Lockie Moriarity, a Year 7 Havelock North Intermediate pupil, consults his map at Tamatea High School, Napier, on day one of the three-day North Island schools' orienteering championship. Photo / Warren Buckland
They may have had home advantage but they still had to do the business. Do it they did.
Orienteers from local schools excelled at the Hawke's Bay-hosted North Island secondary school champs yesterday, taking three of the eight titles on offer and six other podium placings.
Yesterday's sprint championship races
on the Tamatea map provided fast racing around complex school buildings and the more open but challenging terrain of Anderson Park. There were over 400 entries.
The senior girls' race provided a local victory for Harriet Holt. Holt edged out her teammate Claudia Layton by 18 seconds while the probably most favoured of the three Napier Girls' High girls in Georgia Creagh ran fifth some 14 seconds further back.
While not winning, a local trio all ran close up in the intermediate girls' race. Jenna Tidswell (Havelock North High) placed third, just one frustrating second behind Sofie Safkova (Takapuna Grammar) and 12 seconds away from Jessica Sewell (Diocesan). Woodford's Monique Way was fourth and Napier Girls' Carolyne Nel fifth
