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Chief Eskimos of the Iceberg Series: Ackerly, Goddard, Dodd and Budge

Thursday, 19 August 2010

Presentations for the 2010 Iceberg Night series were held on a suitably very chilly night after the first Spring series event in Rosanna on Wednesday night.

The prizes for our best brass monkeys went as follows:

Course A: Bryan Ackerly had 6 wins over the 10 event series to get the maximum 600 points, with Andrew Baker 2nd and Tony Bird pipping Ian Davies for 3rd. Other A course winners were Colin Pearce (A2), Ian Greenwood (A3) and Dale Howe (A4), hopefully on the mend from her broken wrist.

Mark Jarvis - 2nd in A3
Mark Jarvis - 2nd in A3, one point behind Ian Greenwood.

Course B: After a ding-dong battle Jamie Goddard (with 5 wins and 599 points) just topped Bruce Paterson (4 wins and 597 points), with Kristian Ruuska close behind in 3rd. Also victorious were David Prentice (B2) and Robyn Hall (B3). Jamie is making the move to the A course for the Spring series, which will make things extra interesting there. (He had a good run to finish 4th in A on Wednesday night.)

Jamie Goddard - winner of Course B
Jamie Goddard - winner of Course B

Course C: Ex-Prez Ian Dodd had a solid win that included 5 wins, with Stephen Brown 2nd and Clifford Heath 3rd. Other celebrating C coursers were Peter Yeates (C2) and Debbie Dodd (C3).

Ian and Debbie Dodd - winners of C1 and C3
MC Dodd donned winner of Course C by his "gorgeous assistant" Debbie (winner of C3)

Power Walking: Len Budge led in the big Power Walking field, receiving maximum points from his 6 wins, with Greg Cavill his closest rival (596 points) and Barry Giles nosing out Ron Frederick for 3rd. Other walking winners were Bernie Shuttleworth (PW2), Peter Mummery (PW3) and Keith Anker (PW4).

Bernie Shuttleworth - 1st in PW2
Bernie Shuttleworth, series coordinator and Power Walking Div 2 winner

Congratulations to ALL!! Good luck to everyone in the Spring series.

Some quick notes on our last couple of events...

Blackburn North - Wednesday 11 August

Despite a very scarey forecast of strong winds and rain, 67 brave souls turned out for the last event of the Iceberg series. We were actually lucky enough to score a bit of a break in the weather, with only steady drizzle prevailing for period of the event. There weren't as many pulped control cards as the week before!

Andrew Baker had his first win of the series on the A course. Your roving reporter can confirm seeing series winner Bryan Ackerly turn one street too early for control 18 after coming out of control 6, which may have helped open the door for Andrew.

Jamie Goddard had a good win on B course to help secure his series victory, while Clifford Heath had his first C course win of the series. beating in his main protagonists (Stephen Brown and Ian Dodd), who both finished a minute late.

Len Budge took out a closely fought Power Walking event.

The consensus among some long course runners was that those who grabbed control 7 first (in the middle of the course) made the right move. (See map below.)

Blackburn North map - 11 August 2010

 

Hilly Heidelberg - 18 August 2010

It might have been the first event of the Spring series, but it sure felt a lot like winter!! At least it was the first Wednesday Street-O event without rain for a few weeks.

Greg Andrews used the contours to advantage to set a challenging course that had many of us wondering just how many hills are there in Heidelberg!

Hilly Heidelberg map - 18 August 2010

Course winners were Colin Pearce (A), Bruce Paterson (B), Ian Dodd (C) and Ron Frederick (PW), with Colin and Ron taking good advantage of the absence of some fancied competitors.

Greg Andrews and Vic Sedunary
Course setter Greg talking map matters with Vic Sedunary

Enjoy the upcoming Spring events!

Park & Street Recent News
Chief Eskimos of the Iceberg Series: Ackerly, Goddard, Dodd and Budge Thursday, 19 August 2010 Wrap-up of the 2010 Iceberg Night Series
The Case of the Crumbling Control Cards at Harvey Heights Thursday, 5 August 2010 Report for 2010 Iceburg Series Event 9
Ex Prez Takes Out Monday 37s Tuesday, 8 June 2010
Yarran Dheran EndurO, April 26 Monday, 26 April 2010
Melbourne Park and Street Millennium Club Presentations Night Thursday, 15 April 2010 Around 50 orienteers enjoyed the annual Millennium Club inductions and Park and Street Awards night dinner after the Wednesday event at Doncaster
Cavill Conquers Chris Tuesday, 13 April 2010 Monday 37s produces first PW yellow jersey winner
Monday 37s starts with a bang Tuesday, 30 March 2010
The Millennium Club Dinner and Presentations Sunday, 21 March 2010 The Millennium Club Dinner and Presentations will be held next Wednesday in the Shoppingtown Hotel Bistro commencing at 8:30pm (after the Templestowe Heights event). Orienteering Victoria will also make a number of Street orienteering presentations at this occasion.
Summer Series Concluder Friday, 5 March 2010 Alan Cooke reports on the season closer at East Geelong 4th March, 2010
StreetO at Scotch Thursday, 4 March 2010

About Park and Street Orienteering

From November to March, events are held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, all over Melbourne.  These provide a great introduction for newcomers to a wide range of orienteering experiences.

Park and Street Orienteering provides an ideal opportunity for mental and physical exercise.  If you can walk to the local milk bar you are fit enough to participate. You do not need a compass, nor  any special map reading ability
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For most events the Runners' courses are SCATTER format ie find a designated number of controls in any order, in the fastest time. For Power Walkers, controls have differing points value and the aim is to obtain as many points as possible in a set time (60 minutes). A watch is essential as points are lost if you return late.

There are 5 courses available: A. B, C and D for runners and PW for power walkers.  Distances vary between 3 and 10 km.

Start times are 7.00pm sharp.  Arrive at 6.30pm to register and receive a briefing.

Entry fees are: Adults-$4.00, Juniors-$2.00. There are season tickets available (see above) at a substantial discount.

For more information contact the series coordinators as follows:


Monday Southern Series - Andrew Baker, tel 9898 4316

Tuesday Western Series - Ken Moore, tel 9337 5417

Wednesday Eastern Series - Ian Stirling, tel 9876 3643

Wednesday Macedon Ranges - John Ewels, tel 5426 1649

Wednesday Night Series - Bernie Shuttleworth, email

Thursday Northern Series - Geoff Hudson, tel 9888 8121

Thursday Geelong Series - Alan Cooke, tel 0411 023 107

Thursday Western Series - Ken Moore, tel 9337 5417

Thursday Wyndham Series - Julie Sunley, tel 0411 129 244



 

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