brownlie (14:39) and Christine Brown (15:18).
The courses encompassed almost all controls having at least two or more viable routes that participants could take, and some tRicky control placement threw those who didn’t read the control descriptions, causing headaches or euphoria for others. Lots of participants doubled and/or tripled up in completing the courses provided which was great to see.
It was a great learning experience for our three latest state sprint orienteering champions, setting remarkable courses with lots of last minute curveballs and learning curves on the unique perspective of granting access to sites, learning the correct specifications for setting high-quality courses for the rest of the community to enjoy.
Major thanks to the Braid, Dufty and Coleman families, Nick Dale and Paul Dowling for control collection. Thanks are also due to Melinda Richards, Graham Braid and Mark Lommers for assisting the young men with logistics needed to host a great event. Many thanks to the Western Nomads who organised and ran the event.
Results are on Eventor. Add your track to Livelox and compare your route choices with those of your fellow orienteers.
Photo: Getting ready to start, by Sue Dowling.
Ngalak kaaditj nidja Noongar Boodjar. Koora-Yeyi-Kalyakool.