Sunday, July 7, 2024

Busy few months ahead!

 

Hi Uringans,
We are moving into a very busy few time!
Along with the usual Saturday events there are a number of State League, Metro League, NSW Championships and Australian Championship events on the horizon.
Information for all of these events is on Eventor.

 
July
20th -21st State League Events 10 & 11 in the Cessnock Area.
Entries Close on 15th July
Preliminary information:

https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Documents/Event/18770/5/Information-flyer
 
28th Metro League 4 – Beacon Hill see Eventor for details

August
4th  Metro League 1 – Appin
Entries are open and Close on 3rd August
 
17-18th NSW Schools Championships including State Leagues 12,13 – Up Turramurra way
Entries are not open as yet
 
 
24th -25th August  State League 14,15 ACT
 Full details not yet available
 

September
1st Metro League – Doonside Area.

7th – 8th  NSW Middle and Long Distance Championships – Kandos.
This is a big event for Uringa as along with Bennelong we are hosting this event and so will need volunteers to assist with lots of tasks. Volunteers can still run.
The closing date for both events is the 18th August.
Preliminary Details:

https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Documents/Event/18209/2/Preliminary-Event-Information-NSW-Champs-weekend-7th---8th-Sep-2024
 
NEXT UP Finish off September and welcome in October
The Australian Championship Carnival 27th September – 6th October
All up there are 10 events in this carnival based in the Armidale- Uralla area.
Australian Middle Distance, Long Distance, Sprint Distance and Relay Championships. Plus the Australian Schools Sprint, Long and Relay Championships. Plus a midweek 3 day event called the Thunderbolt 3 days.
There is a brand new map being used called "Glenburnie". A sample of the map can be found :  https://aoc2024.com.au/events/
Here you can see the actual control sites to get a feel of the map.
All events are pre-entry closing on 1st September.
Information is available on the carnival web site:

https://aoc2024.com.au/

Last but not least for those who like to pedal!
NSW Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships 12th and 14th October - Appin way
Saturday 12th you have the Sprint Distance followed by the Middle Distance the same day. The Long Distance is On Monday 14th  Monday Details are available; 
https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Documents/Event/18356/1/Bulletin-1

Sandwiched between the Mountain Bike Champs is the first ever Sydney City Race which is being held on Sunday morning- 13th . Details can be found at 
https://shoutout.wix.com/so/0fOyEp8mA?languageTag=en
There is also a warm up race on Saturday for those not wishing to get on their bike.