To All,
The next Sydney event is the Great Adventure Challenge, October 20.
This event is different to the usual adventure races as the teams
comprise 8 members with 4 racing at any given time. Team changes are
permitted at each transition.
There will be up to 7 points to cover on the day, however leapfrogging
may allow it to be covered by 4 or 5.
The location will be to the west of Lake Macquarie with the start at
Wangi Wangi.
First leg is a Kayak to Dora Creek.
The Cycling and Running legs are to the west around Mandalong.
Points we need to cover are
Start/Finish Wangi Wangi .
Dora Creek.
Bike TA at the end of Sauls Rd.
Bike/Trek TA off Tobins Rd.
Bike TA Mandalong Rd and Middle Break Rd.
Repeater Site.
I am looking for a suitable spot for the repeater.
All of the transition points are easily accessible.
Several of our members will be unavailable for this event due to the
VRA AGM and a proposed training event in the New England.
Any members available please advise by email to sydney(a)crest.org.au.
Regards,
Des.
To all,
Update for the weekend.
For the weekend we have Des, Julie, Andrew and John from Sydney
attending.
An extra member or 2 is needed for this event.
Warren will be available if not working.
The Blue course map is attached. The Pink course is the reverse of this
one. The Green course is the Novice event.
The plan.
Communications.
Hub repeater at Rileys Mountain Lookout near the Mulgoa trig point.
UHF 93, VHF 75
Spoke repeater at Red Hands Car Park.
UHF 96,
Manned Points
Start/Finish, Des & Julie
Red Hands Car Park, John with Spoke Repeater.
Causeway, Craig.
The Oaks, TBA
Friday.
Set up Hub Repeater, Des, Julie and Craig
Saturday.
0700 Meet at Euroka Clearing for breakfast, briefing and deploy.
0900 Regular race start
1000 Novice race start
1500 All finish, pack up go home.
Any questions please email, sydney(a)crest.org.au.
Des.
To all,
For the weekend we have Des, Julie, Craig and John from Sydney
attending.
An extra member or 2 is needed for this event.
The Blue course map is attached. The Pink course is the reverse of this
one. The Green course is the Novice event.
The plan.
Communications.
Hub repeater at Rileys Mountain Lookout near the Mulgoa trig point.
UHF 93, VHF 75
Spoke repeater at Red Hands Car Park.
UHF 96,
Manned Points
Start/Finish, Des & Julie
Red Hands Car Park, John with Spoke Repeater.
Causeway, Craig.
The Oaks, TBA
Friday.
Set up Hub Repeater, Des, Julie and Craig
Saturday.
0700 Meet at Euroka Clearing for breakfast, briefing and deploy.
0900 Regular race start
1000 Novice race start
1500 All finish, pack up go home.
Any questions please email, sydney(a)crest.org.au.
Des.
To All,
Thanks to the crew at the Coastal Classic, Craig, Brendan, Julie and
Warren.
All went well. The only major incident was extracting an injured runner
by 4WD.
Also thanks to the Sydney and Prospect members who assisted with the
Wolombi Wild Ride.
Our next Sydney event is the Blue Mountains Adventure Race in the Lower
Blue Mountains, Saturday September 22
Members interested in assisting please advise by email to sydney@crest.
org.au
A team of 4 or 5 should be sufficient for this task.
The program.
Meet at Euroka Clearing at 0700 for breakfast and deployment.
The race starts at 0900 and should be over by 1500 or thereabouts.
The plan is to set up the repeater on Friday at Rileys Mountain
Lookout.
Normal routine, come prepared with food and water.
The Great Adventure Challenge will be the next event on Saturday
October 20 followed by the Bouddi Run on October 27.
Regards,
Des.
