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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On Wed 22nd February the Park Series will begin. More information on this will be posted here soon, but there are some differences in format for these events, if you have so far only experienced street events, that we thought it would be helpful to outline them here:

  • Each week two different courses will be offered – Short (approx. 3km) and the Long (approx. 5km).
  • In the park tour series the race changes from a “score” course to a “point to point” (where controls are found in order however you still have choice on how to approach and navigate between controls – “route choice”).
  • Unlike street events, there is no 45minute time limit. Competitors should just take whatever time is required to complete the line course.
  • Competitors must visit the controls in the indicated order, visiting in random order like street event will result in cancellation of your result.
  • Questions won't be asked - controls will be punched on a card carried by the runner.
  • Competitors are reminded to check control stand number before punching. There will be other controls in the vicinity of your control and punching the wrong control will result in cancellation of your result.

The Park Tour flyer can be found here.