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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
Vision Valley, Arcadia.
Sat 27 Jul 9:30 am
SOS Hills District
Crestwood (Torry Burn map).

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.

Alastair, Emily take out SA rogaining champs

Last Updated: Tuesday, 21 September 2021 12:26

Congratulations to Big Foot junior star Alastair George and his girlfriend Emily Sorensen who won the South Australian rogaining championships at the weekend.

It was a convincing win, 320 points ahead of the next team (3190-2870), as they covered 92km in the 24 hours permitted - although they finished with an hour to spare.

Amazingly, this was Emily and Ali’s first rogaine! No doubt their backgrounds as elite orienteers helped - Alastair has competed at JWOC and Emily made this year's JWOC Honour team that did not compete due to covid.

Alastair moved to SA, Emily's home state, just before the NSW lockdown.

IKO's Liz Woodgate has been interstate since July and teamed up with an old friend Marc Woods from Alice Springs for his first rogaine. They finished sixth in the 24-hour event and third in the Mixed Veteran age class.

You can see the results from Almerta Station here.

 

Perfect weather for NTOC return at Blue Hole

Last Updated: Monday, 20 September 2021 16:04

Our Armidale club returned to action on Sunday with an event at Blue Hole Picnic Area that was well attended and featured stunning scenery.

As the name suggests, the event took place around Gara Gorge - where the river bed is rock rather than soil.

Around 30 participants enjoyed some testing courses that involved a river crossing - working out the quickest way to get across was crucial to a good result.

NSW Schools Team member Sam Woolford (Bush n Beach) won the 5.2km Hard 1 course in 42 minutes, while NTOC president Felix Burkhard (pictured) prevailed on Hard 2 (4.1km) in just over an hour.

Thanks to rookie setter Nathan Jeffery and the Northern Tablelands club. You can see the courses on Livelox. 

NTOC's next local event is on October 10 at Kooringle.

Armidale is known for awesome granite maps and we are happy to report we have a State League weekend up there in April 2022, just before Easter.

 

OA coaching vacancies

Last Updated: Saturday, 18 September 2021 19:10
Orienteering Australia is seeking expressions of interest for 1-2 individuals to lead each of the two squads within the new structure – the High-Performance Squad and the National Development Squad.
 
Expressions of interest could be in the form of a team of two coaches wanting to work together or as individual applications where OA may choose to appoint two people.
 
Due to the nature of squad coaching being mostly online, expressions of interest will be accepted from those living both within Australia and internationally.

Expressions of interest close on Sunday September 26, should include a resume and a brief cover letter, and be sent to the OA Head Coach (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). 

More information about the roles can be found in the position descriptions on the OA website.
 
OA is also seeking a new general manager and coaching director after Matthew Dunstan and Hanny Allston respectively had to cut short their terms due to work commitments.
 

AUS MTBO champs postponed to March 2022

Last Updated: Tuesday, 14 September 2021 13:43
Due to ongoing covid restrictions, we are postponing the Australian mountain bike orienteering championships to next year.
 
The new dates are March 25-27.
 
We appreciate the mountain of work our Newcastle club has already put into this weekend and look forward to four top-notch events.
 
The next MTBO events in NSW will be Newcastle's BOSS series starting in October or November.
 

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