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Combined Independent Schools have been crowned champion high school region following the NSW Schools Champs in Orange.
Toronto Adventist School won the award for champion primary school region.
James Sheahan Catholic HS won the trophy for the Middle Champs on the Pineview bush map on Saturday.
Oxley College and Toronto Adventist School shared the Bold Horizons trophy at the Schools Sprint champs the next day at Kinross Wolaroi.
A big thanks to Goldseekers for an enjoyable weekend and to our landowners for permission to run on these maps.
Garingal's Stuart Warren won the men's Medium course at the annual Ski orienteering champs at Perisher on Saturday.Stuart covered the 7.5km course in 78 minutes 8 seconds to win by 43 minutes over WHO's Tim Porritt.
The event was moved forward a day to forecasts of adverse weather on Sunday.
A big thank you to Marina Iskhakova from OACT and her organising team for another successful event.
You can find the results here.
Seven of our nine clubs are in the mix for Metro League medals after an intriguing Round 5 at Grays Point on Sunday.Three out of the four Div 1 sides could win, while all four Div 6 teams are still in the running as they head into the last round at Glenbrook on Sep 6.
Those grades are on a first past the post system.
In the four divisions where finals will be contested, the closest match-up is in Division 2 where WHO and SHOO-IKO remarkably finished equal on match points and for-and-against.
WHO's Division 5 side is the only unbeaten team across 86 matches in the 2026 season.
The updated draw will be posted on the ML web page later this week.
Finals are as follows:
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Div 2 - WHO v SHOO-IKO
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Div 3 - UR-CC v SHOO-IKO
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Div 4 - BN v GO Monitors
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Div 5 - WHO v GO
Last weekend heralded the return of the NSW Relay Champs after an absence of more than 15 years.The format was a bit different to nationals, with each pair running two legs each at Wianamatta Regional Park in western Sydney.
Host club WHO enjoyed five wins across the 12 classes while Garingal was crowned the Relay champions overall on 29 points. WHO and Big Foot were equal second on 14.
On Sunday it was a State League event at Mitchell Park to celebrate 50 years since that map was first used.
Thanks to all involved and a reminder to participants to please fill out the brief Course Setter survey for Sunday's SL (link is in the e-bulletin).
