Damper Creek Sprint ARDF Report
Report & Results are below the Event Details
Map has been updated with TX locations.
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As per usual now, it’s a MapRun event. No need to eyeball the transmitter – it is deliberately well hidden from public view.
Event Name: /Victoria/OV-Clubs/AmateurRadioDirectionFinding-ARDF/Damper Creek ARDF July 2022.
In fact, if you are quick off the mark you could even squeeze it in today, Friday!
When: Commencing Saturday 16 July, 1:30pm. Transmitters will run daily from 1:30pm to 5:30pm till at least Sunday 24th July (or later on request).
Start is where the dirt path leaves on the south side of the tennis club carpark, in Federal Reserve, Mt Waverley. Melway 61D9.
WARNING: Don’t forget that once you Start, avoid going anywhere near there again till you actually want to Finish.
Frequency 145.300Mhz. 12s Sprint timing, 5TX. Time Limit 90 Minutes. If you want to give yourself the full time-limit, don’t forget to start before 4pm.
It is possible you may not hear all transmitters from the start location, so keep an careful ear out as you head around. I could hear 4 of the 5 at the Start.
Report
Well done to everyone who gave it a go over the week, a total of 13 competitors.
Special thanks to Geoff, who not only managed to win overall, but did it while picking up all the transmitters for me as well. He had no choice but to do it quickly, as he rang me around 4:30pm today saying he was heading to try the event. I pointed out to him that it was less than an hour before the transmitters were due to turn off at 5:30pm. Geoff figured he therefore might have to run. He managed to locate the last one to collect, #4, just before they all turned off! I hope he had a backpack with him, or lots of roomy pockets. Geoff gets the Golden Retriever award (hey it’s gold for 1st place, right?).
Most people chose the nice weather today to attempt the event, but Henk & Di also struck a good afternoon mid-week. Oddly, noone chose yesterday (Saturday). I wonder why? Jack was first off the mark (last weekend in the drizzle), managing to hold on to the winning time till today. Jack is therefore awarded the Beaver award.
Second place goes to Darian, followed by Mark. However, I should mention Mark’s time may be artificially long, as he accidentally ‘started’ before he even got out of his car. I have instructed him as to how to cancel out and restart in Maprun. He might have even nudged Darian out of second place. Along with Jenelle, Mark also decided on an unconventional route choice off the map. I’m pretty sure you aren’t really meant to do that in ARDF, but Jenelle left the maps at home, so I’ll decide to ignore it this time. It does make sense if you are going between #3 and #4, but probably isn’t much shorter. I have decided to award both Mark and Jenelle with OBE awards (that’s OutofBodyExperience, not OrderofBritishEmpire – I’m not Tony Abbott!). Maybe Mark should also get the Tardigrade award, for his late start?
Many reported not hearing #5 from the Start, but you were forewarned. I note also that most took a more complicated route over two creeks to #2, rather than directly in via the path below. A better map may have helped out here. The dithering by Di and Henk just before #2 makes amusing viewing in replay mode. Di & Henk are hereby awarded the Phaff award.
Peter’s result may not be indicative. He decided to willfully ignore my careful warning, imploring competitors to avoid going too close to the Finish before they actually want to finish, so we will never know what became of him after #3. Did he find any other transmitters? We’ll never know, but I have decided to posthumously award Peter the Icarus award, as all that I found left was a smoldering pile of feathers.
Ewen’s result, however, is even more curtailed than Peter’s, in that it is completely absent. I’m told there is some terrible embarrassment there, which he hoped to avoid by not even uploading his result. Unfortunately that has backfired, as now, due to this very report we now all ponder what he might be trying to hide. Ewen is awarded the Bloody Mary ghost award.
Another thing to note is that the most popular order was 3-1-4-2-5, which probably isn’t the most optimal route. I consider that a bonus for the course setting (or likely more just due to the land topology hiding #5 till later).
Next ARDF event is Sat 13th August at Bellbird Dell, by Icarus. He is also setting the next AR run street-O on Wed Aug 10.
Results
Click here to see results, and view each competitors route.
Report on Radio Combo Event 7 May 2022
A Radio “Combo” event was run in conjunction with the Saturday afternoon Orienteering event at Endeavour Greens on 7 May 2022. Unforunately the weather was rather poor but despite that we had eight people competing.
Five 2m Fox-Or transmitters were placed in bush or park areas on the map and competitors had to locate these once they had reached the large red circles on the map. A copy of the map is below with small blue dots indicating approximate transmitter locations. A 75-minute time limit was set with 3 points per minute late penalty. The event was run using MapRun and no flags were set with the Fox-Ors.

Congratulations to Bruce Paterson who got all 20 orienteering controls and 5 Fox-Ors in the time, achieving a perfect score of 120 points. Newcomer Christopher Hall also did very well, getting all five Fox-Ors and all but three of the orienteering controls. Chris also managed his time very well, returning 30 seconds before the 75-minute deadline. Monica Lo Presti came in third with a respectable 91 points. Jack Bramham was feeling a bit unwell following a flu vaccination the previous day but still went out to get one of the radio controls after spending some time getting MapRun set up on a new phone. Scores are copied below (also available on MapRun “Leader Board”):
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 |
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1 | Ian Dodd | M55 | AR | 75:05 |
196 |
1 | Bruce Paterson | M45 | AR | 81:21 |
196 |
3 | Ewen Templeton | AR | 86:09 |
172 |
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4 | Peter Maloney | AR | 87:45 |
143 |
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5 | Hamish McDonald | AR | 82:54 |
129 |
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6 | Dennis Haustorfer | AR | 77:13 |
60 |
RadiO B – Short Course
Name |
Class |
Club |
Time |
Score |
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1 | Tim Hatley | BK | 59:21 |
150 |
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2 | Ian Dale | BK | 23:54 |
20 |
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2 | Jenny Gray | 61:37 |
20 |
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SPLITS
Long | |||||||||||||||||||
Pl | Stno | Name/club | Class | Time | |||||||||||||||
(72) | (34) | (65) | (66) | (67) | (73) | (78) | (79) | (80) | (35) | (81) | (84) | (85) | (36) | (87) | |||||
1 | 19 | Ian Dodd | M55 | 75:05 | 01:19 | 03:58 | 05:16 | 06:10 | 11:03 | 13:24 | 15:09 | 17:47 | 19:16 | 20:20 | 21:51 | 26:50 | 28:37 | 31:58 | 37:09 |
AR | 01:19 | 02:39 | 01:18 | 00:54 | 04:53 | 02:21 | 01:45 | 02:38 | 01:29 | 01:04 | 01:31 | 04:59 | 01:47 | 03:21 | 05:11 | ||||
(69) | (88) | (82) | (71) | (70) | (74) | (31) | (32) | (75) | (33) | (83) | (76) | (90) | (77) | ||||||
38:58 | 40:30 | 41:48 | 44:46 | 46:06 | 48:39 | 49:41 | 54:41 | 60:44 | 64:28 | 67:55 | 70:10 | 72:03 | 73:58 | ||||||
01:49 | 01:32 | 01:18 | 02:58 | 01:20 | 02:33 | 01:02 | 05:00 | 06:03 | 03:44 | 03:27 | 02:15 | 01:53 | 01:55 | ||||||
F | |||||||||||||||||||
75:05 | |||||||||||||||||||
01:07 | |||||||||||||||||||
(72) | (34) | (65) | (71) | (70) | (66) | (82) | (67) | (73) | (78) | (79) | (80) | (35) | (81) | (84) | |||||
1 | 1 | Bruce Paterson | M45 | 81:21 | 01:15 | 03:51 | 05:17 | 07:06 | 08:20 | 10:50 | 13:01 | 13:56 | 15:41 | 17:51 | 20:34 | 22:22 | 23:35 | 25:12 | 31:34 |
AR | 01:15 | 02:36 | 01:26 | 01:49 | 01:14 | 02:30 | 02:11 | 00:55 | 01:45 | 02:10 | 02:43 | 01:48 | 01:13 | 01:37 | 06:22 | ||||
(85) | (36) | (88) | (87) | (69) | (31) | (74) | (32) | (75) | (33) | (83) | (76) | (90) | (77) | ||||||
33:33 | 43:29 | 45:39 | 48:10 | 49:35 | 54:30 | 55:29 | 61:06 | 66:56 | 70:17 | 74:32 | 76:32 | 78:10 | 80:03 | ||||||
01:59 | 09:56 | 02:10 | 02:31 | 01:25 | 04:55 | 00:59 | 05:37 | 05:50 | 03:21 | 04:15 | 02:00 | 01:38 | 01:53 | ||||||
F | |||||||||||||||||||
81:21 | |||||||||||||||||||
01:18 | |||||||||||||||||||
(77) | (90) | (83) | (33) | (76) | (75) | (32) | (31) | (74) | (70) | (71) | (88) | (36) | (85) | (84) | |||||
3 | 16 | 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 | 51:07 | 53:53 | 58:30 | |
AR | 01:33 | 02:57 | 05:17 | 05:56 | 03:23 | 03:36 | 08:15 | 06:22 | 01:02 | 03:08 | 02:06 | 03:48 | 03:44 | 02:46 | 04:37 | ||||
(81) | (80) | (35) | (79) | (78) | (67) | (66) | (65) | (34) | (72) | ||||||||||
64:03 | 66:06 | 66:57 | 68:58 | 72:07 | 75:39 | 78:18 | 79:17 | 80:55 | 84:47 | ||||||||||
05:33 | 02:03 | 00:51 | 02:01 | 03:09 | 03:32 | 02:39 | 00:59 | 01:38 | 03:52 | ||||||||||
F | |||||||||||||||||||
86:09 | |||||||||||||||||||
01:22 | |||||||||||||||||||
(77) | (90) | (83) | (76) | (33) | (75) | (32) | (31) | (74) | (70) | (71) | (88) | (69) | (87) | (36) | |||||
4 | 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 | 70:39 | |
AR | 01:17 | 02:41 | 05:50 | 03:03 | 03:47 | 07:57 | 07:29 | 07:41 | 01:23 | 03:43 | 02:09 | 04:35 | 02:31 | 08:54 | 07:39 | ||||
(67) | (82) | (66) | (65) | (34) | (72) | ||||||||||||||
75:53 | 77:05 | 79:21 | 80:30 | 83:16 | 86:16 | ||||||||||||||
05:14 | 01:12 | 02:16 | 01:09 | 02:46 | 03:00 | ||||||||||||||
F | |||||||||||||||||||
87:45 | |||||||||||||||||||
01:29 | |||||||||||||||||||
(77) | (72) | (34) | (65) | (66) | (73) | (67) | (82) | (36) | (85) | (84) | (79) | (80) | (35) | (81) | |||||
5 | 18 | Hamish McDonald | 82:54 | 01:54 | 03:48 | 08:19 | 09:51 | 11:24 | 16:21 | 18:59 | 19:57 | 26:24 | 30:35 | 33:56 | 40:04 | 43:07 | 46:29 | 49:09 | |
AR | 01:54 | 01:54 | 04:31 | 01:32 | 01:33 | 04:57 | 02:38 | 00:58 | 06:27 | 04:11 | 03:21 | 06:08 | 03:03 | 03:22 | 02:40 | ||||
(88) | (69) | (87) | (31) | ||||||||||||||||
60:15 | 62:19 | 66:10 | 73:47 | ||||||||||||||||
11:06 | 02:04 | 03:51 | 07:37 | ||||||||||||||||
F | (82) | (72) | |||||||||||||||||
82:54 | 20:02 | 81:30 | |||||||||||||||||
09:07 | *82 | *72 | |||||||||||||||||
(34) | (35) | (36) | (31) | (32) | (33) | ||||||||||||||
6 | 20 | Dennis Haustorfer | 77:13 | 06:39 | 22:45 | 35:04 | 48:36 | 55:32 | 68:02 | ||||||||||
AR | 06:39 | 16:06 | 12:19 | 13:32 | 06:56 | 12:30 | |||||||||||||
F | |||||||||||||||||||
77:13 | |||||||||||||||||||
09:11 | |||||||||||||||||||
Short | |||||||||||||||||||
Pl | Stno | Name/club | Class | Time | |||||||||||||||
(72) | (77) | (90) | (76) | (83) | (33) | (75) | (32) | (31) | (74) | (70) | (71) | (69) | (88) | (36) | |||||
1 | 9 | Tim Hatley | 59:21 | 01:22 | 02:49 | 04:51 | 06:26 | 09:11 | 12:21 | 15:20 | 22:13 | 27:16 | 30:04 | 32:22 | 33:57 | 36:36 | 38:09 | 41:11 | |
BK | 01:22 | 01:27 | 02:02 | 01:35 | 02:45 | 03:10 | 02:59 | 06:53 | 05:03 | 02:48 | 02:18 | 01:35 | 02:39 | 01:33 | 03:02 | ||||
(85) | (84) | (67) | (82) | (66) | (65) | (34) | |||||||||||||
47:21 | 48:57 | 51:07 | 51:55 | 53:56 | 54:46 | 55:49 | |||||||||||||
06:10 | 01:36 | 02:10 | 00:48 | 02:01 | 00:50 | 01:03 | |||||||||||||
F | |||||||||||||||||||
59:21 | |||||||||||||||||||
03:32 | |||||||||||||||||||
(34) | (33) | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | 21 | Ian Dale | 23:54 | 06:51 | 16:56 | ||||||||||||||
BK | 06:51 | 10:05 | |||||||||||||||||
F | |||||||||||||||||||
23:54 | |||||||||||||||||||
06:58 | |||||||||||||||||||
(33) | (34) | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | 23 | Jenny Gray | 61:37 | 19:57 | 48:55 | ||||||||||||||
19:57 | 28:58 | ||||||||||||||||||
F | |||||||||||||||||||
61:37 | |||||||||||||||||||
12:42 | |||||||||||||||||||