COME AND GIVE MTBO (Mountain Bike Orienteering) A GO – NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED!  – Just bring your bike and Sense of Adventure 😊

Follow on Event from the Foot Orienteering – Totara Park on 28^th March, individual starts after briefing at 12:30pm,  event centre 200m from Wairere Road Car Park.

What do I need?

Your mountain bike – or borrow your friend’s bike

A map board of sorts if you have one or can borrow one – but alternatively can keep your map in your cycle top or clip around your neck

3 Courses Available from beginner to more experienced

Short course – 6.4 km with 8 control check points, this is a beginner course on gravel road and beginner tracks for those that want to get a taste of riding in the park, we expect the winning time around 30mins

Medium course – 11.4 km with 13 control check points, This course is also a beginner course and will suite most competitors that have some MTB experience giving those a challenge and taste of MTBO, a number of intermediate tracks in the park will be used with a reasonable amount of climbing, we expect the winning time around 45min

Long course – 16.4 km with 20 control check points, This course will suite more experience riders with 360m of climbing utilizing the majority of tracks and requiring map reading skills . This course has a twist requiring the rider to follow a set course (the same as the medium) while collecting 7 additional control  check points at their own leisure and in any order (to complete the course you must collect all additional 7 controls)  We expect the winning time around 1hr 10min

Bring your friends or make it a family outing – Come on give it a go – it may be your new favourite sport…..

Entries – online at https://www.entero.co.nz/evento.php?eventName=aos4-2021 or on the day, e $20/adult & $10 child (additional ident timing chip hire $3 per person)

Results of the Southern zone sprint event held at Manurewa High on 15 March can be found here.

Because of circumstances beyond our control, the after school sprint event on 16 March will now be held at Bucklands Beach Intermediate instead of Howick College. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Because of the move to Covid Level 3 for Auckland, North West Orienteering Club has had to postpone these two events scheduled for 6 and 7 March.

Because Auckland entered Level 3 Covid lockdown at midnight on 14 February two school sprint events have been postponed – Monday 15 February at Wesley College and Tuesday 16 February at Farm Cove Intermediate.

We may still be able to have 6 events in the series by holding events on 29 and 30 March (southern/eastern zone respectively) and announcements will be made on this in due course. The southern zone programme may also require some venue changes which will be advised when known.