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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the staff - John & Jim and the Orienteering NSW Board.
Orienteering NSW Office Closure
Closure of the office over the Christmas holidays - Friday 22nd Dec to Monday 8th Jan 2024.
First day back for 2024 is Tuesday, 9th January. We will be checking emails over this period intermittently.
Good Luck if you are competing in any of the Xmas 5days on the Central Coast more information, see below. Enter on day is available.
Entries are closed, 327 at final count, over 100 from Interstate - Eventor
We will be offering Enter On Day at each event for courses Hard 3, Moderate and Very Easy. There will be limited maps for each of these courses. This will be CASH only.
Latest update from Nick, Julian and Ron and the organising team - News Link
Latest Camping Bulletin and Info - Here
Five days (do 1 or all 5) - Wed 27th to Sun 31st December. Five events — late afternoon Wed, early morning all other days. Multiple formats – long, middle, sprint and Mass Starts.
Camping Available at Martinsville - Camping for tents and caravans available on private property. No power but other facilities. Go to Camping Option for full details and booking info.
Locations - Avondale University and Olney State Forest, Dooralong are 50 minutes from Terrigal and Rumbalara Reserve, Gosford is 15 minutes from Terrigal.
WHO EVENT & AGM Sunday 10 December 2023 at Lapstone
West Sydney Summer Series event is open to all orienteers enter here in Eventor by Sunday 9am or on the day.
The schedule for the day is - Western Sydney Orienteering Series event #1.
Location Lapstone Netball Courts with starts from 9:30am to 11am.
Course closure 12:30pm followed by:
- Lunch
- Award presentations and AGM from approximately 1:30pm
Looking forward to seeing you there
Maureen, Secretary and Public Officer
Club Website - Western and Hills Orienteers Inc
Bennelong North, Goldseekers, Newcastle, Southern Highlands, Uringa, Wagga & Riverina, Western & Hills have, or will be, presenting their enthusiastic juniors with awards achieved through the 2023 Junior Diary Participation Awards program.
The 2023 total of awards was slightly down: 46 in 2023 (compared with 49 in 2022): 16 Wattle, 2 Banksia, 28 Waratah.
The Junior Diary program was initiated many years ago by Sue Davis, continued by Lyn Malmgron, then Kristie Carroll, with Wendy McConaghy the current coordinator.
Participating juniors record points for each eligible event or training activity.
Once a paper diary, the participation diary is now made available each year in a spreadsheet format.
Participations can be logged on a computer, or the sheets of the diary printed out for more traditional record-keeping.
For more information see webpage.
Thanks to the 2023 ONSW Junior Participation Diary Awards Team: Wendy McConaghy, Mary Jane Mahony and Peter McConaghy. Administration Officer John Murray ensured distribution of awards to clubs.
