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

Orienteering NSW is continuing the Active Kids Rebate program in partnership with the NSW government.

This scheme provides a $100 voucher to parents/guardians of school-enrolled children. The $100 voucher can be used for registration and participation costs for sport and fitness activities.

Students who choose orienteering as a sport have three options for their 2019 voucher:

* ONSW family or junior membership + entry to 8 local/club events (inc SI stick hire)
* entry to 8 NSW State League events (excluding ones organised by OACT)
* entry to 10 SOS events (inc SI stick hire)

Please note these options cannot be mixed.

For further information, see the NSW government fact sheet and the ONSW information brochure.

ONSW director Michael Ridley-Smith had a weekend to remember, winning all three M40 races at the NSW MTBO titles in Newcastle.

New Zealander Georgia Skelton did likewise in the open women (W21) class, as Sunday's Long Distance champs presented a spider web of tracks both sides of the Pacific Highway in Killingworth.

Rookie Tim Doman, who came into the weekend with just a few BOSS events under his belt, again streeted the field - this time by 15 minutes in taking out M21 over a gruelling

The start and finish took competitors through the area for Saturday's Sprint race, while west of the freeway it was very scenic... but very muddy. One creek crossing was thigh-deep and 5m wide! Great fun but slow going - more like Tough Mudder!

More than 100mm of rain in the past fortnight made conditions tough for all riders, adding about 20 minutes to the anticipated winning time for each course.

The forest was lovely and cool, while outside in the sun the mercury was in the high 20s. The cleared dirt tracks beneath the powerlines were surprisingly badly rutted and not always the best route choice option despite the ease of navigation.

Congratulations to these NSW orienteers who won Long titles: Erika Enderby (W14, NC), Mikayla Enderby (W16, NC), Rhiannon Prentice (W20, NC), Carolyn Haupt (W40, GO), Carolyn Matthews (W50, NC), Toy Martin (W70, NC), Anakin Trotter (M14, NC), Tim Doman (M21), Michael Ridley-Smith (M40, GO), Andrew Haigh (M50, NC), Malcolm Roberts (M60, NC).

A big thank you to all our course setters, controllers, organisers and especially Greg Bacon the overall co-ordinator.

The next MTBO events are two introductory DuO events on Sydney's northern beaches at Easter (see the flyer for details).

Rookie Tim Doman upstaged the big names to win the NSW MTBO Sprint and Middle titles at Newcastle on Saturday.

Tim is an adventure racer whose first foray into MTBO was a few BOSS events this summer, where he took out the Line Score rookie award.

Today he pipped Kiwi Tommy Hayes by four seconds in the morning Sprint, then took out the Middle by a minute and a half - knocking over Australian reps Joel Young, Glen Charlton and Ricky Thackray in an impressive continuance of his form.

Could he be a smokey for the world champs?

Similarly, Kiwi JWOC rep Georgia Skelton won both W21 races and is on track for the treble.

It was grea to see riders from WA, Tasmania, Queensland, Victoria and New Zealand in action.

Congratulations to these NSW orienteers who won Sprint titles: Erika Enderby (W14, NC), Mikayla Enderby (W16, NC), Nicole Sellin (W40, GO), Carolyn Matthews (W50, NC), Anakin Trotter (M14, NC), Tim Doman (M21), Michael Ridley-Smith (M40, GO), Greg Barbour (M50, BF).

Congratulations to these NSW orienteers who won Middle titles: Erika Enderby (W14, NC), Mikayla Enderby (W16, NC), Rhiannon Prentice (W20, NC), Carolyn Haupt (W40, GO), Jenny Enderby (W50, NC), Toy Martin (W70, NC), Anakin Trotter (M14, NC), Tim Doman (M21), Michael Ridley-Smith (M40, GO), Andew Haigh (M50, NC), Rob Vincent (M60, NC).

The Long champs are on Sunday morning at Holmesville.

You can see the Sprint results here and the Middle results here.

It has been a labour of love but we are delighted to unveil two videos commissioned from the 2017 Australian championships carnival at Bathurst and Hill End.