It is with great excitement that the three Auckland Region clubs (CMOC, AOC, and NWOC) and Lactic Turkey announce our Auckland Region Calendar for 2023
In bringing the programme together we recognised that members look for different things from events at different times. This changes as the year progresses, depending on whether you’re trying to build your fitness, develop your technical skills, and/or bringing it all together in a competition event. Subtle differences between the schools’ programme and the club programme, plus having Club Champs so early in the season, make this even more challenging!
To reflect this the calendar this year is designed around four seasons, each reflecting a different focus:
Summer – “Build-up” (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Schools are finding their feet and kicking off their programme for the year. Club Members are getting themselves ready for Nationals in early April:
- SummerNav park events
- School Sprint Series events
- 2 Build-up Sprint and 2 Build-up Forest events as training for NZ Champs
- Easter Nationals
Autumn – “Development” (Apr, May)
The focus for schools changes from sprint events to forest events. Club members reflect on what went right and what went wrong at Nationals, and the skills they need to work on to improve next year:
- Rogaine Season (CMOC, NWOC and Lactic Turkey Rogaines)
- Development events – training and event opportunities in AOS style
- North Islands Schools comp
Winter – “Competition” (Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep)
Time to test those new skills in competition. For some this could be overseas events or building up to the Australian Champs and Southern Cross Challenge in late September – early October:
- King’s Birthday Competition
- Auckland Region Sprint Series
- Auckland Region Forest Series
- NZ Secondary Schools
Spring – “Wrap-up” (Oct, Nov, Dec)
Time for some after-season fun and events of a more social nature to wrap up the year, but also time to put in place the foundations for next year’s season:
- Labour Weekend
- Auckland Region relays
- SummerNav park events
- Junior Camps
To support this programme we’re announcing two new competition series!
- Auckland Region Sprint Series
- Auckland Region Forest Series
We are excited to see these series develop as a high point of the programme, shared between the 3 clubs.
As a collective we want to recognise the work and effort that has gone in from all three clubs and Lactic Turkey in aligning this calendar and introducing these new competition formats.
Please note, this calendar is subject to change as more details are finalised, so check our website for updates!
