Dear MTBO Carnival Team🏆🏆🏆,
WE DID IT! Thank you to the incredible Team of over 60 people from Orienteering ACT Community who helped make the Carnival so much fun and full of joy!
The Carnival of that scale is only possible, when committed, skilled and engaged people volunteer their time and energy for the event!
The Success of the Carnival wouldn’t be possible without any of this big or small, visible or hidden on the background jobs:
– A massive Thank you goes to our fantastic team of Course Setters and Course Controllers – Cathy Hogg👑 and Belinda Allison👑 (MASS), Michael Reed👑, Emily Walter👑 and Tom Walter👑 (MIDDLE), Cath Chalmers👑 and Eoin Rothery👑 (SPRINT) and Fedor Iskhakov👑 (LONG) and me, and Mapper of the Carnival Andrew Slattery🌏
– Thank you a lot to our global level experts – IOF Senior Advisor Sandor Talas🌏 and OA Commentator Arpad Kocsik🌏
– Thank you to our innovative and fearless MESHO/IT Team – Fedor Iskhakov♥️(Technical Director/MESHO, Computers, Results), Tate Needham🔥 ( MESHO), Alex Maksimov🔥 , Henry Gotzinger🔥 , Oliver Gotzinger🔥 , Max Walter🔥 , Josh Mansell🔥 , Owen Radajewski🔥 (RESULTS).
Thank you to our unstoppable and committed ARENA Team – Ann Scown & John Scown (Head of 5 Arenas)🏟️🏟️, Rohan Hyslop🏟️, Sergei Maksimov🏟️, Sam Wilson🏟️, Ariadna Iskhakova🏟️, Emily Stewart-Reed🏟️
Thank you to our endurant and tireless START Team – Cath Chalmers🚀, Jon Glanville🚀, Nat Smith🚀, Alison Inglis🚀, Peter Miller 🚀, Jenny Bourne🚀, Geoff Lawford🚀, Ronaldo Santos🚀, Nicole Thomas🚀, Toni Brown🚀, Cathy Hogg🚀, Pat Miethke🚀, Melisa Donaldson🚀, Lisa McLaughlin🚀
Thank you to our talented Supporting functions gurus – Andrew Cheffers (Finance)🏆, Phil Walker (Grants)🏆, Paul de Jongh (Admin and ALL PRINTING)🏆, Emily Stewart-Reed, Raynie McNee, Toni Brown🏆 (Come & Try MTBO Tent and MTBO Coaching), Noel Schoknecht, Ariadna Iskhakova, Alysha McNee (Design)🏆, Emily Stewart-Reed (Video)🏆, Veronika Iskhakova (Ceremonies)🏆, John Harding, Kelvin Meng, Tom de Jongh, Tash Thackray (Photo over 5 events)🏆, Ksenia Maksimova, Emma Penton (Kids Tent)🏆
Thank you to our excellent REGO and HIRE team: David Hogg✍️, Sandra Hogg✍️, Carol Harding✍️, Ann Scown✍️, John Scown✍️
Thank you to our superb Parking Team: Andrew Cumming Thom🚗 & Andrew Cheffers🚗 (Heads of Parking Team), Frank Ingwersen🚗, Ann Ingwersen🚗, David Poland🚗, Bruce Bowen🚗 , Liz Abott🚗 , Axel Roberts🚗 , Andrew Cumming Thom🚗 , Ari Piiroinen🚗 , Mary Ann Kulh🚗 , Nicole Thomas🚗 , Ronaldo Santos🚗 (Gate Marshal).
Thank you for helping with Controls Set up & Collection in any weather: Ken Young🚴, Alysha McNee 🚴, Ari Piiroinen🚴 , Jesse Piiroinen🚴, Jo Allison🚴, Susie Kluth🚴, Alison Inglis🚴, Shannon Jones🚴, Rebecca Minty🚴, Matt Shadwell🚴, Andrew Reed🚴, Emily Walter🚴, Tom Walter🚴, Cathy Hogg🚴, Rohan Hyslop🚴.
Dear MTBO Carnival Team, SINCERE THANK YOU!!! 🏆🎉🎉🎉
Marina ISKHAKOVA
2024 AUS MTBO Carnival Director
