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Sat 18 May 6:30 pm
NOL Presentation Dinner
Ainslie Football Club, ACT.

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Sun 19 May 10:00 am
Kooringle
Armidale.

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Sun 19 May 11:00 am
Crestwood Orienteering
Port Macquarie.

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Wed 22 May 5:30 pm
Moonlight Madness #2 Kirribilli (World Orienteering Week)
Milson Park, McDougall Street, Kirribilli

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Sat 25 May 9:30 am
SOS Northside - Pymble
Robert Pymble Park, Park Crescent, Pymble

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Sat 25 May 9:30 am
SOS Hawkesbury - McGraths Hill
Windsor High School (access is from Mulgave Rd), McGraths Hill

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Sun 26 May 9:30 am
Newcastle Maze-O Champs and social day
Brickworks Park (Wallsend)
Sun 26 May 10:00 am
Waggaroos - AWOC Interclub #2, Burngoogee

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Sun 26 May 10:00 am
Bom Bom Forest Orienteering
Bom Bom State Forest via Old Lilypool Rd, Sth Grafton

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Sun 26 May 10:30 am
Highlands Forest Series #2 - Welby
Mount Alexandra Reserve, 1:7500, Northern end of Meranie St, Welby (via Mittagong). Assembly is adjacent to Welby General Cemetery.

Welcome to Orienteering NSW

Orienteering is a sport that challenges both the body and the mind. It's also loads of fun!

The aim is to use a special orienteering map to navigate your way around a course and visit marked check points along the way. You choose a course that suits your age and experience and proceed at your own pace: walk, jog or run. It is a race but you decide if you want to just race yourself or be the next world champion! The course may take you through urban areas, parks, schools, farmland or forests.

Events are conducted weekly across NSW and beginners are welcome at all events.

New to orienteering? Click here for more information.

Want to enter an event? You can see what's on by looking at the Coming Events at left or by going to the Event Calendar. Some events are enter on the day - you just turn up and register at the start. Other events require pre-entry and for that you need to know about (and register with) Eventor - read the Eventor FAQ.


Gill, Hoppers take out major SSS awards

Chatswood Golf Club (and course) was a sublime way to finish another memorable season of the Sydney Summer Series.

With access to 2/3 of the course, plus the surrounding streets and bush areas, this was a cracking finale... albeit a bit long as our highest score was a rather lowly 500.

Ted Woodley set terrific control locations and a beautiful MINI course to boot. Afterwards there were beverages, bistro snacks and the presentations.

Gill Fowler (Masters Women, pictured left) took out the SSS Cup for most points across the 26 weeks, but in a Bradmanesque performance made a couple of uncharacteristic mistakes at the death and fell agonisingly short of the coveted 100 average. Rachel Grindlay's 380 won the age class on the day and consigned Gill to a season average of 99.88.

The SSS special award went to the Hopper family from Bennelong Northside (pictured right). These eco warriors travel everywhere by kids' scooters (even Pete's 80yo mum Wendy on occasions), went in all 26 events, set courses, won two age classes and all finished in the top 12 in the Cup standings. True devotees.

Once again a big thank you to all our course setters, helpers, results gurus, participants and generous hosts. Thanks Ted, Chatswood GC and the Garingal crew today. Photos of the evening by Stacey Bryce are on our Facebook post.

Don't forget our Moonlight Madness monthly series in winter. Until October...