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 - St Leonards 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	Mon 11 Nov 7:30 pm Learn to Orienteer coaching information session

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

Andrew Morris and Claire Williams have been crowned men's and women's champions after another successful Newcastle street summer series.

The best 10 of 17 possible scores counted. Results can be found here.

And, in a category that surely ranks among the greatest - and most inclusive - in any sport, Daniel and Sebastian Orr have taken out the pram walking section.

What a great way to encourage parents of little ones to get out there and take in some exercise!

In the walkers category, Arthur Kingsland comfortably won.

Overall handicap honours went to last season's runner-up Geoff Todkill over series organiser Samantha Howe. The series attracted more than 200 different participants. Thank you to all the setters, organisers and vetters.

Newcastle now move into Park series mode, with a long and a short line course on offer over the next three Wednesdays. Their summer program concludes on Wed Apr 3 with their annual night championships.

Orienteering NSW will hold its 2019 Annual General Meeting in Hill End at 5pm on Saturday March 30,

during the NOL / State League weekend.

The Notice of Meeting is attached here.

In accordance with the ONSW Constitution, all Board positions fall vacant at the AGM. Please submit nominations on the attached form to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Sun Mar 10. The same deadline applies for any Notices of Motion for the AGM.

All nominees must be members of ONSW. Rules for nomination, and for elections if required, are set out in the Constitution. Proxy forms are here.

Our Saturday Orienteering Series, put on by partner organisation Bold Horizons, starts a new chapter this weekend when it expands into the Macarthur region in southwest Sydney.

SHOO will co-host the first event at Bringelly Public School. The series will run for 5 weeks, finishing at UWS Campbelltown.

The local paper ran a preview piece - you can read it here.

The Macarthur series follows the SOS' successful foray into the Hills District in Terms 2 and 3 last year, co-hosted by WHO. They will team up again to repeat the series this year.

All events are in well bounded areas and minimise or avoid roads. They are ideal events for all ages and experience levels.

Orienteering NSW is calling for nominations for the 2019 NSW Schools Team.

Up to 20 high school students - junior boys and girls (15 and under), and senior boys and girls - are selected to compete in the Australian All Schools Championships in individual and relay races.

In 2019, the squad (known as the Carbines) will travel with a manager and coach to Wagga Wagga for a week of competition during the September/October school holidays.

Nominations close on April 1. The squad will be announced by June 30 on the ONSW website.

Compulsory selection events are the NSW championships near Cowra on May 18-19 and the QB III carnival in the Southern Highlands on June 8-10.

Nominees are strongly encouraged to compete at all State Leagues. Please submit your nomination via Eventor. You can view the selection criteria here. Written notification to the Chair of Selectors (Rob Bennett) is required if illness, injury or exceptional circumstances prevent attendance at any race.

The coach for 2019 is Rob Bennett (Newcastle) and the manager is Damien Enderby. Rob, Hilary and Jock Davis are the selectors. We thank them for their dedication to this important task.