Sun 12th July NOY5 - O'Donnelltown

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.

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)

Newcastle & Central Coast sprint series. Four exciting sprint events. Fast & furious. (Apr-Jul).

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Event: NOY5
Location: O'Donnelltown
Planner: Malcolm RobertsVetter: Josh Roberts
Entries: 98
Weather: Overcast/Cool
Setup: Carolyn Chalmers, Mick Kavur
Rego: Margaret Peel, Helen Welbourne
Finish: Denis Lyons
Control Collect: Sam Howe, Shane Jenkins, David Messenger, Denis Lyons, Robert Preston, Steven Todkill

Sugarloaf No1 has to be one of our toughest maps in that it takes in the sometimes steep side slopes of the Hunter areas highest peak, Mt Sugarloaf. Fortunately our setter, Malcolm Roberts was fairly generous and didn't have us climbing too much. Initially the Short Red would have seen a tad more climb but with some suggestions from son and vetter Josh, it was trimmed back making for a much more pleasant run. Great work guys.

Thanks also to our many helpers on the day especially the control collectors and also the weather gods.

Don't forget to go to the routegadget site and draw (or upload gps data) your route on the map for head to head racing. If you have splits then you need to enter the cumulative times not the actual split. Go on it's fun, entertaining and educational all at once.

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