2019 Activities Commence
The club's activities for 2019 get under way next Wednesday February 6 with the first of our summer twilight series. With a slight departure from recent years, these 4 events will have a score course format with a time limit of 45 minutes. If warranted by the number of participants, the results will be split into a small number of age categories so everyone will have chance.
The arena for the first event is the corner of Lynches Road and Judith Street near the netball courts. The course will be suitable for all ages but young children should be accompanied by an adult as the course will involve several street crossings.
Schools Championships 2018
PSSA Trophy
Approximately 585 primary students from 7 Armidale schools converged on Sunnyside Road Stock Reserve this year to compete for the PSSA trophy for best overall school. The competition was quite close this year with regular attendees TAS Junior School narrowly beating NEGS Junior School, who have not competed in the event for a few years.
Results
| School | Yr 34 score | Yr 56 score | Yr 56 line | Overall |
| TAS Junior | 4.14 | 5.68 | 4.98 | |
| NEGS Junior | 5.24 | 0.00 | 4.68 | |
| St Marys | 4.08 | 3.97 | 4.03 | |
| Armidale City | 3.80 | 3.21 | 7.00 | 3.83 |
| Martins Gully | 3.81 | 3.63 | 3.22 | 3.58 |
| Waldorf School | 4.58 | 1.44 | 3.24 |
Individual Trophies
In addition to the primary competition there were also 116 secondary students competing for individual trophies.
In the competition for individual/team trophies, it was a clean sweep for Armidale City in the Year 5&6 Easy line course, and almost so for Duval High School in the senior divisions, with Claude Toakley and Sebastian Stoessel from O'Connor Catholic College just managing to claim third place in the Year 7&8 Moderate line course.
Year 5&6 Easy line course
| Place | Name(s) | School | Time |
| 1 | Alannah Williams | Armidale City PS | 00:22:22 |
| 2 | Anna Gooley | Armidale City PS | 00:23:31 |
| 3 | Brayden Grieve | Marley Doak | Armidale City PS | 00:25:46 |
Year 7&8 Moderate line course
| Place | Name(s) |
|
Time | |
| 1 | Tom Waugh | Jordan Pattison | Duval HS | 00:33:12 | |
| 2 | Fynn Eastwood | Andre Cooper | Duval HS | 00:36:41 | |
| 3 | Claude Toakley | Sebastian Stoessel | O'Connor Catholic College | 00:48:20 |
Year 9-12 Moderate line course
| Place | Name(s) |
|
Time | |
| 1 | Tumi Thorsteinsson | Duval HS | 00:24:42 | |
| 2 | Declan Rich | William Fittler | Duval HS | 00:28:53 | |
| 3 | Isaiah Corsi | Duval HS | 00:36:31 |
Complete Results
Full result lists can be downloaded from these links:
Armidale Event 15 July 2018
Greetings orienteering enthusiasts!!
15 July 2018 is the date for an exciting event on the doorstep of Armidale....Dangars Falls!
Dangars offers something for everyone - from undulating terrain or just taking in the views.
The weather forecast for next Sunday looks great so far - Fine/Sunny and a top of 13c.
BBQ facilities are available.
Stay tuned - more to come along with updated weather information.
Kim Smart
QBIII 2018 Tour
Coffs Harbour - Rylstone - Armidale - Three successive weekends of orienteering from June 3 to June 17 including the Queens Birthday 3 day weekend.
NTOC is organising the final event in this series at Newholme, a University property adjacent to Mount Duval. Access to the property is via Newholme Road from the New England Highway near Tilbuster, 6 km from the northern roundabout on the Armidale bypass. Please follow signs and leave gates as you find them.
Bob Hawkins, the organiser for this event, has planned the following courses:
| Course | Length/km | Climb/m | Controls |
| Hard 1 | 5.3 | 310 | 13 |
| Hard 2 | 4.0 | 210 | 8 |
| Hard 3 | 3.2 | 110 | 10 |
| Moderate | 4.5 | 185 | 9 |
| Easy | 2.0 | 45 | 4 |
Starts are from 10.00 till 12.00 and courses close at 14:00.
