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 on an unfamiliar course in bush terrain, parkland or urban areas.  

If you like a physical and mental challenge while 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   Eventor, the orienteering event calendar.

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   Classic "forest" orienteering for all great outdoors. Run or walk, compete against yourself or others, or a fun family outing. (Mar-Sept)
   Navigate the suburbs. Run or walk to as many checkpoints as you can within 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-Apr)
   Navigate bush tracks & trails on your mountain bike. Bike Orienteering Summer Series offers 75 minute score & line+score events. (Oct-Mar)
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 Newcastle & Central Coast sprint series. Four exciting sprint events. Fast & furious. (Apr-Jul).                
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NOY 2 Ryhope

Update: Don't forget daylight savings ends at 3am Sunday morning 1st April. Turn your clock back an hour before you go to sleep and enjoy the extra sleep.

Venue: The event is at Ryhope with parking and assembly on the southern side of the road from the freeway to Toronto, adjacent to the motor-cross track. The turn of is approximately 1.5 km from the Wakefield Road or 2 km west of the bridge over the main railway line at Awaba.

Map: “Heart Rate Hills” – 1:10,000
Terrain: Typical spur gully
Courses: Standard NOY range of courses (7) available. Very Easy, Easy, Short Moderate, Moderate, Hard
Entries: Enter on the day, at time to suit you, 9:30 – 11:30. Courses close at 1:00pm.
Course Planners: Sam Howe and Shane Jenkins

Setters Report

Another sunny day greeted NOY2 competitors, both local and those who dropped in on their way to Easter in Queensland. Luckily the good weather also kept the local leech population in check, as very few were spotted on people after their runs. While setting this event, between us, we were averaging 5 leeches every time we ventured out! 

Congratulations to  Alex Massey, who blitzed the Long course in just 37 minutes. Also extra congratulations to all those who attempted the very challenging Moderate courses and made it to the finish. The map is not called Heart Rate Hills for nothing!

If people can find the time to put their routes up on routegadget it would be appreciated, as we would like to see just how competitors approached the control locations. Thanks to all those that stopped afterwards and talked us through their decision making processes, all feedback is always useful and will only make the next we set event even better.

A handy link to drawing a route or uploading GPS files into routegadget can be found over on the UK routegadget website here

Shane.

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