Grundzāle hosts 11th Orienteering Event for State Holidays Week
The 11th orienteering competition marking the national holidays week took place in Grundzāle, Smiltene municipality. It drew 58 participants, including eight family teams.
An orienteering competition called "Grundzāle Night" was held in Grundzāle, in Latvia's Smiltene municipality, dedicated to the week of Latvia's national holidays. It was the eleventh time the event has been organised, and 58 people took part, among them eight family teams.
The organisers named several aims: raising young people in a patriotic spirit, fostering morally and physically strong youth, improving orienteering skills, identifying the best orienteers in various age groups and promoting a healthy lifestyle. Before the event, a path of lights was created from the school to the memorial for victims of political repression.
Results
Distances varied by age group. In the girls' S-8 class (1.6 km), Nora Pauliņa of Grundzāle won in 19:50. Līga Gulbe was fastest in S-12 (2.5 km) with 50:40, while Raivo Sarkangalvis took first place in the boys' V-12 class (29:36). In S-15 (3.2 km), Tīna Zeiļuka of Smiltene Secondary School won in 42:08, and in V-18 (3.9 km) Gustavs Solovjovs was best with 53:19.
Among adults, Uldis Klepers of Launkalne and the club OK Ziemeļkurzeme was first in the masters class (4.6 km) with 34:13. Kitija Abula of Smiltene Technical School and OK Azimuts won the women's masters class (3.9 km) in 37:03. In the women's veterans class (3.2 km), Daiga Krēsliņa from Lejasciems had the best time (34:37); Kaspars Abuls won the men's veterans (42:37), and Aldis Lapiņš of Smiltene won the super-veterans (57:46).
In the open class, Anete Anna Strazdiņa was first among women (43:21) and Mārtiņš Mārcis Leimanis of Smiltene among men (38:30).
In the family category with a preschool-age youngest child, the Bormanis and Āboliņš families recorded results. Among families with a primary-school-age child, team BB from Gaujiena was fastest (32:57).
The organisers thanked their supporters: Smiltene municipality, Elektronams, MONS and home producers from Jaunlejasrudaci in Grundzāle parish.
