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Last Updated: Wednesday, 27 April 2022 10:04

Around 20 juniors and a dozen parents enjoyed our first
junior squad camp for 2022 in
Armidale earlier this month.
The camp took place immediately after the State League weekend and was an excellent lead-in to the national Easter carnival in Queensland the following weekend.
Sisters Steph and Jess Dun were the first camp attendees we have had from our newest club in Port Macquarie.

"It was super fun and I got along with everyone I met really well right from the start," said Steph.
"I learnt lots of new skills and developed existing ones. I think the most worthwhile thing I learnt more about was how to effectively use contour lines for navigation."
Jess told her dad Andrew it was "the best camp that she had ever been on (not just the best orienteering camp, but the best camp of any kind)."
"She mentioned that she has a much better idea of how to navigate now and it seems crazy that she learnt so much in less than a week."
A big thanks once again to junior squad manager Helen O'Callaghan and her coaches, plus all the parents who helped.
Stay tuned for details of the next junior squad camp, most likely in the July school holidays.
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Last Updated: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 10:30
Congratulations to Barbara Dawson (Garingal) who has won Orienteering Australia's Silva Award for Services to Coaching.
Barbara has done long-term work in schools in NSW and at local club events, and contributed to the National Schools Kit Project.
She has also been a stalwart at the River and Bay Series as the lead coach for newcomers and in helping other club members in instructing first-timers.
This award caps a big six months for Barbara who won the Cox's Cup (ONSW Encouragement Award) in 2021.
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Last Updated: Monday, 25 April 2022 17:33
Seventeen orienteers from 10 NSW clubs won their age classes overall at the big national Easter carnival in Queensland, where long grass made for tricky navigation.
The carnival was an outstanding success, with more than 600 entries.
In the elite classes, Ewan Shingler (Big Foot, pictured) won M20E, sister Nea was second in W20E, clubmate Alastair George was an impressive second in M21E, and Sam Woolford (Bush n Beach) was likewise a fantastic second in M20E.
Congratulations to our Easter class winners:
M20E: Ewan Shingler (Big Foot)
M/W21AS (Sledge): Jock Davis (BF)
M16A: Cooper Horley (Garingal)
W16A: Lilja Lehtonen (GO)
W18A: Eszter Kocsik (GO)
W21AS: Laura Lewis-Minogue (Goldseekers)
W35AS: Alice Martin (Central Coast)
W45A: Tracy Marsh (BF)
W50A: Jennifer Enderby (Newcastle)
M55AS: Geoff Peel (NC)
W60A: Gayle Quantock (NC)
W65A: Debbie Davey (Waggaroos)
M65AS: Peter Shepherd (Illawarra Kareelah)
W65AS: Vicki Wilmott (IKO)
M75A: Steve Flick (Bennelong Northside)
W75A: Jenny Hawkins (Northern Tablelands)
M85A: Barry Hanlon (WHO)
Cumulative results can be found
here.