May 2017 – MīKl

World Orienteering Day 2017

2017-05-30 michael Comments 0 Comment

Last Wednesday was the World Orienteering Day (WOD), club over the world organised many orienteering events during the day. In Hong Kong, it was unfortunate that it rained extremely heavy to the extent that black rainstorm warning was hoisted by the observatory, resulting in suspension of work and school. The orienteering events were no exception. Despite the heavy rain, I participated in 3 WOD events in the evening after the rain stopped. The WOD event by MetOC in Kowloon Park,…

2017 Hong Kong Orienteering Ranking League (Fung Shue Wo)

2017-05-22 michael Comments 0 Comment

The 3rd sprint orienteering ranking event was held in Fung Shue Wo last Sunday. The venue was fun, including both park and village terrain in the same competition, with legs of different lengths mixed together demanding high level of concentration in the race. I ran the M21 course, with my target at 800 marks hoping to return to élite class next year. I performed well in the initial half, with only little mistake made, but my performance turned bad in…

5th Inter-school Orienteering Championship

2017-05-06 michael Comments 0 Comment

Within a month, I returned to my “home stadium” for orienteering the second time. This event is composed of two parts: a team event and an individual Pre-O event. Team Challenge The team challenge is done by teams of 3. I signed up with Paul and Raymond, but at the event Raymond had got his leg injured so we started with 2 only. The race composed of compulsory points and free points: Compulsory points: Points which every team members must…

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