Boxing Bay 10 Miler

To wear off the seasonal calories GHO Canada GHO members participated in the annual Boxing Day 10 Mile Road Race in Hamilton. After a leisuely downhill start and meandering along the Hamilton Bay section of the Waterfront Trail, this race goes straight up hill. From the bay to Chedoke Golf Course, racers have to maintain their pace. A short Bruce Trail section was dangerous this year as ice and snow with light sand gave traction problems. Just when one thinks it is a downhill to the finish, a long 1/2 mile hill tests racers. Coach Sudden was the top racer coming in 20th overall out of 830 in just over 1:01. Meridan was solid, home for Christmas from Calgary, finishing in just over 1:17. Other GHOers present were Ian, Trudy, Earle and Dave Anderson.

Wine-O 2007

In some years, the GHO Wine-O has taken place shortly after the grape harvest against a backdrop of beautiful autumn leaves. This year it might have been more appropriate to call it the Ice Wine-O due to the early arrival of winter. However, it takes more than a little cold weather to keep orienteers out of the woods! More than 85 enthusiastic racers arrived at Mount Nemo on Sunday morning for a fun and challenging Thomass course set by Mike Waddington, who monitored the race remotely from sunny California. Jean Wessel and Jim & Sue Waddington wrangled the large crowd with considerable finesse and provided hot chocolate and cookies at the finish line.

For the first time in a Thomass, racers started at different locations based on their handicap levels, thanks to assistants with carefully synchronized watches. Everyone ran a prescribed course to the start triangle, then spread out to tackle up to 7 controls in the Thomass Box, depending on their handicap. From there, racers headed up toward the complex northwest section of the Mt. Nemo map, visiting 9 more controls before the finish line. Much of this second part of the race happened within a small area, yet many racers commented that they didn't see other people - or if they did, they were not heading to the same control. Icy trails and 20 cm of snow made for a physically challenging event. Racers had to watch their footing on the rocky ground in addition to paying attention to the subtle contours.

Laszlo Orosz finished 1st in 53:06, followed closely by Matthew Rooke of the Stars. A group of GHO runners came in right behind - Mark Adams, Hans Fransson, Serghei Logvin and Andrei Logvin - with Nick Duca of the Stars chasing them. These first seven runners all finished within 22 seconds of one another. GHO's Barb Campbell was the first female finisher at 1:01:12, and Elena Logvina was 5th Female at 1:04:20. Two races into the season, GHO is off to a great start with Mark Adams leading the Thomass Series, Hans Fransson in 2nd and Andrei Logvin in 3rd. Elisabeta Orosz leads the women's field, with GHO's Barb Campbell and Elena Logvina in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Prel results Wine-O Thomass

Finish time Club  Natural Min.Sec 

Laszlo Orosz 11:08:06 GGO M35 00:53:06
Matthew Rooke 11:08:07 STARS MElite 00:53:07
Mark Adams 11:08:08 GHO M45 00:53:08
Hans Fransson11:08:11 GHO M35 00:53:11
Serghei Logvin 11:08:13 GHO M20 00:53:13
Andrei Logvin 11:08:22 GHO M45 00:53:22
Nick Duca 11:08:28 STARS M35 00:53:28
Chris Piller 11:14:51 VicO MElite 00:59:51
Giles Malet 11:14:53 STARS M45 00:59:53
Tyson Dyck 11:14:55 None MElite 00:59:55
Harper Forbes 11:14:58 GGO MElite 00:59:58
Tim Sedden 11:15:05 TOC M35 01:00:05
Igor Palagnyuk11:15:11 UKR MElite 01:00:11
David Cady 11:15:12 BFLO M55 01:00:12
Bill Wells 11:16:02 CNO MElite 01:01:02
Eugene Mlynczyk11:16:09 UKR M35 01:01:09
Barb Campbell11:16:12 GHO F45 01:01:12
ElisabetaOrosz 11:16:26 GGO F35 01:01:26
SevastianIrimie 11:16:33 GGO M45 01:01:33
Jerry Bakker 11:17:40 TOC M45 01:02:40
Richard Ehrlich 11:17:48 GHO M45 01:02:48
Andrea Chappell11:17:55 STARS F45 01:02:55
Tim Grant 11:18:16 GHO MElite 01:03:16
FeleishaReiter 11:18:25 None FElite 01:03:25
Elena Logvina 11:19:20 GHO F35 01:04:20
Glenn Birnie 11:19:28 GHO M45 01:04:28
Pete Cameron 11:21:32 CN MElite 01:06:32
Denise Prosphin11:21:52 None FElite 01:06:52
Alex Hourahine11:21:54 STARS M55 01:06:54
Peter Dobos 11:24:31 STARS M65+ 01:09:31
Ilona Dobos 11:24:42 STARS F55 01:09:42
Michael Johnston11:26:06 TOC M35 01:11:06
Jamie Humphries11:26:16 TOC M35 01:11:16
Mark Arnold 11:26:19 None MElite 01:11:19
Alex Wise 11:26:29 Other MElite 01:11:29
Jer Hourahine11:26:40 STARS M16 01:11:40
Conor Gallagher11:27:31 None M35 01:12:31
Bob Miller 11:27:33 TOC MElite 01:12:33
Leanne Mueller 11:27:35 CN FElite 01:12:35
FernandoNuflo 11:27:38 TOC M35 01:12:38
Goran Miscevic11:27:51 TOC M35 01:12:51
Alison Waddell 11:28:18 TOC F35 01:13:18
Annette VanTyghem11:28:35 GGO F35 01:13:35
Gregory Hyatt 11:29:05 BFLO M55 01:14:05
Sean Roper 11:30:10 None MElite 01:15:10
Anton Pravdin 11:30:23 None M16 01:15:23
Liza Pye 11:30:25 GHO FElite 01:15:25
Kevin Kenny 11:30:36 GGO M45 01:15:36
Donald Ross 11:30:40 TOC M55 01:15:40
Ralph Lindzon 11:30:43 TOC M45 01:15:43
Shelagh Pepper 11:30:52 STARS F45 01:15:52
Keith Sanger 11:33:22 CN M55 01:18:22
Rick Sommerkamp11:33:29 GHO M45 01:18:29
Cathy Hayhow 11:34:20 TOC F45 01:19:20
Doug Innes 11:34:21 GGO M55 01:19:21
Heather Korol 11:37:44 None F35 01:22:44
Andy Hourahine11:37:57 STARS M35 01:22:57
Raymond Chung 11:38:05 AM TOC M45 01:23:05
Clive Hayhow 11:38:12 TOC M45 01:23:12
Katie Evans 11:42:00 None FElite 01:27:00
ChristopherEvans11:42:04 TOC M45 01:27:04
Mike Hourahine 11:42:17 STARS MElite 01:27:17
David Baldock 11:55:18 GHO M65+ 01:40:18
Erin Kennedy 11:55:23 None FElite 01:40:23
Kael Opie 11:56:27 TOC M35 01:41:27
Sean Poynton 11:56:29 None MElite 01:41:29
Kristen Harrison11:59:24 GHO FElite 01:44:24
Michael Van altena12:04:12 STARS M35 01:49:12
OleksandrBut 12:15:39 TOC MElite 02:00:39
David Lue 12:16:02 None M35 02:01:02
Imola Kerekes 12:16:04 TOC F35 02:01:04
PaulGolightly 12:28:16 TOC M65+ 02:13:16

DSQ/DNF
MargaretBryant 11:54:21 TOC F35 01:39:21
Eleanor Bryant 11:54:25 TOC FElite 01:39:25
Dylan Hughes 12:10:49 None Team 01:55:49
ChristianRajic 12:10:49 None Team 01:55:49
Gillian May 12:10:49 None Team 01:55:49
Dominic Stones 12:12:44 TOC M35 01:57:44
Andrew Morgan 12:12:49 TOC MElite 01:57:49
Eric Lewis 11:56:32 None MElite 01:41:32
Nancy Fouineteau12:00:10 TOC FElite 01:45:10
Sally Fouineteau12:00:11 TOC FElite 01:45:11
Frank Job 12:02:39 None M55 01:47:39
Katrin Sedletsky12:03:00 TOC F35 01:48:00
Martin Bjurner 11:06:06 TOC M35 00:51:06

Novice Course
Emese Orosz GGO 30:00