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The NSW orienteering community wishes Admin Officer Anthony Darr all the best as he prepares for a new life in Hobart.

Anthony's wife Kylie works for the Uni of Tasmania and has accepted a two-year secondment to work on the Apple Isle.

Having taken up the Admin Officer position in November 2010, Anthony has been the go-to person for most matters concerning ONSW's organisation especially over the last 12 months with the implementation of the Eventor events calendar and pre-entry system, and more recently with the switch to the Eventor membership module. Over the years most event organisers will have had cause to thank Anthony for assisting them in obtaining the growing list of items (SPORTident units, computers and related equipment etc etc), which as many will know is not easy to keep track of.

"As ONSW President I would also like to personally thank Anthony for his support and for the input he provided," said Paul Prudhoe.

Anthony, a member of Big Foot, took up orienteering in Newcastle many years ago and recently returned to action in the Sydney Summer Series and sprints after considerable time in MTBO.

In late 2010 he took over as Admin Officer upon the retirement of life member Dave Lotty (who previously held the role for 38 years) and has led the ONSW 'shopfront' through a time of great change and tremendous growth in all aspects of the operation.

Anthony finishes up this Wednesday (Feb 5). We wish him and Kylie a happy time in Tasmania.

As a result of Anthony's departure,

• Between the 5th and 14th February, please contact Lyn Malmgron on 0414-397-584 to coordinate pickup or return of equipment,
• Between the 5th and 14th February, the office phone and email will be monitored remotely. In emergency please contact either Paul Prudhoe on 0418-287-694 (or via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Robert Spry on 0402-040-210 (or via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
• From Monday 17th February the office will be staffed on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am until 3:00pm, while on Mondays and Fridays the office phone and email will be remotely monitored, and responded to as required, i.e. the same arrangements as current.