Previous news and announcements

Congratulations to all of our West Aussies who braved the varying conditions of dust, dry, wind and finally rain to compete in the fast open running terrain in the South Australian outback over the Easter weekend.  There were some very good results from the west side of the country with the following people taking podium finishes in their age classes:

WEasy Coreen Maynard 1st
W12A Jessica Madden 2nd
W20AS Kellie Martin 1st
W55A Anthea Feaver 3rd
W60A Carol Brownlie 1st
M21E Oscar McNulty 2nd...

OWA member wins national award
During the Easter Carnival, our very own Noel Schoknecht was presented with the prestigious Silva Award for Services to Orienteering. This recognizes Noel's long contribution to all aspects of the sport at the club, state, national and international level. Well done Noel, and well deserved!!
 
West Aussies on the podium
Congratulations to our place getters at the Australian Easter 3 Day championships held in SA. Carol Brownlie won W60A by a margin of  9 mins over

The OWA Council elected last weekend includes some new faces, plus some "old" faces in new positions. Peter Komyshan (Secretary) and Mike Sibbald (Coaching Convenor) have joined Council, Tash Sparg has stepped up to the position of Vice President, and Jan Fletcher has become a general Council member. Many thanks to Jan for her stint as coaching convenor, and to outgoing Secretary Ken Post who will be enjoying the life of a "grey nomad".

OWA is doing its bit for gender equality - in a first for

Sunday 12 April

Join us after Easter for a fantastic mountain bike orienteering event, set in the beautiful Korung National Park, up in the Perth Hills. A perfect place to escape for the day and perhaps pack a picnic for after. There are three courses to choose from so there is something for everyone. If you haven’t tried MBTO before then don’t miss out on this opportunity with beautiful scenery as your backdrop.
Registration starts from 09:00am and you can set off between 09:30-11:30am. Course

Saturday 28th March 2015 

Join us Saturday for a scenic course at the City of Gosnells. There are four courses to choose from, long, moderate, short and easy. Everyone is welcome and this is an ideal course to try out NavDash for the first time. Take in the picturesque parkland and perhaps pack a picnic.  

Registration: 1.00pm to 2.30pm 
Start Times: 1.30pm to 3.00pm 
Courses Close: 4.00pm

For more information click here.

Sunday 22 March 2015

With no Perth orienteering event on this weekend, why not make the short trip to Bunbury to get your orienteering fix?  Or travel down the day before to make it a two day break in the beautiful south west!

Join the South West Orienteering Trekkers (SWOT) for a fun and challenging event just south of Bunbury at Dalyellup College. Arrive at 3:30pm for a briefing, then set off at 4:00 pm. There are two courses to choose from. And you could be lucky enough to sample the

Congratulations to our West Australian representatives who travelled to Sydney for round 1 of the National Orienteering League.  The first event was a mixed male-female sprint relay where a WA/Qld combined team picked up a respectable 9th place on the Sydney University campus.
This was followed by an afternoon qualifying sprint heat through sand dunes and parklands following the trail of the historic Botany Bay Gift.  WA had just one qualifier for the A final in a cut throat competiton that saw

14 March 2015

Nav Dash is set to kick of in 2015 at Whiteman Park. Whiteman Park has plenty on offer, bring your picnic for after the event with the Annual General Meeting to be held after the event (approx 4 pm).

The area has an interesting mix of buildings, rail-way and tram lines, grassed open areas, and runnable native bush, and the courses should be fast. Course distances from 2.0 - 3.5 km's. For more information about NavDash, including Coaching Tips and a sample map, review the NavDash

The 2015 Event Calendar is now available with details of bush, mountain bike orienteering (MTBO) and short distance (NavDash) events. Click here for more information.

Orienteering Australia National Squads 2015

The following Western Australian athletes have been selected into various National squads:

• Oscar McNulty - High Performance Squad
• Henry McNulty - High Performance Squad
• Joanna Maynard - Targeted Talented Athlete Squad

Squad selections where based on 2014 performances plus the World Cup round held in Tasmania in January 2015. Orienteering WA congratulates the members on their selections and their future endeavours for selection to represent Australia

MetrO Series Churchlands, A S Luketina Reserve, Buntine Rd, Wembley Downs - 21st February 2015

The final event of the MetrO Series 14/15 Series is on this saturday, overall awards will be presented immediately after the race presentations. Register on the day from 4.15pm with the usual mass start from 5pm. There are three distances to choose from 3, 5 or 8km.

 The map includes parts of Floreat, Churchlands and Wembley Downs, incorporating all the area covered by the Churchlands NavDash map of

With one event to go in the 2014/15 Metro Series, several overall categories are still undecided (see below). Overall Series scores are based on age classes and your best 6 scores from 12 events, provided you run the correct course for your class. For details of the Age Class Categories in the Series, refer to the Rules.

Open Men (Long Course) -Sten Claessens will be the overall winner. Cameron Duncan and Harry Nicholson are currently 2nd and 3rd, however they will swap places if Harry

Facilities: Toilets, Playground, BBQs, amphitheatre, treetop walk
Bring: Sportident card, map bag if you sweat a lot or rain is around.

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Saturday 18th May 2013

Courses are set to Sprint Orienteering standards – easy navigation but fast decision-making required if you want to run at speed.

Event Directions

Setters: Ken and Helen Post
Map: Whiteman Village, 1:4,000
Courses:
Short: 2.3km (straight line distance)
Long: 3.3km (straight line distance)

Registration: 1.00pm to 2.30pm
Start Times: 1.30pm to 3.00pm
Courses Close: 4.00pm

Facilities: Toilets, Café, Wildlife Park, Tram/Train Rides, Playground, BBQs
Bring: Sportident card, map