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Merry Christmas and happy orienteering

As the end of an interesting year approaches we start to look towards family and friends and lazy summer days. But in case you haven’t had your fill of orienteering this year there is always the Christmas 5 Days (entries now closed). This year it is being held in the Southern Highlands of NSW with IKO organising Day 2 at good old Belanglo Forest. Early starts from 8-9am aim to beat the heat and allow plenty of time for relaxing or exploring the rest of the Highlands. Volunteers from the club are always welcome to ensure smooth running of the event.

Planning for SummerGong is also underway with the series set to kick off on the 31 January 2021.

RBOS 5 at Ramsgate

IKO is hosting our last event in the River and Bay Orienteering Series this Sunday at Ramsgate starting from Tonbridge Steet Reserve in Tonbridge Street. Its looking to be a scorcher so we’ll either be dripping from sweat or dripping from a thunderstorm (hopefully the latter).

Starts available between 4pm – 5pm and all competitors must return by 6pm.

The usual courses are on offer – a 45 minute score event and 3 line events (Long, medium and short). Full details here.

River and Bay Orienteering Series 2020

Last years River Bay Series — 2019 RBOS event at San Souci

Its been a bit of a patchy year for orienteering but we are pleased to announce that in partnership with our friends at Uringa Orienteers we will be kicking off the 2020 River and Bay Orienteering Series this weekend. Our first event is at Tempe.

Every Sunday afternoon from October 25 to December 13 we will give you the chance to explore the parks and streets of the Cooks River and Botany Bay. Walk or run around the line courses (2 km, 4 km or 6 km) or challenge yourself with the Score Course where you collect as many points as you can in 45 minutes. As always there will be some passionate and experienced orienteers on hand to provide assistance for beginners. Our courses are suitable for all ages and abilities from 8 to 88, go solo or in a group.

Starts are from 4 to 5pm and all courses close at 6pm.

#	Date	Start Location / Eventor Notes / Results	Details	Suburb
1	25 Oct	Tempe Recreation Reserve, Holbeach Ave	Here	Tempe
2	8 Nov	Beaman Park, corner Flinders Rd & Vera Ave	Here	Earlwood
3	15 Nov	Scott Park, Riverside Drive	Here	Sans Souci
4	22 Nov	Hughes Park, Westfield St	Here	Hurlstone Park
5	29 Nov	Tonbridge Steet Reserve, Tonbridge Street	Here	Ramsgate
6	6 Dec	Lees Park, corner Hay St & Harmony St	Here	Ashbury
7	13 Dec	Steel Park, Illawarra Rd	Here	Marrickville

See you at Sutherland!

Thanks to the lifting of the Covid restrictions around community sport we are now able to host our post-poned local event at Sutherland.

Come and join us on Saturday 10 October for a walk or run through the bush and streets starting from Waratah Park. From Sydney enter left off Rawson Avenue (Old Princes Highway) approx. 1 km south of Sutherland Station.

Course setter James has organised three line courses – short 2km, medium 4km and long 6km. Start any time between 3-4pm.

Adults:$10 members, $15 non members
Juniors: (13- 20years) $5 members, $10 non-members
Subjuniors: (under 13): free
Group: $20
SI hire $4

This is a Covid-safe event which means we ask everyone to enter online through Eventor. Entries close midnight 9 October 2020. For newcomers we can accept cashless payment for Enter on Day.

For the full list of Covid-safe conditions please refer to the event information on Eventor.

Orienteering on hold (again!)

Following discussions with ONSW regarding restrictions on community sport we will sadly need to cancel our next two planned events. The restrictions on mixing volunteers and participants from different regions or parts of Sydney unfortunately renders most of our club and state events unfeasible to run.

The event planned for Sutherland this Saturday 22 August is postponed to a later date. The new date will be decided once we get further clarity on when these restrictions will be lifted.

The State League and Schools Championships planned for September 5-6 is also cancelled and may be run on the same maps next year.

A copy of the advice to community sport organisers from the Chief Health Officer can be viewed here. It will be in place for at least six weeks before being reviewed.