Report – 2015 Victorian ARDF Championships
Dale Creek (Near Greendale), Wombat State Forest.
20th June 2015
Where is Greendale and what is the orienteering map?
A call to the Sheahans put me onto Lindsay Thomas of Tuckonie Orienteering Club. He searched his map archives and only found a scanned PDF, then E-mailed the Sunleys (now in Canberra) and Julie sent soft copies. In business! Off to the site to tape some control locations. It’s steep and thick in the gullies so I decide not to make it too serious. Charged and checked the transmitters, No. 4 did not work. Too late to obtain the spare, so the course was re-arranged to suit four transmitters.
On the day it was cold, cloudy and there was drizzle early on. Put out No 5 with assistance from a visiting ham from NSW (sorry, forgot the name and call) who was seeing how we do things. Returned to the start and some had arrived early, so left them to register while I put out the remaining three transmitters on foot. On my return Bruce had obviously heard the four going and got things started. It was interesting to see which way many went from the start and this was an indication of what was to happen out on the course. Basically reflections ruled the day and all competitors traveled significant distances chasing the imaginary!
See where they went on RouteGadget.
In short it was extremely challenging, more than intended… Well, they all seemed to have fun. Dianne and Henk had the best walk after losing concentration on the way back and going the wrong way down one of the many tracks!
Bruce just winning by a small time margin from Kristian. Apologies for not clarifying a time limit. After Tx pickup it was off to the Greendale pub!
Grant Jeffrey VK3KGM
Results
| Name | Start | Finish | Duration | CPs |
| Bruce Paterson |
1320 |
1449 |
1h 29min | 1,2,3,5. |
| Kristian Ruuska |
1335 |
1509 |
1h 34min | 1,2,3,5. |
| Greg Williams |
1345 |
1517 |
1h 32min | 1,2,3. |
| Doug Canning |
1340 |
1544 |
2h 4min | 2,3. |
| Ewen Templeton |
1325 |
1550 |
2h 25min | 2,3,5. |
| Jenelle Templeton |
1330 |
1506 |
1h 36min | none |
| Jack Bramham |
1315 |
1505 |
1h 50min | none |
| Dianne Shalders |
1310 |
1654 |
Very long | 1,2,3. |
| Henk DeJong |
1310 |
1654 |
Time! | 1,2,3. |