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 along an unfamiliar course through bush terrain, parkland or urban areas.  

If you like a physical and mental challenge while 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   Eventor, the orienteering event calendar.

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   Classic "forest" orienteering for all in the great outdoors. Run or walk, compete against yourself or others, or a fun family day out. (Mar-Sept)
   Navigate the suburbs. Run or walk to as many checkpoints as you can within 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 bush tracks on your mountain bike. Our Bike Orienteering Summer Series offers 75 minute score & line+score events. (Oct-Mar)

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                Sunday 24 November 2024 - Minmi 
    Bush Season Presentations & "Blue Gum Hills" event
Come along and celebrate the 2024 bush season. Presentations include the 2024 Newcastle Orienteer of the Year Series, State League & Junior awards, special club trophies and recognition of volunteers.
Enjoy a FREE COURSE in the park/bush beforehand on the "Blue Gum Hills" map. 
                                            Blue Gum Hills Regional Park, Minmi.                                                          Event from 4:00pm. Presentations and socialising/BYO picnic from 5:00pm.

                                                Full details and registration here

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  street Summer Street Series now on  Street O map snippet

                  Every Wednesday

                            5:00pm to 6:30pm start window
                    45 minute score course using MapRun app
 
                                      Next event: Lakelands
                      For details see the Series Calendar

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IOF logo  Competitors in this season's Bike Orienteering Summer Series should   note changes to the MTBO mappings specifications made by the IOF in   April 2024. 

 The most notable changes are:           
 - New symbol - Unpaved road 
 - New symbol - Unpaved area 
 - New symbol - the start of a continuing course after a map flip/map exchange
 - Change of the width category for narrow/wide tracks from 1.5m to 1.8m
 - Magnetic north lines - change of spacing to: 1000m on the ground at the scale of 1:15000, 1:12500 or 1:10000; 500m for 1:7500 or 1:5000. 
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See here for all MTBO map symbols and BOSS course symbols, including what is ridable/forbidden to ride.
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Eventor

 How to enter as a First Timer  - click here.

 How to pay for an event in Eventor - click here.

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