Space racing draws in new recruits for Western Plains Orienteers

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Last Updated: Friday, 06 July 2012 15:44

Space Racing is becoming a star attraction in Dubbo and it is bringing new blood to Western Plains Orienteering Club. Fourteen people have joined the club since the beginning of the series with both adults and children having their appetites for orienteering whetted by this highly successful innovation in the WP calendar.

The latest race was held at the TAFE campus in Dubbo and was set by Sally Devenish, Kate and Rebecca Kennedy.“The TAFE campus is very complex and yet children as young as eight years old were able to navigate their way around without adult assistance” said Karen Hagan, President of the Western Plains Orienteers, showing how such a series can really help the orienteering skills of the children to develop.

The next event will take place at Macquarie Anglican Grammar School on Saturday 17th March (registration 8.30am).

Thanks to Karen Hagan for her help with this report