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Oceania Orienteering Championships - Relays

Valiant effort by New Zealander wins the day at the Australia-New Zealand Challenge Cup With 10 minutes of running and navigating through the sand dunes remaining and a lead of 100 seconds in the mens 40 ageclass, it looked like Australia would avoid defeat and gain a draw in the…
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age-class competition between New Zealand and Australia - the ANZ Challenge Cup. With Australia and New Zealand at 5 and 6 age classes apiece, it seemed an impossible task for Mens 40-50 age-class orienteer and former New Zealand representative Mark Lawson (Auckland) to catch the former Australian representative James Russell (Bendigo). But realising that the result was crucial Lawson pulled out all stops gave all he had to catch Russell and overtake him in the finish chute, and bring New Zealand home to the closest of victories - 7 classes to 5. Earlier in the day the elite New Zealand…

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