Shuker Is Leading Orienteers

B. Shuker (South Auckland), the Auckland champion, enters today's third and final day of the three-day orienteering contest leading the field by 2m 55s, and will be hard to catch.

Shuker leads C. W. Battley (North West), a former Auckland and national champion, and is such commanding form in the physically gruelling event in the Woodhill State Forest, that only a bad mistake today could cost him a merited victory.

R. Brighouse and D. A. Pirie (South Auckland) hold third, and fourth places, separated only by 25s, with Brighouse 3m 1s behind Battley.

In a major upset, Eileen Frith (South Auckland) leads the women's A class from a former national champion, Mrs Val Robinson, with Mrs Phyl Shedden (South Auckland) third.

In fact South Auckland dominate the event with leaders in most categaries. North West, the national relay champions, hold the lead in only two divisions, the W19B in which Robyn Moore holds a 5m 50s advantage, and in the M21B where D. Townsend holds a very slim margin of 42s.

Pinelands is leading two classes — Jan Davies, the national champion, holding 3m 28s advantage in the girls' up to 14, and E. Stallard leading the M50 class by 12m 58s.

Eileen Brighouse (Taupo) leads the W35A section by the narrow margin of 44s over Margaret Nicholls (Central), while Central holds the lead in the M35A class, J. Gregory being in a class of his own, 20m 47s ahead of his nearest challenger.

Finish Today

The event will finish today, entry to the competition area being via forest headquarters, Woodhill.

Results (first two days' times aggregated)
M21A: B. Shuker, 1h 45m 3s, 1; C. W. Battley, 1h 47m 56s, 2; R. Brighouse, 1h 50m 57s, 3; D. A. G. Pirie, 1h 51m 22s, 4.
M35A: J. Gregory, 2h 8m 53s, 1; T. Nuthall, 2h 29m 40s, 2; T. Brighouse, 2h 35m 15s, 3.
W19A: E. Frith, 1h 37m 56s, l; V. Robinson, 1h 45m 35s, 2; P. Snedden, 1h 53m 24s, 3.
M43A: R. Murphy, 1h 18m 57s, 1; R. King, 1h 34m 51s, 2, J. Denyer, 1h 43m 42s, 3.
M21B: D. Townsend, 1h 24m 21s, 1; G. Frith, 1h 25m 3s, 2; D. Mellsop, 1h 31m 51s, 3.
M17-20A: K. Hatwell, 1h 27m 46s, 1; M. Pepper, 1h 33m 41s, 2; P. Denyer, 1h 34m 39s, 3.
M35B: W. Bottomley, 1h 22m, 5s, 1; L. Cathcart, 1h 30m 20s, 1; K. Stone, 1h 37m 7s, 3.
M50A: E. Stallard, 1h 10m 4s, 1; F. Buckley, 1h 23m 2s, 2; L. Baxter, 1h 46m 58s, 3.
M21C: D. Trow, 1h 36m 19s, 1; J. Gilmore, 1h 56m, 2.
W35A: E. Brighouse, 1h 26m 40s, l; M. Nicholls, 1h 27m 24s, 1; N. Steinemann, 1h 39m 25s, 3.
W19B: R. Moore, 1h 14m 48s, 1: J. Sheldon, 1h 20m 38s, 5: M. McFarlane, 1h 33m 11s, 3.
W43A: M. Hatwell, 1h l4m 32s, 1; B. Rydtr, 1h 39m l6s, 2; A. Fettes, 1h 52m 21s, 3.
W15-16A: C Hatwell. 56m 46s, 1; L Moffatt, 1h llm 34s, 2, H. Denyer, 1h 24m 59s, 3.
M15-16: P. Murphy, 50m 56s, 1; M. Brighoose, 1h 3m 38s, 2; W. Hines, 1h 13m 27s, 3.
W-14: J. Davies, 47m 54s, 1; K. Nicholls, 51m 22s, 2; K. Fettes, 1h 29m 32s, 3.
M-12: J. Brighouse, 42m 16s, 1; M. Davies, 44m 16s, 2; S. Snedden, 46m 49s, 3.