The finale of the 2011 SILVA Superseries was run in conjunction with the trans-Tasman Testmatch, the focus of this video. Unfortunately we didn't get a chance to interview Toby Scott, who was the overall winner of the weekend racing, or Amber Morrison and Karl Dravitzki, who won the day 2 Individual race.
A Superseries wrap-up video is in the pipeline too.
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Monday 20 June 2011
Jukola - check out the 3D rerun from Ross Morrison
"A cool race" comments Ross Morrison as he launches his European campaign at the legendary Jukola overnight relays in Finland (where Ross will be based for an indeterminate time).
Here is the link to the 3d rerun; if you hold ctrl and click on the start triangle then click on the camera by Ross's name to follow him (the GPS is a bit out on the 1st control but then its all good).
Here is the link to the 3d rerun; if you hold ctrl and click on the start triangle then click on the camera by Ross's name to follow him (the GPS is a bit out on the 1st control but then its all good).
If you ctrl click on the 4th control (it mass starts them from the 4th) then you can see he's running pretty close to the leaders pace, with 300 people out there in the way.
http://3drerun.worldofo.com/?saved=1&id=-25307;829,-24922;4555,-24923;4592,-24925;4646,-24924;4715,-24926;4696,-24928;4652,-24931;4598,-24932;4617
Wednesday 15 June 2011
Running free, writing copiously
Check out another excellent blog - Angela Simpson, 2010 and 2011 Silva Superseries winner, is running free at http://angela-runningfree.blogspot.com/
With two exams immediately prior to boarding her plane next week its also quite likely that she will be sleeping heavily on the plane before spending two weeks training in Poland pre-JWOC, which will be followed by the Finnish 5-day and O-Ringen in Sweden. Send your support and encouragement via her blog!
Known Superseries orienteers blog links are now listed on this Superseries frontpage, at right.
With two exams immediately prior to boarding her plane next week its also quite likely that she will be sleeping heavily on the plane before spending two weeks training in Poland pre-JWOC, which will be followed by the Finnish 5-day and O-Ringen in Sweden. Send your support and encouragement via her blog!
Known Superseries orienteers blog links are now listed on this Superseries frontpage, at right.
One season ends; another begins
While the excellent races at the final round of Silva Superseries at Woodhill signalled the virtual end of the New Zealand elite season, it also marked the beginning of the exodus overseas to take on the European season.
First off the ranks, presumably rocketing just under the volcanic ash cloud, was National Champion and Superseries Champion Ross Morrison, heading for Finland and later the World Champs in France. He will be joined there by Chris Forne, our best performed male orienteer at World Champs, who has been based in Norway. We don't know when we will see Ross back in New Zealand, (he'll be studying Info Science in Finland) but we wish him the best of luck, fame and fortune to follow in his slipstream.
And excitement is building for members of the JWOC team, some of whom leave in a few days. Every year we shout out that New Zealand has sent it's best ever team (and a number of top-20 performances over the years have proven that) but when team-members such as Scott, Simpson, Ogden and Beveridge are winning elite National titles and Superseries rounds, and running 15:30 five kms (18:30 for the girls), then 2011 is sure to be the "best-ever" year. There are likely to be a huge number of NZ fans missing countless hours of sleep to watch the races in Poland over the week 1-9 July - many secretly hoping for that "which shall not be spoken out loud" (in case of jinxing).
In the meantime - a preview of the short video(s) of the last round of Silva Superseries and the Testmatch between Australia and New Zealand.
First off the ranks, presumably rocketing just under the volcanic ash cloud, was National Champion and Superseries Champion Ross Morrison, heading for Finland and later the World Champs in France. He will be joined there by Chris Forne, our best performed male orienteer at World Champs, who has been based in Norway. We don't know when we will see Ross back in New Zealand, (he'll be studying Info Science in Finland) but we wish him the best of luck, fame and fortune to follow in his slipstream.
And excitement is building for members of the JWOC team, some of whom leave in a few days. Every year we shout out that New Zealand has sent it's best ever team (and a number of top-20 performances over the years have proven that) but when team-members such as Scott, Simpson, Ogden and Beveridge are winning elite National titles and Superseries rounds, and running 15:30 five kms (18:30 for the girls), then 2011 is sure to be the "best-ever" year. There are likely to be a huge number of NZ fans missing countless hours of sleep to watch the races in Poland over the week 1-9 July - many secretly hoping for that "which shall not be spoken out loud" (in case of jinxing).
In the meantime - a preview of the short video(s) of the last round of Silva Superseries and the Testmatch between Australia and New Zealand.
Monday 6 June 2011
Juniors take charge on day 3...Overall series winners decided
The final day of the final round of 2011 Silva Superseries saw the junior elites take control of the top placings. Gene Beveridge, young master of the Woodhill terrain - bounced back from his 26 second loss to Karl Dravitzki on day 2 - to win by 2 minutes from NZ teammate Toby Scott. While Toby didn't win two days as in 2010 he was consistently in the top 3 (2nd and two 3rds) and his efforts moved him into 3rd place in teh Superseries ahead of 2009 winner Darren Ashmore. Attention was closely focused on the final points tally for Karl Dravitzki - was his day two win and day three 3rd place going to be enough to beat Ross Morrison overall? It all depended on how well Ross ran on day 3 - if he finished outside the top ten it would be Karl's series. It wasn't to be - Ross finished a strong 4th, 3 seconds behind Karl to clinch the series for the second year.
Likewise, Angela Simpson, after a 4th and 6th previously, finally had her day at the top to also win by 2 minutes from Aussie Rachel Effeny. This was enough for her to win the Silva Superseries overall with Amber Morrison maintaining second while Laura Robertson's day three 4th place moved her into third overall.
The junior series was taken out by Toby Scott and Angela Simpson, with Matt Ogden, Gene Beveridge, Kate Morrison and Laura Robertson filling the minor placings.
Interestingly 5 of the top 10 elite men on day 3 were juniors (NZ) and 5 of the top 8 women too (NZ and Australia)!
More details, pics and videos to follow in days to come...
Silva Superseries prizegiving: from left, Toby Scott, Ross Morrison and Karl Dravitzki.
Likewise, Angela Simpson, after a 4th and 6th previously, finally had her day at the top to also win by 2 minutes from Aussie Rachel Effeny. This was enough for her to win the Silva Superseries overall with Amber Morrison maintaining second while Laura Robertson's day three 4th place moved her into third overall.
The junior series was taken out by Toby Scott and Angela Simpson, with Matt Ogden, Gene Beveridge, Kate Morrison and Laura Robertson filling the minor placings.
Interestingly 5 of the top 10 elite men on day 3 were juniors (NZ) and 5 of the top 8 women too (NZ and Australia)!
More details, pics and videos to follow in days to come...
Sunday 5 June 2011
Dravitzki's back. Amber Morrison too.
A long day at the Regal weekend of Superseries racing was marked by the return to the top of the podium by Karl Dravitzki (2009 national sprint champion) and Amber Morrison, World Champs representative. Karl's return to form prevented Gene Beveridge and last years race winner Toby Scott from taking out the top place with Gene 40 seconds back in second and Toby a further 2.5 minutes. Best Aussie was laste years day 2 winner Simon Uppill, in 5th place.
After a second place at the Nationals (long distance) Amber Morrison showed her continuing strength finishing 2 minutes ahead of younger sister Kate Morrison with Australian Bushranger Belinda Lawford in third.
But Kate bounced back that same afternoon, teaming up with Superseries leader Ross Morrison to take out the 2-person relay and score valuable points for the Central Scorchers Superseries team.
Tom Reynolds, after a strong 4th in the morning, teamed up with Angela Simpson to stop the Ausssie charge in its tracks.
Pic: Tom Reynolds in the two-person relay
After a second place at the Nationals (long distance) Amber Morrison showed her continuing strength finishing 2 minutes ahead of younger sister Kate Morrison with Australian Bushranger Belinda Lawford in third.
But Kate bounced back that same afternoon, teaming up with Superseries leader Ross Morrison to take out the 2-person relay and score valuable points for the Central Scorchers Superseries team.
Tom Reynolds, after a strong 4th in the morning, teamed up with Angela Simpson to stop the Ausssie charge in its tracks.
Saturday 4 June 2011
Wins to Morrison, Morrison and Simpson
Day 1 of the final round of Silva Superseries saw resounding wins from Ross Morrison in both races; by 3 minutes from Simon Uppill in the long 14km at Woodhill, and by 30 seconds from young Tim Robertson. Kate Morrison was winner at the long by an emphatic 7 minutes, and Angela Simpson at the sprint.
Ross, after his first win: "It was fun. I've been training on Muriwai at night recently - I've had 11 night training sessions lately - so it was good to be able to see more than 30m, and on a better map. It helped a lot."
"I just tried to stay in contact with the map as much as possible - good practice for France where it's superdetailed. If I can't do it here I definitely can't do it over there."
The complex of numerous portable classrooms at Massey Campus provided the venue for the second Superseries race where sprint masters Morrison and Simpson revelled in the tricky course and slippery racing.
Ross's 4th and 5th series wins leave him in a great position to take out the overall title again, with two more races to count. Likewise, Angela's 4th win gets her closer to a second title but she will have to run well against Amber Morrison over the last two races at Woodhill.
Results are at http://www.qbday2011.co.nz/20110604qb-day1-results.html
Sprint results are not official for the Superseries or Test Match.
Both men and women in the New Zealand Pinestars were winners 49 points to 43 after the first Testmatch, but the Australian Bushrangers are sure to fight back in Sundays matchup in the tricky coastal strip terrain.
Testmatch, round 1 results.
NZ Men - 30
NZ Women - 29
NZ Total - 49
AUS Men -21
AUS Women - 22
AUS Total - 43
Ross, after his first win: "It was fun. I've been training on Muriwai at night recently - I've had 11 night training sessions lately - so it was good to be able to see more than 30m, and on a better map. It helped a lot."
"I just tried to stay in contact with the map as much as possible - good practice for France where it's superdetailed. If I can't do it here I definitely can't do it over there."
The complex of numerous portable classrooms at Massey Campus provided the venue for the second Superseries race where sprint masters Morrison and Simpson revelled in the tricky course and slippery racing.
Ross's 4th and 5th series wins leave him in a great position to take out the overall title again, with two more races to count. Likewise, Angela's 4th win gets her closer to a second title but she will have to run well against Amber Morrison over the last two races at Woodhill.
Results are at http://www.qbday2011.co.nz/20110604qb-day1-results.html
Sprint results are not official for the Superseries or Test Match.
Both men and women in the New Zealand Pinestars were winners 49 points to 43 after the first Testmatch, but the Australian Bushrangers are sure to fight back in Sundays matchup in the tricky coastal strip terrain.
Testmatch, round 1 results.
NZ Men - 30
NZ Women - 29
NZ Total - 49
AUS Men -21
AUS Women - 22
AUS Total - 43
Wednesday 1 June 2011
Help the current Superseries champion get to the World Champs
Yep, we're talking about Ross Morrison here, NZ Middle and Long distance champion in 2011, top10 at the World Games, 2010 JK Sprint winner and Silva Superseries champion, who has applied for an AMP scholarship and entered in the Peoples Choice Awards.
His goal is to make NZ history by winning the World Championships and that's as worthy as it gets. The winner (most votes) gets $10,000 towards their goal.
Vote for him (and spread the vibes via email and facebook and twitter) at:
People Choice Awards - Ross Morrison
You could be a part of history in the making!
His goal is to make NZ history by winning the World Championships and that's as worthy as it gets. The winner (most votes) gets $10,000 towards their goal.
Vote for him (and spread the vibes via email and facebook and twitter) at:
People Choice Awards - Ross Morrison
You could be a part of history in the making!
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