The Wits Education Campus was the first venue for the 2012 Orienteering Schools League. The League got off to a great start with 142 runners at Monday’s event. There are four events plus a final in the series. The schools are also invited to compete in the annual Gauteng relay event in March.
We greeted 142 participants across the four categories: junior boys, junior girls, senior boys and senior girls. These runners represented six schools (Cornwall College, Fourways, Randpark, Charter College, St Davids and Krugersdorp) plus one runner from Trinity and one runner from Bryandale Primary.
The results were as follows:
Junior boys (45 runners)
- Timothy Chambers, Fourways, 11:07
- Christian Dlamini, Fourways, 14:18
- Jonathan Estie, Randpark, 15:28
Junior girls (43 runners)
- Cian Oldknow, Fourways, 8:34
- Christie Courtnage, Trinity, 8:51
- Kirstyn Hutchenson, Fourways, 11:45
Senior boys (27 runners)
- Greg Avierinos, Cornwall, 12:56
- Alexander Ham, Cornwall, 17:36
- Damian Ehrke, Randpark, 19:59
Senior girls (27 runners)
- Jessica Thiels, Fourways, 15:24
- Jessie Oldknow, Fourways, 17:11
- Brooke Reed, Rand Park, 18:03
It is encouraging to see the large number of juniors and an even spread between girls and boys.
There were many disqualified runners, especially in the boys categories, mostly due to missing controls or incorrect punching. This should iron out for the second event as the runners get to grips with what they have to do.
There are three more events to go, plus a final. Next week the Orienteering Schools League moves to Heron Bridge, just past Fourways.
Photos have been posted on the OSL Facebook group (/OSchoolsLeague).