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The breathtaking rock of Sappa Bulga, ex-JWOC reps setting courses... better get your entries in by Tuesday night for the annual QB III carnival!
This year our June long weekend extravaganza returns to the Dubbo area, with each day a State League event.
Western Plains club will stage Day 1 at Brummagen Creek Reserve, an area new to most NSW orienteers, for a bush sprint event, with terrain consisting of scattered trees with some forest sections and a steep banked creek with some intricate erosion gullies.
On days 2 and 3 ONSW and the NSW Stingers will challenge orienteers on Sappa Bulga, an area regarded as among the best orienteering terrain in Australia. Setters are ex-JWOC representatives Josh Blatchford and Matt Parton.
The event is being staged with the support of finish timing guru Ron Pallas, while Days 2 and 3 will supported by the Stingers and the Bennelong club at the starts and in the arena.
The Saturday 17-20A and 21A races will double as the NSW Sprint Championships for those four classes (Men + Women).
Late entries close on Mon Jun 2. EOD will be available on each day.
The Wallaces have done some deals with locals for accommodation. See also the terrain photos and information flyer for more info about what to expect over this great weekend of O.
Fresh from a fantastic inaugural NSW DuO champs, Mountain Devils are running a three-hour MTBO score event at Currambene State Forest in South Nowra on Sunday June 1.
This is race 4 in the annual Super Series. You can ride as an individual or team of two. This should be a great event with a mix of single track and forest trails. See Eventor for details.
Please note entries close Mon May 26 and there is no Enter on Day.
The DuO points table has been updated on the DuO homepage.
Around 135 students had a glorious day out at Croom Regional Sporting Complex on Wednesday for the second annual South Coast primary schools orienteering gala day.
Word had obviously spread after last year's inaugural event generated a report in the Illawarra Mercury. WIN TV even brought their news crew out to capture the action this year.
Illawarra Kareelah president Kev Curby reports: "We were so pleased with the students' good behaviour, co-operation and desire to learn about orienteering. Also, they left the stadium and grounds so clean! They are a credit to the teachers and the six schools."
Next year's date has already been locked in: Wed May 20.
Thanks to IKO and all the helpers for helping make the day a great success.
A small but excited contingent lapped up a sunny day at the Riverina schools championships yesterday. Waggaroos event organiser John Oliver reports camaraderie between students from different schools was high.
Most entries were from Wagga High School and The Riverina Anglican College. Kudos to the two keen travellers: 1 from Ladysmith Public School (20km east of Wagga) and 1 from St Pauls College, Walla Walla (100km SW of Wagga).
Scott James, a first-time orienteer, was the standout performer: slow around the individual course, he had no partners for the relay, so he ran all three legs himself and finished in second place! A superb effort matching that of Lachlan Billett last year.
About one-third of those participating had been to one of the previous Riverina schools champs.
Courses were between Easy and Moderate in navigational difficulty. Most coped very well. One or two did not complete their individual courses but were keen enough to front up and compete in the relays.
The event was conducted from the Music Bowl in the Wagga Botanic Gardens. Courses encompassed tracts of rough open land which afforded good visibility and then moved uphill through the eucalypt and cypress pine forest on the western side of Willans Hill. Some courses ventured to the very top. Features being sought were mainly landscape derived linear features such as earth walls and watercourses. Pits and individual trees were the main point features.
All thoroughly enjoyed the day and seemed to get a lot from it.
