Welcome to Orienteering!

For coming events, check the Events page for the list of events in 2010.

The next Orienteering event will be listed as a news item immediately below and the OAWA Newsletter will have full details of all events for the next month.

If you haven't done Orienteering before, have a look at the New to Orienteering page, or send an enquiry to OAWA. While you're here, why not check out Event Results or some of the routes that people took using RouteGadget!

Memberships for 2010 are now available, and membership fees are unchanged from 2009. Download the Membership Form here.

Bunbury Orienteering

Orienteering in the Bunbury region is conducted by the South West Orienteering Trekkers - SWOT. You can find more information on their Club Page Here.

Nav Dash returns to a favourite venue

Monday, 15 March 2010

To a large degree, OAWA’s Nav Dash Series grew out of the Metro Series events held around the University of Western Australia campus in the late 1990s, and a sprint orienteering event has been held there every year since 2005.

Nav Dash returns to UWA on Saturday 20th March from 1.30pm. The assembly/finish area is on the Oak Lawn, near the Guild Office and Tavern, with parking off Hackett Drive (Entrance 1 or 2).

The UWA map has been updated, and as ever there are some new buildings with hidden corners where a control might be lurking. Registration is from 1.30pm, with start times from 2.00pm – 3.30pm. A Newcomers Briefing will be conducted at around 1.45pm.

A reminder to all competitors – new and old – please observe the out of bounds areas shown on the map, including all gardens.

Tony Simpkins

Close finish at first Nav Dash

Monday, 15 March 2010

The first Nav Dash sprint orienteering event for 2010 at Mt Lawley produced a close result, with the four favourites all finishing in under 16 minutes. Sten Claessens continued his excellent Metro Series form with a good start, winning the first 5 legs to take a 10 second lead. Steve Fletcher was close behind, and gained over the next two legs to hit the lead, but then went too wide at 8, losing 20 seconds. Despite winning a majority of legs over the remainder of the course, Steve could only pull back 10 seconds on Sten’s advantage. Oscar McNulty and Craig Dufty were never more than a few seconds back on any leg, but just not fast enough to challenge seriously. Sten the winner in 15:12, Steve 15:22, Oscar 15:49 in 3rd and Craig 15:59.

Rachel West had an easier time in the Women’s race, gaining steadily over Sarah Dunnage throughout the course to take the win by over a minute in 17:07 – less than 2 minutes behind Sten Claessens. Jen Graham-Taylor and Erin Post tied for 3rd place, a minute behind Sarah.

Routegadget; Results; Splits.

This Saturday’s Nav Dash will be held at UWA – further details to follow.