Ultimax Stingers 5 Days
3rd - 7th January 2007, Orange, Australia.
The Ultimax Stingers
and Goldseekers OC, invite you to come and enjoy five days of high
quality and enjoyable orienteering in some of the best Granite Terrain
Australia has to offer. The courses will be set by the JWOC 2007 course
planners and will provide an excellent opportunity to prepare for the
Junior World Champs. All orienteers, be they Australian or from abroad,
will love the orienteering we have to offer.
Ultimax 5 Days Day 1 Report
Wednesday, 3 January 2007
The Ultimax
5-Days kicked off today amongst the complex granite of Kahli’s Rocks. Men’s and
Women’s A started proceedings with a tough but fast sprint. It was Julian Dent
who shone through in the Men’s with a massive minute victory to his housemate
Kerrin Rattray. Former world number 1 Mats Troeng took third a further 30
seconds adrift. Grace Elson won the women’s in equally emphatic fashion,
beating Jasmine Neve but over a minute to show that she could be the one beat
this week. Neve was followed by NZ veteran Jenni Adams.
The top ten from
the qualifier raced again in the afternoon in a top ten shootout which had $350
total prize money on offer. It was a reverse chasing start, at one-minute
intervals, with a map change to give spectators a good view of the competitors.
Kerrin Rattray blew his chances early with a one minute mistake at the first
control. Julian then caught him and then ran the majority of the course
together. Junior Norwegian star Olav Lundanes was the clubhouse leader with
Mats Troeng coming through slightly behind. Dent however stormed to victory
helping Rattray to fourth along the way.
Three young
Australian girls showed the international field how its done. Vanessa Round was
the first to climb on the podium’s top step with a quick time. It was quick but
not enough to keep out Jasmine Neve who slipped in ahead. All eyes were then on
the last starter Grace Elson who looked strong through the map change. In the
end she took the $100 winner’s cheque followed but Neve and Round.
Day 2 sees a return
to Kahli’s Rocks with all classes having a mass start. It should definitely
provide an interesting battle in all classes. Day 1 Results Sprint Final Results Spilts on Winsplits
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