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Wed 17 Jul 5:30 pm
Moonlight Madness #4
Artarmon Reserve, Burra Road, Artarmon
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
Sat 27 Jul 9:30 am
SOS Northside
Vision Valley, Arcadia.
Sat 27 Jul 9:30 am
SOS Hills District
Crestwood (Torry Burn map).

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Sat 27 Jul 10:00 am
Learn to Orienteer - Port Macquarie

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.


Massey, Enderby win Newcastle OY again

Jenny Enderby and Alex Massey have taken out the Newcastle Orienteer of the Year trophies yet again.

It's at least the fifth or sixth time this pair have finished ahead of the field; in 2020 there were 6 events in the OY series due to covid taking out the period from April-July.

Winners of the other classes were:
Very Easy: Baxter Peel
Easy: Ulrika Sandberg
Short Moderate: Sally Quill
Long Moderate: Warren Quilty
Short Hard: Erika Enderby
Medium Hard: Glenn Burgess

With infection rates reduced to single or at worst very low double digits, restrictions were lifted on community sports in late July to allow club members the opportunity to participate.

A big thank you to David Kitchener for rejigging the Newcastle calendar several times, the landowners who allow us onto their properties, all the helpers and participants.

The club does a lot of heavy lifting in NSW and in 2021 will host the QB III weekend in June as well as the Australian MTBO champs in September.

More immediately, Newcastle have their second street warm-up series at Lakelands on Wednesday. They are using the free MapRunF app for all street events.