Orienteering NSW - NSW Sports Minister Graham Annesley presents Series Cup at the Sydney Summer Series

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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.

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NSW Sports Minister Graham Annesley presents Series Cup at the Sydney Summer Series

Details: Last Updated: Wednesday, 03 April 2013 18:20

NSW Sports Minister Graham Annesley was on hand at the Sydney Summer Series final last Wednesday to present Westleigh resident Karin Hefftner with the Series Cup for 2012-13. Karin had a phenomenal set of races during the series, winning 23 events and scoring the most points of any competitor over the 27-week season. Orienteering map extract Macquarie Uni

Mr Annesley said: “Congratulations to Karin on her fantastic performance. Orienteering is about getting people out exercising for enjoyment firstly, and competition for those who desire it. Membership is growing and it’s great to see young kids and older folks mixing it with the elite athletes of the sport.”

Karin and her husband Larry Weiss arrived from South Africa in 1996. When a work colleague raved about the Summer Series event she had been to, Karin gave it a go the following week. "I thought this is a sport that sounds interesting and like fun," she recalled. "I haven’t looked back."

Full series results can be found here.

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