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  Estella: 30s beat 45s! How bizarre – those on the 30 min course all got higher scores than those on the 45-minute course!  Perhaps just a case of “the bigger a group the slower ...
  Posted 15 Feb 2021, 00:26 by Alex Davey
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  Earl's the kings in Central Wagga Unfortunately numbers were low again for our run in Central Wagga however Andrew & Hayden Earl put in a good performance on the 45 Minute course, possibly just shaded by Debbie ...
  Posted 10 Feb 2021, 02:56 by Alex Davey
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  Sunday Summer Series resumes at CSU An encouraging turnout at CSU where cooler weather awaited competitors.Excellent orienteering by Briohny to take all 30 controls in less than half her allotted 45min time limit. i.e ...
  Posted 1 Feb 2021, 02:24 by Alex Davey

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What is Orienteering?

Orienteering is a sport, which combines outdoor adventure with map reading and navigational skills. It involves navigating though the bush, parks or streets with the aid of a specially produced map and orienteering compass, with the aim being to locate checkpoints (controls) on various natural and man-made features along the way, such as a boulder, track junction, bench seat or street lamp. Controls are generally represented by these distinctive orange and white flags:

The skill in orienteering is in choosing the best route between controls — while beginners' courses may not offer choice, as you progress you will learn to decide between options — perhaps over a hill or a longer route which goes round it. It is this stimulating mental challenge as well as the physical activity that makes orienteering so popular. Each event may have a number of courses of differing lengths and levels of difficulty occurring at the same time.