Held on 27^th/28^th August, 2011

Name	Callsign	Result	Notes
Catherine	VK4GH	1307	Top overall, Top Phone, Top VK4 ALARA member
Pam	VK4PTO	572
Leonie	VK2FHRK	344	Top Foundation Licencee, Top VK2 ALARA member
Gerald	VK2HBG	269	Top VK OM, Top VK2 OM
Mike	VK3AVV	210	Top VK3 OM
Phillip	ZL2U	205	Top ZL OM
Jenny	VK3WQ	196	Top VK3 ALARA member
Paul	VK5PAS	165	Top VK5 OM
Bill	ZL2AYZ	150
Lesley	VK5LOL	135	Check log
Dot	VK2DB	123
Marilyn	VK3DMS	98
Shirley	VK5YL	86	Top VK5 ALARA member
Paul	VK2HV	65
Chris	VK2ACD	50
Matthew	VK2ACL	25
Tom	YL2PP	9	Top European OM
Mavis	VK3KS	6	Top VK YL CW
Eric	SM1TDE	5

Summary
ALARA members		9
Non-member	YLs	0
	OMs	10
Total Logs		19

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Comments on 31^st ALARA Contest Results

Congratulations to those who did well in the ALARA Contest in spite of the poor participation rate by YLs.

I am interested in receiving feedback re what we can do to encourage YLs to get on the air. I’m not sure that a contest is the way to go. YLs generally prefer to chat than contest!

Catherine, VK4GH, is the top overall winner with 1307 points. Sterling effort, Catherine. She did well on 20 metres having contacts with 42 different countries. A pity there were no YLs amongst those contacts.

Leonie, VK2FHRK, is the top Foundation Licensee with 344 points.

I am pleased to award Mavis, VK3KS, the top CW certificate. Mavis has been contesting since the earliest days of the contest.

Sadly there were no non-ALARA members on air to win the free membership to ALARA for a year. This year you would have only needed one contact plus submitting a log to me to win that membership!!

Gerald, VK2HBG, is the top VK OM with 269 points. A great big thank you to the OMs who persisted in spite of the lack of YLs.

Let’s see if we can all make a better effort next year.

Lesley VK5LOL, ALARA Contest Manager