President’s introduction

Kia ora all. We are coming close to the end of the competition season with exciting races at the Forest Cups (including NWOC Club Champs) and some excellent events coming up to round out the season. Also congrats to Renee Beveridge and Mike Beveridge for organising a great Forest Cup race for the Auckland region. The feedback was outstanding, great job! 

Newsletter Contents

• Auckland Calendar of Events
  • Forest Cup 2024
  • North West Club Champs
  • Double middle (new Woodhill map)
  • Lactic Turkey TrailNav/Rogaine Events
  • Auckland Interclub Relay Competition
• Tūāraki-Northern Regional Championships - Labour Weekend
• Key events around New Zealand in 2025
  • Oceania 2025
  • Nationals 2025
• Schools Orienteering
  • AIMS Games 2024
• General Orienteering News
  
  • Junior Camp 2024
• Member News
  • New Members

Auckland Calendar of Events 

All upcoming events in the wider Auckland area for 2024 are on our NWOC website here.
New Zealand wide events are on Orienteering New Zealand’s website here.

Forest Cup 2024

August & September saw the return of the Forest Cup. Competitors scored points over 4 races with their top 3 scores counting towards their totals. Here are the results for Mens, Womens and Open classes.

Congrats to everyone who got points on the board and especially to our high scorers. 

North West Club Champs

Congrats to everyone who competed Forest Cup 4, which this year was nominated to be the Club Champs. Winners are as follows, and we look forward to celebrating these at prize giving later in the year. 

• Liam Stolberger M21E
• Renee Beveridge W21E
• Thomas Stolberger M21A   
• Philip Elworthy M40
• Michael Schrott M50
• Marquita Gelderman W40
• Rob Garden M60
• Ben Ross M16
• Suzanne Stolberger W50
• Dave Middleton M70
• Alexis Heckler W16
• Chris Gelderman M80
• Matthew Hopper M21B
• Aidan Barrett-Hamilton M14
• Amelie Finn W21B
• Brooke Day W14
• Oliver Simpson M12
• Mabel Zhang W12

Upcoming Woodhill event on new map

• Celebre is back, newly mapped!
• Double middle format
• Sunday 20 October
• More details here

Lactic Turkey TrailNav/Rogaine events

• Sunday 13 October at Ambury Regional Park
• More details here

Auckland Interclub Relay Competition

Save the date - Sunday 10 November - we need members of all ages and abilities to run in teams for NWOC. More details coming soon.

Tūāraki-Northern Regional Championships - Labour Weekend 2024

Counties Manukau will host this year's Tūāraki-Northern Regional Champs from Saturday 26 October to Monday 28 October. 

• Saturday 26 October: Sprint @ King’s College, Otahuhu 
• Sunday 27 October: Long @ Muirs Farm, Karioitahi 
• Monday 28 October: Middle @ Waiuku Forest North, Otaua

More event details including Bulletin 1 are here, with Bulletin 2 coming closer to the event.

Key events around NZ in 2025

Oceania 2025  

In January, Orienteering Wellington, with support from other clubs across the lower North Island, is organising six days of racing plus two training days with time in between for travel and catching up with orienteering friends. The six racing days include two great warm-up events and finish with the four official Oceania 2025 races. The warm-up events will be held on 18-19 January in Taranaki, followed by training maps in the lead-up to the four official Oceania 2025 races from 24-27 January. Event details including Bulletin 1 are here.

Please note the embargoes for this event.

Nationals 2025

Peninsula & Plains Club (PAPO) from Canterbury will host Nationals 2025 over Easter weekend - 18-21 April 2025. 

All the New Zealand national championship events will be within 90 minutes of Christchurch International Airport. PAPO promises challenging orienteering across a variety of terrain with newly mapped areas. This is a great opportunity to explore the diverse Canterbury region of the South Island. Entries for Nationals will open late January 2025. Event details are here.

Note to our newer members: everybody can enter these events, they are not just for elite/experienced orienteers. NWOC Club Captain, Rob Garden, will happily advise members about which age band and grade to enter. Contact Rob on 021597070.

Schools Orienteering

AIMS Games

Orienteering made its debut at the 2024 AIMS Games to be held in September and we had some members flying high.

General Orienteering News

Junior Camp 2024

This year's Junior Camp (Years 9-13) is being hosted by Orienteering Taranaki and will be held in New Plymouth between Friday 13 and Wednesday 18 December. More details here.