Revised Event Programme for 2020
/in NewsThe events page on this website has been updated with new dates for AOS events, North Island Secondary School Champs, NZ Secondary School Champs, National Club Champs, Auckland Interclub Relay Champs.
July 5 event at Woodhill Forest
/in NewsAOS 2 – Whitelines, Woodhill Forest – 05 July Pre-Entry Required
This is just to confirm that North West Orienteering Club will be hosting AOS2 ( was AOS6) in Woodhill Forest on the Whites Line map on 5 July 2020 as previously scheduled.
Entry is via Rimmers Road, off SH6.
The club is encouraging pre-entry for this event to help manage contact tracking at Covid19 level one.
Entry link is https://entero.co.nz/evento.php?eventName=aos6-2020 (ignore AOS number reference in the link; it is for the AOS 2 event)
Enter O has not been updated to reflect family maximum cost of $40 for club members but the usual AOS rates DO apply as below.
- Members Adult $20 / Junior $10 / Family $40
- Non members Adult $30 / Junior $15 / Family $60
- SPORTident hire $3 each.
- Under 10 free
- First time forest orienteers free
Online Orienteering Coaching Sessions
/in NewsTwo of NZ’s elite orienteers, Gene Beveridge and Thomas Reynolds, who have represented NZ at World Orienteering Championships, have co-hosted online orienteering coaching sessions aimed at orienteers moving from intermediate (orange in NZ) to advanced (red in NZ) navigation.
#1: A Navigation Process, recorded on 11/05/2020 (first part of the session not recorded)
#2: Stepping Stones and Handrails, recorded on 18/05/2020
#3: Risk and Route Choices in Orienteering, recorded on 25/05/2020
#4: Typical errors in orienteering (and how to avoid them), recorded on 1/6/2020
The sessions are about 45 minutes long and recordings of them can be found here https://genebeveridge.nz/videos/