Aus Orienteering Champs Day 3

Tuesday, 2 October 2018

On Monday the action moved from the red dirt of the Murray's edge to the soft grass of the Renmark schools campus for the Australian Sprint Distance Champs.  

I don't have many photos from the day, except this:

Which is Jon receiving a 2nd place award in his age group - technically he was the first Australian as the winner was a former world elite champion from Denmark who is now a NZ resident.

I was also 2nd - not surprisingly to Clare.  I didn't have a clean run but even if I had she would still have beaten me by a good minute or so!  Zali was 7th and Jett was 11th - both respectable results in large fields.

It was a lot hotter than on previous days so before heading back to Adelaide Nicola (my new travelling companion) and I stopped at Andy's family's houseboat for a swim. 

Once we were refreshed and clean(er) we hit the road, only stopping for some takeaway thai on the way back to Hilary's place. We ate our thai under some streetlights overlooking a softball match which was quite entertaining.