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).

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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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Glorious weather saw a return to large competitor numbers for the fifth round of the Newcastle Orienteer of the Year Series (NOY).

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Above: Nigel Thompson spikes the last control of the orange course. Unfortunately he was on the medium red course, but quickly realised his mistake and located the corect one.

Word of mouth is still our greatest recruitement tool with even more newcomers attending, most due to encouragement from friends recently converted to our sport.

Malcolm Roberts did a great job setting some challenging courses that sometimes traversed areas of low visibility and slow run, depending of course on your route choice, but by no means were unpleasant. Personally I really enjoyed some of these creek areas and the need for extra concentration whilst there.

Credits
Organisation: Malcolm Roberts
Course Planning: Malcolm Roberts
Course Vetting: Josh Roberts
Control Placement: Malcolm & Josh Roberts
Set-up Assistance: Mick Kavur
Registration: Malcolm Roberts, Kate Dynon & Robert Preston
Finish: Julia Preston, Denis Lyons, Keith Dove
Control Collection: The Charlton Family, Denis Lyons, Steven Todkill, Joy Guy, Keith Dove

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