Yarra Valley Orienteering Club is a Melbourne club of Orienteering Victoria based in the north-east of Melbourne.
The Yarra Valley AGM was held at Darebin Parklands this year on April 13th. It was followed by a fun exercise organised by some of the junior members which was a cross between orienteering and an Easter egg hunt! After that came an excellent afternoon tea. The new committee for 2019 includes the following people: President: ...
A large number of Yarra Valley members travelled to Chewton for the 2018 long-distance championships on 16 September. The terrain contained much old gold-mining activity and enough hills to get the muscles pumping. YV ended up with 14 members in the placings at the presentations at the finish: 1st Place: Moira Kuffer (W21A), Heather O'Donnell ...
The new, updated, colour map of the Coburg Lake area was used for the first time on Saturday afternoon, August 4th. Over 100 people participated, then enjoyed afternoon tea where they compared route choices on the course set by Mel Gangemi and Tim Wardrop. Only one person managed to visit all 20 checkpoints but he ...
On Sunday 29 July, Yarra Valley ran a MelBush-O event on the new map of "Yanakie Block", not far from Sugarloaf Reservoir north-east of Melbourne. Ruth Goddard fieldworked and drew the map, then set the courses. Over 140 people made the short drive to participate on a perfect morning for a walk or jog ...
The weather turned on a bright sunny day this year for the Victorian Relay Championships. After a couple of years with the event being hosted close to Melbourne this year the relays returned to a 'true' bush environment at Kookaburra Rises. Six full Yarra Valley OC teams competed and Sheila and Tuckonie's Sylvia forming another incomplete team, ...
Alex Tarr is the club champion for 2018 with a perfect run at Tipperary Springs near Daylesford on 20 May. Running on Course M5, Alex had the fastest split time on every leg except the finish chute and his total time was almost 15 minutes faster than the next placed competitor on his course. Libby ...
It was a great day out at Lake Eppalock on Sunday. Cormac had set some tricky courses where it was important to keep in close contact with the map, while running hard. The weather was fantastic and very conducive to relaxing after your run with a toastie and cake or two from the juniors ...
There was a great attendance at the club's AGM on the 22nd April. If you have been wondering just who is on the committee this year, look below. President: Sheila Colls Secretary: Belinda Dale Treasurer: Kathy Liley Committee members Cormac McCarthy David Goddard Heather O’Donnell Jackie Dempster Russell Bulman Ruth Goddard Ted van Geldermalsen Tim Wardrop The Vice-President position remains vacant.
The Victorian Middle and Long Distance championships were held on the weekend of 16-17 September in forest close to Creswick. Both events featured a mixture of terrain types, with detailed gold-mining terrain providing some serious navigational challenges. Due to rain on the preceding Friday, Slaty Creek was flowing freely and everyone got wet feet ...
Hania Lada set the courses for Yarra Valley's state series event on Sunday 25 June at Spring Gully, near Fryerstown (south of Chewton). Despite a worrying weather forecast, the rain held off until everyone was on their way home. ...