Firstly, Peter is putting up pictures when I manage to send them to him at the following web address:
http://www.qsl.net/vk3zpf/china/day1.htm http://www.qsl.net/vk3zpf/china/day2.htm
...and so on.
Well late last night we got the official results for the 2m competition, and we're quite happy with them ! The full results will probably appear on http://www.crsa.org.cn at somne stage. Here's some highlights:
Team Australia 9th in Senior division. China 1st. What is of note is we beat Japan, Kazakstan, Korea, USA(Yay!), France and Yugoslavia. If we count only the truly 'A'RDF teams (those who actually have Amateur callsigns, we came 3rd !!
In individual results, The best China time was 57 minutes for 5 TXs. Nikolay from Kazakstan was 2nd with 57 mins. Adam was 15th with 94 mins, I was 32nd with 115mins (4TX) and Bryan 39 with 125mins (3TX). Adam was thrilled he beat the tall Chinese guy from Korea. Kurt (Belgium) was 38th with 113mins & 3TX. Alex (Kazakstan) came 7th in the Old Timers with 74 mins. Best US result was Rob Cooley (an orienteer) who managed 9th in Vets.
Some of the comments we have heard about the course: It was long ! Many of the tracks weren't there. You had to read the map and keep track of where you were in order to have a chance of finishing reasonably. It was a good 'navigational' course. Map detail was lacking.
I will take a photo of the map soon.
This morning we visited a Masoleum. Lots of steps and photos. What more can be said ?
Some titbits of info: The New Century Hotel turns out to be fully owned by the Phone campany that is sponsoring the event. It is 5 star and otherwise would be costing a fortune -:) Speaking to a Yugoslavian student who is competing: He was born in Slovenia, but had to move to Yugoslavia in 1991 due to the war because his father was born Yugoslavian. However, the Croatian, Slovenian and Yugoslavian teams are all good friends. They had to get individual sponsorship in order to come here.
Jack, The Region 3 championships will be in Mongolia next year (2001) around about the end of June. The Mongolian team captain invites us all. We are not sure if we'll be hit with the Kareoke yet.... There was echo on the tour leaders microphone.... First aid was not required, but Adam did damage himself a bit falling a couple of times. I used my first aid kit for one of the Yanks who had cut his hand.
This afternoon we go on a bit more touring, after a team leaders meeting and lunch I must go !!
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