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.

Entries are now open for one of our unique annual events - the O'Shea 2-Days on the Central Coast on March 6-7.

Rumbalara and Mt Penang Gardens are the event locations; both are just off the Pacific Highway and hence easily reached from Sydney and Newcastle.

This event is intended for pairs, though individuals are also welcome, and features three runs in 24 hours: a Saturday afternoon relay, a Saturday night individual run, and a Sunday morning team score course.

The traditional prizes of fruit cakes adorned with spearmint leaves (pictured) will again be on offer for the winners.

Entries close March 3 via Eventor, where you can also find the information flyer.

Meanwhile, Melissa Robertson and Justin Stafford (Newcastle) took out the Central Coast summer series after the final event on a tricky new map at Narara on Sunday.

Melissa bagged a perfect 600 from her six best scores, while Justin finished with 591 points.

There was again a separate table based on handicaps, where newcomers Kelly Murphy and Tim Strube (both CC) had comfortable winning margins.

You can find the final women's tallies here and men's tallies here, and all the scores and maps on the results page here.

A big thank you to all the mappers, setters, controllers and organisers.

Entries are open for our first State League events in 12 months.

And what a contrast the weekend of March 20-21 in the Southern Highlands offers:
* the NSW Sprint Champs on the complex campus map of WSU Campbelltown (Sat pm, hosted by SHOO)
* a Long Distance on the intricate rock of a now burned-out Wattle Ridge near Mittagong (Sun am, hosted by Big Foot)

Saturday is a badge event, while Sunday is co-sanctioned with OACT and is the first event in their ACT League. Please note numbers for Sunday have been capped by National Parks, so don't miss out!

Expect great courses from Stephan Wagner (Sat) and multiple WOC rep Greg Barbour (Sun).

You can find the details for both days here. Entries close Thu Mar 11.

Entries for our big national Easter carnival close on Sunday March 7 - that's barely three weeks away!

Our hard-working organisers - who have had to cope with 12 months of delays and frustration - have a few more updates for everyone.

Please read carefully...

* Age class

Some people (especially juniors) who entered in 2020 have now moved up an age class but may not have realised it. Please check your entry in Eventor and adjust the age class if needed (juniors must compete in their 2021 age class; adults may choose to stay in their 2020 age class or 2021 if they have moved).

* SI number

Have you recently changed your SI stick or bought a new one (since entering Easter)? If the answer is yes, please check the "punching card number" next to your Easter entry as it may need to be changed. When you change it in your Eventor account it doesn't automatically flow on to events already entered.

* Control descriptions

These will NOT be available at the start. They will be available on Eventor from the week beginning March 22. If you want to have them with you on the course you will need to print them from Eventor. All maps will have control descriptions on them.

* Water

We will NOT be providing any water on the courses or at the finish. You must bring your own water. All walks to the start are less than 1km easy walk from the parking/arena.

* Clothing

The Molong area has had 60mm of rain in the past week which is a welcome change from this time last year. Gaiters or other leg protection are recommended.

* Coffee van

Another piece of news is the wonderful Jespresso coffee van will be in attendance. Just what we need before and/or after a run.

The Sydney Sprint Series starts on Sunday February 21 in the fiendish track network at Boronia Park.

Sprints are the short format of orienteering with winning times typically around 15 minutes. There are lots of controls and many changes of direction.

Locations are often built-up areas, but bush maps sometimes offer as good a sprint challenge.

The start window for these events is 5-6pm and three courses will be on offer: Hard (3.5-4km), Medium (2.5-3km) and Easy (2km).

Please pre-enter where possible. You can see the series schedule here.

Looking for more Sprint events / training? The hugely popular SOS starts on Saturday morning at Normanhurst Boys HS (offering the mind-boggling 3D courses again) and Mawarra PS.