Previous news and announcements

Sunday 8th September 2013: Wundabiniring Brook

There is only two weeks left until the State Orienteering Championships, Wundabiniring provides the perfect opportunity to keep refining your navigation skills. This weekends event in the bush provides a mixture of open areas and pockets of complex granite. The assembly area is in an open area and good for a picnic after your run.

There will be a guided active course departing at 10.00am, ensure to get to the registration caravan early to take

Sunday 15th September 2013

This Sunday’s orienteering event is at Calophylla and once again features beautiful, open Wandoo forest. Enjoy the excitment of Orienteering this weekend.

A full range of courses will be available, including the usual Starter courses for beginners. Registration at the event will be open from 9.00am until 11.00am. 

Organising Club: LOST

Setters: Ian Fletcher and Adrian Day Controller: Anthea Feaver Organiser: Jan Fletcher and McTeam

Courses: Expert 1, 2, 3, and 4;

Sunday 20th October 2013

This weekend Orienteering heads to Lake Leschenaultia, a 168 hectare bush land area made up of a variety of native trees including marri and wandoo. Wildflowers can be seen together with an abudance of bird life including ducks, geese, herons and swamp hens. Kangaroos, possums, bandicoots and echidnas roam the surrounding bush. Activities on offer at Lake Leschenaultia include canoeing, swimming, cycling and barbeque facilities. Lake Leschenaultia is the perfect spot for a

September 22 2013, Ngangaguringguring Hill

The Be Active Long Distance Championship will be held at the popular Ngangagurringguring Hill map. The event is part of the State Orienteering League and provides you with an opportunity to enjoy a long distance course within a two day weekend of orienteering.

If you enter the Be Active Long Distance Championship you will participate in age class competition over classic distance course with a range of navigational challenges. OAWA’s Championship

September 21 2013, Ngangaguringguring Hill

 The Be Active Middle Distance Championship will be held at the popular Ngangagurringguring Hill map. The event is part of the State Orienteering League and provides you with an opportunity to enjoy a middle distance course within a two day weekend of orienteering.

If you enter the Be Active Middle Distance Championship you will participate in age class competition over a middle distance course that has multiple short legs and many changes of direction to

Sunday 9th June 2013
Standard Foot Event at Lover’s Lane

Orienteering this week is on Sunday morning at the Lovers Lane area, just north east of Perth. It is an area with varied terrain offering something for everyone from novices to seasoned orienteers. WA orienteers will remember it from the State Championships in 2011.

Everyone welcome, with registration on the morning and courses are available for both beginners and experts. Registration at the event will be open from 9.00am until 11.00am.

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Mountain Bike Orienteering, Karragullen

This MTB Orienteering event covers the track network around Karragullen.  The area contains a mix of variable riding gravel tracks, a complex network of dirt bike tracks, small pockets of pine plantation, open rideable land, rock surfaces and orchards. This event will include a short and easy navigation course of 5km, so there will be a course on offer for all abilities.

Want to get involved in Mountain Bike Orienteering? Ricky will be conducting a

Sunday 27th October 2013

This a great opportunity to Come and Try Orienteering and enjoy the many attractions on offer at Whiteman Park, Recreation and Conservation Reserve. Come and enjoy the natural enviroment with the native flora and fauna around the park, after your event there is plenty to do from BBQ's, playgrounds, train and tram rides, village shops and various muesums. There will be a short, medium and long course on offer.

Organising Club: WOW

Setters: Steve Fletcher Controller: Steve

Event Date : Sunday 13th October 2013

There will be a mixture of street and bush Orienteering this weekend, with four courses on offer: a long and short Expert course, one Active course, and one Starter course.  With the exception of the Starter course, roughly half the controls on each course will be in suburban Swan View, and half in John Forrest National Park.  This will provide a mixture of fast running with easy navigation and slower going requiring much more detailed navigation –

Congratulations to Ricky Thackray for winning the mountain bike orienteering sprint distance championships held near Canberra on the weekend of October 19-20.  Ricky beat a quality field including former Aus representative David Simpfendorfer, 2012 sprint champion Steven Todkill, and local gun riders Seb Dunne and Todd Nowack to claim victory.  In the supporting events, the ACT middle and long champs, Ricky claimed 4th and 3rd place respectively with Todd and David taking the wins.  Australian

The last two weekends the National Championship carnival has been hosted by ACT Orienteering Association.

The Carnival encompassed the Australian Sprint, Middle Distance and Long Distance Championships plus the Relays. During the week the Australian School Individual and Relay Championships.

The WA Team performed well over the week’s competitions and with consistent performances Cameron Duncan, in Senior Boys, was selected as a member of the Australian 2013 Honour Team. Well Done Cameron.

(Cameron

September 7: UWA event cancelled

The special event programmed earlier in the year to be held at the University of Western Australia has been cancelled.

Be Active Metro Series Finale

The final event in the 2012/13 Series will be held this Saturday, at the usual time of 5.00pm, at Jabe Dodd Park, Mosman Park.  

Registration will be open from around 4.15pm, and a briefing for beginners will be conducted at around 4.45pm, before a mass start at 5.00pm. After the event, at around 6.15pm the overall Series awards will be presented, so bring your dinner and stay for a riverside picnic!

This is the final event in the current Series, and most

The OAWA AGM will take place after the NavDash event on Saturday 16 March 2013 at Ascot Waters

ALL COUNCIL POSITIONS WILL BE OPEN.  

Please attend the meeting and nominate for Council positions.  The sport needs you!

Final Series Results

The final event of the 2012 - 2103 Be Active Metro Series was held on Saturday 23rd February at Mosman Park.

Congratulations to all the winners of the varous classes and to the overall Short, Medium and Long course winners; Ricky Thackray who dominated on the long course, the medium course was won by Lee Holliday and the win on the short course went to WOW club junior Kellie Martin.

2012 - 2103 Be Active Metro Series results by class

Mosman Park Results

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