By Casey OÇonnor
An Orienteering camp for 25 of the state’s top juniors on the Southern Downs has been hailed a success.
Spokes person for local host club the Bullecourt Bounders, Liz Bourne said they were pleased with the event which attracted participants from around Queensland for a competition at Lode Creek just East of Stanthorpe after the camp.
“It was a wonderful event on Sunday with 85 people attending from Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba and Inglewood as well as Orienteers from Stanthorpe and Warwick,” she said.
“Everyone enjoyed the area and the courses, and we were very lucky to have beautiful winter weather on the day”.
She said many of the junior competitors found three full-days of training very tiring but all managed to complete their courses on Sunday.
Ten students from the Southern Downs and four from Inglewood now head off to Brisbane to compete in the Queensland Schools Orienteering Championships on 23 and 24 July where they should find their days of training very beneficial.
Ms Bourne expects several of the local juniors from the Southern Downs will make the Queensland team following their impressive performances at the Lode Creek event.
The juniors were joined by a group of coaches keen to help the young competitors hone their skills.
