Orienteering SA ENEWS 12 November 2019
Editorial Notes:
Please send all contributions to enews@sa.orienteering.asn.au Articles should be concise & can contain hyper links but no attachments or graphics. Normally ENEWS is sent out on Tuesdays so copy needs to be sent in by Monday at the latest. Check out other news on the OrienteeringSA website: https://sa.orienteering.asn.auor the Facebook Orienteering SA page.
Robyn Dose - Editor - apologies for the lat
1. Twilight Series - 2019 begins on Friday !!
2. Wednesday evening training 13 November
3. December Newsletter - call for articles
4. 2020 club membership now available
5. Christmas 5 days
6. Summer Development Camp
1. Twilight Series – 2019 is Coming on Friday Nov 15th
The Friday evening “park – street” events of the Twilight Series begin on Friday 15th November.
The first event is at Mitcham Reserve, Old Belair Rd.
The format is 3 standard orienteering courses, shortest at 2.1 km suitable for younger juniors and newcomers. Longer courses of 4 km and 6.8 km, plus a Scatter course where you choose your own controls, are available.
And for the youngest juniors – some orienteering games in the park.
For details and pre-entry (you can also enter at the event) see - https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/9139
2. Wednesday Evening Training this week – Nov 13th
This week’s event is night orienteering at Wadmore Park – see https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/9280
Start will be sometime after 8 PM when dark enough.
Cost - $2 per person
3. DECEMBER NEWSLETTER - CALL FOR ARTICLES
The December OSA Newsletter is being prepared. Please forward articles and photos for publication to editor@sa.orienteering.asn.au by 8th December at the absolute latest. Don't worry about format - the editor will look after this. Anything considered newsworthy will be accepted and published - as long as it's related to orienteering!
4. 2020 Club Memberships are now available
It is now possible to renew or take out new membership on Eventor. For new members the advantage of doing this now is that you get reduced entry fees for all events in November and December this year as well as in 2020. This would represent a significant saving across the year. Also to make it easy for new members there is a downloadable form available on our website. . For more information go to About Orienteering -> Join Now on our website: https://sa.orienteering.asn.au/about-orienteering/join-now
When renewing make sure all of the information in your profile is up to date particularly your contact details and SI stick number.
Also keep in mind that the Sport Voucher Programme (provided by the SA Government) will continue in 2020. If 1 or 2 of your children attend Primary School in 2020 they would be eligible providing they haven't used one with another sport. The link for getting a voucher is at the above link. You should get a voucher before renewing or applying for membership.
Ken Thompson IT Manager Orienteering SA
5. Christmas 5 Days
Entries are now open for the 2019 Xmas 5-Days to be held in Armidale.
The event website is now available for more information.
In Eventor, the default option is to enter all 5 days. If you do not wish to do all 5 days, click on "Races: all" on the left-hand-side below Ordered Services where you can select the days you wish to enter from the dropdown menu.
6. Summer Development camp
The Summer Development camp dates have been confirmed as the 3rd to 8th of January. The event center and accommodation will be in the Hunter Valley. More information, when it comes to hand, will be Eventor https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/9345 which is NOW open for entries.
