2023 Sports Foyer NSW Community Sports Award for Distinguished Long Service
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- Last Updated: Wednesday, 14 June 2023 15:09
Terry Bluett to Be Presented with the 2023 Sports Foyer NSW Community Sports Award for Distinguished Long Service
Terry Bluett (Bennelong Northside) will be presented with the 2023 Sports Foyer NSW Community Sports Award for Distinguished Long Service for orienteering at a ceremony on June 29. ONSW congratulates Terry on this public recognition. See link for more info: News - Sport NSW
Over 37+ years of orienteering Terry Bluett has actively supported both newcomers and experienced orienteers in their enjoyment, athletic success, and connection to the orienteering community at club level and beyond.
Terry was key to Bennelong Northside Orienteers growing from the tiny club he and his young family joined when they started orienteering in 1986 to the thriving club it is today.
Terry strives to ensure orienteering competition runs smoothly at every level where he contributes. He has twice been recognised at NSW level as Course Setter of the Year. It is his behind-the-scenes work, however, which is his most substantial contribution in this area. Since 1986, Terry has made over fifty of the maps orienteers run on in Sydney or NSW - from school maps to technical championship maps used at Australian 3-day competitions (in 1996 and 2021). He has taught other championship mappers the skills of computer-based mapping.
Despite being a competitive orienteer, Terry usually sacrifices the opportunity to race at events run by his club, to instead run the computer result system.
