The Buzz – Bushflyers News July/August 2020
Welcome Back to Orienteering! It is such a pleasure to be producing a newsletter at a time when we are beginning to enjoy ‘real’ orienteering once again. When I last…
Live Results Available at Metro & Sprint Series
Remember the old hanging results? Tired after a hard run, you would write (or more likely scrawl) your name and time on a sticky label, then try to peel it…
Registration Open for Term 3 Focus on Girls
Focus on Girls provides targeted training for girls aged 9-14 years who are new to orienteering, or who are ready to develop their orienteering skills to take on independent navigation.…
Big Rocks and Views Await at ACT League #2
Entries are now open for the second event of the 2020 ACT Classic Series, on a brand new map of Tuggeranong Hill on Sunday 2 August. The terrain, never previously…
Seeking the Quarry at Mugga
Abominable O-Men opened the delayed ACT Classic Series with an event on an extended Isaacs Ridge map – Mugga. The weather was fine although the brisk wind had people reaching…
Important Information for the Upcoming Metro Series
This year's Metro Series will be run a bit differently to previous event series, here are all the important changes that you need to know about. Event Timing As a…
Damp Forecast Fails to Deter MTBO Riders
Mounatin bike orienteering resumed on Sunday with ACT MTBO Series #2 at Majura Pines. Riders were exceptionally lucky, with the forecast wet weather failing to eventuate until later in the…
MapRun Challenge for June
More and more people are have discovered the MapRun courses around Canberra. At the end of May we handed out a special challenge for our cohort, could anyone complete all…
Entries Now Open for ACT League #1
Entries are now open for the first event of the 2020 ACT League, to be held at Mugga Mugga, a new extension of the Isaacs Ridge map, on Sunday 19…
Term 2 Focus on Girls Series Wraps Up
Five weeks of forest training wrapped up last week as a small squad of nine girls and their parents extended their bush navigation skills. Huge thanks to Bushflyer's Caitlin Young…