Orienteering NSW - Henty aplenty at Riverina schools champs

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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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Henty aplenty at Riverina schools champs

Details: Last Updated: Thursday, 05 May 2016 20:19

A busload of eager students from Henty beefed up the Riverina schools championships to a record 101 entries at Wagga today.

The tiny town on the Olympic Way sent 54 kids from Years 4-6 along for the first time to this annual event that kicks off our regional schools champs season. It was a great introduction to the sport as they now embark on orienteering as part of the new federal government Sporting Schools program.

Students set out from the Music Bowl behind the Botanic Gardens and explored the western side of Willans Hill, basking in the superb autumn day. After a map walk with a coach to explain the basics, they each did a solo line course by age group then had a fun 3-person relay to cap off a great day.

Thanks a million to the Waggaroos club and WHO's Graeme Hill who made the trek from Sydney to help out. If you'd like your children or students to experience one of these days, see our schools champs page for more information.

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