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Livelox is an online service that allows orienteers to upload, view, and analyse their race routes and compare with family, friends, and fellow competitors. Users can upload their route from a GPS watch, record it using a mobile app, or link a GPS app (e.g. Garmin Connect) to automatically upload to Livelox.
Orienteering Australia is hosting a free webinar on how to use Livelox at 7:30pm on 29 April. Everyone is welcome to join the webinar to learn how to use Livelox. We will explore all the features Livelox offers while reviewing the Australian 3 Days events. We will explore:
- Viewing routes
- Uploading routes
- Comparing specific legs
- Duel comparisons
- 5 different data tables
Can't wait? Head over to the OA Livelox webpage to find Livelox guides now: https://orienteering.asn.au/events/livelox/
Zoom Meeting Details
Topic: Livelox Webinar / Time: 7:30pm, 29 April
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85487980725?pwd=SPcOzu1rGzhtLhkeeQo0nTWafUffFN.1
Meeting ID: 854 8798 0725 / Passcode: 205051
MetrO League kicked off for 2025 with a bumper turnout under a warm sun at gorgeous Centennial Park on Sunday.
A record pre-entry of almost 200 had Uringa scurrying for more maps as we explored the often-unused south-western corner where duneland controls took careful finding.
Most courses had a long leg or two, with the tiny bridges over the channels the key to the shortest route.
It was a day for the runners with very little climb, but the vagueness of the landscape soon punished the careless.
In the first schools match-up in living memory in ML, the Garingal Falcons edged out the KNOX second team 28-26 in Division 6.
It was terrific to see so many kids taking to the line courses and enjoying being part of a club team.
More information on all dates and venues on Metro League webpage.
ONSW will be sending a NSW Schools Team to the 2025 Australian Schools Orienteering Championships (ASOC) to be held in and around Brisbane, Qld on 30 September-2 October 2025. The team will consist of a maximum of 20 athletes, with a maximum of 6 athletes permitted in any of the four classes. The four classes are Junior Boys and Girls (athletes aged 12 to 15 on December 31, 2025) and Senior Boys and Girls (athletes 19 and under on 31 December 2025). We expect positions within the team to be highly contested.
The new NSW Schools Team Selection policy can be found on the ONSW website at https://www.onsw.asn.au/resources/onsw-manual (scroll down to 8.5 NSW Schools Team Selection). The policy has been developed to provide certainty regarding team selection, and in particular selection events and team composition.
In 2025, KBIII and therefore Primary Selection Events will be:
Saturday 7 June – State League #7 - Middle Distance at Kahli’s Rocks (about 20km west of Bathurst);
Sunday 8 June – State League #8 - Long Distance at Kahli’s Rocks; and
Monday 9 June – State League #9 - Sprint at Charles Sturt University Bathurst.
Please read the policy at ONSW Manual 8.5. Everything you need to know should be in it.
Nominations for the 2025 NSW Schools Team are now open in Eventor at
https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/22370
Nominations close midnight Monday, 2nd June, which is 5 days before the first KBIII event.
Questions?
Regarding selection for the NSW Schools Team contact the selectors listed below:
Gayle Quantock
Toby Wilson
Selector #3 TBA (advertised April 2025)
Other matters regarding the NSW Schools Team contact Team Manager Saffron Sweeney at
Enquiries regarding Junior Training Camps or participation at ASOC as an Independent Athlete contact Helen O’Callaghan at
