No events until further notice

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.

Wanda event CANCELLED

Due to the increasing risk being posed by COVID-19 we have made the decision to cancel our next club event that was to be held at Wanda on 4 April. A number of our club members are currently in self-isolation, and we want to encourage people to do the right thing. So stay home, and stay safe everyone.

We’ll advise at a later date if the May event goes ahead.

SummerGong update

Our SummerGong events are off to a flying start with one more event to go. Both events have hosted more than 30 competitors/teams, and its great to see new faces and local families coming along to test themselves and have some fun. Also good to see families coming back to step up to the next level and complete the medium course with a smile on their face! Below is a few photos from the first two events thanks to Vicki.

We’ve had fog at Thirroul and brilliant sunshine at Fairy Meadow, fingers crossed for our final event which starts from Stuart Park in Wollongong. For club members, a reminder that the Annual General Meeting will be held after the SummerGong 3 event at Wollongong (venue to be advised).

If you’ve enjoyed the SummerGong events and are keen for more we are currently finalising our 2020 event calendar. We will continue our usual mix of events between Southern Sydney and the Illawarra.

Hey Hey its SummerGong!

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

Christmas is nearly here….

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.