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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.


Hot times at NSW Sprint Champs

Temperatures hit 24C as Garingal turned on a gorgeous morning for the third and last of our NSW championships for 2018 - the Sprints at UNSW.

The flat Kensington campus really let the quicker folk go out hard and fast, and there were some scorching times: Rob Bennett (Newcastle, M21A) went just under 4 minutes per km, while Duncan Currie (GO) was just above that rate in winning M16A on the same 4km Hard 1 course.

We noted these particularly meritorious wins: Tshinta Hopper (Bennelong Northside, W20A), Samantha Howe (NC, W35A), Melanie Christie (Uringa, W45A), Serje Robidoux (UR, M35AS) and Glenn Burgess (NC, M55A).

A big thanks to setter Jamie Kennedy, controller Carol Jacobson and organiser Graham Field who had to contend with last-minute out-of-bounds areas popping up on an ever-changing campus - they were up past midnight Saturday with the red texta.

Thanks to Garingal for a great morning - updated OY scores will be on the State League page later this week. All participants are asked to fill out the very brief Course Setter survey.

And a reminder that our next SL weekend is near Orange on August 18-19. Entries close on August 10.