Training events for school students: 21st Aug - 7th Sept 2023
Canterbury Schools Orienteering Festival 2023
- Map:
- Various parks and reserves around Christchurch
- Event Type:
- Orienteering training and coaching
Coaching and practise is offered to all school-aged children at all levels. No booking required for small group training, just turn up with your running shoes and a compass if you have one. Bring your own Sport i-dent if you have one, otherwise we will lend you one (a Sport i-dent is a microchip that you place on your finger to 'punch' the controls you reach on an orienteering course).
Each training session will vary, it is run by volunteers and each will have something different to offer. There will be many different things to go over, so it will not have the same format every session. It may involve a walk around looking at features, or a discussion to start, often it will have a set course to run.
Pre-festival school's orienteering coaching and training events:
- Monday 21 August | Halswell Quarry - Meet by the carpark at the end of the road into the quarry park, next to Findlay’s picnic area.
- Tuesday 22 August | Hansen Park/Rudolf Steiner - Meet at the Hansen Park playground beside the Athletics club rooms.
- Thursday 24 August | Heathcote Domain - Meet at Heathcote Domain Cricket Pavilion.
- Monday 28 August | Old School Reserve - Meet by the Scout Hall off Major Hornbrook Road.
- Tuesday 29 August | Barnett Park - Meet at the end of the car park, beside the football fields.
- Wednesday 30 August | McCormacks Bay - Meet at the rugby field carpark.
- Thursday 31 August | Cashmere High - Meet inside the Cashmere High school grounds. Enter the school from the Rose St.
- Friday 1 September | Ascot/Shirley - Meet on Ascot Ave, North New Brighton.
- Monday 4 September | Mt Pleasant School - Cannon Hill Crescent entrance next to the rope climbing tower .
- Thursday 7 September | Kirkwood Intermediate Parking in Kirkwood Ave (off Clyde Rd) and walk to school to meet.
Time: 4-5pm
Cost: After-school training is $2 per child which you can pay at each event. You will get your own map.
Download the school training flyer to share [PDF 1.2MB]:
8.0-2023-Schools-orienteering-training-flyer.pdf