Compass Points March-April 2010
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Compass Points March-April 2010 In this issue: The last 2 summer series The first 2 OY series Nationals NISS Moonshine 24 Malin Dolden getting a tricky control at the bottom of a steep re- entrant Editorial Rolf rang me up and suggested we do a bit of training for the rogaine. I was reluctant; after all, it seems like cheating, but he assured me that no-one would find out. So we went for a gentle jog. As our feet meandered, so did the conversation and eventually the topic of how mediocre I was came 1up. Naturally that lead to this magazine and before you know it, Rolf had asked, “Do we need a club magazine?” Now I’m not saying that Rolf wants to bin Com pass Points (though he may bin every issue under the current editor) but it’s a fair ques tion. What function does the magazine serve? What functions do we want it to serve? As editor, a fair bit of my time is spent copying and pasting results, reformatting them and filling up pages. I don’t mind doing this – it’s mind numbing and I like my mind numb – but I’m acutely aware that it’s also relatively pointless: the results are posted on the club website, often the afternoon of the race. While there’s a certain nostalgia value to looking at how badly you did two months later and finally laughing about it, it doesn’t justify the dead trees. I’d drop results instantly if you told me not to bother. Therefore what I think the magazine is really about is the articles. Setters’ reports give us a bit of an insight into the creation behind our heroic failures. Not all of us go to every event around the country but we like to hear a local perspective back from those who did. The more bias, the better, I say. Send photos too. And if you want to just write some- thing, go ahead. I’ll print it without shame. Of course, first I have to get those articles. Steve Armon’s hair turned white chasing items from those who were responsible for writing them. But Steve is conscientious and I’m indolent. If you don’t write them, I won’t print them and I won’t come after you looking for them. And without them, there’s no point publishing. And then there’s Hawkeye. The demise of The Magpie was greeted with dismay and, like a phoenix from the ashes, there arose a mixed metaphor as confusing as it was point- less. Anyway, we loved those snippets and refused to let them go. But now I know why they went – there are none. It’s not that club members don’t do unfortunate, stupid or legendary things; it’s that noone bothers to tell me about them. Total contributions to Hawkeye in the last two months = zero. (Actually, I had one of my own but I wasn’t go ing to ruin a perfect average.) I can’t print what I don’t know. So dob in your mates. It’s only fair. Again, send photos. The ball is now in your court. The deadline for the next issue is Friday 2 July2010. Send contributions to: [email protected] or [email protected] President’s Report Most of you will be enjoying the continuing fine spell of weather in Hawke’s Bay when you get this magazine while we traipse around the South Island for four weeks. Some will breathe a sigh of relief that the president has departed, albeit temporarily, as it means no shoulder tapping for a month and others are concerned as the gaping void leaves a rudderless ship that they have to steer – but fear not for I still have email! In our usual inimitable style, we were late leaving HB and have already altered our plans to lurch across Cook Strait a day later. If only the family were as excited about going orienteering as they are about caravanning in the SI for a month! It is great to have so many turn up to our events at Craggy Range and Smedley Station. Many of us got more than good value for money with the courses at Smedley in particular as the gorge systems and low visibility claimed their vic- tims. Many of us made basic errors or chose unwise routes that cost time. Looking at our current membership figures, we look to be heading towards similar member numbers that we have had for the past three years. If our club is going to remain static in terms of membership, we will have to ask ourselves if there is more we can do to improve the orienteering experience for our members. I think we have come a long way in the past two years with the introduction of sport ident and the results side of things but perhaps we need to now work on the more public face of Hawke’s Bay Orienteering Club and improve our interaction with the non orienteering public. I think the Deborah Turner Memorial Rogaine is one event that we can use to at- tract people to the sport. One area we have not attempted to draw on is the moun- tain bike orienteering and with one of the largest MTB clubs in New Zealand in the Bay, we are missing an opportunity to grow our club. If anyone is interested in running some MTBO events next year, please contact the committee. Finally, congratulations to those nominated at the HB Sports awards (Derek Mor- rison for Coach of the Year, Hamish Goodwin for Masters Sports Person of the Year and Napier Boys’ High School2 for Junior Team of the Year) and good luck. Chris Anderson Park — Naomi Anderson It was my first course that I had ever set but I was extremely thank- ful for having Hugh as my vetter; I couldn‛t have asked for anyone better. He was very understanding as I had to work every day after school so it3 was hard trying to find a time for us both to go check out Anderson Park. I was very grateful as Hugh would pick me up from school and drive us to Anderson Park where we ran again and checked out the whole thing to then plan the loops. When we were checking out a site where we were thinking about put- ting a control, we found an old control that was left from the last event! We decided to leave it where it was and use it again. After the trip to Anderson Park I then went home and set both the loops and the white course. I asked my boss if I could have the afternoon off work for the day of my course but I was unable to get any time off. I was feeling ex- tremely guilty as I felt like Hugh was doing most of the work. I was unable to get to the event until half and hour before it started! I am so grateful as my Dad offered to leave his work early to help Hugh put out the controls. By the time I got there, Dad and Hugh had put out all of the controls which I felt so bad about because I didn‛t arrive quickly enough to help, however I then did go out and check every- thing was in the right place. Everyone came with a hiss and a roar and before I knew it, it was all over. I can‛t describe in words how thankful I was for all of the help from the people that offered to help collect controls as it was getting dark and cold; my family for the support and help of running it, as I was unable to get there when I hoped I could have; and most of all Hugh - he was amazing and I can‛t thank him enough. Without him go- ing above and beyond what he should have done, this event would have never happened so thank you. Anderson Park results 50 Anna Stimpson 38:34 Loop (99) 3.4 km 51 Colwyn Forlong-Ford 38:38 1 Ondrej Kriz 24:14 52 Paula Lobb 38:52 2 Bradley Ivory 24:25 53 Ross Stone 39:01 3 Ove Oksvold 24:37 54 Nancy Crawshaw 39:05 4 Cairn Coghill 24:56 55 Jarrod Lobb 39:15 5 Connor Alsleben 25:04 56 Georgia Lock 40:02 6 Campbell Edmonds 25:09 57 Katherine Rybinski 40:34 7 Sean Morrison 25:51 58 Laurence de Burgh 40:52 8 Holly Edmonds 26:28 59 Siobhan Murphy 40:58 9 David Barclay 27:10 59 Miranda Dowding 40:58 10 Georgia Wedd 27:26 61 Jasmine Lock 40:59 11 Chris McDonald 28:02 62 Brandon Jones 41:16 12 Rolf Boswell 28:18 63 Rebecca Matthews 41:25 13 Natalie de Burgh 28:31 64 Glen Stone 41:48 14 Frank Svec 28:54 65 Helen Edmonds 42:01 15 John Craven 29:01 66 Robbie Love 42:25 16 Stephan Alsleben 29:26 67 Isabella Radovanovich 42:42 17 Sarah Davidson 29:34 68 Alex Ross-Smith 43:45 18 Geoff Morrison 30:48 69 Callum Williamson 44:24 19 Heather Jones 30:57 70 Callum Wilkie 44:36 20 Grant Edmonds 31:13 71 Olivia Radovanovich 44:39 21 Tim Barclay 31:23 72 Kendra Monteith 44:40 22 Alan Davidson 31:27 73 Kelly Mulvay 44:42 23 Richard Dyer 31:50 74 Philip Baker 44:46 24 Megan Davidson 32:02 75 Alex Dyer 44:47 25 Sarah Baxter 32:28 76 Molly Moore 44:52 26 Paul Jones 32:56 77 Melissa Giddens 45:28 27 Anne Creagh 33:01 78 Georgia Creagh 45:29 28 Pamela Morrison 33:02 79 Aimee Lobb 45:52 29 Callum Ross 33:17 80 Hannah Jones 45:56 30 Liam Hurst 33:20 81 Brona Turley 47:41 31 Justin Alsleben 33:29 82 Gavin Andrews 49:13 32 Reuben King 34:25 83 Greer Whiting 49:25 33 Nicola Law 34:56 84 Gaye Evans-Love 50:38 34 Monieka Scott 34:57 85 Marie Jones 51:26 35 Paul Reynolds 35:03 86 Tiffany Reynolds 52:03 36 Freddie Stoddart 35:10 87 Alice Lumsden 52:33 37 Steve Armon 35:40 88 Laura Tong 52:56 38 Faye McDonald 35:41 89 Nerys Jones 55:16 39 Jane Davidson 35:47 90 Tim Creagh 56:18 40 Malin Dolden 36:17 91 Natasha King 59:38 41 Norumn Oyen 36:22 92 Rebecca Manson 1:02:37 42 Devon Beckman 36:23 93 Emma Pullen 1:04:01 43 Jennie Barrett 36:49 94 Anthony Graham 1:07:42 44 Brayden Stone 37:01 95 Caitlin Jones 1:07:58 45 Zivana Donnelly 37:13 Molly DAth mp 46 Sue Stone 37:44 Emma Drew mp 47 Brianna Massie 38:11 4Kim Creagh mp 48 James Allcock 38:22 Bailey Sims mp 49 David Fisher 38:32 Anderson Park results 22 Jessica Kite 21:09 White (44) 1.8 km 23 Oliver Lock 21:24 1 Mark Woods 14:49 24 Jake McNally 22:10 2 Laura Branch 15:17 25 Nicola Stubbs 23:40 3 Nicole Waldron 15:28 26 Casey Hales 24:29 4 Chelsea Peters 15:38 27 Mitchell Jones 26:26 5 Bayley Stephens 15:46 28 Amara Fox 26:28 6 Vida Fox 16:44 29 JJ