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Sat 6 Apr 9:00 am
Forest Orienteering and Navigation Skills Day
Smiths Creek Reserve, Campbelltown (meet at Waminda Reserve, Macquarie Av, Campbelltown.

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Sun 7 Apr 9:00 am
Waggaroos Local event, Willan's Hill plus LTO Training session
Lord Baden Powell Drive, Willans Hill, Wagga Wagga.

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Sun 7 Apr 9:30 am
2024 Metro League #1 - Appin
Scout Hall, Burke St, Appin

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Sun 7 Apr 9:30 am
NOY1 - Archery Ridge (Elrington)
Archery Ridge (1:10,000)

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Sun 7 Apr 10:00 am
Mount Brown
4.5 km on Torryburn Road

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Sun 7 Apr 10:00 am
Goldseekers Bush Series #2 - Bridal Track Reserve
Clifton Grove (only a few minutes' drive out of Orange).

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Sat 13 Apr 1:00 pm
Highlands Forest Series #1 - Penrose State Forest
Penrose Forest North, 1:10,000

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Sun 14 Apr 9:30 am
2024 NSW State League #4 - Snow Hills (ACT Classic Series; ACT League #3)
Snows Hill . Mayfield Cross Road, Mayfield. About 1 hour drive south of Goulburn and 1.5 hours east of Canberra

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Sun 14 Apr 2:00 pm
Bluebottles April Camp at Belanglo
Belanglo State Forest.

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Sun 21 Apr 9:30 am
NOY2 - Redgum Ridges (Freemans Waterhole)
 Redgum Ridges 1:10 000

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.


Space Racing rockets to success in Dubbo

Space RacersSpace Racing rocketed to success in Dubbo when the first of a new series of Space Races blasted off  last Saturday attracting over forty participants. Based on the Space Racing model developed by Bendigo Orienteers, which has also been used with great success in Sydney, fourteen teams of children were given a mission to find all of the space stations hidden around Victoria Park within thirty minutes and then return to base.

Team Pleione (Samantha Wallace and Haylee Burton ) and  Team Sirius (Amber Burton and Natalie Roth) were home first, quickly followed by Team Canopus (Sharni Archer and Debbie Archer). All children received a certificate commending their efforts.

Read more: Space Racing rockets to success in Dubbo

 

Novice and experienced riders alike enjoy MTBO at Bluegum Hills Regional Park

BOSS 20 FebWith great weather and a new area to ride 61 competitor’s had a great day’s riding around Bluegum Hills Regional Park near Newcastle. Sydney competitors were out in force despite the early start.

With wide tracks, single tracks, hills and gullies to climb and the odd bit of mud the course allowed for some aggressive riding especially on the downhills. The novice riders had the option of taking the suggested route around the course in the less demanding areas to ride and navigate. It was great to see the number of junior and first time riders at the event.

The regional park will be used for the DuO event in November. The results and a full report are on the Newcastle Orienteering website here.

Thanks to Greg Bacon for this report

 

Brian Coogan breaks through for win in Waggaroos Summer Series

The penultimate event in the Waggaroos Summer Series was held in the Tatton area.  Bob Moore set a challenging course in which participants could stay west of Plumpton Rd and tackle the hilly ridgeline, or try their luck east of Plumpton Rd where it was flatter, points values were higher, but there was more distance to be covered.

Competition was close on the 45 minute course with only a few points separating the participants. The hill area proved the best route choice with Brian Coogan amassing an excellent 145 to break through for a well-earned win.  The in-form Alex Davey decided to head east towards the lake and fell short of first place by only 5 points.

Duncan, Emily and Ella Farquahar came and tried orienteering for the first time and did exceptionally well to finish fourth with 125 points just behind John Oliver in third.

On the 30 minute course the amazing pram pushing Jonathon Holland scored 90 points to finish ahead of his wife Catherine.

Next week will be the final event in this year’s summer series. It will be conducted in the Tolland area commencing from the Cobb St side of Kessler Park at 6pm.

Thanks to John Oliver for this report.

 

Learn to Navigate - new course in the Southern Highlands in March

With all coaching and events within easy travelling distance of Camden this training course is designed for anyone wanting to improve their navigation skills, whether orienteering, adventure racing or just getting from place to place without a SatNav!

The course offers three Saturday coaching sessions on 10th and 24th March and 14th April, along with three key club events (Sunday 18th March, 1st and 22nd April)  the coaching team have nominated where they will be on hand to mentor participants through their first bush events of the season.  All this for $30!  More details?  Read the flyer here.

 

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