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Sat 6 Apr 9:00 am
Forest Orienteering and Navigation Skills Day
Smiths Creek Reserve, Campbelltown (meet at Waminda Reserve, Macquarie Av, Campbelltown.

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Sun 7 Apr 9:00 am
Waggaroos Local event, Willan's Hill plus LTO Training session
Lord Baden Powell Drive, Willans Hill, Wagga Wagga.

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Sun 7 Apr 9:30 am
2024 Metro League #1 - Appin
Scout Hall, Burke St, Appin

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Sun 7 Apr 9:30 am
NOY1 - Archery Ridge (Elrington)
Archery Ridge (1:10,000)

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Sun 7 Apr 10:00 am
Mount Brown
4.5 km on Torryburn Road

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Sun 7 Apr 10:00 am
Goldseekers Bush Series #2 - Bridal Track Reserve
Clifton Grove (only a few minutes' drive out of Orange).

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Sat 13 Apr 1:00 pm
Highlands Forest Series #1 - Penrose State Forest
Penrose Forest North, 1:10,000

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Sun 14 Apr 9:30 am
2024 NSW State League #4 - Snow Hills (ACT Classic Series; ACT League #3)
Snows Hill . Mayfield Cross Road, Mayfield. About 1 hour drive south of Goulburn and 1.5 hours east of Canberra

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Sun 14 Apr 2:00 pm
Bluebottles April Camp at Belanglo
Belanglo State Forest.

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Sun 21 Apr 9:30 am
NOY2 - Redgum Ridges (Freemans Waterhole)
 Redgum Ridges 1:10 000

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.


Soggy smiles as Sydney Summer Series says sayonara

Wet. Wet. Wet. Our 26th season of the SSS finished on a damp but cheerful note on Thursday as we tackled Lane Cove Country Club and surrounds.

Scoring was - in golfing parlance - above par. Or in SSS terms, lower than usual due to the slow going. Spare a thought for the setter putting out controls in the cold and wet!

Mel Cox set a tough course made longer by the slippery conditions on roads, tracks and the golf course. But what a relief to download and less than a minute later be in a nice warm shower, followed by dinner, drinks and presentations, attended by close to 100 people for the second year in a row.

Steve Ryan (Garingal) took out Open Men, and Lisa Grant (Garingal) Open Women. Steve also won the SSS Cup for most points across the 26 events. Glenn Horrocks (GO) deserves special praise for visiting all 30 controls each of the 26 weeks in a Ben Hur-like effort.

Janet Morris (WHO) got the special award for expanding the series into the Hills and all her mapping, and we farewelled Lisa Lampe (Uringa) who is off to the Hunter for work. An unfortunate 71st birthday for SSS founder Ross Barr as he injured some ribs on course and went home for treatment. Get well soon Rosscoe!

We say a big thank you to all the course setters, vetters, event organisers, clubs, participants, results gurus Mel Cox and Dave Noble, Graeme Hill for organising the prizes.

Click here for the SSS Cup final tallies. 

A big debt of gratitude to Bennelong Northside for a finale in great surroundings on, through and overlooking Lane Cove Country Club. To those who only do SSS, we extend a warm welcome to come and try some of our winter line events such as MetrO League and State League.

For those who love their score courses, next Wednesday is the first in our Moonlight Madness series, with events monthly under a full moon. You'll need a torch or headlamp.