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Fri 12 Jul 4:00 pm
Bluebottles July Camp near Armidale
Thalgarrah Environmental Education Centre, about 20 minutes from Armidale.

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Wed 17 Jul 5:30 pm
Moonlight Madness #4
Artarmon Reserve, Burra Road, Artarmon
Thu 18 Jul 7:30 pm
Orienteering Participation and Engagement Network July Meeting

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Sat 20 Jul 2:00 pm
2024 NSW State League #10 - Poppethead, Kitchener
“The Poppethead” D.Lyons. Partially updated 2024, Cessnock Rd, Kitchener -32.8766698, 151.3657394 https://bitly.cx/wDYvx

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Sun 21 Jul 9:30 am
2024 NSW State League #11 - Barraba Lane, Quorrobolong
“Barraba Lane” - Ian Dempsey, 2021, Barraba Lane, Quorrobolong -32.9630219, 151.3384693

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Sun 21 Jul 10:00 am
Waggaroos Local event, Wolfram
Livingstone State Conservation Area.

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Tue 23 Jul 7:30 pm
Orienteering NSW July Board Meeting

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Wed 24 Jul 4:00 pm
2024 Sydney MapRun #2 Putney
Putney Park Toilets (South), Pellisier Rd, Putney
Sat 27 Jul 9:30 am
SOS Northside
Sat 27 Jul 9:30 am
SOS Hills District

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.


O'Shea weekend goes back to Olney SF

Central Coast Orienteers invite you to the 40th running of the O'Shea (Toukley) 2-Day event, based mainly at Olney State Forest.
 
This annual three-race event for pairs features fruit cakes adorned with spearmint leaf lollies cakes as prizes, and this year will be held on the weekend of March 5-6.
 
The format is:
* Sat afternoon: relay line course (combined time counts) at Olney SF
* Sat night: line course (best time of the team counts) at Norah Head
* Sun morning: team scatter course at Olney SF
 
Individual entries are welcome, and you can enter one or two events if you can't make all three.
 
As a special offer for the 40th anniversary, previous winners can get half price entry provided they run with their victorious buddy from yesteryear.
 
Eventor has all the information about the event along with a list of previous winners. Start looking for your team member now!
 

Sprint O workshop Sat Feb 26

ONSW is putting on a special Sprint workshop on Sat Feb 26 at Sydney Olympic Park.
 
It will be led by IOF Senior Event Adviser Nick Dent with special input from OA Head Coach Tash Key and junior world champ Aston Key (depending on covid situation).
 
This workshop is for runners who want to get better at Sprint O, setters who want to learn the tips and tricks of Sprint O, and controllers seeking accreditation or who just want to ensure a quality event.
 
Cost $30 inc morning tea and lunch. Parking provided.
 
We are very fortunate to have such high-calibre presenters. Capacity is 30 so don't miss out.
 
See the flyer for details. 
 

Entries open for 2022 major national events

Entries have opened for a number of big interstate events that traditionally attract good support from NSW orienteers.

The ACT Wildfire Sports Autumn Classics (Apr 2-3) - this is the first bush National League weekend for 2022 near Bungendore. Bulletin 1 has been published. We thank Wildfire Sports for their sponsorship of the NOL. 

This year NOLs will have a senior and junior elite class and a sport class. The sport class is designed for competitive orienteers who may have other priorities than just the goal of elite racing on the international level. 

Easter (Apr 15-18) - expect fantastic granite terrain around Kingaroy, 3 hours NW of Brisbane. This will also be the junior world champs selection trial. Bulletin 1 has been published.

Gold Coast Sprint Weekend (Apr 21-24) - extend your Easter stay with some short, fast runs on the complex sand dunes and local campuses. Five fantastic events, including three brand new maps, an updated university map and an updated treasure. Details in the Easter link above.

The IOF have confirmed that the WRE Sprint Final and Elite Knockout will be Oceania Championships, with associated automatic qualification places for the 2022 world championships in Denmark.

The Australian Championships (Sep 24-Oct 2) - near Castlemaine in Victoria. On offer are four gold-mining and two granite areas, two super cool sprint terrains with almost all on totally new terrains.

Melbourne Sprint Weekend (Mar 12-14) - Australia's premier short-form carnival with six events over three days. Race locations have been published and entries will open soon.

 

Armidale junior camp in April

Our first Bluebottles NSW junior squad camp for 2022 is from April 9-14 in Armidale

Expressions of interest are due in the next week to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - this is not a commitment to attend but an indication you are keen, so we can give the accommodation a rough idea of numbers.

A rough program would be:
Apr 9-10 State League events
Apr 11-13 - orienteering training
Apr 14 - travel to Kingaroy in readiness for the 2022 Easter carnival

The camp is planned to be at NEGS, a boarding school. It will include dorm-style accommodation, and 2 meals a day provided by the school's dining room. While we will be able to take a good number of unaccompanied juniors, we will need a contingent of parent helpers and coaches to make this camp a success.

This camp is open to parents and juniors from all states. 

Any junior who would like to move up to Moderate courses is welcome to join the NSW junior squad - they have a lot of fun while improving their skills and fitness.

 

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