CROSS-COUNTRY ORIENTATION

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28619, 23 June 1958, Page 13

CROSS-COUNTRY ORIENTATION

Olympic Club’s Event Members of the Olympic Harrier Club took part in a five-mile crosscountry orientation exercise over the Cashmere Hills on Saturday. Cross-country orientation exercises are popular in Scandinavia, where they also have value as military exercises, but the Olympic Club’s event is believed to be the first of the kind officially organised in Canterbury. The runners, dispatched from the start at one-minute intervals, were required to follow written instructions to the first of a series of check points, through vffiich they had to pass, subsequently receiving instructions at each check point for following the trail to the next point. Skill in the of a compass was necessary for correct following of the route, and lack of ability in this lost runners valuable time. At one stage, four runners, who were required to follow a certain compass bearing, were observed running in four different directions. The Olympic Club’s veteran runner, L. C. Richards, who has regularly competed in cross-country events for some 25 years, was first to the final check point. Placings were L. C. Richards 1, K. Lange 2, K. Barraclough 3. OTHER CLUB RESULTS Anglican Club. —Fast pack: H. Clements 1, C. Ogle 2. D. Leeming 3. Medium pack: A. Mahan 1, M. Shepard 2. T. Paterson 3. Junior pack: B. Butters 1. G. Bennett 2. B. Currey 3

Bryndwr Club.—The club’s annual Bryndwr Challenge Cup races resulted:—Junior (one mile and a half): B. Dixon 1, B. Twort 2, B. Parker 3, J Hollis 4. Midgets (one mile): W. Griffen 1, H. McGregor 2, J Mundy 3.

Christchurch Club.—Fast pack: B. Dingwall 1, N. Madigan 2. R. Swain 3. Medium pack: M. Eder 1. I Clifford 2, J. Patterson 3. Open novice race: E. McCartney 1, D. Mackley 2. B. Rattray 3. Colts’ novice race: A. Griffiths 1, B. Dunlop 2, B. Good 3.

Marist and Technical Clubs.— Results of the annual combined run over a seven-mile trail in the Bryndwr district were:—Fast pack: R. Ayrey (Marist) 1, D. Greig (Technical) 2, C. Dillimore (Technical) and J. Daly (Marist) (equal) 3. Slow pack: B. Righton (Marist) 1 M. Shackel (Marist) 2. C. Milne (Technical) 3. Junior pack: B Atkins (Marist) 1, C. Parish (Marist) 2. A. Evans (Technical) 3.

Methodist and Baptist Clubs.—Results of the annual inter-club relay race from Christchurch to Rangiorq were:—Methodist A (D. Dixey, J. Hoare. R. Alcorn. P. Betts. G Dixey) 1. Baptist A (D. Campbell. B. Bates, B. Woods, G. Richards. B. Turner) 2, Methodist B (L. Smith, M. Gosney, R. Caldow. R. Ansley. G Lang) 3.

Presbyterian Club.—Racing pack: I R. Lucock 1, W. 1 1.

Brown 3. Fast pack: J. Hewlett 1, D. Taylor 2, P. Black 3. Slow pack: G. Bates 1, G. Russell 2, M. Smith 3. Rover Scout Club.—Fast pack: E. Heal 1, L. McDonald 2, J. Alabaster 3. Medium pack: R. Harding 1, B. Fairweather 2, B. Hunter 3. Slow pack: A. Chapman 1, H. Vodde 2, A. Jones 3. Junior pack: G. Matheson 1, B. McLean 2, D. Clarke 3.

University Club.—Racing pack: J. Barber 1, L. Phillips 2, S. Bernau 3. Fast pack: J. Tregurtha 1, R Coleman 2, P. May 3. Medium pack; M. Love 1. D. Anderson 2. D. Blunt 3. ' Slow pack: B. Stanton 1. B. Campbell 2, B. Laws 3.

Anglican Ladies’ Club.—Fast pack; Alison Kinvig 1, J. Ashenden 2, Anne Kinvig 3. Medium pack: S. Quinlivan 1. Cynthia Ede 2, L. Bennetts 3. Slow pack: H. Saxon 1, E. Flygenring and Carol Ede (equal) 3.

Christchurch Ladies' Pioneer Club: —Fast pack: M. Macdonald 1, B. Hammill 2, J. Macdonald 3. Slow pack: V Snook 1, N. Campbell 2. A. Campbell 3. Intermediate pack: A. Kennedy and L. Campbell (equal) 1, P. Gregg 3. Junior fast pack: M. Dixey 1, D. Dixey 2, L. Abernethy 3. Slow pack: D. Chisholm 1. P. Ovington 2. W. Savage 3.

Firms’ Association Race

Twenty-seven runners competed in the Christchurch Firms’ Recreation Association’s annual cross-country race of about two miles and a half round South Hagley Park on Saturday morning. The race started and finished at Hagley Oval. The individual winner was B. Curie, the Canterbury three-mile, six-mile. and marathon champion, who rah the distance in 13min 50sec, and won by a clear margin. main interest of the race lay in the teams’ contest, based on the points scored by the first three runners home in each four-man team.

Results:— A. and N.Z. Bank (B. P. Bragg, O. Dickinson, G. F. Hack, R. T. O'Hagan) 1. David Crozier, Ltd. (J. B Hughes. A. D. Milne. G. Stewart. N J. Stewart) 2. Independent Grocers’ Association (B. Curie. D. Harkness, G. Smith, G. Wade) 3.

Members of the Canterbury School Committees’ Association and their wives attended a service in the Christchurch Cathedral last evening, when the praacher was the Dean of Christchurch (the Very Rev. Martin Sullivan).