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Coming Events

Mon 22 Apr 7:30 pm

Orienteering Australia 2024 AGM

Online via Zoom.

Tue 23 Apr 7:30 pm

map	Wed 24 Apr 5:30 pm Moonlight Madness #1 Northbridge corner of Sailors Bay Road and Kameruka Road (Bonds Corner), Northbridge

map	Sun 28 Apr 9:30 am Newcastle Pairs Relay Champs & Minor Event The Range (South) 1:7500, Killingworth

Sun 28 Apr 10:00 am

Waggaroos - AWOC Interclub #1, 9 Mile Reserve

map	Wed 1 May 6:30 pm Newcastle Night Champs - Eleebana Thomas H Halton Park. Revised by D. Orr 2024. 1:4000, 2 metre contours and 1:1000, 2 metre contours. , Thomas H Halton Park, Eleebana

map	Sat 4 May 9:30 am SOS Northside Turimetta Beach Reserve (off Peal Place, Warriewood)

map	Sat 4 May 9:30 am SOS Hawkesbury Penrith Selective High School, 158-240 High St, Penrith.

map	Sun 5 May 9:30 am 2024 Metro League #2 - Sydney Park, St Peters Sydney Park, St Peters.

map	Sun 5 May 9:30 am NOY3 - Missing Link [Elrington) "Missing Link" 1:7,500 for all courses. 5m contours., Elrington (Missing Link Rd)

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.

WHO novice course a success

Details: Last Updated: Monday, 30 March 2015 09:34

WHO put on a terrific coaching day for bush novices at Fed Caterson Reserve in Castle Hill on Saturday.

Now that our summer series have finished and daylight saving is about to end, it's time we all turn our attention to traditional orienteering - line courses through the bush, requiring compass navigation.

That demands a whole new skill set and instructor Barry Hanlon had around 25 attendees lapping up his knowledge, including 10 students from Arden College (Epping) preparing for the state finals of the Hillary Challenge.

After a discussion about the 5 key skills, the novices set out on 1.7km course to put those skills into practice.

Thanks Barry and WHO for this great initiative - it's already booked in for next year.