The International Orienteering Federation has introduced four new map symbols. The new symbols were added in February and become mandatory from 1 January 2025. The new symbols are:
Junior club members selected for NSW Schools Team
Three Newcastle juniors have made the team to represent NSW at the Australian Schools Championships to be held in early October around Armidale, as part of the Australian Champs Carnival. Baxter Peel will make his team debut in the Junior Boys while seasoned Schools Team reps Rebecca Craig & Erika Enderby will run for NSW in the Senior Girls.
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Erika Enderby makes team for World Championships
Already selected in the Australian team for this year's Junior World Orienteering Championships, Newcastle's Erika Enderby has also made the team to run for Australia in the World Orienteering Championships (Sprint) to be held in mid July in Edinburgh, Scotland. The World Championships is held as sprint format in even numbered years and forest orienteering in odd years. The team of ten will compete in Individual Sprint, Knock-out Sprint and Sprint Relay (team of two women & two men) events.
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Junior club members selected for World Championships
Three Newcastle club members have been selected to represent Australia at this year's Junior World Orienteering Championships. Erika Enderby, Oskar Mella and Alvin Craig will be part of a team of twelve competing in Sprint, Sprint Relay, Middle Distance, Long Distance and Relay events to be held near Plzen, Czechia, in early July. This will be Erika's third JWOC and Oskar was a reserve team member for the last two years while it is the first time Alvin has nominated.
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Newcastle on the podium at Easter
A contingent of Newcastle club members travelled to South Australia to compete in this year's Easter 3 Days Carnival, held in the Adelaide Hills and Murraylands, which attracted around 700 orienteers. Six Newcastle orienteers finished on the podium for their age class in the overall 3 Day results. Solid results across the board saw Newcastle finish third out of 42 clubs in the Club Trophy pointscore, behind Tasmania's Australopers in first and ACT's Red Roos in second.