Welcome to Newcastle Orienteering Club

Orienteering is a competitive or non-competitive recreational activity in which participants use a detailed map (and usually a compass) to navigate between checkpoints (known as “controls”) along an unfamiliar course. If you like a mental and physical challenge and exploring the outdoors, orienteering is the sport for you!

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See what's on by clicking on the Club Event Series buttons below or see all orienteering events by going to the  Orienteering  Event Calendar (Eventor).

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    Run or walk, compete against yourself or others, or a fun family day out. Classic "forest" orienteering for all in the great outdoors. (Mar-Sept)
   Run, walk or push a pram to a 45 minute time limit. How many points can you get? (Oct-Feb)
    A great introduction to orienteering with fun courses in suburban parks & reserves. Also includes a night event. (Feb-Mar)
    Navigate around bush tracks and trails on your mountain bike. The     BOSS series offers 75 minute score & line+score events. (Oct-Mar)

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                  Every Wednesday

                            5:00pm to 6:30pm start window
                    45 minute score course using MapRun app
 
                              Next event: Lambton (warm up)
                      For details see the Series Calendar

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NSW State League
  Newcastle finishes on top again in State League

The 2024 NSW State League concluded on 22 September with the final (rescheduled) event at Kentlyn and saw Newcastle finish on top of the table in the NSW Interclub, as well as eleven club members topping their age class in the individual competition.

Newcastle finished with 1645 points in the Interclub Competition, well ahead of Western and Hills Orienteers on 1047 points, with Garingal Orienteers third on 940. Newcastle was the leading, or equal leading, club on the table for thirteen of the sixteen State League events where 5 points are awarded for an age class win, down to 1 point for fifth place. 

Eleven club members were NSW Orienteer of the Year age class winners. The pointscore counted competitors’ best nine results from this year’s sixteen State League events.

Lucy Jenkins (W10A), Presley Scouller-Evans (M12A), Erika Enderby (W20A), Justin Stafford (M40A), Jennifer Enderby (W55A), Glenn Burgess (M60A), Jim Lee (M75A) & Carolyn Chalmers (W80A) all finished first in their age class. In the short course classes Nathan Berkholz (M21AS), Naomi Scouller (W35AS) & Shane Jenkins (M45AS) finished on top. 

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   Nbushewcastle results from the NSW Middle & Long Champs

  The weekend of 7/8 September saw around 220 orienteers compete in   the NSW Middle & Long Distance Championships at Clandulla State Forest, south of Kandos. The area, originally mapped for the 2009 World Masters Championships, featured complex sandstone rock and steep spur gully terrain providing both technical orienteering and a tough physical challenge. Newcastle had twenty three club members make the podium on one or both days, including fourteen firsts in the A classes.

Newcastle’s state champions in Saturday’s Middle Distance A classes were  Hayley Jenkins (W10A), Isobel Newton (W12A), Presley Scouller-Evans (M12A), Samantha Howe (W45A), Martina Craig (W50A), Jennifer Enderby (W55A) & Stephen Craig (M55A ).
Topping the A classes in Sunday’s Long Distance champs were Hayley Jenkins (W10A), Presley Scouller-Evans (M12A), Justin Stafford (M40A), Martina Craig (W50A), Jennifer Enderby (W55A), Stephen Craig (M55A) & Robert Vincent (M65A).

                                        Full results:   Middle  Long

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   Nbushewcastle Orienteer of the Year series wrap-up

  This year's Newcastle Orienteer of the Year series concluded on Sunday 1    September with NOY event 8 at Wallaroo State Forest. Sixty seven orienteers took on challenging courses set by Bjorn Mella on the "Wallaroo Hills" map. The 2024 NOY trophies, decided by the male & female leaders in the Hard Long class, went to defending champions Alex Massey and Erika Enderby. 

Placegetters in each NOY class for 2024 were:NOY8 map snip

Very Easy: 1. Lucy Jenkins,  2. Alyse Newton, 3. Hayley Jenkins.
Easy: 1. Isobel Newton, 2. Carl O'Connor, 3. Max Altmann.
Moderate Short: 1. Presley Scouller-Evans,  2. Clare Newton, 3. Andrea Hackney.
Moderate Long: 1. Baxter Peel, 2. Graeme Hill,         3. Graeme Taplin.
Hard Short: 1. Greg Newton, 2. Nathan Berkholz,         3. Rudi Landsiedel. 
Hard Medium: 1. Glenn Burgess, 2. Samantha Howe,   3. Malcolm Roberts. 
Hard Long: 1. Alex Massey,  2. Steven Todkill, 3. Justin Stafford.
 

                 Final 2024 NOY Series Pointscore

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