The annual Course Setter of the Year Award (the Graeme Mitchell Trophy) is awarded on the basis of competitor voting via an online survey.
For each State League or national event set by an ONSW member, a separate online survey will be made available on this page and all competitors will be able to undertake the survey. Surveys will remain open for a restricted time after each event, after which they will be closed and results collated.
The award will be presented at the annual Orienteering NSW awards in November.
The 2024 events that count to the trophy are:
| # | Date | Map | Event Format | Setter | Survey |
| 1 | Mar 16 | Roseberg State Forest | Middle | Sheralee Bailey (BN) |
Closed |
| 2 | Mar 17 | Ophir South | Long | Nick Wilmott & Anna Dowling (GS) | Closed |
| 4 | Apr 14 | Snow Hills | Long | Hamish Mackie (BF) | Closed |
| 5 | Jun 8 | Rylstone Common | Short | Melissa Joseph (GO) | Closed |
| 6 | Jun 9 | Dungaree State Forest | Long | Toni Bachvarova (GO) | Closed |
| 7 | Jun 10 | Breakfast Creek | Middle | Arpad Kocsik (GO) |
Closed |
| 8 | Jun 29 | Wollongong Uni | NSW Sprint Champs | David Green (IKO) | Closed |
| 9 | Jun 30 | Kentlyn (Postponed to September 22nd) | Long | Stephan Wagner (SHOO) | Closed |
| 10 | Jul 20 | Kitchener | Middle | Denis Lyons (NC) | Closed |
| 11 | Jul 21 | Quorrobolong | Long | Jim Lee (NC) | Closed |
| 12 | Aug 17 | NSW School Champs -Howson Oval, Turramurra. | Middle | Alastair George (Big Foot) | Closed |
| 13 | Aug 18 | NSW School Champs - Macquarie University | Sprints | Matthew Hill (Newcastle) | Closed |
| 16 | Sep 7 | Clandulla State Forest | NSW Middle Champs | Eric Morris (Bennelong) | Closed |
| 17 | Sep 8 | Clandulla State Forest | NSW Long Champs | Ant Nolan (Uringa) | Closed |
Updated 7th October 2024.
Previous Winners of the Graeme Mitchell Trophy
| Year | Course Setter | Club |
| 2023 | Oskar Mella | NC |
| 2022 | Terry Bluett | BN |
| 2021 | Anna Fitzgerald | GS |
| 2020 | not awarded | |
| 2019 | Alastair George | BF |
| 2018 | Colin Price | CC |
| 2017 | Matt and Barbara Hill | BH |
| 2016 | Bruce Meder | BB |
| 2015 | Ross Barr | GO |
| 2014 | Josh Blatchford / Matthew Parton | NC / GS |
| 2013 | Robert Bradley | WH |
| 2012 | Denis Lyons | NC |
| 2011 | Ross Barr | GO |
| 2010 | Nick Dent | CC |
| 2009 | Karen Blatchford | NC |
| 2008 | Terry Bluett | BN |
| 2007 | Alex Davey | WR |
| 2006 | Geoff Todkill | NC |
| 2005 | Michael Davis | WR |
| 2004 | Lyn Malmgron | SHOO |
| 2003 | Lisa Lampe | UR |
| 2002 | Eric Morris | BN |
| 2001 | Deborah Cox | BN |
| 2000 | Nick Wilmott | UR |
| 1999 | Andrew Lumsden | BF |
| 1998 | Jean Baldwin | GS |
| 1997 | Kevin Williams | WHO |
