Orienteering NSW

Coming Events

map	Fri 1 Nov 5:30 pm Goldseekers Park #1 - Cook Park Cook Park

map	Sat 2 Nov 9:30 am SOS 3 - Middle Cove Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School, 5A Glenroy Ave, Middle Cove

map	Sat 2 Nov 10:00 am Illawarra Map Running Series - Spring #3 Croome Sporting Complex John O Dwyer Oval within Croome Sporting Complex - use the northern entrance from Croome Road - most direct access to Oval.

map	Sun 3 Nov 4:00 pm River and Bay Series #2 - Randwick Over the Rainbow, Randwick

map	Wed 6 Nov 4:30 pm 2024/25 Sydney Summer Series #5 - Lindfield Primula Oval, Lindfield.

map	Wed 6 Nov 5:00 pm Newcastle Summer Street Series #4 - Blackalls Park Blackalls Park

map	Thu 7 Nov 5:00 pm Summer series #1 72 Ross Street

map	Fri 8 Nov 5:30 pm Goldseekers Park #2 - Gosling Creek Gosling Creek

map	Sat 9 Nov 9:30 am SOS 4

map	Sat 9 Nov 10:00 am Illawarra Map Running Series - Spring #4 Unanderra Lindsay Maynes Park, cnr Princes Highway & Factory Rd, Unanderra

Thirty five started event #2 in the Sydney West Series ar Marayong on Sunday morning. Changeable weather made for unpleasant running but there were some fine performances with James McQuillan of the local club winning with a sizeable 530 point score. Only one competitor did reach all the controls but sacrificed the win due to severe time penalties.

Thanks to Chris Crane for his help with this report.

Davistown So now we know- SI Units are both waterproof and buoyant!

An interesting control site choice at the foot of a jetty proved to be more than a test for competitors when the tide came in. Luckily the SI unit not only worked but also floated meaning that competitors only had to risk a little dampness around the feet rather than a full dipping in the brine to get their points at the latest Central Coast event.

It is great to head out of town, and this Saturday travellers to Harrington Park were rewarded with beautiful running weather, fine and cool whilst central Sydney was sheltering under a deluge. John Russell's course made it difficult for anyone to get full points, but teasing enough for them to try. Joel Putman succeeded in visiting all controls but at the cost of 3 minutes overtime, while Dean Williamson cut his loses by missing some controls but hitting the 30 minute deadline to be rewarded with second place.

Corinne Fulford was the first of the women to come in. Paige Wark had a debut run in the Easy course, showing great promise by running hard and tackling the map reading well enough to come second to the Davey family.

Once finished runners had one more treat in store - assembly was set next to an Italian restaurant!

Thanks to Lyn Malmgron for her help with this report.

Results

The Future of the WOC project was shelved at the recent joint meeting of the IOF Council and Commissions. Whilst the IOF believe there is a consensus on the need for evolution of the Wolrd Orienteering Championships they acknowledged that the diversity of the opinion on the changes needed was too great.

'At this point of time it is more important not to split the IOF family than to make the changes that received support in Trondheim in 2010”, IOF President Åke Jacobson said, and continued: “That is why we have decided not to continue with the current programme.'

Readers of the article which ran in the last edition of Australian Orienteer will be aware that the opposition to the proposals came from a sigificant cadre of elite athletes including Thierry Gueorgiou, Helena Jannson, Annika Billstram, Olav Lundanes and our own Julian Dent. Eva Jurenikova who spearheaded the reponse from the athlete body must be congratulated on her initiative to broaden the debate. More details can be found at World of O and the official IOF website.