JANUARY 2009

 

This was meant to be the last newsletter for 2008 but due to a last minute hiccup and then the Hazells being away for four weeks it has now become the first TT newsletter in 2009.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas/New Year and are beginning your preparation for some exciting orienteering events early in 2009, including national standard events (National Orienteering League) at Keithcott Farm, Para Wirra and Narrinyeri Hills in March, and  Easter in Tasmania. (Don’t forget entries for the latter close very soon).

RETURN OF THE TINTOGIES

It was lovely to see so many TTs at the AGM at Black Hill in November 2008 where Jeffa revived the tradition of the Tintogies. Many years ago, TT awarded Tintogies at the AGM (a decorated Vegemite glass. Anyone still got one?) This year a few people won a bar of chocolate. The winners were:

David Law--- for so often bringing new people to events. As it so happened, he also put out a control for the Wadmore Park course earlier in the evening, the first time he had taken on that responsibility.

Henry Hazell - for running the same course as Luke in the Schools Relays and beating him by 2 minutes!

Fi Pahor - for being “ the Lady of the Tablecloth”. In all her catering at TT events she has always  made the array look elegant on top of a bright yellow tablecloth. Thanks, Fi.

Tony Radford - for his definition of a broken fence. People were asked to add to the list already on display eg “uncrossable fence—always between you and the control”. Tony’s  definition was Trip Wire.  He was thinking back to an event in the South East where he tripped over an old fence and broke his jaw.

Dean Davis - for his work in schools. Dean is the teacher responsible for all the successful orienteering that goes on at East Adelaide Primary School.  This leads on in later years to members in our SA Schools team as Dean’s orienteers go on orienteering wherever they go to school next.  Such an important role earned more than a chocolate bar. As teachers are  always so busy and never at a loose end, TT gave him a bottle of  Gibson’s Barossa wine  called “Loose Ends”! Dean started orienteering with the South East club and hasn’t lost his skills. He whizzed round the 8 controls on Wadmore Park.

A couple of other teachers missed out on their wine… You have to be in it to win it.

Maybe you’ll come next year for your Tintogie?

2009 TT COMMITTEE

The 2008 AGM saw Andrew Slattery, Fi Pahor and Geoff Bennett reconfirmed as TT President, Secretary and Treasurer respectively for 2009.
The only other changes in general committee membership for 2009 involved Barry Wheeler and Vanessa Round departing and Jenny Kennedy arriving. The TT general committee membership for 2009 therefore includes: Erica Diment, Phil and Anna Hazell, Mike Hicks, Jeffa Lyon, John Nieuwenhoven, Ken Thompson, Bob Smith, Carolyn Strong, Jenny Kennedy.

29 Tintookies won merit badges in 2008

Erica Diment	W45	Bronze
Trevor Diment	M45	Silver
Riordan Dose	M16	Gold
Robyn Dose	W45	Bronze
Stephen Dose	M35	Gold
Tom Dose	M17	Gold
Dean Fyfe	M35	Bronze
Anna Hazell	W45	Bronze
Henry Hazell	M15	Bronze
Luke Hazell	M16	Silver
Phil Hazell	M45	Gold
Mike Hicks	M65	Bronze
Steve Hicks	M45	Bronze
Gil Hollamby	M65	Bronze
Ron Larsson	M75	Gold
Jeffa Lyon	W70	Gold
John Lyon	M70	Gold
Helen Mason-Fyfe	W16	Gold
Stephanie Mason-Fyfe	W17	Bronze
John Nieuwenhoven	M21	Silver
Jeanette Paterson	W55	Bronze
Alison Radford	W55	Gold
Kate Radford	W21	Silver
Tony Radford	M55	Gold
George Reeves	M70	Gold
Vanessa Round	W21	Gold
Andre Scott	M45	Gold
Robert Smith	M60	Gold
Ken Thompson	M55	Bronze

If you want to buy your Badge ($5) and support the elite orienteers of Australia, please let Fi Pahor know, for ordering purposes, by 31 January 2009.

 

Draft organiser, course setter, helper roster for 2009

Please review the draft roster (almost totally blank at this stage) and offer your services for any of the major/minor jobs that will need doing during the TT contribution to next year’s OASA event program. Geoff’s home phone number is 83367416.

 

SOCIAL NEWS

Join us for Santos Symphony Under the Stars, Elder Park, Saturday 31 January, admission free. For further information and reservation of your spot liaise with Jeffa on 8389 3143.

 

Contributions to the newsletter

If you have any written contributions that you’d like to make to future club newsletters please send them by email to the following address: philhazell@internode.on.net or phone me at home on 83636525 or talk to me at events in weeks/months to come. Anna Hazell.