Peninsula and Plains Orienteering

NOTICE:
The summer sprint scheduled for 16th February has been postponed due to the Covid Level 2 restrictions now in place in Christchurch. We have tentatively now scheduled this event for March 16th pending confirmation from Burnside High School.

 
ABOUT US:

Peninsula & Plains Orienteers (PAPO) is the Canterbury Orienteering club. Based in Christchurch with members as far afield as Timaru, Pleasant Point, Geraldine, Rangiora and Hanmer Springs.  We are a friendly bunch of volunteers who aim promote orienteering and encourage navigation using maps for fun and competition.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

See Upcoming Events for those events coming up soon or the  Calendar for the full program for the year. These range from training and fun events to fully competitive events at the local and national level. The programme includes classic orienteering events, MTB orienteering and rogaines. Non-members are always welcome.

OCEANIA ORIENTEERING CHAMPS:

As at February 2021, Peninsula and Plains Orienteers, with the support of other South Island Orienteering clubs, continue to plan for a series of high-quality Orienteering events from 9 - 17 January 2022. Whether these events can be the Oceania Orienteering Champs is dependent on the agreement of Orienteering New Zealand, Orienteering Australia, and the International Orienteering Federation closer to the time. This in turn is likely to be dependent on fairly accessible cross-border travel and the latest health and safety advice.

For the latest updates check out: http://oceaniao.nz/

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Interested in joining the club?  Join us

New to the sport? Check out some common questions:  FAQ 

BEGINNING OF THE SPORT IN CANTERBURY:
Read more about the club background and PAPO history here 

Upcoming Events

Godley Head Score OY (rogaine)

Sunday 28 February 2021

Godley Head Score OY more info

Evening sprint - Avonside/Red Zone

Tuesday 2 March 2021

Evening sprint - Avonside (Linwood College) and adjacent Red Zone.  more info

Evening sprint - STAC/Heaton

Tuesday 9 March 2021

Evening Sprint - St Andrews College & Heaton intermediate. more info

Latest News

Burnside Evening sprint postponed to March

The first summer evening sprint event at Burnside scheduled for 16th February has been postponed due to the Covid Level 2 restrictions now in place in Christchurch. We have tentatively now scheduled this event for March 16th pending confirmation from Burnside High School. more info

Southern O Week Programmes

The programmes for all Southern O week events have been uploaded ready for you to download. There is an individual programme for each day's event. We look forward to welcoming you back to some cool courses on our favourite maps. http://papo.org.nz/series/view/18/southern-o-week-2021 #southernOweek #southernO #SOW #orienteeringNZ #PAPO more info

Southern O week

Our controllers were out at Le Bons today soaking up the sun by the beach. We are looking forward to seeing you out here next month. Don't forget to get your entry in by 28 December 2020. Enter here #SouthernO #southernOweek #Sow #PAPO more info