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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Wed 24th Mar Nighto - Jesmond

Event: Twilight/Night
Location: Jesmond Park
Weather: Mild
Organiser: Colin Bailey
Start: Graham Fowler
Finish: Toy Martin, Carolyn Rigby
Control Collection: Shane Jenkins, Steven Todkill, Paul Griffiths, Greg Wright, Margaret Peel, Graham Fowler
Competitors: ~60

Another Wednesday evening but a slightly different format, with Night orienteering being offered this time around.
While a few less brave souls decided the twilight event was more to their liking, there were a still a large number willing to tkae on the extra challenge of nigh navigation. Colin Bailey set a great set of courses and utilised the area to it's full potential by including Park, bush and residential sections.

The map has had a touch up thanks to Graham Fowler and still presents as a great location for staging fun events.

Steven Todkill proved he is just as adept with limited vision as he is in full daylight winning the long Night course and getting very close to Josh Blatchford's twilight time.

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