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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Park tour qualifier No1: Wednesday 22nd February
Venue: Stevenson Park
Course Planner: Peter Newton
Start times: 5pm - 6:30pm (Course closure 7:10pm)
Directions:Western end of Gregson Avenue, Mayfield West. Parking in adjacent streets. The start is under the western most large FIG tree.

Competitors should not rely on park toilets being open

Notes from the Course Setter:

  • The large baseball field is marked out of bounds. Anyone crossing this field will be disqualified.
  • The path between the semi-circular fields is available as a route choice.
  • Areas with lots of trees appear white on the map as Forest.
  • In some parts of the map trees near a control site have been marked to assist with navigation.
  • Generally, only bushy trees that could conceal a control stand have been mapped.
  • Generally, residential footpath trees and electricity poles have not been mapped, except in the vicinity of a control site.

For more information of the Park Tour and the differences between it and the Summer Street Series click here

From the course setter:

thanks:
Finish desk: Geoff Peel, Joy Guy, Peter Orr, David Messenger
Entry Desk: Cheryle Todkill (and for directing traffic)
Control collection: Geoff Todkill, Carolyn Rigby, Joy Guy

Park Tour 1 - Stevenson Park
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