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Sun 28 Apr 9:30 am
Newcastle Pairs Relay Champs & Minor Event
The Range (South) 1:7500, Killingworth
Sun 28 Apr 10:00 am
Waggaroos - AWOC Interclub #1, 9 Mile Reserve

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Wed 1 May 6:30 pm
Newcastle Night Champs - Eleebana
Thomas H Halton Park. Revised by D. Orr 2024. 1:4000, 2 metre contours and 1:1000, 2 metre contours.
, Thomas H Halton Park, Eleebana

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Sat 4 May 9:30 am
SOS Northside - Warriewood
Turimetta Beach Reserve (off Peal Place, Warriewood)

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Sat 4 May 9:30 am
SOS Hawkesbury - Penrith
Penrith Selective High School - enter from Colless St, Penrith NSW
Sat 4 May 9:30 am
SOS Term 2 Season Pass

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Sun 5 May 9:30 am
2024 Metro League #2 - Sydney Park, St Peters
Sydney Park, St Peters.

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Sun 5 May 9:30 am
NOY3 - Missing Link [Elrington)
"Missing Link" 1:7,500 for all courses., Elrington (Missing Link)

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Sun 5 May 10:00 am
Goldseekers Bush Series #3 Ophir South

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Tue 7 May 9:00 am
Riverina Schools Day Individual, Willan's Hill

Coaching Resources

Coaching Course materials

Materials for Learn & Play, Competition and Performance are available through Orienteering Australia.

Orienteering Australia Coaching Link

Books

There are many coaching orienteering books available.

Orienteering Services of Australia stocks quite a few.

A recent publication that is excellent and covers introductory through to elite level material is:

Crowood Sports Guides: Orienteering by Carol McNeill.

It can be purchased online through various suppliers.

Online Resources

Sport Australia coach support pages

Orienteering Australia coaching materials

Orienteering ACT coaching tips

Orienteering Queensland coaching tips

British Orienteering Improving Performance

World of O: O-training.net (High quality training exercises)

Newcastle Orienteering Club Coaching Page

Self-Analysis Templates

Here are a couple of tools that Orienteers can open and save and then use to self-analyse their skills and performances:

Skills self-evaluation template

Race Analysis template