Orienteering NSW

Coming Events

map	Sun 3 Nov 4:00 pm River and Bay Series #2 - Randwick Over the Rainbow, Randwick

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 72 Ross Street

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.

Are you interested in helping as a volunteer at an event? All events rely on the efforts of organisers, course setters and controllers.

Orienteering NSW is holding some workshops next month to accredit, or reaccredit, Level 1 and Level 2 controllers - and to explain what is expected of event organisers, course setters, preliminary search co-ordinators and controllers.

The workshops are aimed at orienteers who:

are inexperienced at event organisation or course setting;
wish to become an accredited controller;
wish to learn more about event safety and search procedures (risk management).

Anyone wishing to attend can choose from a one-day workshop on Sat Nov 14 at our office at Sydney Olympic Park, or any of three Tuesday nights (at Olympic Park or via Skype). See the flyer for more details.

Please let our Technical Director Andrew Lumsden know by November 5 if you wish to attend.

Newcastle's monthly Bike Orienteering Summer Series (BOSS) cranks into gear for 2015-16 this Sunday at North Cessnock.

Riders have 75 minutes to do a short line course and then a score course. If you haven't tried MTBO, it's a great format of orienteering and - if you're a runner - an excellent cross-training activity to develop greater leg strength.

Starts are from 8-9am. All the details are on the BOSS flyer.

Meanwhile, NSW riders were among the victors at the ACT MTBO champs last weekend. Congratulations to our winners:

Middle Distance: M21 Steven Todkill (NC), M50 Malcolm Roberts (NC), M60 Robert Prentice (MD), M70 Graham Fowler (NC).

Sprint: W14 Rhiannon Prentice (MD), W21 Marina Iskhakova (BN), M50 Andrew Power (NC), M60 Robert Prentice (MD).

Long: W14 Rhiannon Prentice (MD), W50 Carolyn Matthews (NC), M50 Andrew Power (NC).

The Australian MTBO championships are on Nov 7-8 at Anglesea in Victoria. The organisers promise: "The spectacularly scenic Surf Coast will provide some wonderful riding opportunities on the three new maps. We are predicting the Middle race at Anglesea will go down as possibly the best MTBO map in Australia and will truly test your navigation while giving you the opportunity to ride some fantastic trails.

"The native coastal forest is a beautiful backdrop when riding these trails, and is such a different experience from the usual Victorian MTBO maps."

Orienteering NSW welcomes a new appointment to co-ordinate our growing volume of development work.

Jim Mackay will take on the role of Development Officer Co-ordinator for ONSW. Jim is in his third year as a member of Uringa Orienteers, becoming vice-president earlier this year.

He has 30 years work experience in the software industry in a variety of roles, and is currently working part-time while resuming studies. Jim recently completed the ASC/AIS Community Coaching General Coaching Principles accreditation course.

Jim's son Finn this year made his debut in the NSW All Schools Team that competed at the Australian championships in Ballarat a fortnight ago.

Jim's role will be to gather and coordinate development resources and prioritise development activities, for programs such as the Australian Sports Commission's Sporting Schools Program, and other ONSW development activities.

He will be also looking to assist clubs and individuals in their development activities.

"Looking for a sport that suited my son, I tried a summer series event at Forestville in October 2012. We both enjoyed it and since then we have experienced bush events that I have enjoyed immensely," said Jim.

"I am now completely immersed in all things orienteering and firmly of the opinion that it is deserving of a much higher profile in Australia. I am really excited to have an opportunity to work for Orienteering NSW and gain more converts!"

Two of our expansionary Sydney summer programs start up again this weekend - and we'd love to see you there!

The SOS, held on Saturday mornings across the upper north shore, offers a great environment for students and their families to begin orienteering. Newcomers - cut out the ad in Thursday's Hornsby Advocate and bring it along for a free entry! For events conducted on school grounds, students of those schools get free entry. Tomorrow's first event for Term 4 is at James Ruse Ag HS in Carlingford.

The Southern Sydney Summer Series is held on Sunday afternoons in the eastern and southern suburbs and inner west, and offers the same 45-minute score course format as the long-running Sydney Summer Series, which has just started its 25th season. Newcomers - cut out the ad in the Southern Courier or Wentworth Courier and bring it along for a free entry! Sunday's first event is at Broadarrow Reserve, Maroubra.

On November 1, the Western Sydney Summer Series - held in the Hills District - will also start. It has moved to Sunday mornings. Newcomers - cut out the ad in the Hills Shire Times or Hills News and bring it along for a free entry! The first event is at George Thornton Reserve, West Pennant Hills.