Julian Dent and Mikayla Cooper claimed the $1000 prizemoney in the inaugural Sydney City Race that had participants raving about the scenery on Sunday.

Julian (60m55s) and Mikayla (78m55s) took out the 15km race that featured control sites on top of a Harbour Bridge pylon with 360-degree views, in front of the Opera House with resident seal Benny on the steps nearby, beneath the Harbour Bridge, and in Barangaroo, The Rocks and Hyde Park.

“A world class sprint area, worthy of a Sprint Orienteering World Championships!” said Julian Dent.

“The map was very detailed with areas of complex building and multiple levels which provided some very tricky and difficult route choices. A real orienteering challenge which was intense throughout the 60 minutes.”

There were 332 competitors on the day, with other races contested in 10km, 6km, 3km and score categories.

We would like to thank the 30+ volunteers who helped out on the day for the Sydney City Race. With 120 newcomers needing help understanding what our sport is, and also SI sticks, we needed a lot of helpers. We really appreciate that so many people stepped in to help.

A huge thank you to organiser Sheralee Bailey and course setter Ian Jessup for getting this event up and running - planning is already underway for the next SCR in early 2026.

Results - Eventor

We had fantastic weekend of MTBO racing now off to Aust Champs in ACT see below!  

Results of NSW MTBO Champs - Sprint

Results of NSW MTBO Champs - Middle 

Results of NSW MTBO Champs - Long

Organiser - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   

The Australian MTBO Carnival and Championships 2024, 17-20 October in Canberra:)!

Next Weekend. 🔥We are thrilled with already 165 ENTRIES and with more than 40(!) of them from New Zealand MTBOers and 2 from the UK!!

Info here: https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/19686 

Limited Entry on a Day will be available ONLY to Carnival Classes. 

👑ONLY $10 PER EVENT - Get a full advantage of super friendly Entry Price for Juniors under 21 and Seniors 70 and over: 

We will be thrilled to have even more Juniors and Seniors joining the fun:)! We are inviting all Beginners and Newcomers to the sport to join!

👑CARNIVAL BULLETIN 3 is available here:  Final Bulletin

For junior orienteerers 15yo and under in 2024       

It is time to start filling in the Junior Participation Diaries for the Wattle (50pts), Banksia (75pts) and Waratah (100+pts) Awards.

All NSW juniors  collect 10 points for participation in each major event (NSW State League events, Easter events , Australian Championships events, other National Orienteering League events)

Regional clubs juniors collect 10 points for all other events.  

Sydney clubs juniors collect 5 points for all other events

You can find the Diary template spreadsheet (XLS) LINK for easy reference online. 

Please contact Wendy McConaghy for any more information at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Diaries need to be submitted by 13^th October 2024 to Wendy McConaghy

The 7 events over 9 days carnival has finished, safe trip home and Thanks to all organisers, volunteers and athletes.   

 

Well Sunday October 6th 2024, was the last day of the 2024 Australian Orienteering Championships with the Australian Sprint Championships at UNE Armidale.

In the W21E overall winner was Hanne Hilo in a time of 15:39, Mikayla Cooper Orienteering Tasmania was the 1st Australian in a time of 17:07.

1st NSW was Brionhy Seaman WaggaRoos Orienteers in a time of 19:38

Australian Schools Orienteering Honour Team - 4 NSW athletes included!

Junior Boys - Alton Freeman Orienteering NSW

Senior Girls - Rebecca Craig Orienteering NSW and Erika Enderby Orienteering NSW 

Senior Boys - Cooper Horley Orienteering NSW

NSW won the overall point score for the Long Distance event at the Australian Orienteering Championships.

The OA Shield History Link

Australian School State Relay Results 

1st Senior Boys (Cooper Horley, Nick Stanley and Jamie Woolford) 

1st Senior Girls (Rebecca Craig, Maggie Mackay and Erika Enderby)

3rd Junior Boys (Matthew Slater (GS), Shay Sweeney (WHO) and Baxter Peel (NC))

3rd Junior Girls (Jessica Dun, Justine de Remy de Courcelles and Tiffany Palmer)

This is for Aust Schools OC not the overall with NZ included.

Results of Day 1 (Middle Champs) are here

Results of Day 2 Relays here

Results of Thunderbolt 3days

Results of Day 1 Australian Schools Champs - Sprint

Results of Day 2 Australian Schools Champs - Long

Results of Day 3 Australian Schools Champs - Relays

Results of Australian Long Distance Orienteering Champs

Results of Australian Sprint Distance Orienteering Champs

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Australian Orienteering Championships (aoc2024.com.au)   

From Australian Middle some pictures from Simon George (Big Foot) - https://link.shutterfly.com/VE8VpjenhNb

Organisers: Ron Pallas - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Nick Dent - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.