166 - September 13 - Dandenong Ranges Orienteering Club
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1. http eventor orienteering asn au Events Pre entries for all events open September 16 and close the Wednesday night priorto each event Individual entry fees Pre entered 6 adults 3 juniors under 21 Enter on day 8 adults 4 juniors under 21 Series tickets will be sold at the first 3 events which are valid for races 1 8 Pre entered 30 adults 15 juniors under 21 Newcomers can enter on the day Eventor entres will close the Enter on day 40 adults 20 juniors under 21 Think on your feet sprint distance orienteering involves fast paced racing in small complex areas using highly detailed colour maps Sportldent electronic timing will be used timing devices are available for hire Newcomers are most welcome and our friendly team will get you started Full details at www parkstreeto com au sprint Enquiries pas vicorenteering asn au2. Martin Steer Pam King Debbie Dodd and lize Yeates Orienteer of the Year to end August Leading their age groupsare M45A Martin Steer M55AS Peter Yeates W12A Sarah Davies W16A Asha Steer W20A Lanita Steer W45A J anine Steer WE60A Pam King DROC is currently 6th on the Rockhopper tally We have a big job ahead to overhaul Eureka and Yarra Valley but with the all important Relays on home turf we re in with a chance All the more reason to sign up PREZ SEZ Peter Hobbs It isa rather novel experience to be simultaneously grocery shopping at Woolworths in Carnegie and monitoring a live splits feed of the J WOC long distance event in the Czech Republic Such is technology now days Congratulations again to Lanita Steer for doing so well at J WOC finishing the long and sprint distance events as the top ranked Australian female Being the youngest member of the team we suspect future J WOC appearancesare just around the comerand wish her every success From the warm Czech summer we move now to the foggy and substantially damp confines of the J im Crow Map near Daylesford Here several of the DROC faithful were busy setting up the scene on the Saturday prior to the State Series event on Sunday 4 August Upon amival around midday Saturday the main street of Daylesford resembled Bourke Street in peak hour whilst the fog had well and truly set in allowing only 20m visibility if you were lucky Control deployment began i
3. to Kenya to visit Kenya and to present a scholarship with funds raised by the Dalwood Trust He then travelled to Iceland Sweden and Russia where he competed in the Word Rogaine Championships Oh and took his DROC top to new heights Kenya Father ason drove me home to Kariakomo where met the other household members As well as Jason there were 3 curatesand several seminarians in the parish There seemed to be no shortage of priests in Meru diocese Every parish I ve been to in my time here hasa plentiful supply Spent the next day with Jason meeting people and taking photos First up was a tour of the school Met two brothers being sponsored and gave them their t shirts Took photos of the cows and toured the village visiting the families with milking goats Drove to another parish and visited their accommodation for physically handicapped children The following day we visited Winjoy and her family at their home She hashad multiple operations over several years to straighten her legs Her right leg is now fairly good Left leg is in plaster after her most recent operation The plaster comes off in several weeks Next we travelled to Meru about 50kms away for the Rotary club sfinal meeting for 2012 13 Lots of visiting Rotarianstumed up several groups from different clubs in USA plus one from Nairobi The intended speaker was late amiving so we took over the meeting talking about who we were and why we were there We each presented clu
4. Check the enclosed flyer and keep an eye on your email during September The famous DROC Christmas Party will be on Wednesday December 18 at Eley Park Blackobum South Details next issue CONGRATULATIONS VIC Vic Sedunary teamed up with regular rogaine partner Merv Treas to win the Men s Supervets category at the Australian Rogaine Championships Held in far north Queensland on the Atherton Tablelands the map covered 200 sq km and 80 checkpoints and some steep contours The hilly sections were also rocky and the flatter bits near watercourses featured tall grasses rushes and other things that stuck to you Despite Vic having a persistent bug the week before the boys made no navigational errors and stuck to their plan covering 77 kms and retuming 25 minutes before the finish They were delighted with their win and so are we Vic is also to be highly commended on the courses he set at our state seriesat im Crow in August They were suitably challenging luring even the best orienteers into mistakes and taking us to some beautiful parts of the forest Vic received many well deserved compliments for his efforts which included a very rainy Saturday putting the bulk of the controls and water out LANITA AND ASHA TO REPRESENT VICTORIA Hot on the heels of their trip to Europe Lanita and Asha Steer were again selected for the Victorian team to compete at the Australian Schools Orienteering Championship to be held in September in
5. GPS data can be quened and updated and real time logging back to PC can be enabled and disabled The monitoring function shows basic position info and available satellites with relative signal strength Because the photoMate device is based on the MTK chipset a better software option is BI747 which is freely available from the intemet BT 747 provides far greater control capabilitiesand providesthe ability to convert and export track log data ina variety of formats including GPX BT747 can provide a tabular representation of downloaded track data and it will also display the track overlaid on OpenStreetMaps in a viewing pane Road test Accuracy Both devices were tralled in a number of conditions various cloud and vegetation cover combinations and generally behaved well Being smaller i e having smaller aerial the photoMate was found to be more susceptible to wandering accuracy when used in proximity to denser forest vegetation e g tall eucalypts like Mountain Ash in low thick cloud conditions Carrying high on the body seemed to reduce errors the manual did say provide good view of sky Analysis Tools Having used a device to capture a faithful of record of where you went the main game is to overlay this on the associated event map There are a numberof programs available that will support this and one of the better options is QuickRoute a program built specifically for orienteering QuickRoute will combine a representation of a GPS tr
6. PUNC HLINE Dandenong Ranges Orienteering Club Inc www droc onenteering com au Incorporated Association Registered Number A0003225B ABN 76 002 329 218 President Peter Hobbs Tel 9564 7601 Vice President Peter Yeates Tel 0407 345 368 Secretary Peter Grover Tel 9876 9365 Treasurer lan Dodd Tel 9878 9168 Committee Members Debbie Dodd Allan Miller Pat Miller Denise Pike llze Yeates Chris Riddiford Issue 166 lan Greenwood Tina Smith Pam King Membership Debbie Dodd Club Coach BushO lan Dodd Maps Pam King Tel 5968 3076 september 2013 Clothing Peter Yeates Newsletter Editor Debbie Dodd Tel 9878 9168 Email debbiedodd iinet net au ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10 SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER The 2013 AGM will be held at Mingarra Village 77 115 Mt Dandenong Road Croydon Enter off Wicklow Avenue and head to The Pavilion at the far end of Chevalier Drive and behind the bowling green After a short meeting to elect office bearers our guest speaker LANITA STEER will share her exciting J WOC experienceswith us Get this into your diary now Notice of Special Meeting The Committee hasrecommended that DROC adopt the new Model Rules for Incorporated Associations asits Constitution A Special Meeting will be held immediately priorto the AGM to vote on thisadoption A copy of the Model Rulesis available from Peter Hobbs Presdent or Peter Grover Secretary or from www consumervic gov au clubs and not for profits incomorated assoc
7. Sat Oct 12 2013 VU St Albans Albans 25 K3 Fairbaim Park cnr Newsom and Woods Streets Ascot Race 2 Sat Oct 19 2013 PipemakersPark__ Vale West park in Stanford St car park 28 C9 Race 3 Sat Oct 26 2013 Darebin Parklands Darebin Parklands Separation Street Alphington 31C9 Race 4 Sat Nov 9 2013 Westgate Park Westgate Park Todd Road Port Melooume 56 F1 Sat Nov 16 Race 5 2013 Royal Showgrounds RAS Showgrounds Epsom Road Flemington 28G11 Sat Nov 23 Race 6 2013 La Tobe University Carpark6 Ring Road Bundoora 19 H6 Melboume events Start any time between 2 and 3pm Registration opens 1 30pm Vic Roads Date Map Location Reference Sat Nov 30 Damascus College Ballarat Buninyong Road C294 Race 7 2013 Damascus College Mount Clear Ballarat 572 F7 Sat Nov 30 Mount Clear College Olympic Avenue Mount Clear Race 8 2013 Canadian Foret Ballarat 5 2 G7 Ballarat Grammar School Forest Street Wendouree Race 9 Sun Dec 1 2013 Wendouree Victorian Sprint Champs pre entry REQUIRED 565 T2 Ballarat events 7 8 Check website for start times Race 9 Pre allocated start times from 10am Courses Choose from the classic Mo Farah approx 3 5km 25 30 controls the short n sharp Sally Pearson approx 2 5km 16 20 controls or the Usain Bolt also approx 2 5 km 16 20 controls but less complicated Pre enter on Eventor and save Wednesday night before each event All payments are made on the day Pre enterat
8. ack taken directly from some devices or imported in GPX format with an image of a map imported from any of the popular formats jpg png tif etc Sections of the track will be coded in different colours to indicate different speeds Viewing a track in this manner is useful for analysing where and why mistakes occurred and also for gauging whether for your running ability you actually get real benefits in one particular route choice over another e g taking a longer easier route around a hill instead of the shorter harder route over the hill may not be quickerif you are only a plodder The greatest leaming opportunity comes from looking at other competitors route choices particula ry if these are cross referenced with leg split times With associated timing It becomes easy to see which route choice proved to be best There are a couple of facilities available locally forthis purpose A map archive isavailable at http doma onenteering asn au users php Fora given course map you can see where someone else went Most maps on this archive are generated from QuickRoute QuickRoute hasa publish function and include publishing competitors comments QuickRoute can also work with another tool 3D Rerun 3D Rerun supports leg by leg analysis with split time and routes shown for multiple runners An altemative comprehensive facility is provided by RouteGadget on Bendigo Orienteers website site This allows competitors to upl
9. b bannersat the end of our talks Went to 7am Mass didn t understand the Kiswahili songs but loved the musicality and enthusiasm of the children s beautiful a capella singing Jason asked me to stand up at the end of Massand say a few wordsin farewell Then back in the car for the drive back to Nairobi As we were getting close rang my pick up driver for the next leg There had been a mix up in booking he thought was coming on Sunday and was at that time doing another job from Nairobi back to Nakuru Aranged to meet at the Village Market shopping centre later in the aftemoon Parking there was chaotic Finally met up with Dennis at about 3pm after he had driven at high speed back from Nakuru shudder to think about it Eventually arrived at Johnny and Helen Onslow s place around 6pm Johnny took me to see the new building that has just been opened to house visiting volunteers The volunteers are usually either teachers or secondary school students and or ex students in their gap year prior to starting uni We met a group of secondary students who have been here fortwo weeksand are about to retum home Scholarship presentation at VGGS at about llam Johnny and met Wagaki and her father and we chatted fora while before moving to one of the classrooms for the official ceremony Many speeches including moving talks by Wagaki and her father He does not speak English so he spoke to girls in Kiswahili telling them to seize the opportunit
10. can of intemet forum reviews revealed limited practical experience There was some negative feedback about the deep nesting of control functions in menus and some gripes about getting the heart rate monitor working with the watch This latter point was reflection that people had watched the video and not read the manual RIFM There was a useful tip offered on one forum about putting moisturising cream on your chest and a little water on the strap based sensors if the unit was failing to pair with the watch Questions were raised about durability of the watch but the two year warranty period wasconsidered to be a reasonable safeguard Device Profile Transystem photoMate 887 Lite Mini GPS Recorder Source EBAY vendor Navi Wonrd 41 10 postage from Taiwan The product set includes the recorder a USB connectivity cable and software disk which includesa driver GPS View control reader program Photo Tagger program and user manual The unit hasan in built lithium battery This unit is just a basic GPS data logger providing track logging and waypoint capture functions A little black box 44 x 26 x 15mm with a few leds to indicate GPS logging and battery status a button for on off and waypoint capture and a mini USB socket for connecting the cable which is used for both battery charging and data transfer The GPS View program is very basic and provides limited control and monitoring facilities A few device settings can be changed A
11. ful and unique experiences It is definitely on my list of places everyone must try to visit at some point in their lives On our last day we started off looking around Reykjavik including listening to a very good recital on the magnificent organ in the Hallgr mskirkja cathedral Then we headed out to the Blue Lagoon fora dip in the wam water on our way to the airport Very expensive but a must do experience We spent four days in Stockholm for the last four days The hostel we are staying in includes a floating section on a sailing ship We tried to get accommodation on the ship but they didn t have 3 4 person rooms available so we had to stay in the land based section We did get to eat dinneron the ship one night We have been getting around on public transport which includes trains buses and femies Some of the places we have been include the royal palaces the old town the Vasamuseet the Vasa wasa 17th century Swedish warship which sank 1 km into its maiden voyage It was raised in the 60s and has been restored and tumed into a museum and the outer islands of the archipelago Tomorrow we leave here and fly to St Petersburg then Rob and are heading off to compete in the rogaine There are more storiesand photoson Facebook https www facebook com pedalwood SPRINTINTO SPRING Melway Date Map Location Reference Victoria University St Albans Campus McKechnie St St Race 1
12. iations running an inc omorated association rules modelrules WELCOME TO SPRING Winter is finally over and Spring is here There sso much to look forward to besides the sunshine Our next big event is the Croydon EndurO on Sunday September 15 Can you score 1000 points Be entertained amused and educated by the fun Q amp A format as you spend 2 hours or 75 minutes on the specially prepared long distance 40 control score course Start Eastfield Park Eastfield Road Croydon Melway 50 7 Start times 10am for 2 hour Run or Walk 10 30am for 75 min Run or Walk Registration opens 9 30am Entry fees 8 adults juniors under 21 Please support this event as our fundraiser forthe Dalwood Trust see story inside COMING EVENTS Get ready for the inaugural Sprint Into Spring series Consisting of 6 events on Saturday aftemoons in October and November in Melboume and a full weekend of races in Ballarat this is hugely exciting DROC is organising race 3 at Darebin Parklands on October 26 with our own Pres Peter Hobbs as course setter Visit the new website www parkstreeto com au sorint for all the details or see the back page The annual Club Relays are on Sunday October 13 at Plenty Gorge Once again we want DROC to put ona strong showing by entering as many teams as possble Even if you re a novice bush orienteer there s a course option to suit And with the venue so nice and close there s no excuse not to have a go
13. it tough Happy with my first result Next was the Middle Distance qualifier Lanita finished 2274 coming oh so close to a place in the A final the top 20 in each heat went through The terain was steep and covered in rock with narrow crevices Lanita washappy with a consistent run in the B final The Sprint race was held in the old city centre of Hradec Kralove with lots of steps and tenaced gardens a race where seconds lost or gained can move you dramatically up or down the results Lanita finished strongly in 66th 17 mins and again was the best Aussie gir The week wrapped up with the excitement of the Relay and Lanita was the first runner in the Australian Girs no 1 team A mistake half way through dropped her down a few places but she was happy with her run Janine sent us this email after the first race which gives you an idea of the tension and excitement of being a J WOC parent Hi Everyone What a great start to J WOC yesterday The weather was kind low 20 s the forest was lovely but very steep a lotof longerroute choices on tracks were the order of the day Lanita was very happy with her race and she finished strongly A tenific result If you could ha mess the emotion tension and nervousness of the waiting parents think you could fuel a power station for a year Lanita started in the middle block of runners so we had one third of the runners finished and we had an idea what a reasonable time would be so we were expecta
14. meters altitude distance direction soeed km hr pace mins km elapsed time pulse calores laps etc with current maximum minimum and average metrics available where relevant plus a few other metrics depending on mode profile and parameter There is also the concept of training zones which primarily relate to heart rate ranges The watch hasa built in rechargeable Lithium battery and operating time in GPS modes is nominally 16 hours The battery is recharged via the cable which hasa proprietary clamp style connector on one end and standard USB on the other The same cable is used for downloading data and uploading settings from the software The complimentary software GPS Master is fairy basic but performs the required tasks of down loading track log data and making device setting changes Device settings such as logging rate can be changed and A GPS reference data can be refreshed One useful control feature is the ability to set watch display items for each view of a training profile the views are lined up side by side so you can compare and pick what display items you want to set for each view The tool hasa display pane for overlaying a selected track log on Google maps if you are connected to the intemet A second pane holds a customisable graph which can display distance altitude speed pace and heart rate over time Most importantly the tool supports the export of track log data in multiple formatsinc luding G PX A quick s
15. n cold and damp conditions This deteriorated to cold windy and wet conditions by the time Treasurer Dodd and the President confirmed the location of the phantom control 77 and deployed the required hardware A nightime house party in Bendigo inclusive of wood fired pizasand chocolate cake ok Tina perhaps one ortwo drinks kept the President well fuelled and rested forthe next day slong distance event Thankfully warmer and drier conditions greeted uson Sunday As they say many hands make light work and so it was with setting up the registration and start finish areas Despite being labelled as just an office worker apparently incapable of completing even the simplest of physical or practical tasks it will be noted that the Presdent completed a myriad of tasks such as shifting several fully laden 20 litre water containers digging holes with a shovel tying knots associated with the finish chute and breaking tree branchesto clear the start and finish areas to name a few The President also completed the M21 long distance course and rounded off the day assisting pack up and pick up controls afterward A myrad of physical and practical tasks completed Wonderful how water slidesoff a duck sback isn t it The event itself was well set by Vic The terrain wasopen and fast although care was required underfoot with some fallen branches and slippery areas Gentle soursand gullies were punctuated with technical erosion and rock areas T
16. ntly waiting forherto appear out of the forest What a relief to see the flash of yellow appear out of the fir tees and Lanita run strongly up hill to the finish Finished just in the first half and first Australian and only one Kiwi got the better of her The gold medal of the day went to Martin Amiving at the start to the JWOC Tour races aftera 1 1km walk up hill we find there are no clue sheets at the start and they are not printed on the map The clue sheets are at the assembly area So with 16 mins before our start times Martin runs back to assembly locates the clue sheets for about 5 Aussies and runs back Uphill and makes it with 1 minute to spare The Aussies were not the only ones who didn t know the secret of the clue sheets After such a great week of strong performances Lanita s confidence is sky high and she now knows what she is capable of and what she needsto do to improve She is also featured on the cover of the September Australian Orienteer magazine Look out Bulgaria 2014 DROC was delighted to be able to provide funding for the trip with money raised from the sales of our Think tops and ourcontrbution to the Australian Easter Camival Next year we re running a DuO Run Ride Run in February asa major fundraiser and the Steer family will be course setting Make sure you come to the AGM to hear all about Lanita s J WOC experience see front page for details TRAVELS WITH PETER DALWOOD In June Peter flew
17. oad track logsfora given event and will present these along with relevant split times StreetO ers please note you can upload tracklogs to the STRAVA website to capture and compare routes This facility overlays tracks on Google Maps and also provides some basic performance analysis Some References BT747 http www bt747 org webinsta ll QuickRoute http www matstroeng se quic kroute en Guide to using QuickRoute http o training net blog 2011 04 13 gps analysisfor o rienteering the basics The author wishes to acknowledge the advice and guidance provided by fellow DROC member Simon Rouse LANITA GOES TO J WOC In July Lanita Steer travelled to the Czech Republic to represent Australia at the Junior Word Orienteering Championships Lanita was selected to the team after her brilliant performances this year in J unior Elite 17 20 year olds National League races She wasaccompanied by mum and dad Martin and Janine and younger siter Asha also a future J WOC aspirant Lanita competed in the Sprint Middle Distance Long Distance and Relay a very full week indeed Prior to J WOC there were training races so it wasa very busy time especially for someone undertaking VCE this year too First up was the Long Distance The temain was very hilly and physically challenging but Lanita coped admirably to finish mid field in 73 the best performance of all the Aussie girls Her comment afterwards was Clearrun hillsa b
18. racks provided some handrails but as Pam and discovered whilst putting out controls could not be completely relied upon The M21 course included a range of long and short legs Unfortunately made two enor one at control 13 apparently running straight past the control and onward to the wrong gully and another error approaching control 16 by coming up the wrong gully then becoming disorientated in a boulder field which looked identical to the boulder field amid which control 16 was actually located Apparently Bruce Arthur made the same mistake so at least wasn t alone there Lastly could not help but notice that virtually every rock wall and rock field on the map seemed to be orientated north south How could this be Some intemet research revealed this phenomena to be paleomagnetism or the study of the earth s magnetic field in rocks It has been found that minerals in basalt and other igneous rocks can preserve the direction of the Earth s magnetic field when the rocks cool This explains the rocks north south orientation Interesting Happy orienteering Peter Hobbs ed s note digging holes with shovels is a time honoured Presidential task Way back in the mists of time the first job assigned to then newly elected Pres Dodd was to dig the holes for the pit toilets at Watsons Glen for the NightO Champs A ROUTE TO SELF ENLIGHTENMENT GPS by Mark Korvin Some club members appreciate the self improvement opportunity provided by
19. the ACT Lanita is also the co captain and isin her final year in the team We wish both girs a successful and enjoyable competition Our various fundraising efforts have enabled the club to provide financial support forthe trop MEMBER NEWS Please extend a wam welcome to our new members Michael and Leah Lillycrapp and Willow the dog and the Manson family We hope you enjoy Michael and Leah are keen crosscountry skiers who have been getting fit at streetO and the Mansons have been regulars at this year s MelbushO Our youngest member is Ava and here she is with mum Amanda and proud grandparents Lyn and lan Greenwood lan snot sure if he wantsto be known asGramps Grumps or Pops DROC POLO TOPS ON SALE After our annual stocktape we discovered a surplus of our blue polo tops So they re on sale at the never to be repeated price of 15 They are perfect for afterevent wear any time on club duty or just for when you want to look good Peter Yeates isthe man to see Pete also hasa range of other clubwear forall seasons RESULTS ICEBERG SERIES A1 Simon Rouse 3 A4 Dale Howe 2nd B1 Jay Kerley 1 Reg Saunders 34 B2 Peter Yeates 14 PW1 Phil Torode 1s The Girs 3rd J ay and Phil both achieved a perfect score of 600 points after dominating their divisions VICTORIAN LONG DISTANCE CHAMPIO NSHIPS Congratulations to our 2013 Champions lan Davies Sarah Davies Asha Steer and Lanita Steer Placegetters were Janine Steer
20. viewing GPS captured track logs ovenaid on event maps The availability of GPS technology in small form factor devices such as phones sports watches and data loggers at affordable prices coupled with freely available supporting software tools means that pretty well anyone can avail themselves of this opportunity This article looks at a couple of low costdevicesand some analysis tools with this purpose in mind Device Profile Crane GPS Sports Watch Source ALDI Supemarket Initial J uly retail price was 99 but subsequently discounted to 79 and apparently even lower in some stores The product set included a watch a heart rate monitor with chest strap USB connectivity cable a bicycle mounting bracket and a manual which included reference to some intemet based resources instructional video downloadable software package GPS Master and instructions on uploading to the social activity site SIRAVA The product has a two year warranty supported in Australia This is a general pupos sports watch offering a number of different operating modes date time alarm GPS Training GPS Navigation and Compass mode Each mode has multiple display views which allow some user customisation of what gets displayed for each mode The GPS Training mode offers further specialisation through 5 different profile options running cycling hiking sailing and user user defined Aside from track log position information the unit can display data on various para
21. y provided to them by being at the school was surprised and pleased that the student I sponsor Tabitha spoke on behalf of the gins Then after handed over the cheque and the official bit finished we all moved outside and gathered around the tree planted in Chris s memory and had some more photostaken handing overthe cheque Johnny showed me around the new developments of which there have been many in the three years since was last here The grounds are rapidly filling up with classrooms staff and student accommodation enlarged dining and kitchen areas The newest development about to start willbe a combined chapeland assembly area performance space The school is close to full capacity now Iceland and Sweden On Tuesday aftemoon Dennis drove me back to Nairobi to catch my plane to Iceland via Glasgow and Edinburgh Met up with Col and Rob in Reykjavik for dinner There was a noisy bar over the road from our room that threatened to keep going all night but eventually went quiet around midnight and we were able to get some sleep still not dark sundown is about 1 30 and sunrise about 4 00am The last few days have been the most memorable ones but every day we have had amazing sights and experiences Yesterday s excursion in a Zodiac boat acrossa huge lagoon filled with icebergs to the edge ofa glacier was probably the highlight event of the trip It will be hard to top that experience Our time in Iceland wasa succession of wonder
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