Ultimax Stinger’s finish second in the National Orienteering League

Tuesday, 10 October 2006

Over the past week, the Ultimax Stingers have been racing in Western Australia in the last leg of this year National Orienteering League.

The week of races kicked off with the Western Australian 2 Day Championships. Julian Dent took out the elite men’s title, running for the NSW Stingers. Dent had only returned to racing a week prior, after missing the last 6 months to a persistent stress fracture. Dent was 3rd after the first day of racing, but in true champion form thrashed the field on the second day, winning the championships by over 3 minutes to ACT runners, Rob Walter, and Grant Bluett.

In the women’s elite, Briohny Davey continued her great form, finishing in 5th position overall. Briohny had a solid race on day 1, finishing 6th. Davey backed this up the following day, having a strong run over the classic distance, finishing 3rd.

Clare Murphy sustained a gash to her knee on the Sunday’s race, resulting in a trip to Royal Perth Hospital. A consult from an ophthalmologist (?), and 3 stitches later, Clare hobbled out of hospital to rest up for the next weekend of races.

Tuesday saw the last middle distance national league race for 2006. Julian Dent once again dominated the men’s field finishing 2 minutes clear of the David Shepherd of the ACT Cockatoos. Briohny once again was NSW best performer in the women’s, finishing in 6th position 8 min behind the winner Anna Quayle from the ACT, who was 2’40 clear of the rest of the field.

Thursday saw the township of York shut of the main street, as runners raced around the town in the Australian Short Distance Championships. The course was run through the main street and the surrounding parklands alongside the famous Avon River.

Julian Dent took out the men’s race, dominating from start to finish, beating David Shepherd by ’19 seconds. This is the first National Title for Dent this year, but he is hoping for more gold this weekend. Rob Preston was the next best placed Stinger in 11th place. Preston made a mistake early and has to fight back to gain some needed NOL points.

In the Elite Women’s field, Davey was the best placed Stinger, with both Catherine Murphy and Phoebe Dent racing well to give the stingers a full team, helping towards holding the second spot in the national league.

The Be Active Australian Long was raced on the Saturday. The Stingers found it tough going in the steep and complex granite terrain. The star performers for the day were Rob Preston and Briohny Davey. Briohny was surprised with her 5th place after admitting she hadn’t had the best of races. Davey was 11minutes behind the Queensland runner, Anna Sheldon, who won by over 2’30min on Jo Allison in second, and Kathryn Ewels in 3rd. Phoebe Dent was the next best stinger in 15th place.

While most of the guys struggled, Rob Preston raced strongly to finish in 3rd only just over 4 minutes behind the winner David Shepherd after 1 hour 46 minutes of racing. Julian Dent hit the wall late into the race but still finished in a respectable 7th position. Glenn Meyer was happy with his run, and was running well near the finish to come home in 15th position, just in front of Stinger Peter Preston who was running on empty from the start.

The final race of the week was the Be Active Australian Relays. The Stingers were under pressure from the Victorian Nuggets for overall 2nd position in the NOL. The Women’s team were lead back in 2nd position by a crack’n run by Briohny Davey. Phoebe Dent then pushed along in the fast granite terrain, bring the team into the last leg in a great position, and Catherine Murphy had a close battle on the 3rd leg, and was just beaten into the finish by Victoria and WA, to finish in 5th.

Veteran Jock Davis was bought up into the first team, with poor performing Peter Preston being relegated to Stingers B Team. Davis had a fast first leg, finishing the 1st leg in second position, after battling it out with Canberra's Gareth Candy from the start. Rob Preston then led Cockatoos Grant Bluett for most of the course, only letting Bluett gain a small lead over the last part of the course. Julian Dent went out determined to re-live the 2004 National Relays win by chasing down ACT, but it just wasn’t his day, and he finished for the team in 2nd position, just in front of South Australia.

 The Ultimax Stingers held position to finish 2nd in the National Orienteering League for 2006. Well done to the whole team, and hopefully 2007 will finally be the 'Year of the Stinger'.
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