Another sunny day today, with the arena providing some much-appreciated shade. The relay courses definitely tested the competitors, with more complex dune terrain and a few controls tucked in areas with lower visibility. The races were tense but all classes had clear winners. NZ again took the majority of ANZ Challenge class wins and the …
After yesterday’s heat, the change to rain today felt almost pleasant when running, although maybe not so much in the arena. Thanks for putting up with it and sticking around for prize-giving! Knottingly offered steeper, softer terrain with a fair bit of fallen timber to hop over, but at least it was largely free of …
It was so hot in the forest at Koitiata that quite a few people took the sensible decision to walk their courses. Not in the elite classes though, where our competitors turned in exciting performances regardless. The arena gave a great view of finishers coming in threading their way through a maze of bracken and …
Fantastic action in the broiling sun at Massey today, thanks to everyone who took part or supported those who did! Official results are still being finalised, but the provisional results are available now on Winsplits, with analysis on Livelox. There’s also a great write-up from Jenni Adams on the Orienteering NZ site.
Ratapihipihi’s farmland was the setting for Orienteering Taranaki’s warm-up long distance today. With longer courses and steeper terrain, it’s interesting to see that the competition for first place in the elite classes was still pretty close. In M21E, Felix Hunt took the win, not quite a minute ahead of David Stocks. Ryan Stocks was third, …
Orienteering Taranaki held the warm-up middle distance at TOPEC in New Plymouth today in glorious sunshine. Congratulations to Hanne Hilo who won W21E with a convincing 3 minute lead over Zara Stewart, and Felix Hunt who took first place in M21E with a similar lead over Sam Woolford, followed by David Stocks. 3rd place in …