1 WALLARINGA ORIENTEERS NEWSLETTER June 2014 Editor: P. Kreminski Publisher: F. Tomas Club Committee for 2014 Our club held its third committee meeting of the year on May 19. President - Peter Kreminski Vice-President - Robin English Secretary - Frank Tomas Treasurer - Regina Rueter Equipment Officer - Peter Cutten Map Coordinator - Andrew Mogridge Technical Officer - Jenny Casanova OSA Council Reps - Jenny Casanova, Robin English, (PC, FT and PK as backup) Club Contact - Peter Kreminski 0414810058; [email protected] Newsletter Editor - Peter Kreminski Website Manager - Andrew Kennedy Club Coach - vacant If you have the time please consider becoming a committee member, as any input would be greatly appreciated. It is not onerous and you would be warmly welcomed. Of course any club member can attend a committee meeting if they wish – we meet approximately every 8 weeks. Newsletter Content Readers are urged to send contributions to Peter Kreminski 40 Pridmore Road, Glen Osmond 5064 or [email protected] . May 10th Beaumont Event This Saturday afternoon orienteering event was well managed by Regina Rueter and Andrew Mogridge who shared the organising and planning. They were helped by Meredith Rasch, Robyn and Peter Cutten, Frank Tomas and Andrew Waterman. The event ran smoothly. There were three courses on offer and the 31 competitors reportedly all enjoyed themselves. *** Easter 2014 2 Eight Wallaringans travelled to the Mudgee/Lithgow area of NSW for this year’s Easter orienteering carnival. Present were Andrew Kennedy, Jenny Casanova, Jessica Jarvis, Mark Overton, Meredith Rasch, Peter Cutten, Peter Kreminski, Robyn Cutten and Will Kennedy. Our club’s representation was not large in number, but on par with other South Australian clubs and, given the relative inaccessibility of the area from Adelaide, understandable. More importantly, we all enjoyed ourselves, and these interstate events are an opportunity for catching-up with interstate friends and rivals, as well as for club conviviality. None of us starred in the eventual results, but Peter Cutten was able to finish in the top half of his class. The four days of the Easter events was followed by the ‘Dungeree Challenge’ on the following Wednesday, the NSW Sprint Championships on the Friday. and the NSW Long Distance Championships on the Saturday. Only the real orienteering tragics from South Australia, including the writer, entered these. It was all fun, but I was glad to start the long drive home after the last event. Above: Lake Windamere between Mudgee and Lithgow, photographed on the early morning of April 20 en route to the orienteering event. Below: A dinner was held at Rylstone for the competitors that evening. Pictured is a Wallaringan valiantly resisting the advances of a bearded gentleman. 3 Above: The Arena on Day 3 of Easter was on a cherry farm. The scenery was almost equally spectacular on the other days, and the weather was always perfect. Left: Half of the Wallaringan contingent – Jenny Casanova, Will Kennedy. Peter Kreminski, Andrew Kennedy. Left: Former Wallaringan (now Topender) Susanne Casanova chatting with Robyn and Peter Cutten. 4 An Exceptional Man There was another reason for me journeying to the 2014 Easter Orienteering Carnival. A few weeks before, I had been unexpectedly contacted by someone from my primary school days. I had not heard from Graeme (‘Rats’) Starr for 62 years. Graeme was the captain of our primary school, but later left school at fifteen. However, he eventually became a political scientist, academic and author. Graeme found something I had written on the Internet and then contacted me. Reminiscing about our time in Granville Public School, he wrote: Our teachers were exceptional and highly motivated men who had returned from the war, taken the opportunity to become teachers, and (unlike many teachers today) took their calling as an important responsibility. You might like to know that on the day you started in 4A, Mr John George took me aside and asked me to “keep an eye” on you and make sure none of the other boys gave you a hard time or made it too difficult because of your language and settling-in problems. He pointed out that you had had an unusual background and that some of the boys might not understand this. I hope I did not let him (or you) down. I visited Graeme and his wife at their home in Wentworth Falls on the Thursday of the Carnival. The 1952 Granville Public School Captain and the Dux pictured in April 2014. Flinders June Weekend Thirteen club members participated in the three events available on the Queen’s Birthday long weekend (on June 7, 8 and 9): Peter Ashforth, Jenny Casanova, Peter Cutten, Robyn Cutten, Robin English, Jessica Jarvis, Andrew Kennedy, Will Kennedy, Peter Kreminski, Mark Overton, Meredith Rasch, Justin Shao and Phil Stoeckel. Our club did best in the South Australian Night Championships where Meredith, Andrew, Will and Justin all took first place in their respective categories. In the badge event the following badge scores were achieved: Gold: Jessica, Meredith, Will, Jenny, Andrew Silver: Justin, Peter C., Phil Bronze: Robin, Peter K. In the middle distance event the following day the following club members came in the top half of the runners in the courses that they had chosen: Jenny, Will, Meredith, Peter C., Jessica. Right: Phil Stoeckel aided the organisers of the badge event of June 8 by stationing himself here near the start. He checked that all starters passed close to the official triangle before setting-out on their courses. To his left is the track which was the site of the start of the 2002 Australian Relay Championships. Phil was in charge of the Wallaringa team which performed that task successfully. More than 900 runners participated that year. Many of those were from overseas and these then went on to Victoria for the World’s Masters Orienteering Champs. 5 Above: Jessica Jarvis’s father, Mark Overton, looks on approvingly, whilst Meredith Rasch supports Jessica in handing Robyn Cutten a present in thanks for looking after her during the Easter events. It is June 8 – Jessica’s seventh birthday. Left: June 9, and pictured are two of the early arrivals for the event – Robin and Jane English. Below: After the June 9 event, senior orienteer John Lyon discusses Course 2 with Jason Shao whilst Will and Andrew Kennedy look on. Justin and John both did that course and Justin was faster than John by nine minutes. 6 Club Orienteering Events for the Remainder of 2014 The following are the events that our club will be responsible for the remainder of this year. If at all possible, please respond to organisers asking to provide assistance. Saturday July 12th - Tothill, minor event o Course Planner - Peter Kreminski ; Organiser - Peter Cutten Sunday August 10th - Chalks, minor event, foot-O and MTBO combined o MTBO Planner - Frank Tomas; Foot-O Planner - Jim Rathjen. Organiser – to be determined. Sunday September 14th - Merridee, SA long Champs o Course Planner - Andrew Kennedy; Organiser - Jenny Casanova (also planner support). Wallaringa Orienteers Social Event A Sunday breakfast will be held at The Place Next Door (TPND) – corner of Greenhill and Glynburn Roads on August 3. Regina Rueter is the organiser and will be circulating all club members about this event in due course, In the meantime, please keep the date free – it is something to look forward to, as the venue and food is excellent and all who have been to previous breakfasts speak highly of them. Car Expenses for Volunteers Our club has government funds to pay ‘Petrol Money’ for club members acting as volunteers at orienteering events. Please keep a record of kilometres travelled to and from events and send a claim to our treasurer, Regina. (15 Romney Road, Marryatville 5068 or [email protected] ). You will be reimbursed at a rate of 30 cents a kilometre (45c. if towing a trailer), until the money runs out! Upcoming Dates to Remember July 12 –Tothill event August 3 – Breakfast at ‘The Place Next Door’ Unless otherwise stated, all text and images are by Peter Kreminski
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