2014 ACT Secondary Schools Orienteering Championships

Friday, 27 June 2014

Congratulations to the 2014 ACT Secondary School students who competed in this year’s ACT Secondary Schools Orienteering Championships last month.  Fifty three students competed for their schools.  Ten ACT Secondary Schools/Colleges were represented.

(Some runners in Women’s Classes -  Lucinda A – Lyneham HS, Miho Y and Tara M – Girls Grammar, Annabelle M – Lyneham HS)

As well as racing the ACT Secondary Schools Orienteering Championships and in the ACT Sprint Distance Championships, each runner’s purpose was to get their school the best placing possible. The scoring system was designed to make the outcome as fair and as exciting as possible.  To achieve this points were awarded only to the fastest representative from each school as follows: 1^st 10pts, 2^nd 7pts, 3^rd 5pts, 4^th 4 pts, 5^th 3pts, 6^th 2pts

(Top row from left-  Men’s classes: Jesse P – Marist College, Mark G – Canberra Grammar, Llew R – Radford College, Christian P - Marist College Bottom Row from left - Thomas H – Telopea Park, Stephen M and Tristan M – Canberra Grammar and Lyneham HS, Kieran l – Hawker College)

Perpetual trophies were awarded to first place in each category and for the Champion Men’s and Women’s Schools and Colleges.

CHAMPION WOMENS HS – Lyneham HS 20 pts 2^nd Canberra HS 17pts, 3^rd Girls Grammar 12pts

CHAMPION WOMENS COLLEGE – Girls Grammar 10pts 2^nd Dickson College 7pts

CHAMPION MENS HS – Canberra Grammar 17pts 2^nd Marist College 14pts, =3^rd Lyneham HS 10pts, Telopea Park 10 pts

CHAMPION MENS COLLEGE – Canberra Grammar 10pts 2^nd Dickson College 7pts, 3^rd Hawker College 5pts

The full results are here.