Welcome to Newcastle Orienteering Club

Orienteering is a competitive or non-competitive recreational activity in which participants use a detailed map (and usually a compass) to navigate between checkpoints (known as “controls”) along an unfamiliar course. If you like a mental and physical challenge and exploring the outdoors, orienteering is the sport for you!

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See what's on by clicking on the Club Event Series buttons below or see all orienteering events by going to the  Orienteering Event Calendar (Eventor).

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    Run or walk, compete against yourself or others, or a fun family day out. Classic "forest" orienteering for all in the great outdoors. (Mar-Sept)
   Run, walk or push a pram to a 45 minute time limit. How many points can you get? (Oct-Feb)
    A great introduction to orienteering with fun courses in suburban parks & reserves. Also includes a night event. (Feb-Mar)
    Navigate around bush tracks and trails on your mountain bike. The     BOSS series offers 75 minute score & line+score events. (Oct-Mar)

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P1260306Once again a mild afternoon, provided a great atmosphere for a quick jaunt around "Brickworks Park". The idea was to revive a "Pairs Champsionships" club trophy that has lay dormant for 16 years and last won by Glenn Burgess and Tim Tew at Bob's Farm.

Eighteen (and a half) teams turned out for this incarnation, which consisted of a line course for each partner followed by a score course that was split by the partners. A "surprise" handicap was introduced at the last minute but still wasn't enough to stop "scratch" team of Damian Welbourne and Alex Massey from taking the title. They were just ahead of relative newcomers Andrew Morris and Craig Browett (also off scratch) with mixed pair Malcolm Roberts and Carolyn Mathhews on a handicap of one control, rounding out the top three.

Thanks to Mick Kavur and David Messenger for assistance in setting up and all those that volunteered to collect controls for us.

Many stayed on for the bush series presentations and refreshments afterwards.

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