Sat 29th March - Coaching Day

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!

NEW TO ORIENTEERING? Click here for more information.

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).

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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Coaching- Easy to Moderate

Killingworth

Start: 10:00am

Map: “The Range” (1:10 000)

This is the first Coaching Day, developed for orienteers taking the step from Easy to Moderate standard. Because courses will be set through terrain, long pants are recommended. There will also be activities for Very Easy and Easy standard.

The activities will follow a briefing at 10:00 am

People wishing to attend need to contact Geoff Todkill (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 49585920) by Wednesday 26th March so that maps can be prepared.

Cost: $5.00, to cover map printing.

Directions: From Barnsley, turn left into Wakefield Road. After 800m, turn right to Killingworth and follow “The Broadway” for 2.3km. Turn right onto “The Boulevarde” (O Signs begin) and follow towards West Wallsend for 1 km. Parking will be along the bitumen road in front of the substation. Follow signs along a narrow track for approx.100m to the assembly area.

OR From West Wallsend follow Carrington Street and Railway Street to the Sugar Valley Golf Course, (O Signs begin) and continue on following gravel road towards Killingworth for approx 2 km to the parking and then proceed as above.