===If you haven't had a go at putting up your route on Routegadget, have a try.
http://www.bendigo-orienteers.com.au/gadget/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=168&kieli=
SPLITS: https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc72cr4t_2cd97cjf6&btr=EmailImport: Route Gadget up for Mandurang... before course closure, SPLITS NOW UP===
===Next year Victoria will be hosting the Oceania Middle and Long Championships. The events will probably be at Yackandandah and Warby. The Australian Schools Champs will take place in Wagga. The Australian Long and Relay will be in Canberra. Orienteering Australia has advertised for a remunerated meet director to coordinate the carnival.
The Victorian part of the carnival will be organised by the VOA. This should be taken to mean that all clubs will be involved in the organisation. The VOA is just a Federation of orienteering clubs. Each club will take responsibility for a part of the carnival.
All clubs have been asked to indicate what tasks they would be interested in taking on. There is a meeting on Friday where clubs report their choices. Getting in early means getting the tasks you would prefer to take on.
Please read the tasks below and if you have an opinion, please share it.
1. Victorian coordination: Central coordination of Victorian functions, Integration with OA Carnival Manager, Chair of Vic Organising Committee, OV Board reporting
2. Arena planning: Selection and planning of event arenas, obtaining all permission/permits, landowner management, notifying authorities, emergency & risk plans
3. Finances: Budgeting, Tracking and Reporting of finances for the Victorian Events. Setting of entry fees.
4. Event advisers (Level 3 controllers)
5. Course setting for each event: Course Setting, Map Printing, Control placement, Control collection
6. Start: Manage all aspects of the pre-start and start
7. Setup and operate SportIdent computers in the finish tent. Operate finish tent, map collection and display results
8. Arena. Obtain and transport equipment to and from both events. Set up and pack down arena on each day.
9. Parking, toilets, water. Arrange and deliver toilets and water to the event site. Staff event parking.
10. Registration. Provide resources for competitors to register for the carnival and collect registration bags etc. Coordinate registration activities with the OA Carnival Manager
11. Awards. Arrange and present awards. Arrange public address facilities and conduct commentary (including radio controls)
12. Sponsorship. Attract event sponsors. Provide material to promote the event. Publish event communications on websites, and publish results. Arrange for catering at event arenas.
Some points to consider:
The following event finance policies are proposed for approval at the June Council meeting: 1. Budgets should be set so that the event returns a small profit. 2. Orienteering Victoria will retain any OV event levies from the events. 3. Orienteering Victoria will retain ownership of maps used for the events. 4. Remaining map expenses for the Warby map shall be paid for from the event revenue 5. 75% of any new map expenses shall be paid for from the event revenue 6. Remaining profits will be distributed to the clubs that are responsible for the above functions. Clubs that are responsible for more than one of these functions will receive a larger share of profits.
There are more jobs than clubs, so some clubs will be expected to take on more than one of the smaller tasks. Picking one small task may mean being allocated another as well. We are probably the strongest bush orienteering club, so we might get asked even more.
Some tasks are likely to be allocated to individuals by the bush orienteering committee. I think the most obvious will be course setting and event advisers. The SI tasks may be allocated to a cross-club team.
Don't get too excited about course setting. In 2013 the Easter carnival will probably be around Bendigo. Our tentative plan is for all course setting to be done by Bendigo members. There is rarely a shortage of willing course setters, so this time it might be wise for Bendigo to pull back from this task and let other clubs have their day in the sun.
Further details here http://www.vicorienteering.asn.au/admin/Meetings/
Neil Barr --
Neil Barr neil_barr@fastmail.fm: What roles should Bendigo play in the 2011 Oceania Carnival?===
===The 2010 National Club Development Award has been won by our club. This is recognition of the work that has been put into developing participation in the Bendigo region over the past few years. Many members have contributed to activities such as the local event mentor group, Space Racing, the Schools program, the Bendigo Schools Championships, the Newcomers Series and the promotion of our local events through the media.
Full details are on the Orienteering Australia website. The nomination was published in the March Newsletter.: Bendigo Orienteers club development award winner===
===One O’Clock walk – every Saturday until June 19th.
Details and directions to the next event are on the home page under Coming Events.
Come along and have walk in the Bendigo bush. Bendigo orienteers will guide a group of walkers around one of the orienteering courses. The walk will be around 3 km and take around an hour. You will have a map and a guide so you can learn how to read the map, enjoy the bush and meet others.
Details and directions to the next event are on the home page under Coming Events.
: Newcomers 1 O'Clock Walk – every Saturday until June 19th.
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===http://www.bendigo-orienteers.com.au/mediawiki/images/c/c9/Membership_form_2010.pdf
Forms can be mailed to:
Treasurer PO Box 191 Golden Square 3555
Or brought to any event.: 2010 Membership due now - download application form.===
===Bendigo events this year will hopefully be attended by quite a few La Trobe uni Outdoor Ed students as a part of a 2nd year core unit called Safety in the Outdoors.
The outdoor ed dept is hoping to build on last year's navigation offering to these students and further extend their navigation abilities in the second year of their course. To achieve this aim a number of the Bendigo club's local spur/ gully events between now and the end of May have been identified as offering a suitable (hopefully) level of navigational challenge. Students have been asked to two events before the end of May (end of semester). While students may do a course in pairs initially, and may choose to do a C or D course as a refresher, they are expected to get around a B course, solo, to complete the hurdle requirement for that element of the unit. A time limit will also be applied though this will be set around a walking pace.
A staff person will be attending the events to help check attendance, brief students and record hire of SI sticks etc. Heather Jones will be helping with this task this week. Students will be asked to arrive at 12 noon. I hope that the students will enjoy the experience, fall head over heels in love with orienteering and come to some of the follow up events throughout the year. Looking further ahead I'm also hopeful that exposure to club events will lead to an increase in numbers of future teachers with Orienteering experience and knowledge entering our schools. The centre of excellence in Outdoor and environmental education (ie the outdoor ed dept) is mindful of not wanting to diminish the orienteering experience of club members by swamping the club with folks who haven't actually had a free choice to attend these events.
The club was consulted about this and a number of other issues at the last committee meeting. We are hopeful that all will run seamlessly, that all students will remember all they were taught last year and further that none will be lost or injured and require a search or evacuation. Mmmm! The outdoor ed dept will cover the cost of each student's entry and SI hire for two events - if they need more practise they will be asked to cover the additional cost themselves. There are 78 student involved in the program. Student numbers were to be limited to about 40 per event if possible. However, this may be dependent on how the events fit with the students' other prac commitments.
I actually thought we could try for up to 60 the Mar 20 event in order to minimise numbers at subsequent events. I anticipated a lower turn out of regular club members as it is still early in the season but given the turn out for last weeks event we may have quite a big event. We are limited by the number of SI hire sticks available. I figured for the first event some students will go out in pairs in order to refresh their nav skills -so thought stick hire should not be a limiting factor.
Students have to sign up for the event through the university's online system - In theory we will know before hand how many students will be attending each week. The event coordinator will be notified in advance to help with estimating map, waters barrels and cup numbers etc required each week.
Hopefully the experience will be beneficial for everyone involved. If anyone does have any concerns or suggestions for improvement please let uni staffers or a club committee member know.
PHIL Robertson: La Trobe Uni Outdoor Ed students at events===
===Bendigo is of to a good start in this years Rockhopper Trophy
http://www.vicorienteering.asn.au/gfolder/2010/Rockhopper2010.htm: ROCKHOPPER TROPHY 2010===
===As we approach the final club event for the year, our presentation night, its worth reading how they run this event in Vilnius. Roving bendigo correspondent Evan Barr has just arrived in Vilnius in time for the local end of season celebration. Here is his AttackPoint report.
"Indre's orienteering club breakup tonight out in the countryside, arrived pretty late and it seemed everyone was waiting for us to start their annual(weekly?/monthly? im not sure) club beer/vodka-o...there was a lot of lithuanian being spoken and i couldnt really worked out what was going on but before i knew it i had been tied to some poor girl, had a beer and shot of vodka poured down my throat and had been sent out into the forest with a map to do a three-legged night-o while being half cut... pretty good fun.. nearly got a kidney stone by the end though, couldnt work out how to say "can we please stop for a bit, im busting for a piss, ay" in lithuanian, to the girl i was tied to."
Our local event will be tame by comparison.: Club End of Season Celebrations... Lithuanian style===
===Six Bendigo Orienteers ran in the Australian selection trials for the World Championship later this year in Hungary. The three races (sprint. middle and long) were hosted by the ACT. The group achieved 6 top ten placings. Results were:
Sprint: Bryan Keely 5th Chris Naunton 10th Jim Russell 18th Dave Brownridge 30th Clare Brownridge 20th http://www.orienteering.asn.au/news/?ItemID=4318
Middle: Chris Naunton 4th Jim Russell 13th Evan Barr 28th Bryan Keely 32nd Dave Brownridge 36th Clare Brownridge 19th http://www.orienteering.asn.au/news/?ItemID=4318
Long: Bryan Keely 8th Evan Barr 9th Jim Russell 10th Dave Brownridge 16th Chris Naunton 20th Clare Brownridge 16th http://www.orienteering.asn.au/news/?ItemID=4322: Bendigo Orienteers perform well at the National Selection Trials===