2024-25 Summer Street Series
Summer Street Series now on
Every Wednesday
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2024 Australian Championships and ASOC Results
A large contingent of Newcastle orienteers competed in the Australian Champs & Schools Champs carnival, held 28 September-6 October in the Armidale region, which featured the 2024 Australian Middle Distance, Long Distance, Sprint and Relay Championships as well as the Australian Schools Orienteering Championships (ASOC). Many club members were also involved in planning and helping run the carnival.
Medal winners in the Australian Championships
Medal winners in the Australian Schools Championships
2024 State League Results
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.
2024 NSW Middle and Long Championships
Newcastle 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.
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2024 NOY Results
Newcastle 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:
Final 2024 NOY Series Pointscore
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