OT has identified a need for a regular communication mechanism to:

• Impart technical information to planners and controllers
• Provide useful advice to planners and controllers
• Provide information to event organisers (e.g. policy changes)
• Educate organisers on available software tools (Condes, SITiming etc)
• Other stuff will no doubt come to mind…

The intended audience for the newsletter is all those involved in event organisation however anyone else with an interest in event organisation is welcome to join the mailing list.  The plan is to have regular contributions from those responsible for the more technical aspects of our sport, but others with something to share, e.g. what went wrong or worked really well at an event, are more than welcome to contribute. Contributions should be sent to Lindsay Pender.  Suggestions for other discussion items relating to the more technical aspect of Orienteering are also welcome.

We plan on the newsletter going out monthly. Links to the newsletter as sent can be found here. Past articles included in the newsletter follow. Use the website search box if you wish to find out whether information exists about specific issues.

• July 2024
  • Course Planning Considerations for Older Age Groups (Adrian Uppill)
  • Synchronising SI Boxes (Greg Hawthorne)
• May 2024
  • How Close is too Close (John Brammall)
  • Hagaby Races (Greg Hawthorne)
  • Condes Newsletter
• April 2024
  • Relay Races and SITiming (Greg Hawthorne)
  • SI equipment in the Regatta Grounds Shed (Martin Bicevskis)
  • Moving Controls (John Brammall)
• November 2023
  • Useful Resources
• October 2023
  • Failures of SI Units (Martin Bicevskis)
  • When things go wrong (Martin Bicevskis
  • Distance and Climb On Courses (John Brammall)
• August 2023
  • Control Descriptions (John Brammall)
  • Planning Relay Courses - Part 3 (Greg Hawthorne)
  • SI Stick Capacity (Jeff Dunn)
• June 2023
  • To Cross or Not to Cross?? That is the Question (Christine Brown)
  • Shhhhhh!! (John Brammall)
  • Reminder About Sending in Results After an Event (Jeff Dunn)
• October 2022
  • Controls:  How close is close (John Brammall)
  • Planning Relay Courses Part 2 - Sprint Relays (Greg Hawthorne)
• September 2022
  • Planning Relay Courses (Greg Hawthorne)
  • Room For Improvement (John Brammall)
• July 2022
  • Control descriptions in Condes (Christine Brown)
  • Doing the right thing when things go wrong (John Brammall)
  • Search and Rescue backpacks
  • Organising an event on PWS-managed land
  • Risk assessment for Orienteering events
• June 2022
  • Examples of Some of the Lesser-known Features of Control Descriptions (Greg Hawthorne)
  • Control Descriptions (Greg Hawthorne)
  • Infringements of the Competition Rules
  • Embargoes (John Brammall)
• May 2022
  • Electronic control number sequences (Martin Bicevskis)
  • Is it allowable to move a control during the event? (Greg Hawthorne)
  • Failed punching units (SI boxes) (Greg Hawthorne)
  • Orienteering Formats (John Brammall)
• March 2022
  • Martin's Thoughts on Avenza Maps (Martin Bicevskis)
  • Course Planning Symbols (Greg Hawthorne)
  • Checking control placement with Avenza Maps (or similar apps that support the features described below - Greg Hawthorne)
  • Fences (John Brammall)
  • Sportident unit collection (Martin Bicevskis)
  • The Organiser’s Toolkit (Sally Wayte)
  • Confessions of a Controller or a Controller and risk (John Brammall)
  • Checking control placement with Avenza Maps (Greg Hawthorne)
  • Orienteering Australia Competition Rules 2022 (Greg Hawthorne)
• August 2021
  • A Controller at work (John Brammall)
  • How to run the registration desk at a Australopers local event (Sally Wayte)
  • Advice for wet days (Martin Bicevskis)
  • Maximum number of controls on a course (Jeff Dunn)
• July 2021
  • Condes - Aussie control descriptions (Bernard Walker)
  • Lost Competitor? – Don’t Panic! (Sally Wayte)
  • Condes – lock control locations (Jeff Dunn)
  • SI timing card reuse (Greg Hawthorne)
  • Going off the map (John Brammall)
• June 2021
  • Checking Control Sites for a Twilight Event (Cathy McComb)
  • Crossing points and marked routes. (John Brammall May 06)
  • Safety at Events (Sally Wayte)
  • SI Unit numbers in Condes (Jeff Dunn)
  • CONDES tricks and tips (Greg Hawthorne)
  • Control numbers and control codes (Greg Hawthorne)
  • Condes leg lines (Jeff Dunn)
  • Event cancellation (Sally Wayte)
  • Controllers Corner - Control placement (John Brammall)
• March 2021
  • Organising an Event on PWS-managed Land (Sally Wayte)
  • WCGWWGW (What Can Go Wrong, Will Go Wrong) (Cathy McComb)
  • Ask Turbo
  • Map collection point and marked route to the start triangle (Greg Hawthorne)
  • Controllers Corner - Bingo Controls (John Brammall)
  • Navigating to the finish versus following a marked route (Greg Hawthorne)
• February 2021
  • What Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong (WCGWWGW) (Cathy McComb)
  • Course Planning Symbols (Greg Hawthorne)
  • Controllers Corner - Dog Legs (John Brammall)
  • Condes Tips (Jeff Dunn)
  • Organiser Updates (Sally Wayte)