2018 Highlands Forest Series starts on Sunday
- Last Updated: Monday, 26 February 2018 12:13
Our winter bush season starts rolling out this Sunday when SHOO put on the first of their monthly Highlands Forest Series events, at Belanglo State Forest.
The opening event is on The Piggery map, last used at the Xmas 5-Days, and coincides with our Women's Nav Skills Weekend.
Courses will be set to cater for all levels of ability and there will be someone on hand to help those new to running around the forest. The start window is 11am-12pm.
SHOO have steadily grown their Summer Saturday series and the Forest series piggy-backs onto that nicely.
It means orienteers in the greater Sydney basin have 3 quality events per month over winter: State League, MetrO League and the Highlands Forest series.
The 2018 schedule is:
Mar 4 - Belanglo SF
Apr 29 - Belanglo SF
May 20 - Mt Alexandra Reserve
Jul 15 - Soapy Flat
Aug 12 - Boxvale Tramway
Sep 16 - Tahmoor
For further details, see the series flyer and Eventor.
Renew your membership for 2018
- Last Updated: Thursday, 22 February 2018 11:31
If you have not yet renewed, your membership lapses in Eventor at midnight on Wednesday 28 February.
After that date, the renewal option will disappear and you will need to re-apply for membership, which is a longer process. So renew now!
Log in and go to “My Pages”, ”My Memberships” and you’ll see a renewal button next to your 2017 membership details. Click on it and follow the prompts.
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And don't forget: if you have school-aged children, click on the Active Kids link in the top right-hand corner of our home page to see how to get a $100 rebate for them.
2018 Metro goes retro
- Last Updated: Tuesday, 13 February 2018 13:29
The 2018 MetrO League welcomes back a cracking old map for this year's interclub competition, which starts on Sunday March 25 at Pennant Hills.
Garingal's Mitchell Park map has been dusted off and will be as eagerly awaited as the new maps of Whalan (WHO) and William Howe Reserve (SHOO).
We will again have close to a record 30 teams entered. Gradings and team numbers are still being decided, and will be advised as soon as they come to hand.
All this year's details will be on the ML web page. We wish all participants an enjoyable season and hope to see lots of Summer Series and SOS runners taking the next step up.
Please pre-enter for each event. The abbreviated MetrO League calendar is:
Mar 25 Pennant Hills
Apr 15 Mitchell Park
May 27 Whalan - new map
June 24 Mt Annan - new map
Jul 22 Lapstone
Aug 26 Lansdowne
2018 State League calendar released
- Last Updated: Thursday, 08 February 2018 12:49
State championships will carry double points in a revamped State League scoring system in 2018.
This year's SL calendar has 16 events, with the highlight being the NSW championships (April 21-22) on brand new granite maps in Armidale and the NSW Sprint Champs at UNSW on July 29.
To add greater prestige to all 3 NSW championships, they will offer double points to count toward the Orienteer of the Year badges. Additionally, all finishers will now receive a minimum 10 points per event.
We have again co-sanctioned three SL events with OACT: the season opener at Collector on March 17, and the ACT Sprint and Middle Champs on May 19-20.
Central Coast will host this year's QB III weekend at Clandulla, using maps from the 2009 World Masters Games and 2014 Easter carnival.
All State League events are pre-entry. See the full schedule here.
