Orienteering SA ENEWS 19 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 lateness - we have been preparing for the catastrophic conditions tomorrow :(
1. Twilight Series - 2019 event 2 on Friday 22 November
2. Mid week training the Paddocks 4 December
3. December Newsletter - call for articles
4. Thanks Regina
5. The Australian Orienteer
6. 2020 club membership now available
7. Christmas 5 days
8. OA Junior Summer Development Camp
1. Twilight Series – 2019 Event 2 on Friday Nov 22nd
The second Friday evening Twilight Series “park – street” event is on this Friday, 22nd November.
The event starts at Lochiel Park, off of Lochiel Parkway.
The format is 3 standard orienteering courses,;short, suitable for younger juniors and newcomers, medium and long, 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/9140
2. Midweek Training The Paddocks 4 December 2019
The next; and last for 2019; Midweek Training Half Day will be conducted on The Paddocks map on Wednesday 4 December 2019.
It will be a one hour score event with starts from 10.15 to 10.30 am and with a questions and answers format.
The Start will be in the car park of the Para Hills Community Club, Bridge Road, Pooraka.
Lunch will follow at the Club from 12 noon. Those who wish to attend the Lunch and have not already advised of their intensions are requested to advise Clive Arthur on 8264 0211 or clive.marian@gmail.com by dusk Monday 2 December 2019.
Adrian Craig, Training
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. Thanks Regina
Thankyou to Regina Reuter for her many years of assistance doing the calculations for Orienteer of the Year.
Regina has retired from this responsibility at the end of the 2019 season.
We all appreciate the work she has done to keep these records accurate.
5. The Australian Orienteer
The DECEMBER edition of The Australian Orienteer features the recent and highly successful Oceania Carnival & Schools Championships, as well as the associated Juniors Invitational Tour which drew 150 attendees. The inaugural Melbourne City Race is covered, as is 2019 WOC, the recent World Cup Round in China, and the AUS MTBO Championships held in Maryborough, VIC. Stephen Bird continues his series on how to use split times to fine tune your training; Ian Baker reviews the 50th Anniversary event held in Victoria; there's details of upcoming major event carnivals; and Duncan Currie's "Jeff" is at it again - poor Jeff. Another one not to be missed.
Michael Hubbert
6. 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
7. 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.
8. OA Junior Summer Development camp
The Junior 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 at Tocal Ag College. (note that it is no longer at Kurri Kurri) There is an Information Flyer in Eventor https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/9345 where entries are now OPEN
We are still looking for State contacts for Tas, ACT, NSW and Qld.
If you know of anyone who can Co-Ordinate interested Juniors from these States, can you please ask them to contact me?