November 2008 - Street-Orienteering comes to Google Maps.

Check out this excellent use of Google Maps to illustrate the location of street-orienteering events being held in Melbourne. Use Google Maps to see if there's a street-orienteering event near you - thanks to Ash Petersen for setting this up.

5th November - Ray's rankings updated to include October events

They clicked on the link with some dread,
Not knowing just what was ahead.
They looked with a frown,
To see they'd gone down,
...and thought, when I see him he's dead!

Ray's cruelty as a scorer is renowned - and he produces his street-O rankings to torment us even more. There have been some meteoric rises up through the ranks as summer series runners have come out of hibernation and taken part in recent events. Click here to see how you fared...

26th October 2008 - Night Orienteering Entries now Open

If you would like to take part in this exciting event - navigating through open terrain one Saturday evening, then check out the 2008 Night Orienteering Home Page.

26th October 2008 - Summer Series Fixture now available in MS Outlook Format

We've set up the recently released Summer Series Fixture in MS Outlook format - so all you folks with PDAs and mobile phones can drop the entire set of events into your desktop and/or mobile Calendar with a minimum of fuss. Please see the link in the Useful Services section below (and yes Ian...it would be really good if you could read and use the instructions this year ;-) ) 

26th October 2008 - DROC Enduro Results

The weather was perfect for today's run around Mount Waverley - in contrast to the forecast 31 degree scorcher, we were treated to a cool, overcast day, with periodic light showers to cool us down during the run. Thanks to the more than 80 people that took part in this well organised Adventure Race - the funds raised will be used to sponsor juniors taking part in the Victorian Orienteering Squad. Click here to see the results of this event.

11th October 2008 - Ray's Rankings System Goes Online

Want to see how you rated over the past 12 months of street-orienteering? Check out Ray's Ranking System - a new service provided to all street-orienteers by one of our keener runners, Ray Howe. We'll include a permanent link to the rankings page in the Street-Orienteering Services Area below and we'll provide updates as they become available. In the meantime, enjoy....

This Saturday, 11th October - Saturday Series Final Event  - a feature event to be run within the 100 Acres Reserve in Park Orchards

Team-O comes to Park Orchards!  Find a partner and run/walk in a pretty but testing woodland area called The 100 Acres.  Start at 2pm from Domeney Reserve (Melway 35 E9).  All pairs receive two maps - one for each competitor.  Each map shows about half the 25 controls, with a 100 point score format.  Each competitor carries a 25 control score card.  The team will need to plan a meeting point on the map and plan a meeting time to swap over maps in order to maximise the team score.  The team's combined score is halved to fit the usual score format. (Single competitors can also enter but will be at a slight disadvantage as they will have to return to the start to collect the second map.  Courses are PW/A/B/C).

Don't forget to bring a plate for the 2008 Cake-O finale, with the Series Presentations, Melway draw, and afternoon tea.

5th September 2008 - Sprint Event A glorious day running through Exhibition Gardens and Melbourne Museum. Carlton Gardens and the nearby streets provided fast running, quick decision making in pleasant surroundings. For full report and results of today's event - click here.

14th September - 2008 Maxi 3 Hour Report and Results now available here

31st August - Winters End Sunday Special  - Results now available here

15th August - Peridot Theatre Group are performing  “Losing Louis” a comedy by Simon Mendes da Costa.   A number of street-orienteering folks had dinner in Mount Waverley and then went to this show. Both were excellent. Thanks to Lauris Stirling for her efforts in organising this night out.

10th July - Toorourrong Reservoir event.  Toorourrong Reservoir results now online. The newly mapped area adjacent to Toorourrong Reservoir provided excellent running for 70 people that took part in last Sunday's event - the new area offers a 400-500m wide strip of well defined spur/gully terrain approximately 3 Km in length. Of interest to those training newcomers is the presence of a fence + road along the Northern boundary of this area - this offers a straightforward exit strategy for inexperienced participants that might get confused in the terrain below. Thanks to everybody that came along to help - we were most grateful to folks like Sue and Stan who provided refreshments and to Judy who - although injured - came along and took charge of the finish table.

9th July 2008 - Maribyrnong Maxi results now online