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Organised the first Bendigo Bush event of the year - the fifth Bendigo event of the year in forests (Fowl and Fizz, To-Day 1, To-Day 2, Come and Try IT). I suspect these are the only forest events (on an orienteering map) in Victoria prior to Easter.
Anyway, all went well until the first two finishers on course 1, both strong navigators, came back and told me that a control was in the wrong place or stolen. I found it hard to understand how I could have misplaced the control on what is a prominent feature, and how it could have been stolen given it was well locked down. I promised to get back with an apology if it was in the wrong place. The rest of the finishers in the course had no issues. Started to feel better. Sent Julie to get the control after the event. She walked straight up to it. Then when one of the earlier runners put their route upon Strava Jim and I extracted it and overlaid it on the course. Stunned to discover the two orienteers were looking for the control together 350 meters away from the correct location. I think there may be two lessons here - the first is not to get into a match race and forget to navigate in case the other is relying on you. The other is that if someone else is looking where you are looking, that could mean you are both wrong. I will try to remember both come Easter.
Other than that, all went well once I stopped feeling guilty of control misplacement. Next event to organise is on a new Mosquito Creek map (lidar derived). Those famous non-existent shallow gullies have been replaced by real shallow gullies that weren't on the original map. Should be a cracker and I am hoping for a number of quality Noodle nominations. If Lightning Hill can produce 3 in one event, Mosquito Creek will be a blast.
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