Orienteering NSW

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.

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.

Sydney's new Maprun series

: Last Updated: Tuesday, 09 July 2024 17:28

Sydney's new Maprun series organised by Nick Barlow - Board Member and Garingal member

Venue: Auluba Reserve, Kissing Point Rd, Turramurra
Format: 45 minute score course
Start: 4:00pm on Wed 10th July (tomorrow) later events will give you more notice.
Course closure: Midnight Thurs 11th July

The Sydney MapRun series offers great orienteering in Sydney, utilising the city's best parks, reserves, beaches, harbour-side and bush areas. Find out what’s in your backyard and explore Sydney.

Run anytime from Wednesday afternoon through to Thursday night using the MapRun mobile phone or Garmin App (No SI Stick). Support will be available on Wednesday evening to help people get started.

A printed black and white map will be available on Wednesday evening. The course map will be available from 7pm the night before, so you can print your own and plan your route.

Enter here - https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/20985

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