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.

The annual Great NOSH Footrace, hosted by Bennelong Northside, is on Sunday May 31.

2015 is the 41st year for this iconic 16km trail run through the national parks of Middle Harbour from Lindfield to Seaforth Oval, and offers some spectacular scenery (course pics here).

There is a big discount for online entry. Hot food and shower facilities are available at the finish. A baggage drop is provided. Enter in the next couple of days and you can order a T-shirt. Enter on the day is available but at a premium.

Orienteering clubs traditionally help by providing volunteers at various points along the route. Proceeds from the event help ONSW and Bennelong Northside.

Crisp autumn days and awesome granite terrain made for a delightful State League weekend near Orange, culminating in the NSW Long championships at Gumble on Sunday.

ACT WOC runner Lachlan Dow took out M21A ahead of NSW Junior Squad coach Jock Davis (BF) and Eric Morris (BN). It was a Canberra double with Jo Allison winning the women's section, ahead of Tracy Marsh (BF) and Michele Dawson (GO).

Daniel Hill (GO) returned to the winner's podium in M20A by knocking over clubmates Aidan Dawson and Toby Wilson. Daniel's dad Tony then produced possibly the run of his life to claim the M50A crown in a strong field.

The event drew competitors from the ACT, Victoria and even two from Queensland.

In W14A, just 62 seconds separated the three placegetters, with Ellen Currie (GO) a narrow winner. In M14, rookie Angus Leung (pictured here by Tony Hill) impressed with a third placing. Angus was at the recent junior squad camp and is making big strides in our sport.

On Saturday, Anthony Nolan produced the upset of SL5 in M40A by beating Big Foot star Michael Burton.

Thanks to Goldseekers and Bennelong Northside for putting such a great weekend.

Click the blue links for results from Saturday, Sunday, Tony Hill's photo album, and the course setter of the year surveys.

Our next State League outing is the annual QB III carnival over the June long weekend, near Lithgow. Entries close on Monday May 25.

SHOO finally unveiled their lovely new bush map of Simmos Beach in ideal autumn conditions for orienteering on Sunday.

More than six months of preparation by mapper/setter Stephan Wagner came to fruition (after an 11th hour hiccup in March), and so MetrO League round 1 was enjoyed two weeks after round 2.

Just half an hour from the Sydney CBD, Simmos Beach boasts a myriad of tracks, rock faces and quarries - this made concentration crucial and allowed for many route choices.

While the local endangered snail was not spotted on course, neither were any human snails as our 160+ competitors took advantage of the firm footing to record excellent times.

Garingal junior Toby Wilson took out division 1 for the second round in a row, almost four minutes faster than WHO's James Macquillan. Likewise, Angus Shedden was again quickest in Division 2.

In contrast to the many nailbiters in the series opener at Western Sydney Parklands, many of the matches here were lopsided and only one match was decided by seven points or less: the GO Frill Necks suffering another narrow defeat.

Click on the blue links for Eventor results and the map.

A huge thank you to Stephan for his efforts, SHOO for their seamless organisation (including chocolates for the mums) and Campbelltown Council for permission to orienteer there.

Our annual round of regional schools championships kicked off with Riverina hosting at Willans Hill in Wagga on Tuesday.

There were 46 primary and secondary students aged 9-16 present, representing schools from Ladysmith to Walla Walla. Many were trying orienteering for the first time.

Starting from the Music Bowl at the southern end of the Botanic Gardens, the courses tested the basics of navigation. The main challenge was to read the map well and use linear features to link where they were with where they needed to get to.

In a seesawing contest, Kade Mavroudis (TRAC) won the M16A division as the lead changed hands several times. In the girls 14-15 division, Brook Thomson Crane (Wagga High) hit top gear on the final control to overhaul two girls and win by 15 seconds.

Thanks to John Oliver (WR) and Lyn Malmgron for putting on the event. They report this was by far the most enthusiastic group of students in the four years the champs have been run.