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Thu 18 Jul 7:30 pm
Orienteering Participation and Engagement Network July Meeting

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Sat 20 Jul 2:00 pm
2024 NSW State League #10 - Poppethead, Kitchener
“The Poppethead” D.Lyons. Partially updated 2024, Cessnock Rd, Kitchener -32.8766698, 151.3657394 https://bitly.cx/wDYvx

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Sun 21 Jul 9:30 am
2024 NSW State League #11 - Barraba Lane, Quorrobolong
“Barraba Lane” - Ian Dempsey, 2021, Barraba Lane, Quorrobolong -32.9630219, 151.3384693

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Sun 21 Jul 10:00 am
Waggaroos Local event, Wolfram
Livingstone State Conservation Area.

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Tue 23 Jul 7:30 pm
Orienteering NSW July Board Meeting

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Wed 24 Jul 4:00 pm
2024 Sydney MapRun #2 Putney
Putney Park Toilets (South), Pellisier Rd, Putney

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Sat 27 Jul 9:30 am
SOS Northside - Arcadia
Vision Valley, 7 Vision Valley Rd, Arcadia

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Sat 27 Jul 9:30 am
SOS Hills District - Baulkham Hills
Meet at 2nd Baulkham Hills Scout Hall, 25 Jasper Rd, Baulkham Hills

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Sat 27 Jul 10:00 am
Learn to Orienteer - Port Macquarie
Mackillop College Oval.

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Sat 27 Jul 2:00 pm
Jetty Foreshores Orienteering
Jetty Foreshores, Coffs Harbour

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.


Cub Day Out tests our resources

Emulating a Cecil B de Mille production, on Sunday we hosted 350 cubs, about 60 leaders and dozens of parents at Gough Whitlam Park in Earlwood for their annual Metro South Cub Day Out.

The logistics were huge: 30 groups of 10-12 cubs plus a leader or two, five stations of OK-GO activities, four star relays, a loops course and finally an 18-control score course in pairs using SI.

It was non-stop from 8.30am to 3pm and thankfully the weather was lovely, as was the feedback from young and old.

Many leaders inquired about incorporating further orienteering into their programs and badge schemes, and we can see the potential to map more campsites to mutual benefit.  

A big thank you to organisers Ian Jessup and Jim Mackay; coaches Lyn Malmgron, Neville Fathers, Georgia Jones, Maggie Jones and Robert Newman; helpers Ian Jones and Dave Lotty; and SI guru Ron Pallas.

And thank you to Jan from Metro South for the invitation to host this much anticipated annual outing for the cubs.

FYI, the fastest pair did the score course in 16:44 - very mpressive given they were all aged 8-11.