Entries

Event entries are open here until Wednesday 29 July. Metro Series season pass holders have already been entered into their usual Metro Series course for this event. To change to a different course for this event (eg. to move form a Moderate to a Hard course), login to eventor, visit the event page, and click ‘change class’, select your new course, and confirm changes, no entry fee is payable for season pass holders. Changes must be made by Wednesday 29 July.

Start Times

There will be a mass start at 10:30am for all courses, all runners should assemble in the start area by 10:15am.. Competitors may start any time between 10.00am and 11.30am if they do not want to participate in the mass start.

This event is also an ASOC trial for ACT athletes. Competitors in Junior Boys and Junior Girls will have allocated start times between 10:15am and 10:30am. Senior Boys and Seniors Girls will run in the mass start.

Split Start Times: Split Start times will be given to competitors with young children and for whom one of the parents must be present to look after the children as no other option is available. The first competitor will be permitted to start from 10.00am using a punching start and the second competitor will start as soon as the first competitor is available for child minding.

Courses

Provisional course details are as follows:

The Jim Sawkins Classic

The Jim Sawkins Classic was created in 2008 to commemorate the life of Jim Sawkins, a stalwart of the Red Roos club. Jim began orienteering around 1980 and was a highly successful competitor winning many major titles including the 2005 and 2006 Australian 3-Days, the ACT Orienteer of the Year in 2005 and the 2000-01 Runners Shop Twilight Series. Jim Sawkins died while orienteering on Sunday 4 June 2006 at Goorooyaroo, after being the organiser and course planner at Farrer Ridge on the previous day.

The Jim Sawkins Classic includes a Handicap competition with two Divisions:

• Division 1, on ACT League course Hard 1, an Open competition for all ages and both genders.
• Division 2, on ACT League other Hard courses, a Restricted competition for competitors of both genders, but only for Men aged under 21 and 35 and over and all Women.

Competitors’ times are ‘corrected’ in accordance with the same Age/Gender factors used for ACT League and Runners Shop Twilight Series competitions to determine the winners. Thus competitors need to be sure that their correct age and gender are recorded in the Eventor.

The complete list of previous winners is available here.

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Board Update

• The Board welcomed Natalie Miller to fill one of the vacant Board positions left after the AGM.
• There is still one Board vacancy available for future appointment.

OA participation funding opportunities

• The Board discussed new participation funding available through OA from the Australian Sports Commission.
• Nina is following up with OA to clarify what OACT may be able to access and what restrictions apply.
• One idea discussed was linking future funding to OA’s Participation Plan and OACT’s Strategic Plan.

MTBO participation ideas

• There is strong interest in developing MTBO participation options with a focus on women and girls, including camp or training-based activities.
• Permanent MTBO courses around Australia were also discussed, likely using MapRun.

Government applications and compliance

• The Board approved submission of the EO’s ACT Government State Sporting Organisations application and thanked Phil for his work on it.
• The Board also noted increasing compliance requirements for major events, including future work on terrorism risk management and traffic management planning.

Remote Area First Aid course

• A Remote Area First Aid course will be coordinated later in the year once John Shelton Agar returns from leave.

Capital O 2027

• Planning for Capital O 2027 is progressing well, with the main Saturday and Sunday events to be based in Cooma.
• There is also discussion about whether to include a Monday morning event, noting that the Canberra Day public holiday does not apply in every state.

Mapping update

• A broad mapping update was provided for coming sprint, metro and ACT League events.
• Work is underway or being explored on a number of areas, including local sprint maps, Palmerville, Northern Narrabundah Hill, Fisher Ponds, Evatt Creek, Majura Pines, Holder Wetland, Cotter Picnic Area, Molonglo Pines, Queanbeyan Escarpment, Whitecliffs, Poppet Hill, Kowen Forest, Googong North and Elm Grove.

Oceania 2026

• Planning for Oceania is continuing steadily.
• Entries opened on 1 June.

Next Meetings

• The next Board meeting will be held on Monday 17 August.
• The Board also noted future meeting dates of Monday 14 September, Monday 19 October and Monday 23 November.

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The complete Australian team:
Women: Zoe Carter (SA), Erika Enderby (NSW), Milla Key (VIC), Nea Shingler (NSW), Caitlin Young (TAS)
Men: Elye Dent (ACT), Cooper Horley (NSW), Aston Key (VIC), Henry McNulty (WA)

Live results and tracking can be viewed for free on IOF Live.
Live tv broadcast with commentary will be available on IOF TV – €27 for all races or €10 for each single race.

The complete list of Australian starters in today’s sprint qualification race is below.
Henry McNulty is the first Australian starter at 5:08pm AEST.

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Owen Radajewski and Katherine Maundrell also achieved outstanding results, finishing in 14th and 17th places respectively.
The complete Australian results from the sprint race (ACT athletes in bold):

The JWOC continues tonight with the sprint relay starting at 6:10pm AEST.
Live results and tracking can be viewed for free on IOF Live.
Live tv broadcast with commentary will be available on IOF TV – €9 per race.

The Australian sprint relay teams are:

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Live results and tracking can be viewed for free on IOF Live.
Live tv broadcast with commentary will be available on IOF TV – €35 for all five races or €9 for each single race.

Liana Stubbs is the first Australian starter at 6:09pm AEST.
The complete list of Australian starters in the sprint race is below.

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A free livestream with professional commentary and graphics will be broadcast online here from 6pm AEST. Live results and GPS tracking links will be available on the event website. Oliver Bishop is the first Australian starter at 6:02pm AEST.
The complete list of Australian starters is below.

A live arena broadcast will also be available for the long distance (first start 6pm AEST Friday) and relay races (first start 6pm AEST Saturday).

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Everyone who loves or dreams of trying Skiing or Orienteering, will be able to take an opportunity to combine both skills and to take part in our exciting Championship. 
It will be the 12th Championship, after Swedish ski-o expert Patrik Gunnarsson brought the concept back to Perisher in 2014. 
It is the only Ski-O event in Australia and among the only few in the Southern Hemisphere!

Entries are open here
Book your accommodation and start training
We will be thrilled to see very many orienteers at the highest-altitude orienteering event in Australia!

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The journey begins in the rugged bushland of Namadgi National Park, then moves to Orana School, a fun, compact campus, perfect for the ASOC competitors to demonstrate their speedy sprint techniques. From there, competitors climb to the panoramic heights of Mount Ainslie, before navigating along the banks of the Murrumbidgee River at Pine Island and then tackle the technical slopes of Stromlo Forest Park. The carnival finishes at the Australian National University, where open lawns, gardened courtyards, and complex buildings provide fast decision-making and technical route choices.

Each day brings new terrain, fresh challenges, and multiple route choices, rewarding those who read the map, trust their compass, and move confidently. 

Join us for a week of navigation, endurance, and connection to country — and follow the flight paths that have shaped this extraordinary landscape.

Visit the Oceania 2026 website and download Bulletin 1 now for more details.
Enter here.

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Courses

If you haven’t entered a Classic Series event before, please refer to this guide to help you choose a suitable course.

The existing map can be viewed here.
Details are in the information flyer.
Enter here by 17 June.

Course Setter’s Notes

A mix of fast, open running with areas of slightly thicker vegetation containing complex rock detail. The map has been updated for vegetation using recent lidar data, but some open areas contain patches of scrub that are not mapped. Some tracks that are marked on the map may be indistinct on the ground and some sections of ruined fence only have fence wire at ground level, and may not be visible unless you are very close.

The Very Easy course has a taped leg close to the finish.

Late Entries Available

Normal entries close Wednesday 17 June.
Late entries (+50% late entry fee) will also be available to the Hard 4, Moderate 2, Easy, and Very Easy Courses until 5pm on Saturday 20 June.

Double Header Weekend – Metro Series: incl. Junior League #4, Stringybark Hill, Saturday 20 June

The weekend will also include a quality Metro Series event at Stringybark Hill. Moderate, Easy, and Very Easy courses will be available.
The spur-gully terrain is mostly fast and open with good visibility (but quite steep and rocky in places)..

The existing map can be viewed here.
Enter here for Saturday’s event. Entries close 9am 20 June, entry on the day will also be available.

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Have you: 

• NEVER wanted to be a controller?
• ALWAYS wondered what a controller does?
• NEEDED to know what a controller might think of your Course planning/Event organisation?

Then now is the time to learn.

There is no cost for you to attend. But you will need to provide for your own refreshments.
Attend for all or part of the day.

Register now for the Workshop on Saturday May 30th. 0900 – 1730 (5:30pm).
Canberra Southern Cross Club Jamison.

Details on Eventor or contact me at scown@light.net.au for further information.

Final registration by midnight Thursday May 28th.

Ann Scown
OACT Technical Officer

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