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).

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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Event 2: Fletcher South

Opens: 12noon, Wednesday 10th June 2020

Parking Reccommnedation: Park in Redwood Cl or Cypress Cl

Start Assembly Area: The park accessed from either Oak Cl or Cypress Cl

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Start/Finish Location: The big light pole in the middle of the park

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The Map and Control Descriptions:

Course Setter’s Notes: The eastern side of the Nikkinba Ridge map hasn’t been used much in our recent runs on this map. I now know why … this side of the map is hilly!!! Every direction out of the start/finish location is up. Sorry about that. But it does mean that you will finish downhill though.

For those of you who make it over to the west side of the map, please be aware that an entire new housing estate has opened up. Since you shouldn’t need to go in there it hasn’t been shown on the map.

Click here for the map and Control Descriptions.