It was great to see us all studying are maps so hard at University yesterday evening. It was great to have some lovely weather after a couple of damp ones.
🚶♂️🏃♂️🏃♀️ 69 people took part, 31 of whom were juniors from clubs, schools or part of a family unit.
👏👏👏 Special thanks go to joint planners/organisers Richard Hetherington and Paul Daniels. Other super volunteers who made the event a success were, Wilbert Hollinger who mentored Richard and Paul through there first event. Ric Gamble who helped set up & take down alongside Richard McCourt, Alan Gartside for printing the maps and Colin Smith for delivering them, Mark Pruzina, Sharon Dickenson and Geoffrey Collins registration for other techy background stuff. For starter Sarah Gamble and control collectors, I think Dan Earnshaw was one, sorry if I have missed you out, but thank you!
👀 To check out all the results from the UUJ run click here.
👃 Have a nosey at people routes and compare yours using Routegadget – click here. For more detail on results Winsplits is also available here.
🏆 So with WEE8 UUJ being the last WEE in June, we now can announce the monthly WEE Winners! Congratulations to:
Long Course
Juniors: 1st Peter Gamble (59 points), 2nd Adam Wharry (53 points) and 3rd Samuel Francey (48). Just behind in 4th place was Luke Gardiner (46) – August is your month Luke!
Female: 1st Stephanie Pruzina (75), 2nd Gillian Wasson (74) and 3rd Sharon Dickenson (63). Close racing ladies!
Male: Joint 1st Lyle Fleming and Peter Reed (51 points) and joint 3rd Mark Pruzina and Ric Gamble (46). Super ‘friendly’ competition this month.
Short Course
Juniors: 1st Abi Vance (77), 2nd Penny Niblett (71) and 3rd Daniel Mullan (69). What a great competition between these three young novice orienteers! Abi and Penny also won prizes in the U13 Ballymena Schools League along with Harry Watt (49) – not bad for only having picked up an orienteering map for the first time in May!
Female: 1st Daphne Hammond (40), 2nd Kateryna Mahlych (39), 3rd Elizabeth Dawson (20).
Male: Joint 1st Brendan Cormican and John Watt (19) 3rd and Gareth Brown (10).
Prizes for all three months will be presented on the last WEE in August, WEE12 at Belvoir on Wednesday 24th August. Food also planned to celebrate the end of the series! 🌭
Thank you all who participated in June. 👋
🕶⛱ There is a WEE holiday in July, but back again in August for four more evening events in Belfast Parks. The first one is at Botanic Gardens on Wednesday 3rd August, where first time planner and junior member Anastasia invites us to enjoy the challenges she sets!