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With the summer holidays now over, four of our regular street and park series resume this week.
In Armidale, Northern Tablelands' Twilight series will run throughout February on Wednesday afternoons. They offer a scatter course with a choice of 10, 15 or 20 controls.
In Orange, Goldseekers' Twilight series runs throughout February on Friday evenings. On offer is a one-hour scatter course with 25 controls; participants can choose to get 10, 15 or 20 controls.
In Wollongong, IKO's Summergong series runs throughout February on Sunday mornings. On offer are the traditional 30-control score course and a 1-2km beginners line course.
In Sydney, the SOS resumes its Saturday morning timeslot for 6 weeks. Run by our partner organisation Bold Horizons, you can choose from line courses or a score course. Term 1 for 2017 will focus on sprint orienteering, with most venues being high schools in northern Sydney.
A reminder that entries for the 2017 World Masters Orienteering Championships close on Tuesday, January 31.
WMOC will be held in New Zealand from April 23-29. Already 1,600 athletes have entered for the championships, which this year are also a part of the World Masters Games - the world’s largest multi-sport event.
WMOC follows straight on from the Oceania orienteering champs also being held around Auckland from April 14-17. Entries for Oceania close on Feburary 28, with higher late entry fees payable until March 24.
Our Kiwi cousins have added two mid-week events between the major carnivals, and to cash in on the Lord of the Rings trilogy have named them "Middle Earth".
A reminder that Orienteering NSW will be hosting a Level 0 coaching course at Manly West Public School on Wednesday January 25.
The course is ideal for: members wishing to assist newcomers at club events or help with school development days; teachers wishing to deliver programs in schools; and for orienteers in general to gain basic accreditation.
All participants will need to complete the online ASC General Principles course and a Working with Children Check. The course is free for ONSW members.
We will also be offering a very basic introduction to course setting, so bring your laptop with Purple Pen already installed if you are interested in this. Activities from ONSW's OK-GO kit will be covered as well.
By becoming an accredited coach you will have the opportunity to give back to your sport, be part of the ongoing growth and success of orienteering and potentially have a personally rewarding involvement in the lives of others.
See the flyer for full details. The course is expected to run from 11am-3pm, well in time to get to the Summer Series events at Callan Park (Sydney) and Belmont (Newcastle) that afternoon.
Space Racing is our regular school holiday promotional event for kids. Our first one for 2017 is on Fri Jan 20 at Centennial Park.
It's ideal for children aged 8-14, and there's no charge for parents/carers who accompany them.
They have 45 minutes to get as many of the 20 controls as they can, in any order.
The assembly area is at Fairland Pavilion by Mackay Sports Ground. The start window is 10am-12pm. Cost is $10 for orienteering club members and $13 for onon-members.
We'd also love to have orienteers help out on the day: on the rego desk, coaching, and possibly even shadowing beginners around the course. Please email Ian Jessup if you can assist in any way.
