It might be hard to fathom with NSW sweltering under a record hot summer, but ONSW's State League season is just around the corner.
As such, Orienteering NSW would like to announce two important changes to SL this year. These have been driven by the fact that (a) ONSW is hosting the two major annual national carnivals in 2017, and (b) many of our sport's pioneers are ageing.
(1) Not all classes will score points at each State League event. Eight of the 15 State League events will also be NOL (National Orienteering League) events, which split the M20-W20-M21-W21 age classes into elites and non-elites. As a result people competing in the M or W20A or M or W21A classes at the Australian 3-Days, Australian Championships or ACT Championships will not accrue points in the NSW OY competition. To accrue points in these classes, you will need to run Elite. Also, the opening SL weekend in the ACT will NOT have any short hard (AS) courses. AS class competitors will therefore have 13 eligible SL events in which to score points.
Click here for a summary and explanation of the Orienteer of the Year points structure for 2017.
(2) A new course will now be offered annually for men and women to reflect the longevity and good health of many of our older veterans. The classes affected are M65AS, M75, M80, M85, M90, W65AS, W75, W80, W85 and W90. The new course will be:
- For Sprint and Middle Distance formats - 25% of Hard 1 course length;
- For Long Distance format - 15% of Hard 1 course length.
Click here for a summary of age classes on offer at the Australian 3-Days carnival in Wagga in June and the Australian championships around Bathurst in late September (yellow means new classes just for those events).
Any queries about these changes should be directed to Andrew Lumsden, ONSW Technical Director.
And a reminder that entries are already open for SL1-2 on March 25-26 and for the Australian 3-Days.
