Orienteering NSW

Coming Events

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 Robina Park (between Robina & Cynthia Crescents)

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.

map	Thu 14 Nov 5:00 pm Summer series #2 TBA

Our Newcastle club has installed a new permanent course at Brickworks Park in Wallsend.

It opened on Saturday and is available to do at any time. The information panel has been erected next to the shared path at the turning circle at the end of Iranda Grove.

ONSW offers a big thank you to the Rigbys for their work on this project, and to the City of Newcastle for their financial support. This is Newcastle's third such course.

There are 3 ways you can get a copy of the Brickworks Park map:

* pick one up at Wallsend Library
* download and print copies from the Newcastle permanent course web page
* download the MapRun smart-phone app and follow the instructions on the Newcastle club or ONSW web page

Brickworks Park has barbecues, toilets and a small playground, as well as the bird hide next to the pond in the old brickpit, so come and enjoy the facilities of one of your local parks.

Newly promoted Bennelong have continued their unbeaten run in Division 1 of the MetrO League with an easy win over a severely depleted WHO at Nurragingy in round 3 on Sunday.

Hosts and defending champions Big Foot downed a similarly under-strength Garingal to record their first win of the season.

Nurragingy is a western Sydney parkland that is entirely flat and very fast running, hence we had some crazily quick times in all divisions - the very fast KNOX boys (some with sub-20 minute times!) enjoyed big wins to sit atop Divisions 3 and 5.

The GO Frill Necks are the only unbeaten team in a tight Division 2, while Division 4 looks like being a contest between Big Foot and the GO Monitors.

Thankfully the predicted rain held off and it was a lovely morning. It was great to see three of our NSW schools team rookies - Cameron Will, Oliver Freeman and Cooper Horley scoring highly in Division 2.

Thanks to Big Foot, especially setter Miles Ellis who did most of the workload and gave us a neat history lesson in his briefing.

You can find all the results on the ML web page, including the individual points tallies. A reminder that our next event is this Sunday with the rescheduled Round 1 at Boronia Park.

Students from seven of our clubs are in the 2019 NSW Schools team (the Carbines) for the Australian championships in Wagga Wagga in the October holidays.

There are five new faces: Selwyn Sweeney (Western & Hills) and Cameron Will (Illawarra Kareelah, pictured top) in the senior boys, Cooper Horley (Garingal) in the junior boys, and Erika Enderby (Newcastle, pictured below) and Martine Valais (WHO) in the junior girls.

A team of 20 has been selected, the maximum allowed. The strong family element of orienteering is reflected in there being three sets of siblings in the team.

Congratulations to the following students upon their selection:

Senior Girls: Niamh Cassar (WH), Ellen Currie (GO), Tshinta Hopper (BN), Andra Leung (GO)

Senior Boys: Ewan Shingler (BF), Oscar Woolford (BB), Selwyn Sweeney (WH), Cameron Will (IK)

Junior Girls: Erika Enderby (NC), Mikayla Enderby (NC), Iida Lehtonen (GO), Nea Shingler (BF), Julia Barbour (BF), Martine Valais (WH)

Junior Boys: Alvin Craig (NC), Oskar Mella (NC), Sam Woolford (BB), Jamie Woolford (BB), Oliver Freeman (BF), Cooper Horley (GO)

All selected will travel with the team to the Riverina and run in the three schools championship events from October 1-3 (Sprint, Individual and Relay), while also competing in the other major events on both weekends of the carnival.

Manager Damien Enderby will be in contact with team members to co-ordinate travelling arrangements.

ONSW thanks selectors Jock Davis, Hilary Wood and Rob Bennett for their time and energy spent in this important role, and to the Carbine Club for their generous financial support.

Schofields PS has won the Sydney West primary schools champs for the first time.

Fred Caterson Reserve in Castle Hill is the venue for these champs: a superb area with bushland surrounding the ovals. The tracks, termite mounds and a chance to have a little bush bash ensured big smiles all day. Some kids did not know what an 'ant hill' was. They do now!

First-timers Bilpin PS took out day one on Wednesday, but Schofields' points tally on Thursday was higher.

These regional champs start with a map walk with a coach to learn the ropes. Then follows an age race and a 3-person relay with a mass start that is so much fun to watch.

A huge thank you to Barbara Hill and her big team of helpers, and to Rebecca the co-ordinating teacher.

We love to hear kids - and teachers - say: "We're definitely coming back next year!"

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