Bennelong’s SSS Pre-Xmas Event History
It’s 20 years this week since we first used the Balmoral Beach map for a SSS event. In SSS events prior to 2003, the pre-Christmas event was notionally held at Clifton Gardens by BNN. The “new” Balmoral Beach map at the time has enabled the pre-Christmas SSS event to be held each year from Clifton […]
SI Stick Buy-back Prices
Bennelong will buy-back your old (working) SI stick for half the current (November 2023) new price. That’s:SI8 = $27.50SI9 = $32.50SI10 = $37.50SI11 = $37.50Contact the Bennelong Treasurer to arrange.
Next Bennelong Event – Wed 18 Oct at Killarney Heights
Hi Bennelong, Our club is organising the next Sydney Summer Series event on Wed 18 Oct, starting at Killarney Heights Oval (https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/19340), Linda is course planner & Terry is Controller. If you’re able to make it and have time, please check-in at the Rego Desk to see if you can help either before or after your run. Sunset is […]
SSS #3 at Killarney Heights
HI all, Linda Mandin has set her first orienteering course at Killarney Heights on Wednesday. It is a challenge for both fast and slow runners. It includes some parts of the old and new Nosh Footrace track as well as street and path running. It will be a challenge to find the best route choice for […]
Bennelong Results – Australian Champs
Hi Bennelong, The Australian Championships were held in WA at the start of October where 5 Bennelong members competed (Abi, Cheryl, Gordon, Melvyn & Terry). As usual and as expected, overall attendance was lower in WA than east coast venues, with ~600 participants at each event vs. 1k+ on the east coast. The elite classes were quite sparse, but the […]
Bennelong Results – State League 2023
Hi Bennelong, The final standings for the NSW State League have been released. State League is a competition for individuals throughout the winter season, mostly bush events with the best 8 scores from the 15 events (7 Middle distance, 5 long and 3 sprint) counting towards each person’s season score. Bennelong hosted the Kahli’s Rocks event near Bathurst […]
Australian Schools Orienteering Championships 2022 Report
My participation in the 2022 Australian Schools Orienteering Championships (ASOC) Carnival started with the Victorian Middle Distance, which was very tough and had a high degree of navigation at the start. This was completely uncommon for me and I had a 20 minute mistake, which made it a disappointing start to the Carnival. The next day […]
Congratulations Bennelong on a fantastic 2023 MetrO League season – this time we won Divisions 4, 5 & 6!
Hi everyone, The finals of the 2023 MetrO league season were held in scorching heat last Sunday at the BF area of St Ives Showground. Bennelong were in the finals for Divisions 4, 5 and 6, and thanks to some sensational runs, we won them all! Is this a record for us? Here’s a summary of our results on […]
Updates – Junior News and Club Storage
Hi all, I am very excited to update you on how some of our juniors are going and also to let you know our plan to move our equipment to a new storage site. Junior news First up, a focus on our juniors. Huge congratulations to three of our club members who participated in last weekend’s NSW […]
MetrOLeague#5 Lansdowne Success
You know I’m excited – we did it again with 5 out of 6 division wins yesterday in MetrO #5 at Lansdowne! And we’re in the finals in Divs 4, 5 & 6!! #HappyCaptain! Here’s a summary of our amazing results: Congratulations to everyone, with our runs of the day going to: Notable mentions also […]