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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.


Police help Summer Series runner to world record time

Shady spots at the latest Summer Series included one which was being staked out by police.  Phil Harding, picking up controls at the end of the event came across a late model Mercedes which suddenly burst open and had men jumping out of the car and into the nearby bush, swiftly followed by the arrival of an unmarked police car full of gun toting constables who dashed after them.  Says Phil 'in a short space of time, there were police everywhere.'

Being told that there were police dogs on the way as well, Phil picked up the controls as quickly as he could so he could 'move along' before the whole area was shut down. Late runner Richard Green came across Phil with his pots in hand, having come up short at the actual sites, so took advantage of the opportunity to bag the controls.  With a quick one, two, 40 points were scored in what must be the fastest split between controls ever managed at a Summer Series.

Many thanks to Phil Harding, Ross Barr, Terry Bluett and The Manly Daily for the facts underpinning this world record event.