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Sun 18 Aug 9:30 am
2024 NSW School Sprint Championships and State League #13
Macquarie University (meet at Ubar)

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Sun 18 Aug 1:00 pm
NSW School Relay Championships and Bold Horizons Relay Championships
Macquarie University (meet at Ubar)

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Wed 21 Aug 4:00 pm
2024 Sydney MapRun #5 North Rocks
North Rocks Park, North Rocks Rd, North Rocks

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Sat 24 Aug 9:30 am
SOS Northside - St Ives
Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Gardens, 420 Mona Vale Rd, St Ives (meet in Dampier's Clearing)

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Sat 24 Aug 9:30 am
SOS Hills District - Rydalmere
Upjohn Park, Kirby St, Rydalmere (look for us near the car park)

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Sat 24 Aug 11:00 am
ACT Middle Championships: ACT League #11, NSW SL #14, Wild Deer Sands
Wild Deer Sands (Birkenburn).

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Sun 25 Aug 10:00 am
ACT Long Championships: ACT League #12, NSW SL #15, Birkenburn
Birkenburn Farm.

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Mon 26 Aug 7:30 pm
Orienteering NSW August Board Meeting

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Wed 28 Aug 1:00 pm
Wagga HomeSchooled Children's Group Orienteering Day
Wed 28 Aug 4:00 pm
2024 Sydney MapRun #6 Middle Head
Middle Head, Mosman.

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.


Alastair George named in JWOC team again

Big Foot's Alastair George has again been selected in the Australian team to compete in the junior world championships in Denmark in July.

Alastair (back row, third from left) finished second overall in the junior men's elite division at the big national Easter carnival in WA. It's his second trip to JWOC after making his debut in Hungary last year.

Year 9 prodigy Alvin Craig finished an impressive fourth overall but did not nominate.

We congratulate the boys on their success - along with Duncan Currie who won the opening Sprint event - and wish Alastair all the best in Denmark. You can follow his progress on the event website here.

The Australian JWOC team is:
Women: Mikayla Cooper (Tas), Ella Cuthbert (ACT), Joanna George (SA), Tara Melhuish (ACT), Zoe Melhuish (ACT), Caroline Pigerre (Qld).
Men: Dante Afnan (SA), Alastair George (NSW), Angus Haines (SA), Aston Key (VIC), Patrick Miller (ACT), Noah Poland (ACT).

Speaking of Easter, congratulations to these NSW orienteers who won their age classes across the 3 days of the carnival:
Aoife Rothery (BF, W12A), Erika Enderby (NC, W14A), Nikolett Halmai (GO, W35A), Cath Chalmers (BF, W50A), Barbara Junghans (GO, W65AS), Alton Freeman (BF, M10A), Oliver Freeman (BF, W14A), Oskar Mella (NC, M16A), Chris Fitzgerald (GS, M21A), Istvan Kertesz (GO, M35A), Stephen Craig (NC, M50A), Michael Halmy (BN, M55AS), Eoin Rothery (BF, M60A), Ian Warlters (BB, M65AS), Basil Baldwin (GS, M80A).

And congrats to Big Foot who finished second in the competition for Australian Champion Club, based on the Long Distance event on Sunday.