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Space Racing is becoming a star attraction in Dubbo and it is bringing new blood to Western Plains Orienteering Club. Fourteen people have joined the club since the beginning of the series with both adults and children having their appetites for orienteering whetted by this highly successful innovation in the WP calendar.
The latest race was held at the TAFE campus in Dubbo and was set by Sally Devenish, Kate and Rebecca Kennedy.“The TAFE campus is very complex and yet children as young as eight years old were able to navigate their way around without adult assistance” said Karen Hagan, President of the Western Plains Orienteers, showing how such a series can really help the orienteering skills of the children to develop.
The next event will take place at Macquarie Anglican Grammar School on Saturday 17th March (registration 8.30am).
Thanks to Karen Hagan for her help with this report
A number of our best athletes and upcoming juniors travelled to Victoria this weekend to compete in the opening NOL races. Matthew Parton, Josh Blatchford and Rob Preston were all racing in the Men's Open Elite and brought in some good results in a competitive field. Matthew Parton had the best result amongst the men with his 3rd place in the Sprint race, but they were all on their game with Rob Preston's very consistent 5th in both Middle and Long Distance races, and Josh Blatchford bringing home a 7th in the Sprint, 8th in the Middle and 10th in the Long Distance. Alex Massey and Kasimir Gregory were racing in the Men's Junior Elite but never quite got on terms with some of the other Junior Elites who were on fire. Oscar McNulty won the Sprint in a blistering 12:44, missed winning the Middle by a mere minute and won the Long Distance comfortably in 76:24 ahead of Ian Lawford's 82:46.
Read more: NSW has good outing at National Orienteering League in Victoria
Entrants to the first State Leagues of the 2012 season received an email from Big Foot organisers last weekend which read: 'After a site visit this weekend, Big Foot have reluctantly had to postpone State League 1 & 2. Access to the area by 2WD is impractical, and it looks as though this will remain the case for several weeks.
We apologise for the inconvenience that this will no doubt cause.
We will attempt to reschedule the event and will be in touch as soon we have a date. This may take a while, since we have to negotiate with a few land owners, consult the relevant orienteering calendars and sacrifice something to the weather gods.'
Big Foot plan to retain entry fees pending the setting of a replacement date for the events.
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Orienteering NSW launched its new website today and the team at Orienteering NSW are delighted with it. 'It will be much easier to maintain and update, helping us use our time to get the message out to orienteers across the State rather than struggling with infrastructure,' said ONSW Communications officer Maggie Jones. ONSW Promotions Director Barbara Hill agrees. 'The old website was designed in a different era when we did not have a team dedicated to the promotion of the sport in quite the same way. The new website brings new functionality, is much easier to use and we hope will be more stable as we continue to grow as a community.'
Users of the website are reminded to update any bookmarks they may be using.
