Australian Orienteering League - 1993

1993 was the inaugural year of the Australian Orienteering League. The individual format was similar to that used in subsequent years, but the 'clubs' for team competition did not coincide with states as they did in later years. The four clubs were:

Capital Cosmonauts (ACT)
East Coast Coolers (NSW/Queensland/Tasmania)
Southern Lights (Victoria/South Australia)
Transcontinental Tigersnakes (Victoria/WA)
Victorian orienteers were split between the two teams before the start of the season. As in 1994 and later years, team scores were based on the best three men and two women, except in the first two events where only one woman counted. Also at these events, there was some minor switching of team composition.

The events in 1993 were:

Final individual and team standings

Round 1

Mount Doran, Victoria, 6 March

This event had a mass start.

Men (8.4km)

1 Warren Key SL 42.58 2 Richard Mountstephens ECC 43.15 3 Eddie Wymer SL 43.15 4 Rob Plowright TT 43.39 5 Blair Trewin CC 43.49 6 Grant Bluett CC 43.59 7 Jon McComb SL 46.06 8 Mick Finn CC 46.21 9 Eric Morris ECC 46.41 10 Jason McCrae SL 50.58 11 Andrew McComb ECC 52.38 12 Michael Walters TT 54.27 Paul Liggins TT DNF Teams 1 Southern Lights 132.13 (Key, Wymer, J.McComb) 2 Capital Cosmonauts 134.09 (Trewin, Bluett, Finn) 3 East Coast Coolers 142.31 (Mountstephens, Morris, A.McComb)

Women (6.7km)

1 Georgina Macken TT 48.11 2 Emily Viner SL 51.20 3 Elsie Campbell TT 51.35 4 Belinda Allison CC 51.55 Teams 1 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 48.11 (Macken) 2 Southern Lights 51.20 (Viner) 3 Capital Cosmonauts 51.55 (Allison)

Round 2

Borhoney Ghurk, Victoria, 7 March

Men (11.8km)

1 James Russell TT 59.40 2 Warren Key SL 60.11 3 Blair Trewin CC 61.19 4 Richard Mountstephens ECC 62.13 5 Rob Plowright TT 62.50 6 Eric Morris ECC 66.22 7 Eddie Wymer SL 66.30 8 Michael Walters TT 69.14 9 Andy Hogg CC 70.27 10 Jon McComb SL 73.07 11 Peter McComb SL 74.24 12 Andrew McComb ECC 77.05 Grant Bluett CC DNF Jason McCrae SL DNF Alex Randall TT DNF Teams 1 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 191.44 (Russell, Plowright, Walters) 2 Southern Lights 199.48 (Key, Wymer, J.McComb) 3 East Coast Coolers 205.40 (Mountstephens, Morris, A.McComb)

Women (8.7km)

1 Georgie Macken TT 69.18 2 Emily Viner SL 78.58 3 Nic Plunkett-Cole ECC 83.21 4 Belinda Allison CC 89.01 Teams 1 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 69.18 (Macken) 2 Southern Lights 78.58 (Viner) 3 East Coast Coolers 83.21 (Plunkett-Cole) 4 Capital Cosmonauts 89.01 (Allison)

Round 3

Ngangagaringgaring, Western Australia, 10 April

Men (7.4km)

1 Grant Bluett CC 39.51 2 James Russell TT 40.11 3 Eddie Wymer SL 41.19 4 Rob Plowright TT 41.20 5 Jock Davis ECC 41.40 6 Warren Key SL 41.51 7 Eric Morris ECC 41.52 8 Blair Trewin CC 41.57 9 Richard Mountstephens ECC 43.49 10 Arnold Simson CC 44.00 11 Jason McCrae SL 45.13 12 Michael Walters TT 45.35 13 Jon McComb SL 46.48 14 Scott Simson ECC 47.14 15 Craig Dufty TT 48.22 16 Anthony Scott CC 49.26 17 Bruce Graham TT 50.02 18 Tony McNulty TT 50.55 Mick Finn CC DNF Teams 1 Capital Cosmonauts 125.48 (Bluett, Trewin, A.Simson) 2 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 127.06 (Russell, Plowright, Walters) 3 East Coast Coolers 127.21 (Davis, Morris, Mountstephens) 4 Southern Lights 128.23 (Wymer, Key, McCrae)

Women (4.6km)

1 Emily Viner SL 36.28 2 Georgie Macken TT 37.30 3 Anthea Feaver TT 38.17 4 Christine Brown ECC 40.55 5 Alix Young TT 41.27 6 Louise Fairfax ECC 42.49 7 Nic Plunkett-Cole ECC 42.57 8 Karen Staudte SL 43.21 9 Ljubov Simson CC 45.43 10 Nicki Vallance SL 46.40 11 Mary Fien ECC 49.38 12 Carolyn Jackson SL 50.11 13 Joan Merrifield TT 51.38 Teams 1 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 75.47 (Macken, Feaver) 2 Southern Lights 79.49 (Viner, Staudte) 3 East Coast Coolers 83.44 (Brown, Fairfax)

Round 4

Ngangagaringgaring, Western Australia, 11 April

Men (15.0km)

1 Warren Key SL 77.03 2 Jock Davis ECC 78.22 3 Blair Trewin CC 81.34 4 Richard Mountstephens ECC 81.39 5 Rob Plowright TT 82.18 6 Grant Bluett CC 82.37 7 Eddie Wymer SL 83.09 8 Eric Morris ECC 85.06 9 Michael Walters TT 86.04 10 Jon McComb SL 86.30 11 Arnold Simson CC 88.03 12 Bruce Graham TT 88.28 13 James Russell TT 88.33 14 Anthony Scott CC 91.01 15 Jason McCrae SL 92.06 16 Craig Dufty TT 95.09 17 Scott Simson ECC 98.13 18 Tony McNulty TT 104.17 Mick Finn CC DNF Teams 1 East Coast Coolers 245.07 (Davis, Mountstephens, Morris) 2 Southern Lights 246.42 (Key,Wymer, J.McComb) 3 Capital Cosmonauts 252.14 (Trewin, Bluett, A.Simson) 4 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 256.50 (Plowright, Walters, Graham)

Women (9.7km)

1 Georgie Macken TT 73.25 2 Ljubov Simson CC 73.53 3 Anthea Feaver TT 75.25 4 Louise Fairfax ECC 76.24 5 Alix Young TT 79.47 6 Carolyn Jackson SL 80.29 7 Nicki Taws CC 81.30 8 Mary Fien ECC 82.50 9 Christine Brown ECC 86.45 10 Karen Staudte SL 87.42 11 Nicki Vallance SL 88.10 12 Heather Smith SL 91.04 13 Emily Viner SL 91.22 14 Nic Plunkett-Cole ECC 99.35 15 Joan Merrifield TT 108.08 Teams 1 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 148.50 (Macken, Feaver) 2 Capital Cosmonauts 155.23 (Simson, Taws) 3 East Coast Coolers 159.14 (Fairfax, Fien) 4 Southern Lights 168.11 (Jackson, Staudte)

Round 5

Peterdine Hill, Western Australia, 12 April

Men (12.2km)

1 Warren Key SL 56.10 2 Eddie Wymer SL 59.28 3 Blair Trewin CC 60.19 4 James Russell TT 60.32 5 Grant Bluett CC 61.13 6 Rob Plowright TT 62.05 7 Richard Mountstephens ECC 62.34 8 Anthony Scott CC 62.39 9 Eric Morris ECC 62.42 10 Michael Walters TT 63.26 11 Bruce Graham TT 66.21 12 Arnold Simson CC 66.34 13 Craig Dufty TT 68.07 14 Jon McComb SL 68.46 15 Mick Finn CC 70.22 16 Jason McCrae SL 72.06 17 Tony McNulty TT 72.40 18 Scott Simson ECC 76.58 Jock Davis ECC DNF Teams 1 Capital Cosmonauts 184.11 (Trewin, Bluett, Scott) 2 Southern Lights 184.24 (Key, Wymer, J.McComb) 3 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 186.03 (Russell, Plowright, Walters) 4 East Coast Coolers 200.14 (Mountstephens, Morris, S.Simson)

Women (7.9km)

1 Nicki Taws CC 49.37 2 Louise Fairfax ECC 50.04 3 Georgie Macken TT 52.52 4 Emily Viner SL 53.46 5 Alix Young TT 54.38 6 Anthea Feaver TT 55.15 7 Ljubov Simson CC 55.34 8 Christine Brown ECC 56.25 9 Mary Fien ECC 57.01 10 Carolyn Jackson SL 59.43 11 Nicki Vallance SL 63.28 12 Joan Merrifield TT 64.41 13 Nic Plunkett-Cole ECC 65.15 14 Karen Staudte SL 70.04 15 Heather Smith SL 70.35 Teams 1 Capital Cosmonauts 105.11 (Taws, Simson) 2 East Coast Coolers 106.29 (Fairfax, Brown) 3 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 107.30 (Macken, Young) 4 Southern Lights 113.29 (Viner, Jackson)

Round 6

Pinjarra Hills, Western Australia, 16 April

Men (9.6km)

1 Warren Key SL 86.02 2 Jock Davis ECC 89.25 3 Grant Bluett CC 89.47 4 Blair Trewin CC 96.15 5 Michael Walters TT 97.31 6 Eddie Wymer SL 98.06 7 Rob Plowright TT 99.01 8 James Russell TT 111.19 9 Craig Dufty TT 115.03 10 Jon McComb SL 117.23 Richard Mountstephens ECC DNF Eric Morris ECC DNF Jason McCrae SL DNF Mick Finn CC DNF Arnold Simson CC DNF Matt Sherlock ECC DNF Teams 1 Southern Lights 301.31 (Key, Wymer, McComb) 2 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 308.31 (Walters, Plowright, Russell)

Women (6.9km)

1 Alix Young TT 90.18 2 Ljubov Simson CC 91.52 3 Emily Viner SL 92.31 4 Louise Fairfax ECC 97.43 5 Georgie Macken TT 97.51 6 Mary Fien ECC 105.40 7 Carolyn Jackson SL 108.14 8 Anthea Feaver TT 130.53 9 Joan Merrifield TT 162.18 Nic Plunkett-Cole ECC DNF Teams 1 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 188.09 (Young, Macken) 2 Southern Lights 200.45 (Viner, Jackson) 3 East Coast Coolers 203.23 (Fairfax, Fien)

Round 7

Keaney College, Western Australia, 17 April (Relay)

Men

1 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 173.55 James Russell 51.04 Michael Walters 62.25 Tony McNulty 60.26 2 Southern Lights 183.14 Eddie Wymer 54.29 Jason McCrae 57.02 Jon McComb 71.43 3 East Coast Coolers 186.03 Eric Morris 60.44 Richard Mountstephens 57.48 Paul Pacque 67.31 Capital Cosmonauts DNF Grant Bluett 59.38 Arnold Simson DNF Blair Trewin DNF

Women

1 East Coast Coolers 139.18 Tracy Bluett 45.15 Nic Plunkett-Cole 46.54 Mary Fien 47.09 2 Southern Lights 146.51 Emily Viner 47.01 Susanne Casanova 52.37 Carolyn Jackson 47.13 3 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 167.25 Alix Young 56.14 Joan Merrifield 59.12 Anthea Feaver 51.59 4 Capital Cosmonauts 169.59 Jo Allison 47.08 Cathy Hogg 59.44 Susie Hogg 63.07

Round 8

Mount Duval, Armidale, 12 June

Men

1 Stephen Craig ECC 60.03 2 Warren Key SL 61.21 3 Jock Davis ECC 61.47 4 Eddie Wymer SL 63.02 5 Rob Plowright TT 63.11 6 Grant Bluett CC 63.19 7 James Russell TT 64.33 8 Blair Trewin CC 64.45 9 Richard Mountstephens ECC 68.32 10 Anthony Scott CC 69.23 11 Arnold Simson CC 71.24 12 Donald Staudte CC 72.26 13 Eric Morris ECC 73.10 14 Tony McNulty TT 75.13 15 Jason McCrae SL 76.11 16 Scott Simson ECC 76.40 17 Jon McComb SL 78.07 18 Michael Dowling ECC 81.43 19 Andy Hogg CC 84.20 Teams: 1 East Coast Coolers 190.22 (Craig, Davis, Mountstephens) 2 Capital Cosmonauts 197.27 (Bluett, Trewin, Scott) 3 Southern Lights 200.34 (Key, Wymer, McCrae) 4 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 202.57 (Plowright, Russell, McNulty)

Women

1 Nicki Taws CC 56.23 2 Ljubov Simson CC 60.09 3 Georgina Macken TT 60.16 4 Anthea Feaver TT 62.23 5= Karen Staudte SL 64.08 5= Emily Viner SL 64.08 7 Christine Brown ECC 66.56 8 Alix Young TT 68.26 9 Nicola Plunkett-Cole ECC 68.30 10 Belinda Allison CC 70.25 11 Mary Fien ECC 73.35 Teams: 1 Capital Cosmonauts 116.32 (Taws, Simson) 2 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 122.39 (Macken, Feaver) 3 Southern Lights 128.16 (Staudte, Viner) 4 East Coast Coolers 135.26 (Brown, Plunkett-Cole)

Round 9

Mount Duval, 13 June

Men

1 Warren Key SL 79.23 2 Eddie Wymer SL 82.31 3 Rob Plowright TT 82.38 4 Stephen Craig ECC 82.53 5 Blair Trewin CC 82.57 6 Jock Davis ECC 84.41 7 Grant Bluett CC 85.17 8 Arnold Simson CC 89.25 9 Anthony Scott CC 90.07 10 Jon McComb SL 92.49 11 Andy Hogg CC 93.35 12 James Russell TT 93.51 13 Donald Staudte CC 94.12 14 Mike Dowling ECC 105.02 15 Tony McNulty TT 105.45 16 Jason McCrae SL 111.20 17 Mick Finn CC 117.05 Scott Simson ECC DNF Eric Morris ECC DNF Teams: 1 Southern Lights 254.43 (Key, Wymer, McComb) 2 Capital Cosmonauts 257.39 (Trewin, Bluett, Simson) 3 East Coast Coolers 272.36 (Craig, Davis, Dowling) 4 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 282.14 (Plowright, Russell, McNulty)

Women

1 Ljubov Simson CC 74.49 2 Alix Young TT 77.54 3 Nicki Taws CC 81.53 4 Georgina Macken TT 85.34 5 Emily Viner SL 85.49 6 Anthea Feaver TT 89.55 7 Christine Brown ECC 93.11 8 Belinda Allison CC 101.49 9 Nicola Plunkett-Cole ECC 117.25 10 Karen Staudte SL 129.09 Teams: 1 Capital Cosmonauts 156.42 (Simson, Taws) 2 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 163.28 (Young, Macken) 3 East Coast Coolers 210.36 (Brown, Plunkett-Cole) 4 Southern Lights 214.58 (Viner, Staudte)

Round 10

Eastwood, 14 June (Relay)

Men

1 Capital Cosmonauts 2 109.57 Anthony Scott 35.52 Andy Hogg 37.45 Donald Staudte 36.20 2 East Coast Coolers 111.35 Jock Davis 34.05 Eric Morris 37.52 Scott Simson 39.38 Capital Cosmonauts 112.03 Grant Bluett 36.37 Blair Trewin 36.35 Arnold Simson 38.51 3 Transcontinental Tigersnakes 116.40 James Russell 35.44 Rob Plowright 38.17 Michael Dowling 42.39 4 Southern Lights 116.59 Warren Key 36.04 Jason McCrae 42.39 Jon McComb 38.16

Women

1 Capital Cosmonauts 101.49 Nicki Taws 30.28 Ljubov Simson 32.43 Liz Abbott 38.38 2 East Coast Coolers 109.01 Christine Brown 34.36 Carol Ankers 38.43 Nic Plunkett-Cole 35.42
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