NOTE: Start times for Sunday have been put back 1hr due to a MTB event in the forest. Your start time will be 1hr later than listed on the start list.
You’re invited! If you are school aged, you can enter our regional schools orienteering festival. Plenty of training opportunities to learn and practice your orienteering skills are available in the weeks before the festival.
You’re invited! If you are school aged, you can enter our regional schools orienteering festival. Plenty of training opportunities to learn and practice your orienteering skills are available in the weeks before the festival.
Event programme now available.Download event programme
Sprint | Saturday 14 September 2019 | Old Avonside Girls High & Red Zone | Starts from 12:30pm
Long | Sunday 15 September 2019 | Spencer Park | Starts from 10am
Long Start List HERE. Start times for Sunday have been put back 1hr due to a MTB event in the forest. Your start time will be 1hr later than on this start list.
Entries now closed, (you are welcome to run in the public races if you missed the entry cutoff).
Enquiries to Iona Powell schools@papo.org.nz
What you need: Sense of sportsmanship and fun. Clothing according to the weather conditions, footwear suitable for activity, a compass if you have one.
Courses: Available for all navigation capabilities according to year at school: white (beginner), yellow (beyond beginner), orange (intermediate), and red-level (advanced).
Cost: Entry fees will be $12 per student per day. Enter by the deadline and avoid a 50% late entry fee!
Training Opportunity: 8 training events are being held at different venues at 4pm on weekdays. See the 2019 Schools Training page for more info.
Public Races: Enjoy a casual romp/race around one of the courses used for the 2019 Canterbury Schools Orienteering Festival.
Register on the day and grab a map to start yourself off at the punch start (no timed starts).
$5 + $3 Sportident hire (free for helpers).
Starts from about 2.30-3pm, course closure at 3.30pm (both days).