Relay teams named for Aus champs
- Last Updated: Monday, 19 September 2016 15:25
Click here to see the NSW teams to contest the Australian relay championships in Queensland this Sunday.
The relays are a highlight on the annual calendar and always keenly contested.
Changes can only be made up until 4pm on Saturday via Hilary Wood (hilary.f.wood at gmail.com).
All team members should be at the venue by 9am for the event briefing and to ensure all teams are full.
Moonlight Madness at Harbord Wed Sep 14
- Last Updated: Tuesday, 13 September 2016 09:38
Organisers promise the sparkle of moonlight upon ocean, reprising many a romantic scene from The Love Boat, when the last of our 2016 'lunartic' outings takes place at Harbord on Wednesday night.
Bennelong Northside setters David and Clyde McGhee have borrowed Garingal's Fleshwater map for the finale to Moonlight Madness for this year. Highlights are the boardwalk to South Curl Curl, the dunes to North Curly, Freshwater Beach, the Duke surfing statue, and the big hill in the middle of the map.
With the days lengthening, the start window for this event will be 5.45-7.30pm. Assembly is at Jacka Park. You'll need a headlamp or torch. It's a great warm-up for the summer series that are just around the corner.
State League winds up with tough bush weekend
- Last Updated: Monday, 12 September 2016 13:59
Slow times and thick vegetation dominated our State League finale for 2016 in the Southern Highlands.
SHOO hosted us on an updated Boxvale Tramway map at chilly Mittagong on Saturday for a Middle Distance event that went out through some vague forest and soon became very intricate among the cliffs above Nattai Creek. Uringan Ian McKenzie’s win in M35A was worthy of special mention as he usually walks around the SSS.
Most winning times were around 50-60 minutes and set the tone for Sunday's Long Distance event at Belanglo State Forest, where quite a few people were 90+ minutes on course.
IKO used the northwestern sector of the forest and competitors soon found out that the area has greened up. "The white is light green, the light green darker and the dark green…," commented one veteran. It was a real physical challenge in places and a mental challenge in others, as we expect from a Long event.
Andy Simpson (Big Foot) cleaned up a quality field in M50A by 17 minutes, while ACT O royalty Jo Allison and Dave Shepherd took out the 21A classes. Dan Redfern (Garingal) had the run of his life in M55A to finish second to David Poland by two minutes.
It was touching, too, to note the number of orienteers who visited the memorial for those who lost their lives to Ivan Milat.
Thanks to both clubs for a terrific warm-up for the Australian championships in a fortnight. The weekend's courses are on Routegadget and results on Eventor. Please fill out the very brief Course Setter of the Year surveys for each day.
Final OY scores will be posted very soon to determine our annual badge winners.
Thank you to all clubs, participants, organisers, setters, controllers and the junior squad caterers for the 2016 season.
Call for 2017 NSW junior squad caterers
- Last Updated: Wednesday, 07 September 2016 13:25
Orienteering NSW is calling for applications for the role of Junior Squad Catering Co-ordinators for 2017.
The job can be shared by several people and involves catering at State League weekends (usually soup, wraps, rolls, cakes, hot and cold drinks etc).
Funds raised from these sales help subsidise the substantial cost to families of attending squad camps and the annual national schools championships.
ONSW thanks Nicky Nygh, Jo Parr and their team for an outstanding job these past three years - carrying on the good work of Maggie Jones and Barbara Dawson prior to that.
Please email the office if you are interested in taking on wholly or partially this important role.