Season 2022-23 Has Concluded
Our club's annual Summer Street Series for Season 2022-23 (i.e. the 33rd edition of Street-O) has been "run and won". Thanks to everyone who came along and participated. Congratulations to the winners for this season:
| Men | Women | Walk | Team | |
| Overall (i.e. General Classification Award) |
1st - Alex Massey 2nd - Stuart Kurtz 3rd - Justin Stafford |
1st - Jenny Enderby 2nd - Carolyn Matthews 3rd - Samantha Howe |
1st - Arthur Kingsland 2nd - Ingrid Oblasser 3rd - Carolyn Rigby |
1st - Ryan Puklowski, Toby Barry 2nd - April Carlin, Tim Harrop 3rd - Naomi Scouller, Presley -Scouller-Evans |
| In Zone Award | Andrew Free | Karen Morante | Arthur Kingsland | |
| Alternating Controls Award | Graeme Taplin | Carolyn Matthews | ||
| Consistently Average Award | Andrew Power | Caroline Jenkins | ||
| Efficiency Index Award | 1st- Samantha Howe, 2nd - Shane Trotter, 3rd - Andrew Power | |||
| Totally Committeed Award (i.e. full attendance) |
Matt Brown, Samantha Howe, Arthur Kingsland, Alex Massey, Carolyn Rigby | |||
To review the 2022-23 season, click here.
Season 2023-24 Begins October 2023
Street-O will resume in October 2023, with the 34th edition of the series. We expect that the calendar for this series to be finalised sometime in mid September 2023. If you feel that you could help out in the upcoming season (for example by setting an event) please send an email to:
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Map Updates
Do you live on (or visit regularly) an area that is on one of our Street-O maps? If so, would you be interested in helping us keep that map up to date? Your involvement could be from just letting us know about updates that need to be made through to helping us actually updating the map itself or even mapping new areas for Street-O. If you are interested please send an email to:
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Note: If you are interested in the mapping side of things we would be willing to help you learn the associated skills if necessary.
Summer Street Series Presentation Event - Blackalls Park
Wednesday 22nd February 2023
A Note About Safety: Newcastle Orienteering recommends that all competitors wear bright clothing or reflective gear throughout the season to enable drivers to see you especially if you are running near dusk. Please also take care when crossing roads and use recommended crossing points on busy roads. We also wish to remind competitors that listening to an ipod (or similar) while on course can be a distraction that may cause you to not hear an emergency warning or similar and as such are not allowed during these events for your safety.
Summer Street Series Event 17 - Elermore Vale
Wednesday 15th February 2023
Please Note: The course has controls on either side of McCaffery Dr. This road can be very busy in the afternoons. Please be very careful if you decide to cross it. Note also, the 
symbol on the map means you can run along side the road but not cross it. You might even think about starting later rather than earlier if possible.
Remember:
a. Bring your charged up phone with MapRun6 (latest version is 6.5) installed and ready to go.
b. If, while you are out on course, you are sure you have visited a control site and can’t get MapRun to beep in acknowledgement then continue on your course and after you’ve finished submit a “Review Result (HITMO)” request using the
c. If, while you are out on course, your GPS sensor goes to sleep and misses sections of your course then let the officials at the finish know (including any additional controls visited) and the results processors can consider making adjustments to the official results.
A Note About Safety: Newcastle Orienteering recommends that all competitors wear bright clothing or reflective gear throughout the season to enable drivers to see you especially if you are running near dusk. Please also take care when crossing roads and use recommended crossing points on busy roads. We also wish to remind competitors that listening to an ipod (or similar) while on course can be a distraction that may cause you to not hear an emergency warning or similar and as such are not allowed during these events for your safety.
Summer Street Series Event 15 - Jesmond
Wednesday 1st February 2023
Remember:
a. Bring your charged up phone with MapRun6 (latest version is 6.5) installed and ready to go.
b. If, while you are out on course, you are sure you have visited a control site and can’t get MapRun to beep in acknowledgement then continue on your course and after you’ve finished submit a “Review Result (HITMO)” request using the
c. If, while you are out on course, your GPS sensor goes to sleep and misses sections of your course then let the officials at the finish know (including any additional controls visited) and the results processors can consider making adjustments to the official results.
A Note About Safety: Newcastle Orienteering recommends that all competitors wear bright clothing or reflective gear throughout the season to enable drivers to see you especially if you are running near dusk. Please also take care when crossing roads and use recommended crossing points on busy roads. We also wish to remind competitors that listening to an ipod (or similar) while on course can be a distraction that may cause you to not hear an emergency warning or similar and as such are not allowed during these events for your safety.
Summer Street Series Event 14 - Dudley
Wednesday 25th January 2023
Remember:
a. Bring your charged up phone with MapRun6 (latest version is 6.5) installed and ready to go.
b. If, while you are out on course, you are sure you have visited a control site and can’t get MapRun to beep in acknowledgement then continue on your course and after you’ve finished submit a “Review Result (HITMO)” request using the
c. If, while you are out on course, your GPS sensor goes to sleep and misses sections of your course then let the officials at the finish know (including any additional controls visited) and the results processors can consider making adjustments to the official results.
A Note About Safety: Newcastle Orienteering recommends that all competitors wear bright clothing or reflective gear throughout the season to enable drivers to see you especially if you are running near dusk. Please also take care when crossing roads and use recommended crossing points on busy roads. We also wish to remind competitors that listening to an ipod (or similar) while on course can be a distraction that may cause you to not hear an emergency warning or similar and as such are not allowed during these events for your safety.