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Fri 12 Jul 4:00 pm
Bluebottles July Camp near Armidale
Thalgarrah Environmental Education Centre, about 20 minutes from Armidale.

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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).

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.


SOS series 1 wraps up with family relay

Our first term of the inaugural Saturday morning schools series wrapped up on Saturday with a family relay event at Centennial Park in lovely sunshine.

Series co-ordinator Barbara Hill set six short courses (ranging from 500m to 1.5km) and each pair aimed to complete all six between them.

It was great see so many parents participating with their children. Barbara employed ONSW Marketing Officer Ian Jessup as a roving control - kids who caught Ian (which wasn't too hard!) took a sticker off his shirt to claim an entry in the lucky dip at the end of proceedings.

Some photos of the event are on Facebook.

Average attendances were around the 40-50 mark which is very encouraging.

The Term 1, 2014 series is just about locked in and will feature many new venues. It also looks like we have another school coming on board.

ONSW extends a huge thank you to Barbara, Daniel Hill and SI guru Ron Pallas for a smooth and successful introduction of this new series; and to the other helpers who chipped in when needed.

Please tell your schools about this series as we try to grow the sport at grassroots level.