'Foreign' raiders claim Xmas spoils

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 02 January 2018 10:39

Interstate orienteers took out seven of the nine overall hard categories as the Xmas 5-Days carnival wrapped up at Belanglo State Forest on Sunday.

Garingal's Warwick Selby set lovely courses (his first outing as a bush planner) on Uringa's The Piggery map, and the GO team were all packed up by 12.30pm, allowing everyone an afternoon nap before the New Year's Eve fireworks.

A cooler day and some soft pine needles underfoot made for easy running... until the rocky pagodas and fallen tree paddocks required more careful negotiation of the terrain.

A huge thanks to all the clubs, setters, controllers, organisers, SI gurus, participants and hangers-on. All the best for 2018... there are whispers next year's X5D may be back in Sydney for urban up-and-down a la 2014. 

Overall point scores can be viewed here. Our 2017 champions were: