The next local event is scheduled for this Saturday 22 August at Sutherland.
Unfortunately due to a recent NSW Health directive about community sport we are suspending entries on Eventor until we recieve further clarification from ONSW as to whether we will be able to go ahead. As soon as we have any further news, we’ll let you know via the usual channels – web, facebook, and email.
Now that community sport has resumed we will be holding our next club event on Saturday 1 August in Kiama.
Our latest club member Stephen has been using his time in isolation to plan out some courses around Kiama. Please come and join us for a walk or run around our beautiful town starting from the picturesque Kiama Harbour (corner Terralong Street and Blowhole Point Road).
Starts will be available from 2-3pm with social distancing to be observed. We are encouraging everyone to pre-enter via Eventor. Enter on the day will be by card only (contactless).
Cost is $10 (accompanied children free) plus $4 if you need to hire an e-stick.
Full details on Eventor.
We hope to see you there.
Sadly the time has come to suspend all orienteering events in Australia until further notice. I thought Blair Trewin’s statement (President of Orienteering Australia) was a beautiful message. You can read it here.
We’ll let you know when we are ready to run some local events again.
In the mean time, there are plenty of orienteering resources on the interweb.
Orienteering Australia has a series of instructional videos on their YouTube channel which you can find here.
For a look back at some of our Australian orienteering carnivals you can view videos (courtesy of Living it Live) from the Easter 2016 Carnival or 2017 Orienteering Championships or the recent 2019 Oceania Championships.
A personal favourite of Club President David is the Hubmann Brothers from Switzerland who have two very well produced and entertaining videos Go Hard or Go Home and Train Hard Win Easy. Another video that beautifully illustrates the difference between orienteering and running is More than Just Running.
Stay healthy and safe and we’ll see you in the great outdoors hopefully in a few months.
IKO’s introductory series for new and beginner orienteers is back for its eight year!
If you have ever wondered what orienteering is all about, then come along and give it a go.
The aim of the SummerGong Series is to introduce newcomers to the sport of orienteering while also providing some fun summer courses at club level for experienced orienteers. This year the series will feature the northern Illawarra, beginning at Thirroul on Sunday 2nd February, before heading south to Fairy Meadow and Wollongong.
At each event there will be three courses on offer (short, medium and long) where competitors need to navigate to a series of controls in a set order. Digital E-sticks (available for hire) record your visits to each control, and the time taken to complete the course.
Download the Event Flyer for more information, or follow the links below to the detailed listing on Eventor.
Everyone is welcome – we hope to see you there!
Sunday 2 February at Thirroul
Sunday 16 February at Fairy Meadow
Sunday 1 March at Wollongong
And that means, so is our Christmas event!
Join us at Helensburgh on Saturday 14th December for the last Club event of the year followed by a festive feast (BYO) at Vicki’s place.
The start is from Charles Harper Park, Parkes Street, Helensburgh from 3-4pm. The usual assortment of Long, Medium and Short courses are on offer with some bush orienteering on the longer courses ($10 for adults and kids free).
There is a new playground for the littlies adjacent to the assembly area and an outdoor pool (open till 7pm) for cooling off afterwards.
We hope to see you there.