Orienteering SA ENEWS 11 February 2020
Editorial Notes:
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Robyn Dose - Editor
1. Snap Sprint Series West Parklands this Friday!
2. Adelaide Sprint training and event weekend 21-23 February
3. Registered for Sprint Camp?
4. Course planning workshop 29 February
5. Represent SA in NOL events?
6. Call for articles - March newsletter
7. Hard copy Australian Orienteer?
8. Want to enter Great Southern Run?
1. West Parkland preview - Snap Sprint Series Friday 14 February
Wow, 91 people came out to Adelaide Uni last week. Let's see if we can top that this Friday 14th at West Parklands! Bring your date for a romantic Valentine's day stroll around the Wirraninthi interpretive trail, looking for Silvio Apponyi's sculptures. Or bring just yourself to enjoy Simon Uppill's excellent courses: long course 3.7km (approx. actual running distance), short course 2.9km. Easy 1.6km course available, crosses no roads.
Signs on Sir Don Bradman Drive between West Terrace and the railway line (parking available on both sides of the road; take care when crossing) with assembly on the north side of Sir Don Bradman Drive, by the stone wurlies. Do not go to Adelaide High itself as parking there is limited due to roadworks.
So enter NOW for the West Parklands event:
https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/9301
Pre-enter and pay online by midnight Wed 12th Feb to guarantee a pre-marked map. Entry and payment on the day is also possible but we will be short-staffed on registration, so pre-entry is appreciated. Register from 6pm, starts 6:30-7pm, courses close 8pm. Sweet treats for all finishers :)
The final race in the Snap Sprint series, sponsored by Snap Printing and hosted as a fundraiser by the Southern Arrows, South Australia’s elite orienteering squad, will be on Friday February 21
st, at Stirling;
https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/9302 on a new map made by Angus Haines. (Note that this is to be entered separately from the Sprint Camp weekend.)
2. Adelaide Sprint Training and Event Weekend – Fri 21st to Sun 23rd Feb
Three races including the last event of the Snap Sprint Series on a new map at Stirling, a Saturday evening race at Semaphore Park, ending with a Knockout Sprint at Trinity College. Plus some morning training activities.
All events are listed in Eventor – and you can download a Bulletin from any event e.g.
https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/9438
Pre-entry is preferred.
3. Registered for Sprint Camp?
Have you registered for the Adelaide Sprint Camp yet? Less than two weeks to go with entries closing this Friday. This is a weekend you don't wanna miss! The weekend will consist of several trainings and races, but if it looks like too much you can sign up for whichever part you want. The highlight of the weekend will be the knock-out event on Sunday at Trinity College!
If you are participating in all events, don't forget to also register for the Stirling Snap Series event as it is part of the weekend and will be included in the final results.
Another awesome feature of the weekend is that all of the races will use SI Air! Don't worry if you don't have one as there will be complimentary SI Air available. So come experience the excitement it has to offer.
This event is great for any elite runners looking for extra sprint training but is not restricted to elites. Anyone of any age who is interested should sign up because there are three different age categories for prizes! (juniors, elites, & open)
The final bulletin and a detailed schedule will be out shortly, so stay tuned!
https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events?startDate=2020-02-21&endDate=2020-02-23&organisations=7&classifications=International%2CChampionship%2CNational%2CRegional%2CLocal%2CClub
4. Course Planning Workshop – Saturday Feb 29th
A full day workshop is scheduled for Saturday Feb 29th at 132 Rose Tc, Wayville.
The topics will include all course formats and the different levels of navigational difficulty, what makes good courses and what to avoid.
This will also include some event organization aspects, and requirements for L1 Controller – so can be used as a basis to move to L2 controller (workshop planned in the next 12 months).
More details to be added to the event listing here where you can enter as an attendee: https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/9642
5. Do you want to represent your State in NOL events this season?
To do so you need to be a member of your States NOL (National Orienteering League) team. Membership can be renewed for those who were members last year, or you can apply to be a member this year. Here is the
LINK to the current season. Scroll towards the bottom to find out who your State NOL coordinators are, and send them a email, so they can arrange membership and O Top that has to worn at all NOL events
The 1st round of NOL, the
Melbourne Sprint Weekend is less than 4 weeks away, with entries closing in less than 2 weeks. The organisers would like to remind 'all of you that enter M/W21E & 20Es
who wish to be part of the MSW World Ranking Event, that they need to send their IOF ID to
msw2020@vicorienteering.asn.au including their
name, grade and IOF ID. (M/W20E course will be the same as 21E - so for WRE purposes will be included in 21E results for IOF Eventor)'
When entering, please use your States NOL team as your Club, not your local Club, if you want your points to count for your States NOL team. Those Athletes that enter using there local Club, will still have points added to there Individual scores, but not for there States NOL team scores
6. MARCH NEWSLETTER - CALL FOR ARTICLES
The March OSA Newsletter is being prepared. Please forward articles and photos for publication to
editor@sa.orienteering.asn.au by 1st March 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!
7. Hard Copies of Australian Orienteer
As you can see the March edition is about to be printed. If you have renewed your full membership and wish to receive a hard copy for go to the following link:
https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/mYed4SgBv16fqE0TzKR03st5
Many people have already done this for 2020 so do not need to do it again. The deadline to receive the March edition is this Thursday 13th February. If you miss the deadline your wishes will be recorded for future editions.
8. Great Southern Run on your radar?
One free entry is available for the Great Southern Run Fest at Aldinga Bay on 3/5/20
We are happy to hand it on to the first interested person.
Please let me know if you would like to take advantage of this offer by emailing Erica this link
