Barbara Dawson wins OA Coaching Award
- Last Updated: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 10:30
Congratulations to Barbara Dawson (Garingal) who has won Orienteering Australia's Silva Award for Services to Coaching.
Barbara has done long-term work in schools in NSW and at local club events, and contributed to the National Schools Kit Project.
She has also been a stalwart at the River and Bay Series as the lead coach for newcomers and in helping other club members in instructing first-timers.
This award caps a big six months for Barbara who won the Cox's Cup (ONSW Encouragement Award) in 2021.
ONSW orienteers excel at Easter
- Last Updated: Monday, 25 April 2022 17:33
Seventeen orienteers from 10 NSW clubs won their age classes overall at the big national Easter carnival in Queensland, where long grass made for tricky navigation.
The carnival was an outstanding success, with more than 600 entries.
In the elite classes, Ewan Shingler (Big Foot, pictured) won M20E, sister Nea was second in W20E, clubmate Alastair George was an impressive second in M21E, and Sam Woolford (Bush n Beach) was likewise a fantastic second in M20E.
Congratulations to our Easter class winners:
Gill, Melissa win ultra marathons
- Last Updated: Tuesday, 12 April 2022 14:33
Two of our incredible members - Gill Fowler and Melissa Robertson - have excelled in gruelling endurance races at the weekend.
Gill (Big Foot, pictured) won the women's 40-49 age class at the inaugural kunanyi Mountain Run in Hobart and was sixth fastest woman overall.
The 68km course was limited to 200 pre-qualifying participants and included a phenomenal 4km of climb, and Gill got home in 10h12m.
Over in South Australia, Melissa (Central Coast) won the Irrational South 200 miler (320km) and set a new female race record of 62h3m.
That's seven and a half marathons! Unsurprisingly, there were only 40 entrants.
Congratulations to both women!
