Author: Suzanne O'Callaghan

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Gardiners Bend RadiO event – 9 Sep 2017

The Gardiner’s Bend RadiO event on Saturday 9 September 2017 took place on a gloriously sunny spring afternoon and was an opportunity to explore the parkland around Gardiner’s Creek and Ashburton.

6 participants tried out the RadiO combo course – a combination of foxor TXs and street-o controls. 2 went for foxors only.

Darian and Pierre took  a conservative approach and collected 5 foxors without giving in to the lure of more far-flung foxors and controls. Neale did a very efficient course and returned well within the time. It was a long course if you tried to collect them all (over 15 km!). Hamish, Monica and Ian succumbed to temptation and had adventures and were late returning – Monica plagued by an injured ankle and Ian chasing reflections from the Monash Freeway wall.

Jack and Peter enjoyed the sunshine and visited the foxors only – Peter taking the scenic route home.

Thanks to all for coming and helping with the setup and pull down.

GB 9Sep 2017

GARDINERS BEND RESULTS
RADI-O EVENT 9 SEPTEMBER 2017

RADI-O COMBO
NAME 2 PTS 3 PTS 4 PTS 5 PTS RADI-O TIME PENALTY TOTAL
Ian Dodd 8 12 16 25 60 3:19:36 -45 76
Neale Banks 3 12 15 40 3:01:45 70
Darian Panter 4 4 10 50 3:03:10 68
Pierre Brokner 4 4 10 50 3:03:45 68
Monica Lo Presti 6 12 15 50 3:11:05 -21 62
Hamish McDonald 6 3 12 10 50 3:14:10 -30 51
RADI-O
NAME RADI-O TIME PENALTY TOTAL
Jack Bramham 50 2:59:00 50
Peter Cole 50 3:46:00 -84 -34

Suzanne O’Callaghan VK3FSZI

Course setter

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Woodlands Historic Park 20 August 2017

The RadiO event at Woodlands Historic Park on 20 August 2017 took place on a delightful winter’s day – sunshine, blue skies, no wind and an open bush setting where the wattle is starting to bloom. And some interesting large river gums and creeks for a foxor hunt!

ARDF course setter Suzanne O’Callaghan VK3FSZI collaborated with Tuckonie Orienteering Club to put together a combination course of foxor transmitters and bush orienteering controls – or for those who prefer RadiO on its own, a course of foxor transmitters only.

5 intrepid ARDF members tried out the RadiO courses, alongside around 150 competitors for the MelBushO orienteering course.

Darian Panter VK3FAST was his usual speedy self and cleaned up the foxor only course in under an hour.

Ian Dodd whipped around the combination course, collecting all orienteering controls and the foxors in under 90 minutes. Peter Maloney dropped the furthest controls and foxor for a very respectable second place. And Mike Hubbert and Hamish McDonald explored the creeks for an intense orienteering and foxoring experience.

RESULTS

           
RadiO A – Combo MelBushO and Foxor TXs 90 minutes
Place Name Time RadiO TX MelBushO Penalty Total points
1 Ian Dodd 1:26:59 6 25 370
2 Peter Maloney 1:30:39 5 20 10 290
3 Mike Hubbert 1:27:11 3 17 230
4 Hamish McDonald 1:10:31 5 9 190
RadiO B – Foxor TXs only 90 minutes    
Place Name Time RadiO TX Total points  
1 Darian Panter 0:50:31 6 120

 

Thanks to Ian Dodd for programming the RadiO event into the MelBushO results system.

And to Warwick Davis from Tuckonie Orienteering Club for the MelBushO map.

 

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Woodlands RadiO

Nine runners enjoyed the ARDF competition and fine weather at Woodlands Historic Reserve on 17 July 2016.   A short 2m Fox-Or course was also set up with three transmitters for people to try.

All went well apart from Tx 4 antenna wire falling out of the limb I’d thrown it over resulting in a weak signal which made everyone think Tx4 was miles away!  This was exacerbated by Tx 5 strong signal, that location was more in the open.  Not having set up 80 m before I was learning on the go and I did not install all of the antennas the same way which added to the variables.  Kris Ruuska instructed novice James Kanjo in the art of ARDF but they still ran the course in 55 minutes, Jack doing very well equalling their time and making a video with the Go Pro.  Some had time to compete in the orienteering as well.

One fox-Or transmitter also had very low power (afterwards I find it was set to low power), this combined with hearing signals from the other two fox-ors, one quite strong due to the topography, made for some extra running about!

Thanks to everyone who assisted and for efficiently collecting the transmitters afterwards.

Grant Jeffrey

Woodlands Historic Park, 17 July 2016
ARDF Orienteering, 80 m, 5 Transmitters, course length approx 5.1 Km
Place Name Start Time Finish Time Elapsed Time Checkpoints
1 Ian Dodd 12:00:00 12:47:30 0:47:30 5
2 Jack Bramham 10:30:00 11:25:00 0:55:00 5
3 Kris Ruuska 10:25:00 11:20:00 0:55:00 5
4 James Kanjo 10:25:00 11:22:00 0:57:00 5
5 Doug Canning 11:00:00 12:44:00 1:44:00 5
6 Peter Maloney 11:15:00 13:17:00 2:02:00 5
7 Janelle Templeton 10:35:00 12:39:00 2:04:00 5
8 Suzanne O’Callaghan 10:40:00 12:11:13 1:31:13 1
2 m Fox-Or, try it – three foxes only.
Place Name Start Time Finish Time Elapsed Time Checkpoints
1 Tim Hatley 11:48:00 12:17:00 0:29:00 3

 

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Abbey Walk RadiO combo

The weather gods shone on us at Abbey Walk and so did the sun. A magnificent afternoon for strolling or running through the creeklands and surrounding streets.

With the five fox-or controls each worth 15 points the main incentive was to find them and perhaps pick up a few low value plate controls on the way. Most RadiO enthusiasts did just that and returned within the 75min time limit to enjoy the “CakeO” refreshments at the Finish.

What a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon

9 July 2016 – Abbey Walk RadiO CombO Results
RUN POINTS
1 Ian Dodd 145
2 Mark Besley 117
3 Darian Panter 100
4 Jim Glaspole 92
5 Neale Banks 75
6 Monica Lopresti 75
WALK
1 Pierre Brokner 95
2 Adam Scammell 85
3 Beard family 69
4 Henk de Jong 67
5 Dianne Shalders 67

Mike Hubbert

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Valley Reserve report

It was a lovely day to test your foxoring skills in some urban parkland and 11 competitors turned out for the event at Valley Reserve on Saturday 7 May.

The competition for both the Radi-O combo and the straight Radi-O courses was tight. Kris Ruuska and Ian Dodd were neck and neck for the Radi-O combo. Ian won out on points, when Kris was a couple of minutes late and lost his lead on penalties. Jenelle Templeton went out to collect all 5 foxors in the Radi-O event and came back first followed shortly by Greg Williams and Dennis Haustorfer.

Thanks to all for your help and yummy eaties afterwards!

 

RESULTS

 

VALLEY
RESERVE
RADI-O EVENT 7 MAY 2016
RADI-O COMBO
NAME 2 PTS 3 PTS 4 PTS 5 PTS RADI-O TIME PENALTY TOTAL
Ian Dodd 8 15 16 25 50 3:01:59 – 114
Kris Ruuska 8 12 20 25 50 3:06:40 -6 109
Mark Besley 2 9 12 25 50 2:58:52 – 98
Ewen Templeton 12 8 25 50 3:02:05 – 95
Pierre Brokner 2 9 4 15 50 2:45:52 – 80
Jack Bramham 2 9 4 15 50 2:46:50 – 80
Keith Anker 2 15 40 3:05:00 – 57
RADI-O
NAME RADI-O TIME PENALTY TOTAL
Jenelle Templeton 50 2:47:30 – 50
Greg Williams 50 2:49:00 – 50
Dennis Haustorfer 50 2:50:48 – 50
Dianne Shalders 30 2:47:50 – 30

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Darebin Park Radi-O event

Sunday 10 April 2016

Darebin Park is surprisingly wild and rocky and Jack Bramham took advantage of its features to set an interesting combination course: a hageby with 2 orienteering loops (1 easy and 1 more difficult); and 1 loop of foxors.

The fine weather drew a mixed group of 29 orienteers and amateur radio foxhunters to test their skills in Darebin Park.

Thanks to Jack for his thoughtful course-setting that provided simple courses for novices and some challenges for the more advanced (and for making sure all the controls were on the map!). And to Di Shalders for organising the administration and the sausage and rissole sizzle afterwards.

DAREBIN PARK RADIO-O EVENT RESULTS
SUNDAY 10 APRIL 2016  
LOOPS 1 & 2 – ORIENTEERING – RUNNERS
NAME LOOP 1 – MINS LOOP 2- MINS TOTAL
Kris Ruuska 11 17 28
Andreas Strasser 15 19 34
Mark Toomey 16 18 34
Don Fell 17 20 37
Helen Walpole 17 26 43
Denise Pike 16 36 52
Ian Mathieson 21 31 52
Dennis Mews 27 25 52
Peter Grover 24 30 54
Murray Hanna 29 28 57
Pat Mews 22 39 61
Suzanne O’Callaghan 41
Ewen Templeton 43
LOOPS 1 & 2 – ORIENTEERING – WALKERS
NAME LOOP 1 – MINS LOOP 2- MINS TOTAL
Paul Main 27 20 47
Rosie and Mike Salvaris 21 32 53
Jeremy Neale 25 28 53
Mike Hubbert 29 32 61
Des Gregory 28 41 69
Jeanette Finegan 28 41 69
Jackie Dempster 31 62 93
John Dempster 31 62 93
Henk de Jong 34
Jun Okabe 39
Ross Friedman 41 68 109
LOOP3 – RADIO
NAME TX LOOP 3 – MINS
Kris Ruuska 5 13
Ewen Templeton 5 20
Dianne Shalders 5 34
Henk de Jong 5 34
Jeremy Neale 5 37
Suzanne O’Callaghan 5 40
David Curetan 5 45
Dennis Haustorfer 5 45
Ian Mathieson 5 47
Mike Hubbert 5 57
Denise Pike & Peter Grover 4 32
Jenelle Templeton 4 34
Jun Okabe 4 48
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Woodlands Radi-O event results

The sun came out for our frolic with sniffers through Woodlands Historic Park on Sunday 5 July 2015.
It was a combo course with bush-o controls and foxors.

Some very good scores in a competitive group. I won’t name names – you can see for yourself below!
While others went out to enjoy themselves or just to do the foxors. We hope you had a good time.
And welcome to Andrew, who set off with a sniffer to learn how it works and came back with all 6 Radi-O controls.

Thanks to the people who helped organise the equipment, set up the ARDF tent and integrate the Radi-O event with the Melbush-O so smoothly! I couldn’t have done it without you.

Suzanne O’Callaghan, course-setter

NAME TIME TOTAL PTS BUSH-O FOXORS PENALTIES
RADI-O A
Christine Raviart 1:29:19 330 210 120
Peter Maloney 1:31:25 304 190 120 6
Paul Main 1:19:35 280 160 120
Jenelle Templeton 1:19:34 270 150 120
Jack Bramham 1:31:32 264 150 120 6
Mark Besley 1:17:08 240 160 80
Doug Canning 1:38:57 253 160 120 27
RADI-O B
Kristian Ruuska 0:52:27 330 210 120
Bruce Paterson 0:59:59 330 210 120
Ian Dodd 1:00:39 317 200 120 3
Grant Jeffrey 0:50:00 130 10 120
Keith Anker 1:17:17 114 90 60 36
JUST FOR FUN
Andrew Rowan 120 120
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Woodlands Park event

On Sunday 26 May 2013 Woodlands Historic Park was the venue for another exciting RadiO event.

7 competitors fought it out for top positions in the RadiO long and short courses, with Ian Dodd snaffling the lead over Bruce Paterson   by 6 minutes. Thanks to Ewen who made time in a busy day to do the course.   Peter and Hamish made a good run around the course and returned before their   90 minutes was up. Tim did some coaching for BK, then raced around to collect   an impressive 150 points in under an hour. Dennis went out to collect all 6   foxOrs and returned in good time having found them all.

Welcome also to newbies Ian and Jenny and her father, who all set out to find 2 foxOrs after their orienteering course and found them without any difficulty. We hope you all enjoyed yourselves!

Competitors had asked course-setter Suzanne O’Callaghan to set a more challenging foxOr course, so she did them a favour and tested   their sniffing skills with some interesting hidey holes – horizontal and low in   a burnt out tree stump in the middle of a new growth eucalypt forest, inside a hollow tree, and behind a broken concrete remnant of an old weir.

Many thanks to Bruce Paterson, who set up the software for   instant course results and manned the start while Suzanne was still out   finding her interesting hidey holes. And to Bruce and Peter who collected   controls.

Woodlands CombO results   – 2m FoxOr and Orienteering



RadiO A – Long Course









Name




Class




Club




Time




Score






1
Ian Dodd
M55
AR
75:05


196






1
Bruce Paterson
M45
AR
81:21


196






3
Ewen Templeton

AR
86:09


172






4
Peter Maloney

AR
87:45


143






5
Hamish McDonald

AR
82:54


129






6
Dennis Haustorfer

AR
77:13


60








RadiO B – Short Course









Name




Class




Club




Time




Score






1
Tim Hatley

BK
59:21


150






2
Ian Dale

BK
23:54


20






2
Jenny Gray


61:37


20


















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Ian Dodd
M55
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Bruce Paterson
M45
81:21
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03:51
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13:01
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Ewen Templeton

86:09
01:33
04:30
09:47
15:43
19:06
22:42
30:57
37:19
38:21
41:29
43:35
47:23
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58:30






AR


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02:57
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22
Peter Maloney

87:45
01:17
03:58
09:48
12:51
16:38
24:35
32:04
39:45
41:08
44:51
47:00
51:35
54:06
63:00
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AR


01:17
02:41
05:50
03:03
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Hamish McDonald

82:54
01:54
03:48
08:19
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11:24
16:21
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26:24
30:35
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AR


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Dennis Haustorfer

77:13
06:39
22:45
35:04
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55:32
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Tim Hatley

59:21
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