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Kangaroos' Tales - April 2014

Saturday, 3 May 2014

From the Editor

Kangaroos Tales will now hop into your email inbox on a monthly basis. It is a review of some of our activities in the preceding month. Written items (unformatted text) and photographs (captioned) are most welcome. Please send by email to Dennis Mews, by the end of the month.

April has seen a very successful Easter Orienteering Carnival in New South Wales, as well as the first of the ever-popular MelBushO events at Woodlands Park.

Dennis Mews - Editor

President's Piece

 

We have had a very positive response to the new BK Bulletin. If members can get used to sending in anecdotes, stories, photos, or anything relevant to our activities, we will have a very good vehicle to keep members up to date.

Cheers
John Sheahan
President of Bayside Kangaroos Orienteering Club

 

 

Stephen Collins at Easter 2014 

 

 

Prue Dobbin, Gwennyth Baker and Tim Hatley receive their StreetO medals 

Here is the BK finish split handicap results for the 4 Easter days.

Prologue Handicap

Prologue Outright Day 1 Handicap Day 1 Outright
Janet King 9.86 Nicholas Collins 14
Anne Robinson 14.88 Peter Collins 17
Di Shalders 10.57 Bruce Paterson 14 Ewen Templeton 15.20 Bruce Paterson 17
Ewen Templeton 10.99 Peter Collins 15 Bruce Paterson 15.2 Tim Hatley 21
Henk DeJong 11.03 Tim Hatley 16 Peter Collins 13.67 Nicholas Collins 22
Anne Robinson 12.04 Vic Sedunary 17 Janet King 13.76 Stephen Collins 23
   Ewen Templeton 17   Vic Sedunary 23
      Ewen Templeton 23

 Day 2 Handicap

Day 2 Outright Day 3 Handicap Day 3 Outright
Anne Robinson 12.63 Peter Collins 15
Di Shanders 12.41 Peter Collins 15
Matthew King 13.45 Bruce Paterson 16 Janet King 13.14 Bruce Paterson 16
Peter Collins 13.67 Nicholas Collins 16 Anne Robinson 13.19 Peter Collins 17
Janet King 13.76 Vic Seduary 20 Peter Collins 13.67 Vic Sedunary 20
Nicholas Collins 13.89 Tim Hatley 20 John Sheahan 13.87 Anne Robinson 21
Anne Robinson 20 Tim Hatley 21

The finish chute was remarkably consistant over each of the 3 main competition days, with many members recording exactly the same split on two day. The ultimate prize for consistancy though has to go to Dennis Mews, who managed exactly 31s for each of the 3 days !

Congratulations are also in order for Janet King and Anne Robinson, who somehow contrived to appear in the handicap results every day, with Anne even winning twice. This implies performance well above their previous record; but the averages will have to catch up to them in time.

The outright benchmarks, on which everyone's multipliers are applied, have been set most consistently by Peter Collins, with Nicholas and yours truly making an occasional appearance (possibly spurred on by the extra incentive of a Sledge class finish split). Note that Peter appears in both outright and handicap on three of the days, with Nicholas and myself only managing that feat on one day each.

I have also started yearly cummulative scores for the Handicap and Outright BK finish split champions for 2014.

The rankings so far, after the Easter carnival are:

 

Handicap Champions

 

Outright Champions

1st Anne Robinson 14.00 Peter Collins &
Bruce Paterson
18.00 
2nd

Janet King

12.00

Nicholas  Collins 14.00
3rd Di  Shalders 9.00

Tim Hatley

 8.00
4th

Ewen Templeton &
Peter Collins

7.00

Vic Sedunary

 6.00
5th

Matthew King

4.00

Anne Robinson &
Ewen Templeton

2.00

Thai and Laos, Jan-Feb 2014

by Ian Baker

I left Melbourne on Wednesday 29 January, flying nine hours to Bangkok.

Not caring to stand in queues with the common rabble, I’d pre-booked Suvarnabhumi airport FastTrack service for about one thousand THB.

The man with a sign with my name met me as I came off the plane and escorted me through Immigration and baggage collection; I was on my way downstairs to the express train station within fifteen minutes; the train is 90 THB/25km/15 minutes to the city station from where I took a taxi the short ride to the President Palace Hotel.

Next morning I had a dental appointment; Bangkok prices are about a third of Oz; equipment and service is excellent. Rebuild a crack in a tooth, clean and checkup cost 2400 THB. Then I went to the hairdresser for an overdue cut and pedicure, 500 THB plus 100 tip.

I’d booked two different group bike tours; the package is bike hire, leader, good hotels and three meals a day, back-up van which carries the suitcases and meets the group at intervals with fresh water and fruit snacks.
 
To read on, download Ian's complete article, including photos.

Easter Orienteering 2014

A long-awaited trip to New South Wales for Easter weekend means three forest events in three days. Much excitement after a diet of street events through the long hot summer.

We arrived at Carwell's Labyrinth on Saturday and prepared to compete. Leg protection and sun protection applied, despite start times before 10am.

I set off with confidence to my first control, checking the compass on the way, only to find myself off-course and needing to relocate on the rocks below. Three minutes lost already!

All went well after this to halfway round the course. I decided on taking the direct route between 10 and 11, which proved to be steep, rocky and difficult, culminating in a miss at the termite mound. Another two minutes lost.

I normally like these hi-viz termite mounds, we could certainly do with some to aid our navigation in Victoria, although NSW can keep the termites.
 
To read more and see the map, go to Dennis's blog.
 
Easter 2014 results, with splits, can be found here.

A delicious pasta meal and BK Social at Easter in Mudgee, NSW

MelBushO - Under The Flightpath

MelBushO season is here again, the first event being a 45 minute trip to the airport and the gentle slopes of Woodlands Park. If you get lost, look up and head for the roar of the jet engines. Sundays seem as busy as ever – is nothing sacred?

We navigate to orienteering registration and then retreat to prepare for action, Pat on the C course, me on the B. Paul tries to shame me onto the A course but I resist. He was right of course. These events are designed to be simple for newcomers and organisers. I will appreciate this in June when it is my turn to produce an event.
 
To read more and see the map, go to Dennis's blog.
 
Results can be found here.

1492 and beyond

by Mike Hubbert

The year 1492 was an auspicious one for navigators, even though the navigator in question – Christopher Columbus – found the wrong control. But he did come back with some major map corrections which gave him a pretty good excuse for mispunching.

Though some say that the Vikings were there several hundred years before him. Did Columbus just misread their map, veer off course and discover the Caribbean instead?
In Melbourne’s Park & Street competitions, Mike Hubbert reached 1492 Millennium points at the Springthorpe event on 31st Oct 2013. Mike said “Reaching 1492 is a quite satisfying benchmark. I was in Barcelona on business some time ago staying at the Hotel Colon, a name which created a trifle amount of concern. But one evening I wandered down to the waterfront and found a giant statue of a man gazing out to sea. The man was Christophe Colon and I realised that Colon was Catalan for Columbus. So I saw the hotel in a different light.”

Mike has continued to gain Millennium points, reaching 1500 on 16th November (and a nice bottle of bubbly for being the first to achieve this milestone). Then on December 11th at Kerrimuir, 1512 points – the birth year of Gerardus Mercator of the Mercator Projection map fame. Mike says his next goal is 1569, the year Mercator first published his map of the world showing the style of his new projection which later took his name. He hopes to reach that mark some time late in May. On the way he will pass 1564, the year Galileo was born.

Though Millennium points only count events completed in this millennium, in the 45 years that Mike has been taking part in Orienteering events he has chalked up over 3760 events and located more than 48,600 controls. And there’s probably quite a few more out there just waiting to be found.

This Month's Video
 
Easter 2014 - New South Wales
 A very good video, including aerial shots, has been made of the Easter Monday event at Prosser's Reef, which gives a flavour of the weekend.
 
Click here to see it.

 

 

Article List
MelBushO - Our club is hosting Thursday, 22 September 2016 Plenty South MelBushO event this weekend
Altona Meadows - Change of Start Location Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Sailors Falls - Pre-entry closes on Wednesday Night Sunday, 3 July 2016 Reminder to enter the State Series Event that BK is hosting next weekend
Pre-entries for Queen's Birthday events close on 8th June Sunday, 5 June 2016 Information for Kooyoora events next weekend.
Bush Orienteering on Melbourne's Doorstep Sunday, 5 June 2016 Event Report for the MelbushO event held today at Yarra Bend Park.
What's on offer this week? Sunday, 22 May 2016 Summary of the events that are being held around Melbourne.
MelBushO: Good Fun and only a short drive Sunday, 22 May 2016 Event report for MelBush #3 at Eaglemont Flats
World Orienteering Day was a great success Saturday, 14 May 2016 Event report for street-o held 11th May 2016
Bayside Kangaroos 2016 AGM - Saturday 25th June Thursday, 5 May 2016 Members are invited to the 2016 Annual General Meeting for Bayside Kangaroos Orienteering Club.
World Orienteering Day Monday, 2 May 2016 Invitation to Bulleen Ups and Downs Event for WOD
Kangaroos' Tales - February 2016 Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Kangaroos' Tales - December 2015 Thursday, 14 January 2016
Kangaroos' Tales MTBO Review 2015 Thursday, 24 December 2015
Kangaroos' Tales - September 2015 Sunday, 6 September 2015
Kangaroos' Tales - July 2015 Saturday, 11 July 2015
Kangaroos' Tales - June 2015 Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Kangaroos' Tales - May 2015 Thursday, 14 May 2015
Kangaroos' Tales - April 2015 Wednesday, 15 April 2015
Kangaroos' Tales - March 2015 Thursday, 5 March 2015
Kangaroos' Tales - January 2015 Sunday, 25 January 2015
Kangaroos' Tales - December 2014 Monday, 22 December 2014
Kangaroos' Tales - November 2014 Thursday, 20 November 2014
Kangaroos' Tales - October 2014 Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Kangaroos' Tales - September 2014 Friday, 5 September 2014
Kangaroos' Tales - August 2014 Saturday, 9 August 2014
Kangaroos' Tales - July 2014 Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Kangaroos' Tales - May 2014 Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Kangaroos' Tales - April 2014 Saturday, 3 May 2014
On the Western Front Thursday, 24 October 2013
Along the Inca Trail Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Pix from the World MTBO Championships in Estonia Wednesday, 18 September 2013
On competing in Estonia... Wednesday, 18 September 2013
News from the World MTBO in Estonia Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Victorian contingent leaves for World MTBO in Estonia Sunday, 18 August 2013
School Sport Victoria MTB Orienteering Championships Sunday, 18 August 2013
BK Bytes Monday, 6 May 2013
MTB at the You Yangs Saturday, 16 March 2013
Silva DuO #1 at Ballarat Monday, 11 February 2013
BK street-O in the news Friday, 25 January 2013
Hepburn Diggings Monday, 24 September 2012 Bush-O at Hepburn Springs held 2 September 2012
Victorian School MTBO Saturday, 15 September 2012 Report on event held 10 August 2012
Juniors' Success Wednesday, 20 June 2012 A trio of our junior BK boys have been selected again for the Victorian State Secondary Orienteering team to travel to Tasmania in September for the Australian Championships.
Bush-o coaching day 31 March 2012 Wednesday, 28 March 2012 There will be a bush-o coaching day on Saturday 31st March, led by Eddie and Isabelle Wymer. It's a great way to learn from the experts.
Western Series Street O in Full Swing Thursday, 12 January 2012 Members of all ages enjoyed the nice night at Kingsville on 10 January.
Success at Australian MTBO Championships Monday, 5 December 2011 BK Junior, Angus Robinson, took out first place in M16 in the Sprint and Long Distance Australian Championship MTBO events
MTBO Schools Championship success Monday, 29 August 2011 Junior member, Angus Robinson, (Mowbray College) won the senior boys solo division at the annual Victorian Schools Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships held on 12 August at Woodlands State Park.
Bayside Boys Selected in State Schools Team Thursday, 11 August 2011 Three junior members of Bayside Kangaroos have been selected in the Secondary Schools State team to compete at the Oceania Carnival and Australian Schools Championships to be held in October 2011.
Bayside Boys' Success at School Sport Victoria Secondary Championships Tuesday, 24 May 2011 Three junior BK members won 1st places at the School Sport Victoria championships.
Winter Classic -A great success! Monday, 16 May 2011 Winter Classic-A great success!
BK AGM Friday 6 May 2011 Thursday, 5 May 2011 The Bayside Kangaroos AGM will be held in the meeting room at the Ashburton Library, High St, Ashburton on Friday 6 May at 7.30pm.
BK Christmas Dinner and Awards Thursday, 10 March 2011 The Bayside Kangaroos Christmas Dinner was a memorable event, with inspiring presentations about bike tours and club awards
BK Christmas Dinner Monday, 6 December 2010 The Bayside Kangaroos Christmas Dinner will be held at 6.30pm on Saturday 11 December at the Tower Hotel, 686 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn East
Bayside Boys Clean Sweep in Juniors Monday, 11 October 2010 At the Victorian Long Distance Championships on Sunday 10th October, held at Joyce's Creek Newstead, our BK junior boys took 1st place in M12, M14 and M16.
A swimmingly good time Sunday, 15 August 2010 An insider's report on State Series Event 7 at Eppalock South from some competitors
Jim Crow-A Classic Winter Event Saturday, 24 July 2010 Jim Crow
XPD Cairns 2010 by Brett Sparkes Saturday, 24 July 2010 Brett Sparkes gives a taste of the action in the Whitsunday XPD
Hydration for Endurance Events Friday, 28 May 2010 Details from Steve Bird's recent presentation about the importance of hydration, especially during endurance events.
Hydration for Endurance Events Thursday, 27 May 2010 Read Steve Bird's recent presentation about avoiding dehydration particularly during endurance events.
Sowing the seeds of adventure! Sunday, 25 April 2010 Bayside Kangaroos AGM
BK AGM - Friday 23 April Wednesday, 21 April 2010 The Bayside Kangaroos Orienteering Club Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 23 April.
BK Easter Finish Chute winners announced! Wednesday, 7 April 2010 Who won the highly competitive BK Finish Chute Handicap at Easter?? Read the full item to find out... !
Remapping of Lake Wombat is complete Wednesday, 7 April 2010 Lake Wombat map has been updated using government funding from the 2009 bushfires.
Legends of street orienteering by Ray Howe Monday, 29 March 2010 What's the Millennium Club all about? Ray Howe explains.
New photos! Tuesday, 16 March 2010 Wondering about the Christmas Party, 4 Peaks or the Braeside event? Check out the photos in the photo gallery.
Baker's Delight by Ian Baker Tuesday, 16 March 2010 A bit of orienteering history from Ian Baker
It shouldn't happen to an event official! by Jon Sutcliffe Thursday, 25 February 2010 Jon Sutcliffe explains why being an event controller in Australia is a bit of a holiday!
My 4-Peaks Experience by Liliia Gluschenko Saturday, 20 February 2010 Lillia tells the story of her first time as a 4-peak trekker
Check out the new feature article page! Wednesday, 17 February 2010 A new feature article page has been added to the Newsletter section on the BK web site. Check it out!
Lysterfield MTBO - summer series 2010 Tuesday, 19 January 2010 Nearly 80 people turned up on 16 January 2010 to enjoy the trails and trials of the Summer MTBO at Lysterfield.
MTBO State titles at Chiltern Friday, 6 November 2009 Among the 13 BK members who attended the excellent event conducted by the Albury Wodonga Orienteering Club, BK members collected 4 State titles.
World Masters Report 2 Friday, 23 October 2009 Bruce Paterson gives his second and final report on the World Masters competition in Lithgow.
World Masters Report 1 Thursday, 22 October 2009 The BK report on the World Masters from Bruce Paterson - Sydney street-o and Long Distance.
BK Juniors make Australian Championships team Tuesday, 1 September 2009 Five BK Juniors have been selected for the Victorian Secondary Schools Orienteering team to contest the Australian Schools Orienteering Championships.
Christmas in July Thursday, 9 July 2009 BK's mid-year Christmas dinner was an eventful and entertaining evening.
Kangaroo Tales - articles needed Tuesday, 7 July 2009 Articles are required for the next BK newsletter.
World Masters Accommodation Sunday, 10 May 2009 Accommodation is stil available at Bathurst
Accommodation for Australian Championships and World Masters Wednesday, 4 February 2009 BK is currently organising accommodation at the Australian Championships and can give advice on the World Masters
Rob Lewis appointed Australian Men's Coach Wednesday, 4 February 2009 BK member Rob Lewis has been appointed 2009 Australian Men's Coach for the World Orienteering Championships in Hungary.