Southern Highlands Bushwalkers win the 2009 NavRescue event

A team from the Southern Highlands Bushwalkers (some are also members of the Wingecarribee SES Unit) finally wrested the Wollongong City Navigation and Rescue Shield from Waverley/Woollahra SES who had won the event for the past five years. They've been steadily improving their performance after coming second in 2008 and third in 2007.

Photos from the event can be found in the NavRescue 2009 Album of our photo gallery.


The winning team with Wollongong City SES Local Controller Warren Helson.

Final Scoresheet

Team Organisation Time In Penalty Score Card Echo Zulu Bravo Oscar Survey Total Position
10 Southern Highlands Bushwalkers 1559 0 370 71 0 43 48 10 542 1
26 Baulkham Hills SES 1533 0 310 82 0 70   10 472 2
6 Parramatta SES 1554 0 240 86 65 66 0 10 467 3
3 Eurobodalla SES 1545 0 250 76 66 55   10 457 4
25 Baulkham Hills SES 1553 0 320   69 57   10 456 5
23 Gosford SES 1546 0 300     52 83 10 445 6
9 Sutherland SES 1542 0 270     77 85 10 442 7
24 Gosford SES 1546 0 300     58 74 10 442 7
5 Kogarah SES 1551 0 220   77 50 76 10 433 9
7 Manly SES 1542 0 260     59 80 10 409 10
27 Baulkham Hills SES 1512 0 270     50 76 10 406 11
16 Queanbeyan SES 1525 0 250     55 75 10 390 12
21 Marrickville SES 1546 0 270     53 53 10 386 13
1 Liverpool SES 1538 0 190   71 48 65 10 384 14
20 Marrickville SES 1544 0 250     63 59 10 382 15
12 Bankstown SES 1549 0 200 37 0 41 47 10 335 16
13 Waverley/Woollahra SES 1536 0 240     53 30 10 333 17
14 Dubbo SES 1543 0 90 78 77 53   10 308 18
22 Marrickville SES 1557 0 200     58 37 10 305 19
11 Ku-ring-gai SES 1519 0 170     72 52 10 304 20
15 Queanbeyan SES 1612 120 170 85 0 66 25 10 236 21
2 Campelltown SES 1548 0 60     46 74 10 190 22
19 Hawkesbury SES 1531 0 100   66     0 166 23
4 Eurobodalla SES 1628 280 230     75 75 10 110 24
8 Manly SES DNS 0 0           0 25
17 Hornsby SES DNS 0 0           0 25
18 Bankstown SES DNS 0 0           0 25
28 Wingecarribee SES DNS 0 0           0 25

Notes:

  1. DNS - Did Not Start
  2. Teams that submited a completed questionnaire (survey) before 1630 got a bonus 10 points
  3. Two teams acheived the same highest score for Activity Zulu, however, team 14 completed the activity in the shortest time and was therefore declared the winner for this activity.


Checkpoints Visited

The table below shows how many teams visited each of the checkpoints on the course.

Checkpoint Number 11 21 22 23 24 25 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 41 42 43 51 52 53 54 61 62 63 71
Teams Visited 19 12 9 16 4 10 10 10 3 3 13 15 8 2 5 1 1 3 7 0 0 1 5 9

Activity Winners

Activity Echo: A team had to repair a broken raft in order to cross a dam.
Winner: Parramatta SES

Activity Zulu: A First Aid scenario involving a person pinned under a tree and an infant not breathing.
Winner: Dubbo SES

Activity Bravo: The team had to construct an inprovised shelter using some supplied resources as well as what they could find nearby.
Winner: Sutherland SES

Activity Oscar: The team had to pass on a message between their team members using only the phonetic alphabet.
Winner: Sutherland SES
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