Monday 5 June 2017
How many events start with such a beautiful jog up a beach!
Thanks to Nick Smith and Jenni Adams for creating such enjoyable courses, and Mary Mackintosh for keeping a fantastic bunch of helpers under control.
Link to RouteGadget where you can load your route and see how others found the controls.
Sunday 4 June 2017
Well done to all those who survived the cooler temperatures, but you did miss the snow that started falling as the controls were being collected.
Thanks to Alister Metherell and Bruce Steven for the courses that went through the forest with amazing bird song, and to Iona Powell and her hardy team of volunteers who ensured the event ran smoothly.
Link to RouteGadget where you can check what routes people took.
Saturday 3 June 2017
A great start to to the weekend, with fine weather and good running in the Leithfield forested areas. Well done to all those who took the lake shortcut near the end!
A big thank you to Carsten Jørgensen and Peter Cleary for the courses and Vivien Bloor for organising all the volunteers and keeping everyone happy.
Link to RouteGadget where you can load/draw your route and see where others went.
Sunday 28 May 2017
Thanks to Clem, Boris and Linley for a fine winter run
Sunday 14 May 2017
Sunday 30 April 2017
The weather was definitely better for those who started early, but it was still good to get out.
A big thank you to Andy Buchanan and Dave Laurie as planner/controller and Clem Rolin as chief organiser, and all the helpers who stayed cheerful even in the cold rain!
Sunday 9 April 2017
Great to have a different, fun, format!
Thanks to Tim & Stephanie Farrant for planning/controlling the day. Also to Tim Wright and Alister Metherell for the Sportident efforts.
Sunday 26 March 2017
Sunday 12 March 2017
Great to see so many people out braving the rain today and getting some fresh air.
Dominic Cleary planned some fun courses, with some good route choice options to try and avoid the green on the map.
Thanks to all involved in putting the event together.
Winsplits by course available here.
Tuesday 7 March 2017
Thanks to Felix Harrison and the Cleary's for putting on a great event and making the rain go away for the evening.
Tuesday 28 February 2017
Nothing like a bit of orienteering on a sunny, warm summers evening.
Thanks to Marisol Hunter, Katie Cory-Wright and Jean Cory-Wright as planners and controllers for putting together such a fun course. Also thanks to all the helpers on the night.
You can also view the schools results here.
Tuesday 21 February 2017
Great to see so many people decided to come orienteering rather than see Bruce Springsteen.
Thanks for the planners Oliver and Neil Egan and controller Jean Cory-Wright, and to all the helpers.
Sunday 19 February 2017
Thanks to Scott Smith (planner) and Nick Smith (controller) for setting a really interesting and challenging course on the very small part of Van Asch School we were able to use. For the map memory course people had to run to a central location then look at the map on the wall and memorise as many of the 4-5 controls on the loop they were doing, before setting off. After completing all 3 loops, competitors picked up a map to get them to the finish.
Some people had trouble trying to relate the map on the wall to the normal north/south alignment. The planner had also cunningly made 2 looks clockwise and 1 loop anti-clockwise!
Lots of fun.
Tuesday 14 February 2017
View the Opawa sprint results below:
You can also view the schools results here.
Sunday 29 January 2017
Fantastic weather for todays event. Great to see so many people come and enjoy the day.
Thanks to Georgia, Tane, Vivien and all the other helpers.
Sunday 11 December 2016
Thanks to Carsten and Jenni for a fun event for the festive season
Sunday 11 December 2016
Sunday 20 November 2016
Thanks to the team for putting on a great event in perfect weather, so close to home.
Jean Cory-Wright showed you can do a course on this map without too much climb. Great use of the valleys.
Saturday 5 November 2016
A big thanks to Alister Metherell for putting this event together.
Monday 24 October 2016
Sunday 23 October 2016
A fantastic day in the sunny Craigieburns.
You can add your route to RouteGadget here (RouteGadget allows you to load or draw your route and so you can see where others went). Tim (the planner) is keen to see where people went to please fill in your route).
Saturday 22 October 2016
Sunday 9 October 2016
Congratulations to those who survived the wild weather as the southerly front came through.
Sunday 18 September 2016
A great day. Perfect spring weather for a day in the forest.
Thanks to all the helpers who made this such a great event.
Sunday 4 September 2016
Cooler running at first but you soon warmed up in the forest.
Thanks to all the helpers for putting on this event.
Sunday 21 August 2016
Saturday 20 August 2016
Thanks to Mike and Tom for a fun event on the recently updated map. Great to see some local Timaru people coming along and having a go.
Sunday 7 August 2016
Sunday 31 July 2016
A crisp but clear day with brilliant sunshine and biting wind. Great to see some families out enjoying the winter sun, as well as some of the club members back from recent trips overseas.
Thanks for Marcus, Nick as planner and controller, and to all the helpers. Iona, Sarah L, Chris R and family, Linda S and Scott, and control collectors - Oliver, Issac, Amelia.
Richard Smith (coordinator)
Sunday 10 July 2016
Results from the OY at Butlers Bush are now available.
Saturday 25 June 2016
Results are now available for Heights of Winter. Thank you to all who helped or participated.
Click here for more in-depth analysis of the results.
You can check out the map from this year's event below:
Sunday 12 June 2016
Here's the results from the maze so you can see how fast some people got around.
Sunday 22 May 2016
Sunday 8 May 2016
Great weather, great courses, and plenty of people out enjoying the day. Thanks Riki, Emily, Andrew, Frances and all the other helpers for putting together an awesome day out!
Sunday 1 May 2016
Saturday 30 April 2016
A beautiful day out at Kairaki today.
Thanks to Al Cory-Wright and Peter Cleary as planner and controller and all the helpers that made this event happen.
Sunday 17 April 2016
We had a lovely sunny Autumn day out at Bottle Lake with quite a few new-comers giving MTBO a try for the first time. The courses were long (and, hopefully, exciting!) with some tricky navigational challenges. Thank you to everyone who helped with the event and to all those who came and gave it a go, especially if it was your first time.
Tuesday 15 March 2016
The last event in the series proved to be the wettest. There was some tight racing around the South Brighton School and Domain.
Thanks for all the people who have made this event happen.
Sunday 13 March 2016
A beautiful day running in the sun. Great to see so many families and groups staying for a picnic.
Thanks to the Dave, Vivien P and Tane for planning and controlling the great courses. Thanks for Vivien B and all the helpers for making the day happen.
Tuesday 8 March 2016
Slightly cooler and damper than any of the earlier events but some great running.
Well done to Stephen Harding for planning a great course, and the Team Cleary for all the work on the night.
A special thanks also to Graeme Read who has been doing a great job sorting out the results for all the events.
Saturday 5 March 2016
Results for the Bouldergaine can be found below:
Tuesday 1 March 2016
A cooler night for running. The uncrossable fences caught a few people out.
Thanks to Dougal and Robbie Shepherd for the planning and Sue Cooke for the background organisation.
Sunday 28 February 2016
A fabulous day at the Groynes – well over 600 people enjoyed the sunshine.
Planner Graeme says he is surprised so many people found all of the controls and well done to you all. It was neat to see several students from the Tuesday night events come along and there were some interesting results within family teams.
PAPO hopes you keep coming along to Tuesday events and then think about the schools champs and our Sunday orienteering all over Canterbury. Check the website for upcoming events and entry fees.
The Hellers sausages were cooked to perfection by the Girl Guides (who also ran the course) and thanks to those who did CCC surveys while waiting for your sausages. The maps drawn by some finishers of your routes are interesting and we are going to put a couple of your maps up on the PAPO website later this week.
A huge thanks to the orienteering club members who helped before and during the event.
For the really competitive ones here's a list of points per minute for those who completed in under 1 hour. The 2 top place getters have both represented NZ in orienteering, so don't feel too bad when you see how fast they completed the course.
Tuesday 23 February 2016
Another beautiful evening. I heard lots of people enjoyed the creek. Thanks to Marisol Hunter, Briana and Bruce Steven for the planning and controlling. Thanks to Jan Harrison and the team of helpers.
Tuesday 16 February 2016
A beautiful summer evening for the first race in the Summer Sprint Series. Great to see so many new people along.
Thanks to Oliver Egan and Scott Smith for the planning, Peter Cleary for the controller on the day, and all the helpers.
Sunday 14 February 2016
Thanks to Greig Hamilton and Clare McLennan for a fun relay. Also to Trevor Batin and the other helpers who also provided some wonderful weather.