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BS- Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1981 - North Shore News

Orienteering team knew its way home

Orienteering is not a each other in the Comox
spectator sport at the Valley.
best of times and the It would be nice to say
venue chosen at the that it was all worth it and
B.C. Summer Games that the orienteering turned

: out to be the spectator
was certainly no ex- highlight of the games.
ception.

Nice, but false.
There is no denying that

After all, not many ‘he scenery and the
spectators have the stamina tranquility to be found in an
to run after athletes as they 2!Pine meadow is soothing to
take off into the woods in ‘he soul.
search of inaccessibly placed It ts also pleasant to find a
markers. sport in which the athletes
share the meadow with the
occasional deer which seems
-to know where it is going
better than the athletes.

But as to figuring out
exactly what is going on as
‘runners come and go, at
indeterminate intervals and
in various directions, as one
is standing ankle deep in
alpine meadow (read
‘swamp’), forget it!

This was before the fog
rolled in and the woods,
meadow, and runners swiftly
became invisible and
photographers (read ‘two’)
searched their pockets
anxiously for emergency
whistles.

After this somewhat
negative prologue, we now
come to the good part -
North Shore athletes took
five medals over the three
days of competition.

Robyn Rennie, of North

But even getting to the Van, was the outstanding
course last weekend was a_ athlete as she took the gold
challenge, as potential medal in the elite women
spectators were expected to division and was also part of
drive tO kilometres out of the first place relay team.
town, switch onto a dirt road In the two day event,
and then dnve 18 kilometres Rennie finished a total of 22
to the top of Mount = minutes ahead of West
Washington. Vancouver teammate Susan

This, while the vast Foster who took the silver.
majority of other sports were Rennie its one of the very
held within a few miles of competent onenteerers who

ROBYN RENNIE

PETCHING FOR the North Van girls softball team is
Lynn Bremner. The team had two wins and two losses

before it was defeated by Richmond in the battle for
the bronze.

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LOST, but not forever, this orienteering competitor tries to find his bearings as the mist rolls in on
Washington, during Saturday's competition at the B.C. Summer Games. (Pat Rich)

has the ability to follow a
map with hardly ever having
to.resort to a Compass.

She said she liked the
course which was not nearly
as rugged as the Lighthouse
Park site used for the
prehminaries.

Foster was also a member
of the third place Meadow
Mashers team in the relay
team.

In the junior girls division,
West Van struck silver again
as Katherina Gaardner
finished just two minutes
behind the gold medal
winner. Gaardner also
joined Rennie on the win-
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relay team.

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