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Mon 18 Mar 7:00 pm
OA Pre-AGM Presidents’ Meeting
Tue 19 Mar 7:30 pm
Orienteering NSW March Board Meeting

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Wed 20 Mar 4:30 pm
2023/24 Sydney Summer Series #25 - North Rocks
Don Moore Reserve, North Rocks.

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Wed 20 Mar 5:00 pm
2024 Newcastle Urban Orienteering Final - Cooks Hill
Newcastle Sportsgrounds 1:4000 2 metre contours and Centennial Park 1:1500 2 metre contours. Fieldwork and Cartography by Ian Dempsey., Cooks Hill

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Sat 23 Mar 9:00 am
SOS Macarthur - Camden
Camden High School

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Sat 23 Mar 9:00 am
SOS 3D - Balgowlah
NBSC Balgowlah Boys Campus

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Sat 23 Mar 1:00 pm
Waggaroos Training Weekend, Day 1, Willan's Hill

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Sun 24 Mar 9:00 am
Waggaroos Training Weekend Day 2, Charles Sturt Uni

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Sun 24 Mar 9:39 am
Bush Season Warmup - Stanford Merthyr
Stanford Scrubs (1:10 000, 5m contours.) As the name implies, the area contains many large areas of “unforgiving” scrub, with some small sections of runnable bush. There is an extensive network of vehicle and motor bike tracks. Courses are designed to link control sites by using appropriate track options, and accurate compass work. Theme: Plan to use strong attack points. There is some SPIKEY vegetation., Stanford Merthyr

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Tue 26 Mar 4:30 pm
2023/24 Sydney Summer Series #26 - Ryde
rear of North Ryde RSL Club, Magdala Road, North Ryde.

Welcome to Orienteering NSW

Orienteering is a sport that challenges both the body and the mind. It's also loads of fun!

The aim is to use a special orienteering map to navigate your way around a course and visit marked check points along the way. You choose a course that suits your age and experience and proceed at your own pace: walk, jog or run. It is a race but you decide if you want to just race yourself or be the next world champion! The course may take you through urban areas, parks, schools, farmland or forests.

Events are conducted weekly across NSW and beginners are welcome at all events.

New to orienteering? Click here for more information.

Want to enter an event? You can see what's on by looking at the Coming Events at left or by going to the Event Calendar. Some events are enter on the day - you just turn up and register at the start. Other events require pre-entry and for that you need to know about (and register with) Eventor - read the Eventor FAQ.


2024 NSW State Middle & Long Championships at Clandulla

The 2024 NSW Middle and Long Distance Champs are being held this year at Clandulla.

Bennelong Northside and Uringa Orienteers are working together to bring you the Champs, using one arena and parking area.

With Planners Eric Morris and Ant Nolan, and Controllers Simon George and Scott Simson, we will have championship level courses and a weekend that will be fantastic preparation for the AOC carnival a few weeks later.

Preliminary details are available on Eventor:

2024 Eventor NSW Champs Link and Preliminary Event Info PDF here

Champs Weekend organiser, Sheralee Bailey, Bennelong Northside (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

2024 June Long Weekend - KB3 days

Garingal invites you to the 2024 King’s Birthday 3 Day event centred around Rylstone for 3 great SL events, each on very different terrain. 

Back to Breakfast Creek + Dungaree SF + Rylstone Common (all maps to current IOF specs).

Book accommodation sooner rather than later.     

Details will be on Eventor soon

NSW State League events 5 to 7.

 

Embargoes for 2024 & 2025 an update

Map embargoes are used to make sure that our major races are fair by restricting access to map areas prior to the event.  

Once an embargo is declared it is not permitted to visit or train on a map, or future map, prior to the event.  

Note that it is not possible to completely embargo schools or universities for those who need to attend for school or work. 

For these areas it is not permitted to train on or visit the area with an orienteering map (including a map you may have made yourself). 

Current embargoes in NSW:

  • Rylstone area for 2024 KB3 June Long weekend;
  • 2024 Australian Orienteering Championships - Armidale area;
  • 2024 Sydney City Race; and
  • 2025 NOL events - Onley State Forest (Central Coast)

Details of embargoes are listed below on our website page: 

Orienteering NSW - Embargoed Areas (onsw.asn.au) or see button top left hand side column of website.

 

2024 ONSW Annual General Meeting Monday evening

ONSW BOARD 

The 2024 ONSW Annual General Meeting was held last Monday night. The Board for 2024-25 is:  

Position

 

Term

 

President

Robyn Pallas (CC)

2024-2026

Re-elected unopposed

Vice President

Jamie Kennedy (GO)

2024-2026

Elected unopposed

Finance Director

Kathy Drayton (SH)

2024-2026

Elected unopposed

Secretary

VACANT

   

Director

Louise Brooks (SH)

2023-2025

Continuing

Director

Nick Barlow (GO)

2023-2025

Continuing

Director

Richard Morris (BN)

2024-2026

Elected unopposed

Director*

VACANT 

 

 

Director*

VACANT

   

* either of these positions can specialise as Coaching Director or Technical Director

Many thanks to the outgoing Board members - Sheralee Bailey (Vice President), Mark Schaefer (Finance Director), Gayle Quantock (Secretary), and Angus Shedden (Director).

Links to Annual Report in Eventor - here and on website here

BOARD VACANCIES - SECRETARY and DIRECTORS

In order to effectively and efficiently function ONSW needs to fill the three vacant positions and in particular the position of Board Secretary. Please consider if you or someone you know within ONSW may be suitable and interested in any of these roles. For all enquiries please contact President Robyn Pallas in person or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

 

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