Orienteering NSW

Coming Events

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 Gore Hill Oval, 209 Pacific Highway, St Leonards. Meet by the oval car park and playground.

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

map	Sun 10 Nov 9:00 am Central Coast Summer Series 1 - Shelly Beach Naomi Honey Reserve, Shelly Beach Rd, Shelly Beach

map	Sun 10 Nov 4:00 pm River and Bay Series #3 - Canterbury The Gallops, Tasker park, Phillips Avenue Canterbury

map	Wed 13 Nov 4:30 pm 2024/25 Sydney Summer Series #6 - Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, Camperdown.

Welcome and thank you to Angela Haynes (Big Foot) who has taken on one of our Member Protection Information Officer positions.

Orienteering NSW is now seeking a second person to act as an MPIO. You can read about the role here.

We thank Lisa Lampe (Uringa then Newcastle) for being an ONSW pioneer in this important role.

A member protection information officer is the first point of contact in a club or sporting organisation for any enquiries, concerns or complaints around harassment, abuse and other inappropriate behaviour. The MPIO provides information and moral support to the person with the concern.

Amid a 1-in-50-year deluge, we dip our lids to the hardy course setters and controllers for battling the elements to put on two outstanding State League events at the weekend.

Saturday saw us at WSU Campbelltown for the NSW Sprint Champs, or as any leg near the ponds proved - the NSW Swim Champs.

Setter Stephan Wagner let the legs stretch out in some areas, then quickly pulled us to a halt in the intricate building areas full of canopies, staircases and out of bounds. Rain squalls and slippery surfaces added to the difficulty (and the atmosphere). I imagine the security guard thought we were all mad!

On Sunday morning Greg Barbour had us in a totally different universe - the rock of Wattle Ridge, now recovering rapidly from the terrible fires of 15 months ago. These were very hard courses, doubly so given we are still in summer series mode, triply so given the conditions.

Most winning times were above 70 minutes, about 10-20% longer than expected due to the sudden wet. The key was to navigate by the big rock, but then the controls were often on small features in low-vis. It was a thorough test so early in the season.

Special mentions go to:
* Maggie Mackay (Uringa) who came from the clouds to pip Ariadne Ishakhova by one second in W14A on Sunday

* Bennelong rookie Rachael Povah for two massive wins in W45AS on only her second SL weekend

* Garingal rookie Rochelle Cox for spending three and a half hours on course (Hard 3) on Sunday - and finishing!

Results, Winsplits and Livelox links are on Eventor and the SL web page. Please fill out the very brief course setter surveys for each day.

A massive thank you also to the controllers David Green and Simon George, and everyone at SHOO and Big Foot for their efforts.

Our next State League weekend is on the south coast in mid-May.

ONSW and OACT are hosting a training camp for juniors at Orange during the Easter holidays.

The camp runs from April 2-10 and coincides with the national Easter carnival (April 2-5) at Molong and the 2020 NSW Championships at Eugowra (April 10-11).

Participants and their parents or designated carers can opt in for any of the camp days, via Eventor.

The information flyer has the details.

These camps are always a lot of fun for the juniors as well as helping improve their orienteering techniques.

Imagine getting 10% of your town/city to come to an orienteering event! (If it was Sydney that'd be half a million.)

That's what happened in the sleepy north coast town of Dorrigo (population of just over 1,000) on Saturday, when our Bush n Beach and Northern Tablelands clubs put on an event that drew around 120 participants!

When the 2020 Dorrigo show and fun run were cancelled, NTOC member and Show vice-president Bob Hawkins saw the chance to offer something different. Hence the event was born.

Maurice Anker (NT) made the map, Helen O'Callaghan set the courses and the Dorrigo Show Society handled all the entries.

It hammered rain on the Friday but was mostly fine on the Saturday afternoon, apart from a few wet feet. Orienteers travelled from as far as Sydney, Newcastle, Port Macquarie and Armidale!

Participants had the choice of a 1-hour score course of 20 controls, or a 1km line course within the Showground.

On the Sunday, NTOC started their winter season with an event at Sawmill Creek. It was great to see a couple of newcomers at this event as well.

A big thanks to all the helpers for staging the Waterfall Way Weekend - this looks like it could become an annual event.

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