Events blog
2024 Australian Orienteering Champship - NZ School Orienteering Team
- 6 October 2024
Riley Croxford, Micah Dunn and Lani Murray talk about their experiences in Australia, as part of the New Zealand School's Orienteering team.
2024 European Youth Orienteering Champs
- 27 June 2024
Eddie Swain, along with Tide Fa'avae, raced at the 2024 European Youth Orienteering Championship (22-24 June, Szczecin, Poland). Amelia Horne caught up with Eddie to learn more about his long distance race .
Wily Weka 2023 - Cable Bay Adventure Park, Nelson - a debrief
- 10 September 2023
The 2023 version of Wily Weka was held at the Cable Bay Adventure Park here in Nelson, and brilliantly organised by Daniel and Maegan Penney. This Rogaine came in a three and six hour version, with or without the use of mountain bikes...
Participating in Darren Ashmore's contours-only course:
"Brilliant session! Learnt so much and finally using just contours, an excellent challenge. Many thanks!"
- Alison MacDonald
"I’d totally recommend the European Youth Orienteering Championships for any up-and-coming orienteers as a great introduction to European Orienteering and stepping stone to JWOC." -
- Lani Murray
"I am extremely grateful to have attended JWOC 2025 even though things didn’t go as planned: it is still always a special week with some great people. We also had great coaching by Brianna Steven and Tane Cambridge and our manager Kieran did a great job. Kieran helped me especially given my situation he made things a lot easier."
- Eddie Swain
"Orienteering is a technical sport. The navigational skills required to move through the terrain at speed whilst rapidly interpreting a pseudo-subjective 2D canvas loosely representing the complex 3D environment, under oxygen debt, take years to refine and master. Many don’t, and even if you do, it is for only a fleeting moment. Herein lies the challenge and beauty of this sport."
- Matt Ogden
NOCturnal 2, Stoke: "Thanks so much for a great event. The family loved it!"
- Gareth Richardson