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 on an unfamiliar course in 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-Apr)
   Navigate bush tracks & trails on your mountain bike. Bike Orienteering Summer Series offers 75 minute score & line+score events. (Oct-Mar)

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 street  Urban Orienteering Series
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    On now - Wednesday afternoons 
                          4:45pm to 6:15pm start window
 
Long (4.5-5km), Short (2.5-3km) & Mini (~1km) courses in parks & reserves.
Newcomers welcome at all events. Suitable for all ages.
 
                  Next event: Adamstown Heights
         For details see the Urban Series Calendar     
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   mtbo        Sunday 8 March 2026 -  Morisset
  
                            "Morisset" 
 
The sixth and final event of the 2025-26 Bike Orienteering Summer Series (BOSS). 
 
           75 minute Score and Line+Score courses using the MapRun app. 
                        Start anytime between 8:00am and 9:00am. 
                         Suitable for all riders including first-timers.
                                 
                                 For details see the BOSS Calendar  
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bush                    Saturday 14 March 2026 - Ryhope
         
           "Palmers Creek" and "Heart Rate Hills"
 
Bush orienteering training sessions being organised for the NSW Junior Development Squad but also open for other orienteers. Late morning and afternoon Hard and Moderate sessions, plus an Easy/Moderate Progressive course (morning session only).
       
                          For details see the Bush Season Calendar
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  St-MTBO-Urban_Conbined_logo.png                Wednesday 25 March 2026 - Wallsend 

            Combined Presentations plus Maze Event

 Combined presentations for our three summer series will be held   at Brickworks Park Wallsend on 25 March and will include prizes &   awards for the 2025-26 Summer Street Series, 2025-26 BOSS     (MTBO) and 2026 Urban Series (UFO). maze pic
 
There will also be a fun Orienteering Maze event (free entry). BYO picnic dinner.
 
                                          More details  
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Oceania_Sprint_2026_logo.png      Medalists from Oceania Sprint Championships
 
 Several Newcastle elite & junior orienteers competed in the 2026 Oceania Sprint Championships, held 24-26 January on the Central Coast, which included the Oceania Junior & Youth Sprint Championships. Three won a championship medal, with Erika Enderby's fastest time on the W20E/21E Individual Sprint course giving her automatic selection in the 2026 World Championships (Sprint) team.
A large number of Club members also competed in the associated public "Sprint The Coast" events, with several making the top three in the overall results from four races. 
Individual Sprint: Gold - Erika Enderby (W20E); Bronze - Baxter Peel (M16).
Sprint Relay: Silver - Isobel Newton (M/W18E AUS team).
Sprint The Coast overall: First - Lucy Jenkins (W10), Presley Scouller-Evans (Jnr Boys), Jennifer Enderby (W55); Second - Hannah Stafford (W12), Geoff Todkill (M65); Third - Justin Stafford (M35), Carolyn Matthews (W55). 
 
                      Sprint the Coast 

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