Free events in Hunter region this weekend
- Last Updated: Thursday, 05 April 2018 12:31
Our Newcastle club is putting on free events this weekend as part of our expansion into the Upper Hunter Valley.
Saturday is a park-street event at Singleton Heights (N end of Nowland Park) from 1230-1430, similar to the ones we conducted last November.
Sunday is a bush event at Belford National Park from 9-11.30am. There will be courses catering for all levels of experience.
All details can be found on the flyer.
Armidale junior squad camp
- Last Updated: Thursday, 05 April 2018 11:39
Our junior squad camps are a fantastic opportunity for juniors to learn new skills, brush up on others, and improve their techniques in a terrific atmosphere.
Our next camp is at Armidale from April 18-20. This is during the school holidays, and coincides with our NSW championships that weekend (April 21-22).
This camp is open to all juniors from NSW, Qld and the ACT who are seeking to do or currently do Moderate and/or Hard courses. Entries close Friday April 13.
However, we will also offer coaching for students in Years 5-6 who are currently doing Easy courses. These will be shorter group sessions and will require a parent or parents to be present.
Students and coaches will stay at New England Girls School throughout the camp. These are always very popular occasions, so please enter via Eventor before this camp books out!
Students who have nominated for the NSW Schools team are expected to attend the camp and compete at the NSW championships.
Alastair George named in AUS JWOC team
- Last Updated: Monday, 02 April 2018 20:31
Congratulations to Big Foot Year 12 student Alastair George who has been chosen in the Australian team for the junior world champs in Hungary in July.
Alastair had a fantastic Easter carnival, finishing third across the four days in Tasmania - including a second and a third placing - in the strong M20E age class.
"Stoked," was all the Turramurra HS student could utter - the huge smile across his beaming face making conversation difficult!
Our best performers in the other elite classes were Toby Wilson (Garingal, 7th in M21E), Anna Fitzgerald (Goldseekers, 10th in W21E) and Al's sister Rebecca George (BF, 14th in W20E).
The final day was at Curryjong Rivulet on Monday and NSW athletes had these top-3 placings:
1st: M20A Angus Leung (Garingal); M45A Scott Simson (NC); M50A Andy Simpson (BF); W50A Jenny Enderby (NC); W65AS Barbara Junghans (GO); WJuniorB Serena Doyle (UR); Very Easy Alton Freeman (BF).
2nd: M21A Chris Fitzgerald (Goldseekers); M40A Damian Enderby (NC); M60A Geoff Todkill (NC); W12A Erika Enderby (NC); W14A Mikayla Enderby (NC); W21A Lucy McGarva (Waggaroos); W45A Martina Craig (NC); W21AS 2nd Alice Martin (CC).
3rd: M12A Tommy Mella (Newcastle); M14A Sam Woolford (Bush n Beach); M16A Ewan Shingler (Big Foot); M50A Paul Marsh (BF); M65A Rick Steele (Uringa); M80A Brian Cleland (UR); W50A Linda Sesta (UR); W55A Jo Parr (BF); W65A Robyn Pallas (CC); M35AS Dan Martin (Central Coast); M45AS Robert Bradley (WHO); M65AS Jeff Carberry (IKO); W55AS Sandy Stewart (SH).
On Sunday at Lovelybanks, our men swept M60A. Day 2 Top-3 placings:
1st: M12A Alex Woolford (Bush n Beach); M14A Sam Woolford (BB); M16A 1st Ewan Shingler (Big Foot); M20A 1st Angus Leung (Garingal); M50A Andy Simpson (BF); M60A Mel Cox (Bennelong); M70A 1st Steve Flick (BN); W14A 1st Nea Shingler (BF); W45A 1st Martina Craig (NC); W50A 1st Jenny Enderby (NC); W65A 1st Lynn Dabbs (WHO); M45AS 1st Robert Bradley (WHO); Very Easy 1st Alton Freeman (BF).
2nd: M21A Chris Fitzgerald (Goldseekers); M40A Damian Enderby (NC); M45A Scott Simson (NC); M50A Mark Freeman (BF); M60A Malcolm Roberts (NC); M80A 2nd Brian Cleland (UR); W55A Gayle Quantock (NC); W70A Carol Jacobson (GO); W21AS Alice Martin (CC); W55AS Sandy Stewart (SH); WJuniorB 2nd Serena Doyle (UR).
3rd: M60A Nick Wilmott (Uringa); W12A Erika Enderby (NC); W14A Mikayla Enderby (NC); W70A Val Hodsdon (SHOO); M55AS Peter May (NTOC); M65AS Jeff Carberry (IKO); W65AS Barbara Junghans (GO).
Bluetts clean up at Easter
- Last Updated: Sunday, 01 April 2018 20:19
Bennelong Northside couple Terry and Cheryl Bluett enjoyed a 1-2 placing on the first bush day at the Easter carnival in Tasmania on Saturday.
Terry took out M70A and Cheryl was second in W65AS, on the Lovelybanks map an hour north of Hobart. Our best elite competitor was Alastair George (BF) with an outstanding 3rd placing in M20E.
Day 1 we had quite a list of top-3 placings as follows:
1st: M14 Sam Woolford (Bush n Beach), M20A Angus Leung (Garingal), M45A Scott Simson (Newcastle), M60A Geoff Todkill (NC), M70A Terry Bluett (BN), W12A Erika Enderby (NC), W21A Lucy McGarva (Waggaroos), W50A Jenny Enderby (NC), W55A Paula Shingler (BF), M45AS Robert Bradley (WHO), W21AS 1st Alice Martin (CC), WJuniorB Serena Doyle (Uringa); Very Easy Alton Freeman (BF).
2nd: M21A Chris Fitzgerald (Goldseekers), M40A Damian Enderby (NC), M50A Andy Simpson (Big Foot), M80A Brian Cleland (UR), W45A Martina Craig (NC), W70A Val Hodsdon (SHOO), M35AS Dan Martin (Central Coast), W55AS Sandy Stewart (SH); W65AS Cheryl Bluett (BN).
3rd: M14A Oskar Mella (NC), M50A Shane Doyle (UR), M60A Mel Cox (BN), M65A Gordon Wilson (BN), M70A Steve Flick (BN), W14A Nea Shingler (BF), W70A Carol Jacobson (GO), M45AS Ellis Leung (GO), M55AS Peter May (NTOC), M65AS Dave Lotty (UR), W65AS Barbara Junghans (GO).
The carnival began on Good Friday with a Prologue around the Uni of Tasmania campus.
Victories went to Alvin Craig (NC, Men's Hard 1), Michael Halmy (BN, Men's Moderate), Nea Shingler (BF, Women's Moderate) and Erika Enderby (NC, Women's Easy); while Paula Shingler (BF) was second in Women's Hard 1.
Our best elite competitor was Michele Dawson (Garingal), sixth in W21E.
