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Sat 6 Apr 9:00 am
Forest Orienteering and Navigation Skills Day
Smiths Creek Reserve, Campbelltown (meet at Waminda Reserve, Macquarie Av, Campbelltown.

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Sun 7 Apr 9:00 am
Waggaroos Local event, Willan's Hill plus LTO Training session
Lord Baden Powell Drive, Willans Hill, Wagga Wagga.

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Sun 7 Apr 9:30 am
2024 Metro League #1 - Appin
Scout Hall, Burke St, Appin

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Sun 7 Apr 9:30 am
NOY1 - Archery Ridge (Elrington)
Archery Ridge (1:10,000)

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Sun 7 Apr 10:00 am
Mount Brown
4.5 km on Torryburn Road

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Sun 7 Apr 10:00 am
Goldseekers Bush Series #2 - Bridal Track Reserve
Clifton Grove (only a few minutes' drive out of Orange).

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Sat 13 Apr 1:00 pm
Highlands Forest Series #1 - Penrose State Forest
Penrose Forest North, 1:10,000

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Sun 14 Apr 9:30 am
2024 NSW State League #4 - Snow Hills (ACT Classic Series; ACT League #3)
Snows Hill . Mayfield Cross Road, Mayfield. About 1 hour drive south of Goulburn and 1.5 hours east of Canberra

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Sun 14 Apr 2:00 pm
Bluebottles April Camp at Belanglo
Belanglo State Forest.

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Sun 21 Apr 9:30 am
NOY2 - Redgum Ridges (Freemans Waterhole)
 Redgum Ridges 1:10 000

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.


Central Coast Summer Series continues each Sunday morning

Sunday morning on the lovely scenic Central Coast is a 30 control Score Couse in 45mins - Avoca this week.

Location: Heazlett Park (south east side). Parking in Car park at end of Ficus Ave. 

MINI COURSE: There will be a traffic-free Mini course available for this event. 

It is open for entries here on Eventor now or enter on the day and make a day of it!  
 

So, this is an excellent opportunity for anyone who would like to find out what orienteering is all about to come along and have a go - free entry for first-timers. 

The start window is between 9 and 10.30 am. Our full summer series program is on our web-site.

 

River and Bay Orienteering Series

The 7th and final round of the 2023 River Bay Series is on today - Sunday - December 3rd at Sir Joseph Banks Park, Mascot.
 
One of the interesting things about this park is that it was home to Australia’s first zoo. The site’s owner at the time, a timber merchant named William Beaumont, improved the hotel and created the ‘Pleasure Gardens’, which is a more scandalous and giggle-inducing name today than it would have been back then. The gardens included the private zoo.
As well as many animal statues there is a great playground as well as a traffic set up for littlies on their bikes or scooters plus a bbq or two.
The Botany Bay Gift was first held at Sir Joseph Banks Park in 1894, two years before the modern day Olympics, but was cancelled in the 1930s due to corruption before being revived by local business owners in the 1980s. Some of the world’s best runners including British athlete Lynford Christie took part in the race in the nineties, as did Olympic gold medallists Cathy Freeman and Nova Peris.
Details of the event can be found here:
 
More Info and History see webpage - Orienteering NSW - Sydney South (onsw.asn.au)
 
 
All coming events map click here 
 

2023 Junior Participation Diary Awards Delivered

Bennelong North, Goldseekers, Newcastle, Southern Highlands, Uringa, Wagga & Riverina, Western & Hills have, or will be, presenting their enthusiastic juniors with awards achieved through the 2023 Junior Diary Participation Awards program.

The 2023 total of awards was slightly down: 46 in 2023 (compared with 49 in 2022): 16 Wattle, 2 Banksia, 28 Waratah.

The Junior Diary program was initiated many years ago by Sue Davis, continued by Lyn Malmgron, then Kristie Carroll, with Wendy McConaghy the current coordinator.

Participating juniors record points for each eligible event or training activity.

Once a paper diary, the participation diary is now made available each year in a spreadsheet format.

Participations can be logged on a computer, or the sheets of the diary printed out for more traditional record-keeping.

For more information see webpage.

Thanks to the 2023 ONSW Junior Participation Diary Awards Team: Wendy McConaghy, Mary Jane Mahony and Peter McConaghy. Administration Officer John Murray ensured distribution of awards to clubs.

 

Orienteers of the Year 2023

The NSW State League finished in September, and the 2023 OY badges (1st, 2nd, 3rd) are now being distributed to club.

Names of the 2023 Orienteers of the Year (first place in each A class) are published at https://onsw.asn.au/current-nsw-champions.

Full Eventor NSW State League Series results - 2023 NSW State League Pointscore  

The Orienteer of Year competition was established in the 1970s, announced by then newsletter editor Toy Martin: 

The OA of New South Wales has decided to begin the point score [for Orienteer of the Year] with the Heathcote event. This point system will be a good indicator of ability and consistency and will be a valuable reference for both team selectors and referees in ‘who’s better’ arguments. The leader in the point score at the conclusion of the association year – March 31st – will be declared ‘Orienteer of the Year’. Points will be allocated for all events sanctioned by the association.

The rules and timing have evolved a bit over the last 50 years!

How did your club fare this year? It’s something to celebrate!

 

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Clubs membership at 3/10/2023

Bennelong North

7

0

5

12

101

Big Foot*

3

5

5

13

94

Bush ‘n’ Beach

0

0

3

3

20

Central Coast

2

3

2

7

49

Garingal

8

6

12

26

230

Goldseekers

1

3

1

5

55

Hastings Orienteering Group

1

1

2

4

21

Illawarra-Kareelah

1

1

4

6

41

Newcastle

13

15

9

37

203

Northern Tablelands

0

1

0

1

21

Southern Highlands

8

2

1

11

54

Uringa

3

6

2

11

90

Wagga & Riverina

1

0

3

4

22

Western & Hills

4

8

4

16

90

*⃰Callum Waland runs in the NSW State League under the Knox Grammar banner; he earned his 2nd place OY badge as a member of Big Foot. [Knox Grammar is an ‘associate group’.]

 

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