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Wed 22 May 5:30 pm
Moonlight Madness #2 Kirribilli (World Orienteering Week)
Milson Park, McDougall Street, Kirribilli

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Sat 25 May 9:30 am
SOS Northside - Pymble
Robert Pymble Park, Park Crescent, Pymble

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Sat 25 May 9:30 am
SOS Hawkesbury - McGraths Hill
Windsor High School (access is from Mulgave Rd), McGraths Hill

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Sun 26 May 9:30 am
Newcastle Maze-O Champs and social day
Brickworks Park (Wallsend)
Sun 26 May 10:00 am
Waggaroos - AWOC Interclub #2, Burngoogee

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Sun 26 May 10:00 am
Bom Bom Forest Orienteering
Bom Bom State Forest via Old Lilypool Rd, Sth Grafton

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Sun 26 May 10:30 am
Highlands Forest Series #2 - Welby
Mount Alexandra Reserve, 1:7500, Northern end of Meranie St, Welby (via Mittagong). Assembly is adjacent to Welby General Cemetery.

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Tue 28 May 7:30 pm
Orienteering NSW May Board Meeting

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Sat 1 Jun 9:30 am
SOS Northside - Frenchs Forest
meet at Frenchs Forest Girl Guide Hall, Grattan Crescent, Frenchs Forest

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Sat 1 Jun 9:30 am
SOS Hawkesbury - Richmond
UWS Richmond, Science Rd (accessed from Campus Drive), Richmond

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.


Glenn hits 10 ... at the Turkey Trot

Garingal gun Glenn Horrocks has taken out his 10th Turkey Trot, narrowly winning the annual 20km event at Cherrybrook and Westleigh.

The Turkey Trot is a mass start event with multiple map changes and three course lengths: 20km, 12km and 8km.

Glenn's time of 1:58:32 was 45 seconds than Big Foot's Bart Vonhoff, with GO junior Keelan Birch a further four seconds behind. Glenn has won eight times outright and had two dead-heats.

Newcastle's Clare Williams won the women's Long race and was fifth overall in 2:16:40, edging out Aniko Fozo-Kertesz (GO) by two minutes.

In the Middle (12km), it was a Big Foot trifecta among the women with Jo Parr beating her daughter Rebecca George and Nicole Mealing. in the men's section, Garingal junior Duncan Currie streeted the field by 21 minutes, leaving Tim Giles and Ruairidh MacDonald (BF) to battle for the minor placings.

There were clar ten-minute victories in the Short (8km), with ONSW director Michael Ridley-Smith and GO clubmate and visiting Finnish teenager Iida Lehtonen (pictured) winning easily.

Including the Enter on Day people doing shorter courses, we had a record 104 participants for the Turkey Trot.

Thanks to WHO for another iconic event. All the results and maps will be on the TT web page soon.

Meanwhile, on Saturday we had around 60 people attend another free taster event at Berowra. Thanks to our helper team of Louise, Dave, Keelan and Ross. The next free taster is at Hornsby Heights Scout Hall on Saturday July 14, with starts from 1-3pm.