the Auckland Orienteer SEPTEMBER 1989 EDITORIAL Here it is folks! Your long-awaited September issue! Hope the suspense wasn't too unbearable. Sorry this is out a bit late - I only arrived home 1.5 weeks ago and this magazine had to fit in amongst a lot of other things, mostly cow-related. The low-down on the '89 World Championships is all here for you to feast your eyes on! Hope some of you other jet-setters get round to writing up your adventures. I know a great trip was had by all! My photos and maps will be floating around at events in October, so if anyone's interested ... Talking about events in October, we sure have some fun in store for us! Auckland Champs, Auckland Relay Champs, and New Zealand Champs on our back doorstep. Whooppee - hope you're all raring to go! There's a few really good contributions this month - thanks!!! As for you non-pen-pushers, there's only 3 more issues coming out this year, so your chances of having your own literary work in print are rapidly running out! Now you wouldn't want to dip out would you? Katie CONTENTS 3 Coming Events 12 Nuthin' to It 4 Central Chatter 14 Trophy Holders 4 North West News 15 Mountain Runner 5 S.A. News 16 Seven Weeks in Sweden 6 Holiday Camp 21 WOC Qualification Results 7 N.Z.O.F. News 22 WOC B-Final Results 8 Short Course Orienteering 24 WOC A-Final Results 10 Paerata OY 26 WOC Relay Results 2 COMING EVENTS SEPTEMBER 10 Sun NW Weiti Station, training and promotion day. Signposted from East Coast Bays Road, 10 minutes north of Northcross. 16-17 WOA National Secondary Schools Championships, Wellington region. Entry through schools. 17 Sun SA Waiuku Forest event, follow signs from Waiuku township. 24 Sun C One Tree Hill, park event. 24 Sun T CDOA Championships, Raroa map, Taupo. Entries closed. OCTOBER 7 Sat C Auckland Championships, Kiwitahi (between Woodhill Forest and Riverhead). Entries close on September 15th. 8 Sun NW Auckland Relay Championships, Mission Coast Road, Woodhill Forest. Pre-entry. 21 Sat SA New Zealand Family Relay Championships and warm-up for New Zealand Championships, Waiuku Forest. 22 Sun SA New Zealand Individual Championships, Waiuku Forest. Entries close on October 1st. 23 Mon NW New Zealand Relay Championships, New 16-Mile map, Woodhill Forest. Entries close on October 1st. 26 Thur NW Auckland Primary Schools Champs, Ambury Park. Entries through schools. NOVEMBER 5 Sun Auckland Crackerjack Closing Day and Prizegiving. Details and venue to be announced. 25 Sat KH Wellington Relay Championships, Te Hapua, north of Waikanae. 26 Sun RK Wellington Individual Championships, Waitarere North, north of Levin. START TIMES All forest and park events have start times from 10.00am till 1.00pm unless CLOSING DATE FOR NEXT ISSUE otherwise stated. Katie Fettes R.D.4 20 SEPTEMBER WAIUKU ph. 085-31113 3 CENTRAL CHATTER * Hello Central! Long time no see. Firstly I would like to report on our mid-winter booze-up, er, I mean wine evening. Very successful but a few more people would have made it a bit wilder. Some amazing hats turned up with people in tow - from orienteering controls to forests and sombreros, to stooping as low as pinching the hat off teddy! All in all a great night was had by all - oh, and if you missed out for one reason or another don't worry, another night is to be planned. * Keep an eye on this column for details on our wind-up event to be held on December 3rd. Remember, keep this date free! *Very little else to report on this month, apart from keeping an eye on the newspapers for news of our orienteers abroad - who will have returned by now. How very proud of them we are. * Now it's time for a farewell as this is the last Central Chatter for me, and for those of you still in the dark as to my identity, it's me, Kerstin Nicholls! - y'know Tony's daughter - oh never mind. Chris and I are about to head off across the Tasman for a while before we really start travelling. Thanks for being an attentive audience. * Now don't forget our monthly meetings - next one is on Wednesday 4th October at 7.30pm, at Margaret and Tony Nicholls' place, 170 Campbell Rd, One Tree Hill, ph. 666-984. Chatterbox NORTH WEST NEWS * Well done to Michael Hood, who reached the semi-finals of Mastermind on television recently. You will be able to command a high fee for inclusion in a team at the next Trivial Pursuits evening!! * Commiserations to Les Paver who broke a bone in his foot at the Paerata OY. Hope it's healed in time for all the big events coming up. * Former club member Barry Cooper won a gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the World Veteran Games in Oregon last month. Now, if he could just perfect his orienteering skills * Bruce Henderson is leaving Auckland to take up a new job as Principal of a school in Wellington. Bruce has been a tireless worker, both for our club and the Auckland Association, and we are sorry to see him go. Good 4 luck for the future Bruce, and we're bound to see you at major events, aren't we? * Congratulations Katie on your placing in the Final at the World Champs. It is a great achievement to even qualify and we are proud that you did so well. * The 'Pot Luck' dinner held at Colin Martin's house was a most enjoyable evening and thanks to Dave and Judy for your organisation. It's a pity some of the newer club members did not take the opportunity to get to know their fellow orienteers. These social occasions are for everyone, you know. * Relay Teams - Alison Stone (ph. 478-8224) is now making up the 5-man teams for the Auckland Relays. Phone her now before she has to phone you. Ann Fettes (ph. 875-358) will be entering the relay teams for Nationals. Let her know if you wish to enter. North West Club is organising both these events, so you will all be asked to help out as well as compete. Good grief!!! * Welcome to Frank Buckley, 12 Dudding Ave, Northcote. We know you are an old hand at orienteering and hope you enjoy your sport with North West. * Change of address for your AOA membership list : Trevor Carswell, 37 Monument Road, Kaikohe, Northland, ph. (0887) 80795. A long way to travel to try and win the OY series Trevor! Geoff and Lisa Mead will have a new address in Devonport - notification in next month's issue. * Brenda Stone is at present in the wilds of Indonesia with a school group. Some people will do anything to avoid going to events!!! * The OCTOBER club meeting is on Thursday 5th at Bev and Colin Tait's house, 1/8 White Heron Drive, Massey East. Start time is hopefully 7.30pm. NW Newshound SOUTH AUCKLAND NEWS * Attention in the Browne household over the past month has been focused on what our representatives Jeanine and Tania Robinson, supported by Ross Brighouse and Rob Garden, have been doing in Sweden. By now we know that Ross won the M40A class in the Scottish 6-Day, with Rob finishing 5th. Jeanine ran in the Finals of the world Champs (with NWOC's Katie Fettes) and Tania finished 6th in the B-Final. I'm sure they all have a lot of experience to offer NZ Orienteering in the future. * This month's mention must go to Ralph King who kept us informed of the 5 World Champs with items in the 'Herald', 'Star' and 'Sunday News'. I counted 12 articles - there may have been more. This brings the point that there could be an added task for our future team managers - keep the at-home orienteers informed of the progress of our reps. * Having attended some of the Central District OYs, it appears that Auckland¬ ers form the bulk of entries. The challenge of competing on a strange map must appeal, and with the exception of the first OY all the courses have been well-set. * Talking of maps - I would rank Kaahu, Perimeter Road, Waitarere, Telephone Track and Waiuku South as my favourite forest maps, with Opepe and Stronvar as my favourite farm maps. * Jim and Stephen Sneddon are in Birmingham for Stephen's International Skills Olympics. Jim is buying O-equipment for the club and BSA bits for me. * The next club meeting is at the Shukers' house, Waiuku, where Jeanine and Tania will tell us of their runs. Ken Browne HOLIDAY CAMP Plans for this Holiday Camp to be held in late December '89 and early January 1990 are progressing and people intending to register are invited to do so now. The latest news is that we have obtained a sponser for the camp (for numerous prizes we give out). Briefly for those unaware of the details of the camp it is to be held at Iwitahi (East of Taupo) and consists of fun family orienteering 8 days holiday where at least 7 orienteering events are planned to be held on maps around Taupo. For a more detailed description refer to Mapsport Issue No. 9 or contact Graham Teahan, 15 Coronation Street, Feilding. Register now so that you can be assurred of accommodation. The deposit is $10 per person or $20 per family. 6 NEW ZEALAND ORIENTEERING FEDERATION NEWSLETTER 27 June, 1989.