From: Frank Assenza <100241.1066@compuserve.com>
Date: 23 Jul 94 21:51:29 EDT
Subject: Sydney MetrO League
Message-Id: <940724015129_100241.1066_BHM45-1@CompuServe.COM>
Sydney MetrO League Update
Apologies to all MetrO League fans for the lateness of this report. My
new job has been severely interfering with my passion for orienteering!!
Unfortunately I need the money to pay the rent and put fruit on the
sideboard.
RESULTS - Cataract - 5 June 1994
* In the Open Division, Bennelong Northside remains undefeated
on 12 followed by Uringa (10) with Knox (8) and Western Hills
(6).
* At the bottom of the Open table, the Emus scored their first
win beating a severely depleted Big Foot.
* And so to the final round, which has turned out to be a
promotional dream. The publicists at the NBL, AFL, Rugby League, etc
would be green with envy at such a circumstance!
* In the Open Division, two matches are crucial. If the Stompers
beat WHO and Kareelah beat the Goannas, three teams (WHO,
Kareelah and Big Foot) will tie for fourth spot. Even if only
two of these teams tie, "for and against" points will decide
which team goes into the semis. Only one can make it!
* Only Bennelong, Uringa, and the Krocs are safely into the
semis. However, if the Eagles beat Bennelong they could snatch
the minor premiership with a good "for and against" aggregate.
* In Round 4 of the Womens Division, Out Runners and the Krocs
had good wins against depleted Bennelong and Big Foot teams.
* In the final Womens round all matches are crucial!!
+ At the top of the table, Uringa meet Out Runners to
decide the minor premiership. Both are in the semis.
+ Bennelong play the Stompers. The winner will be assured
of third spot in the semis. However, the loser could miss
out on a semi berth if the Krocs beat Garingal
decisively!
* So team managers, make sure your teams are at full strength
for the final round at Lansdowne on August 21!
* Allowing that Tracy Bluett and Nic Plunkett-Cole have run in
both the Open and Womens Divisions, 128 orienteers have now
competed in the 1994 Metro League.
RUMORS, MUTTERINGS, and GENERAL SCUTTLEBUTT
* Next year, the League will probably comprise of at least three
divisions competing over five rounds with a final.
* The Open Division will be split into two divisions (First and
Second) with six teams in each.
* A new starting procedure will despatch all runners within 30
minutes. It will also allow the Womens Division to have up to
ten teams in their competition, if necessary.
Open Division - Round 6
Uringa Eagles 39 bt. Garingal Goannas 16
Scrub Runner Emus 35 Big Foot Stompers 10
Bennelong Northside 32 Kareelah Lyre Birds 23
Knox Ridge Runners 30 Western Hills 25
Open Division Ladder
P W D L F A Pts
Bennelong Northside 6 6 - - 206 124 12
Uringa Eagles 6 5 - 1 204 136 10
Knox Ridge Runners 6 4 - 2 178 152 8
Western Hills 6 3 - 3 175 152 6
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Kareelah Lyre Birds 6 2 - 4 166 164 4
Big Foot Stompers 6 2 - 4 143 177 4
Garingal Goannas 6 1 - 5 126 204 2
Scrub Runner Emus 6 1 - 5 126 191 2
Point Scorers
Uring Eagles 39 bt. Garingal Goannas 18
Dave Lotty 10 Brian Johnson 6
Nick Wilmott 9 James Lithgow 4
Matt Peters 8 Barry Hanlon 3
Dick Ogilvie 7 David Stitt 2
Mike Anderson 5 Ken Jacobson 1
Scrub Runner Emus 35 bt. Big Foot Stompers 10
Rob Prentice (SHOO) 9 Ant Burnett 10
Keith Siely 8
Ian Warlters 7
Neville Fathers 6
Merran Warlters 5
Bennelong Northside 32 bt. Kareelah Lyre Birds 23
Eric Morris 10 Neil Prosser 9
Richard Morris 8 Brian Pettiford 7
Terry Bluett 6 Ian Hassall 4
Melvyn Cox 5 Kevin Curby 2
Rob Spry 3 Barry Pearce 1
Knox Ridge Runners 30 bt. Western Hills 25
Adrian McGarva 10 Chris Morris (MD) 9
John O'Connor 8 John Morris (MD) 6
Peter Lowndes 7 Andrew Hill 5
Tim Andersen 4 Ashley Crane 3
John Bryson 1 Paul Baker 2
Womens Division - Round 4
Out Runners 15 bt. Bennelong Northside 3
Knox Ridge Runners 14 Big Foot Stompers 4
Uringa Eagles 13 Garingal Goannas 8
Womens Division Ladder
P W D L F A Pts
Uringa Eagles 3 3 - 1 54 39 6
Out Runners 3 3 - 1 48 33 6
Bennelong Northside 3 2 - 2 42 38 4
Big Foot Stompers 3 2 - 2 39 41 4
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Knox Ridge Runners 3 1 - 3 37 44 2
Garingal Goannas 3 1 - 3 34 49 2
Point Scorers
Out Runners 15 bt. Bennelong Northside 3
Vicki Wilmott 6 Christa Schafer 3
Margaret Elcombe 5
Michelle Hill 4
Knox Ridge Runners 14 bt. Big Foot Stompers 4
Tanya Moss 6 Rachel Nolan 4
Judi O'Connor 5
Gay Hely 3
Uringa Eagles 13 bt. Garingal Goannas 8
Anita Scherrer 6 Carol Jacobson 5
Maureen Ogilvie 4 Janet Morris 2
Margaret Wilmott 3 Beverly Johnson 1
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FINAL ROUND MATCHES - Lansdowne - 21 August 1994
Open Division - Round 7
Bennelong Northside v Uringa Eagles
Garingal Goannas Kareelah Lyre Birds
Western Hills Big Foot Tramplers
Knox Ridge Runners Scrub Runner Emus
Womens Division - Round 5
Bennelong Northside v Big Foot Stompers
Garingal Goannas Knox Ridge Runners
Uringa Eagles Out Runners
Bye for now...........
Frank Assenza
From: Bill Teahan <wjt@kauri.cs.waikato.ac.nz.cs.waikato.ac.nz>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 94 11:34:37 +1200
Subject: Re: Mapping rock
Message-Id: <9407232334.AA05778@kauri.cs.waikato.ac.nz.cs.waikato.ac.nz>
Felix Moser says:
>The governement topographic maps show in rocky parts not all contour
>lines, only each fifth or tenth line, and they are drawn in black.
>(Usually there is not enough place for all contour lines).
>But the (big) rocks are drawn 'as they look in the nature' with
>many short vertical lines \\\\|||||//// (over the horizontal contour lines),
>so that when one looks on the map, one can imagine how the rock looks.
>I dont know if this is useful on O-maps, it is only good if you have
>steep rocks, and on steep rocks you cant do orienteering.
You can't do orienteering on them, but you can do orienteering *from*
them. I find it annoying when some mappers ignore mapping something
simply because an orienteer can't get into it. If an orienteer
running past will see it, then potentially (especially if it is obvious)
they could use it to navigate by or relocate from.
Bill Teahan
From: Heather.Williams@williams.edu (Heather Williams)
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 94 15:22:01 EDT
Subject: Re: rock, contours, etc.
Message-Id: <9407231922.AB03272@hancock.cc.williams.edu>
In the thread on the depiction of rocks, etc on orienteering maps, I have
seen several people discuss examples of depicting large rocks in manner
representative of their appearance/height (for example, Garden of the
Gods). But no one has referred to the sandstone areas of the Czech
Republic (Slovak?) around Jicin and in other parts of the country, where
detailed sandstone areas with pillars, freestanding formations, and cliffs
are numerous. In these areas, which I admit I only visited once (in 1982
for the Student World Championships), I saw examples of both some of the
worst and best mapping I have ever encountered.
Worst: day 3 of the Jicin 5-day, one of my control clues was listed as
"the middle cliff", 3m. There were, by my count, 27 cliffs on the map
within the control circle, all depicted as flyspecks with no
differentiation in line width or height. I got lucky and found the flag
right away, but that summarizes it - I found the FLAG, not any specific
cliff.
Best: The individual race of the World Student Championships, held in a
different general area (same area as a previous World Championships, but a
new map). This map was a minor miracle of legibility, accuracy, and
detail, especially considering the intricacy of the rock features and
contours in the area. In fact, I consider this event to be the best and
most challenging combination of map/terrain/courses I have ever seen, and I
have long wished to congratulate those responsible for the technical
arrangements of that event.
Is there anyone on the o-net with experience in mapping this intricate
sandstone terrain? In particular, it would seem to me that a description
of local standards used by the best Czech mappers would be pretty
definitive in describing how to deal with a wide variety of rock features.