Entries open for 2024 Goanna
- Last Updated: Friday, 12 July 2024 10:51
Entries are open for Garingal's innovative Goanna 'goat race', which this year will be held on the Galston map.
The event is on this Sunday, July 16th, with a mass start at 10am, 10.05am and 10:10am for the 3 main courses.
Goat races are a wacky form of line orienteering in which:
* there is a mass start
* following is allowed (this is usually a no-no)
* you may skip a control (yippee!)
* there are forked controls (you go to 'a' or 'b')
* in the boxed section you visit the controls in any order
There are 3 course lengths (GeckO 3.6km, DraGOn 4.2km and GOanna 6km), with the standard varying from to moderate to hard depending on where you are on the course.
Tactics have to be made up on the run - which control will you skip? Which fork will you take? and in which order will you do 'the box'? A 'fun' run in its own right.
Entries close on Saturday at 5pm. Please note there will be an Easy course with a start window of 10.15-11am, but no Very Easy course.
Bluebottles Junior Orienteering Training Camp
- Last Updated: Monday, 08 July 2024 16:49
The Bluebottles Junior camp is OPEN on Eventor.
Venue: The Thalgarrah Environmental Education Centre, near Armidale.
Please help us organisers by entering early.
This is for ALL juniors planning to attend the Australian Championships Carnival - as part of the NSW School's Team, as part of the IA Development Camp OR with your family.
ALL WELCOME!
If you have been selected in the NSW School's Team, there is an expectation that you will attend this camp (unless you are overseas competing). If you missed out on selection, then this camp is FOR YOU! We want to prepare you for the Aus Champs and have you ready for selection in 2025, so please come along.
This is a 5-day camp (12th-16th July) including accommodation, food and activities; at a modest $120 per Junior. (Adults can stay at an additional $60 per person)
Entries close tonight - Sunday, 7th July 2024.
Orienteering NSW support this program put together by the amazing efforts Helen O'Callaghan and her team.
https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/20169
2024 Independent Junior Athletes Development Camp in Armidale
- Last Updated: Monday, 08 July 2024 16:48
Click Eventor Link for Information
2024 Turkey Trot is Putney this Sunday!
- Last Updated: Sunday, 07 July 2024 13:33
WHO's annual Turkey Trot the 18th is just around the corner and this year is in Putney on Sunday, July 7th.
The Turkey Trot is a multi-map line course race, with three distances offered: 20km, 12km and 8km.
It's a mass start and there are map changes along the way.
Live results link is here - Provisional Results - Turkey Trot 2024 - 07 Jul 2024 (wh-orienteers.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com)
The navigation standard is moderate, with some sections easy in urban areas. It's perfect for trail runners and adventure racers.
Non-orienteers will have little difficulty with this standard, yet it is still challenging in terms of route choice for the experienced orienteer.
See the TT website for full details.
