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The ORIENTEER AUCKLAN D SEPTEMBER 03 It's 'Roo Hunting Season Again Auckland Region Orienteering Maps NorthWest Orienteering Club Auckland Orienteering Club Kaipara Knolls Counties-Manukau Orienteering Club National Orienteering Squad Wounded Knee Mount Auckland Warkworth Woodcocks Snells Beach Shelly Waterfalls Beach Wilson Rood Ahuroa Slater Road Puhoi Turkey Ridge Parakai Waiwera Otakanini Topu Te Heke Orewa Spaghetti Soup Pot Helensville Stag's Roar Luck Whangaparaoa Goblin Country Bees Whose Game Beautiful Hills Knees Shakespear Percy's Delight Waimauku Pulpit Rock Huapai Long Bay Muriwai Albany Kumeu Muriwai Beach Moire Park Onepoto BethellsBeach Motutapu Piha Devonport Karekar Huiea Karamatura Duder's Awhitu Whitford Self's Farm Matakawau Totara Park Pollok Clevedon Kawakawa Bay Papakura Orere Reeve's Farm Drury Hunua Paerata Taurangaruru Ramarama Waiuku Pukekohe Karioitahi Bombay Whiriwhiri South Tuakau Pokeno Mangatawhiri Waiuku Harker Reserve Mercer MARK'S Onewhero Four MAPS '02 Port Waikato Seasons Miranda Meremere Last updated August 2002 Huriwai Contents Regulars Features Page Page Editorial 3 5 Noticeboard Event Calendar 4 12 NZOF Technical Committee Proposal Lisa's North West News 6 Changes to M/W16 Grades Counties Manukau Connection 6 15 JWOC Report Auckland Chatter 7 16 Entry Forms and Registrations NZOF News 9 20 OY Results International O News 9 From the Archives 11 NWOC www.geocities.com/nwocnz AOC http://auckoc.tripod.com OY results http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/pebble/orienteering/ Orienteering news www.maptalk.co.nz NZOF homepage www.nzorienteering.com Sports photos http://communities.msn.co.nz/actionshotz MTB-orienteeering www.mapsport.co.nz/mtbo/mtbo.html Rogaining www.mapsport.co.nz/rog/rogaine.html Ski -orienteering www.mapsport.co.nz/skio/skio.html The Auckland Orienteer is the magazine of the Auckland Orienteering Association and incorporates articles from the Auckland Orienteering Club Inc., the North West Orienteering Club Inc., and the Counties-Manukau Orienteering Club. It is produced monthly and is available online from the NWOC homepage, Other orienteering related publications are welcome to draw material from the AO pages although credit is asked for both the author (when stated) and the AOA. Information for advertisers is available from the editor (details in Last Bits) Cover: Image of a Kiwi bird overlooking a group of West Grey Kangaroos. Editorial To quote WOA magazine "It's 'Roo hunting season again!" Too true. Across the Tasman in the next few months is the ANZ challenge, the second ANZ elite test match and the first ANZ MTBO challenge. Good luck to all the Aucklanders selected. Go catch us some 'roos. Jill Brewis brought to my attention an article in the Herald, Monday Sept 1 regarding overweight teens in NZ. It suggested some activities that teens who are clumsy or not so good at sport could try, "Non- competitive activity, such as swimming, dancing, orienteering or even gardening, should be available for those who do not want to play sports" This attitude towards orienteering that it is not athletic or competitive follows on nicely from the previous quote about its nerdiness in the MuItisport Club;s magazine. What are we to do? This issue contains a proposal from the NZOF regarding adjustments to M/W16 grades that I think has been a long time coming. Please have a good read of it and forward your comments to Bruce Henderson. It is important to have our say when we can. Hope you enjoy your read. The mag is again available on the internet at www.geocities.com/nwocnz Madeleine Collins 3 Event Calendar Please call club secretaries for final confirmation of these details: A Auckland. NOS National Orienteering Squad. Craig Pearce 09 579 4340 Rolf Wagner 09 427 8624 CM Counties-Manukau. R Rotorua. Hilary Iles 09 235 2941 Peter Fitchett 07 345 6786 E Egmont. T Taupo Suzanne Scott 06 758 4468 Alison Mensen 07 378 0577 H Hamilton. WACO Waikato and Auckland Campus. Mike Baldwin 07 856 3887 Phil Wood 09 634 8104 NW North West. Wh Whangarei Jill Smithies 09 838 7388 Malcolm Mack 09 437 5161 [email protected] September Sun 14 NW OY 6 - Pulpit Rock. Entry to map from Restall Road, past Forest Headquarters and follow signs. Setter: Patrick Murphy, Controller: Bert Chapman Sun 21 AOC OY 7 - Whose Game. Entry to map from Restall Road, past Forest Headquarters and follow signs. Setter: Nicola Kinzett, Controller: Alister Stewart Sun 28 No training October Sun 5 AOC Training - Whose Game. Directions as for OY7 Sat 11 - NW Auckland Orienteering Championships Sun 12 Using combination of maps in the Spaghetti SOup, WHites Line, Stag's Roar area. Day 1: Setter: Alan Janes, Controller: Stan Foster Day 2: Setter: Trevor Murray, Controller: Mike Beveridge Both days combined for final results. Pre-enter event. Entry forms available with July edition of this magazine or with club secretaries. Sat 25 T Central Districts Championships. 99Hills - hilly, technical eucalypt forest off Otaki Rd, western Lake Taupo. Sun 26 R Omahanui Forest, supporting event November Sun 2 CM AOA relays - Pollock From Waiuku travel on the Awitu-Manukau Harbour Road for approximately 20 minutes. Watch out for signs off this road. Sat 8 - WOC WOA Championships Sun 9 Sun 16 NW Ralph King Sore Event - Beautiful Hills Follow signs from Forest Headquarters entrance to Woodhill Forest. 4 Noticeboard ANNUAL RALPH KING SCORE EVENT Woodhill Forest Beautiful Hills Sunday November Forest Headquarters entrance 20 Controls only, varying in value from 5 to 100 points. Age classes: M/W 12,14, 16, 18, 20, 21 - 34, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80. Enter on the day One mass start at 11am. Penalty for finishing over one hour: 10 points per minute or part thereof. Competitors scoring the same total will share that place. No bonus points for early finish. Trophies to be held for one year: Senior men, Senior Women, Junior Men, Junior Women, Boys 12 and under, Girls 12 and under, Men 40+, Women 40+, Veteran Men 50+, Veteran Women 50+, Men 60+ and Women 60+; plus two new JUNIOR CAMP 2003 The dates, venue, head coaches and manager are now confirmed. Initial registrations are now OPEN, contact [email protected] to get your name on the list now and receive an information sheet. Acceptance for the camp operates on a first in first served basis (prioirty for NZOF affiliated members) . REMEMBER last years camp sold out quickly. So if you, or your child, is in years 9-12 get in quick. Years 13 may be accepted if numbers allow. dates: 14-20th of December location: TOPEC, New Plymouth head coaches: James Bradshaw, Karl Dravitski manager: Annie Sanderson contact/registrations: Jamie Stewart, [email protected] or (03) 4792512 Coaches - a further paid position may be advertised if numbers require - volunteers (expenses paid) are sought to coach at this camp and train as 'intermediate level' coaches. Contact Jamie if interested. Helpers - parents, or others, available to be an adult helper on this camp are more than welcome. Annie would love to hear from you, ph 06 753 3541 5 Lisa's North West News How quickly the internet has enhanced Penny Brothers (Associate Professor in Chemistry orienteering! Sport Ident was used in New at Auckland University) is overseas on sabbatical Zealand for the first time in 2000 (virtually on a and keeping very fit with a lot of high altitude one-off basis for the Masters Champs), but since running in the mesas and desert terrain around Northwest and Auckland clubs procured the Los Alamos (at 7300ft) where she is currently system for this year's national and Anzac carnival based. it has become de rigueur for most events, including the OY series. No more fumbling with Good luck to all those who will be competing in split buttons on your watch - just focus on the map Australia in September/ October - especially those and receive your results seconds after running competing in both the foot and mountain bike down the finish chute! Better still, analyse those orienteering. splits at leisure online - it's often quite sobering to see what the optimum winning time could be... A big thankyou to Kathy Farquhar, who will shortly be taking over this column. I also enjoyed following the progress of the New Kathy is, of course, a very experienced writer and Zealanders at the recent World Champs in former PR officer for the NZOF - so keep her Switzerland - especially the brilliantly consistent informed of all that's going on. Tania Robinson, always in the top half of the field. Contact Kathy on 09 476 8510 or e-mail Great to see that North West's Swiss-Kiwi, [email protected] Andreas Haldi, also made the finals of the middle distance event, in searingly hot conditions. Lisa Mead Counties Manukau Connection Very brief this month due to two assignments that was the mainstay of the club for many years and need writing and my complete lack of will be sorely missed. The clubs sympathy goes orienteering! out to all his family. However we do have another new member, welcome to Andrew Nichols. I hear the recent event at Kariotahi had a few We seem to have had a lot of new members this problems with several people missing the signage year and its great to see them out there to the event and ending up the peninsular competing. instead, don't hesitate to contact me prior to an event if you want details of how to get there. But we have also lost a much-valued old member with the recent death of Ken Browne. 'Brownie' Hilary Iles 6 Auckland Chatter Great to have our club members back from their A number of AOC members enjoyed the NW social overseas "O" travels, and good to see Rob and film evening, thanks Northwest for organising Jessop's health improving.