Orienteering NSW

Big Foot Sprints on this Saturday on Cockatoo Island

: Last Updated: Tuesday, 27 August 2024 11:17

Bigfoot Sprints is on this Saturday, 31st August.

Venue: Cockatoo Island.

Details and enter in Eventor.

Entries close midnight tonight - Tuesday, 27th August.

2 sprint races with tunnels, empty buildings, convict ruins and Harbour bridge views with first starts from 9am & a chasing start from 11am.

Everyone runs the same courses, with a men's class and women's class only.

But the winners get chocolate!

Please note that the Harbour Trust requires that anyone under 15 must be accompanied to the island by a parent or guardian.

2024 NSW Schools Orienteering Championships

: Last Updated: Monday, 19 August 2024 18:40

Congratulations to everyone who participated with such great spirit in the NSW Schools Orienteering Championships and parallel State League events over the weekend.

The relays were so exciting!

Well done to all the new State Champions and placegetters.

Champion schools

Forest event

Champion Primary School - Waratah Public School (by just one point in a hotly contested division)

Champion Secondary School - Knox Grammar School

Champion School Region - Combined Independent Schools

Sprint Event

Overall Champion School - a tie! John Palmer Public School and Waratah Public School shared the honours.

Individual and relay results for both students and the State League are available on both the Bold Horizons website and Eventor.

Thanks to Macquarie University for hosting us yesterday. What an outstanding venue. We appreciate access to such a beautiful campus.

Thanks too to Ku-ring-gai Council for access to Twin Creeks. The wildflowers were magnificent and the sandstone rock detail made for some challenging adventures.

To deliver three big events over the weekend, the extended Bold Horizons and friends team all put in some huge hours. Thanks so much, everyone.

We couldn't do it without you all and we just loved seeing so many people out running, thinking, socialising, supporting each other, and generally having a great time.

Credit for article to Bold Horizons Facebook page.

Sydney City Race October 13th coming soon!

: Last Updated: Wednesday, 14 August 2024 21:04

This week we are profiling a women's podium contender in the 15km Sydney City Race, Briohny Seaman from Wagga.

Briohny is a Unit Head with the NSW Environment Protection Authority in the regulatory operations division, and travels a lot out west to Broken Hill, Buronga and Griffith.

She is a member of the WaggaRoos Orienteering Club, and most of her free time is spent with her boys Ryder (12) and Logan (10), usually taking them to their various weekend or afterschool sports.
A very competitive orienteer, Briohny started taking running seriously in her early 20’s and now has a great group of running friends in Wagga. Her preferred distance is half marathon, so we're thinking the 15km race distance will really suit her strengths! That said, Briohny prefers trails to the road, and there aren't any trails in the Sydney City race this year.
Briohny's favourite event is the Wagga Trail Marathon (which is unfortunately no longer an event). She also likes the Nail Can Hill fun run (Albury) and the Hume and Hovell 22km. Basically Briohny loves running, be it any new trail, race or even just for fun.
Briohny is a regular at Wagga Wagga Road Runners each Saturday morning, and usually does parkrun when she's travelling, with a PB of 20:32 (wow!).
Briohny started orienteering when she was about 8 years old with her parents at a ‘come and try it event’ in Wagga, and she hasn't looked back, competing at both a national and international level.
The Sydney City Race will be her first City Race, and whilst coming from Wagga she won’t have the ‘local’ knowledge of the city, she is really looking forward to it and to running somewhere new.
Good luck Briohny!

All the information you need on the Sydney City Race is available on the website here, or via Eventor here.
Entries list as at 13th August see full list of Eventor and Website entries - List of Entries

ONSW Junior Awards Participation Diaries 2024

: Last Updated: Wednesday, 14 August 2024 21:04

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