2025 Event information
Please find below the events planned for Nelson Orienteering Club. Information regarding events is subject to change, so please check back on a regular basis. Information on events organised by Marlborough Orienteering Club (MOC) or Peninsula and Plains Orienteering Club (PAPO) in Christchurch can be found on their respective website. Information on events by all orienteering clubs in New Zealand can be found on the website of Orienteering New Zealand (ONZ).
For more information about the costs and orienteering in general (including what you need to wear and bring), please click on the links.
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Nelson Orienteering Club Events 2025 (and big events organised by other clubs) |
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| Date | Event | Map / Location | Organising club | Planner | Controller | Co-ordinator |
| Wednesday 19 February | Summer Sprint Series 1 | Nayland College, Nelson | NOC | Micah Dunn | Keshia Linyard | Georgia Whitla |
| Wednesday 26 February | Summer Sprint Series 2 | Nelson College for Girls, Nelson | NOC | Oliver Egan | Marina Comeskey | Georgia Whitla |
| Wednesday 5 March | Summer Sprint Series 3 |
Saxton fields and Garin College |
NOC | Eddie Swain | Dougal Shepherd | Georgia Whitla |
| Sunday 9 March |
Club Training - NOC/MOC club members only |
Rabbit Island Domain - Conifer Picnic Area | NOC |
Darren Ashmore Georgia Whitla |
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| Wednesday 12 March | Summer Sprint Series 4 | Isel Park, Stoke | NOC | Calum Coombs | Georgia Whitla | Georgia Whitla |
| Wednesday 19 March | Summer Sprint Series 5 | Motueka - Sanctuary Ponds and Inlet Walkway | NOC | Rebecca Smith | Darren Ashmore | Georgia Whitla |
| Saturday 22 March | Club Training - NOC/MOC club members | Teetotal, Nelson Lakes | NOC | Darren Ashmore | - | |
| Sunday 23 March | OY1 | West Bay, Nelson Lakes | NOC | Nick Ross | Naomi Whitehead / Georgia Whitla | Georgia Whitla |
| Tuesday 1 April - FUNDRAISER | Mitchell's Marsden Valley Fundraising Rogaine | NCA School, 100 Marsden Valley Rd, Stoke | Private initiative | Mitch (11yo) | Rupert MacLachlan (dad) | |
| Sunday 6 April | Club Event | Branford Park, Maitai Valley, Nelson | NOC | Megan Carter | Julian Maclaren | |
| Sunday 13 April | Club Training - NOC/MOC club members | Canaan Downs | NOC | Darren Ashmore | Red level, open to all club members | |
| Friday 18 April - Monday 21 April | NZ Orienteering Championships 2025 | Canterbury | PAPO | |||
| Friday 25 April - Saturday 28 April | South Island Secondary Schools' Champs | Cromwell / Alexandra | DN | |||
| Sunday 4 May | MTBO | Andrew's Field, Codgers MTB Park | NOC | Daniel Penney | Georgia Whitla | |
| Sunday 18 May | OY2 | Canaan Downs, Takaka Hill | NOC | Lani Murray | Fleur & Neil Murray | |
| Sunday 25 May | Autumn Muster Rogaine | Within a 30-minute drive from Blenheim | MOC | Entries close Sunday 18/5, 9pm | ||
| Saturday 31 May - Monday 2 June | King's Birthday Weekend | Hastings / Havelock North | HB | |||
| Sunday 8 June | OY3 | Bastion, tbc (organised by MOC) | MOC | |||
| Wednesday 11 June | NOCturnal 1 | Maitai & Botanic Gardens | NOC | Roland Eveleens | Rupert MacLachlan | |
| Wednesday 25 June | NOCturnal 2 | Stoke | NOC | Maggi Salmon | Annemarie Hogenbirk | |
| Friday 11 July - Sunday 13 July | NZ Secondary School Orienteering Champs | Auckland, Woodhill | AOC | |||
| Wednesday 16 July | NOCturnal 3 | Easby Park & Richmond | NOC | Jane Lambert | Sally Lattimore | |
| Wednesday 30 July | NOCturnal 4 | Grampians, Nelson | NOC | Darron Jones | Dave Quested | |
| Sunday 10 August | OY4 | Teetotal / Sidewinder, Nelson Lakes | NOC | |||
| Sunday 31 August | Wily Weka | Cable Bay Adventure Park (tbc) | NOC | Darron Jones | Dave Quested | Annemarie Hogenbirk |
| Friday 31 October | Halloween Vampire Orienteering | tbc | NOC | |||
| Saturday 1 November | Castle Hill Orienteering | PAPO | ||||
| Sunday 9 November | Club Event | Big Bush, Nelson Lakes | NOC | |||
| Saturday 22 November | OY5 | Canaan Downs, Takaka Hill | NOC | Katie Malthus | Richard Greatrex | Annemarie Hogenbirk |
| Sunday 23 November | OY6 | Kaihoka Lakes, Golden Bay | NOC | Murray family | Murray family | Annemarie Hogenbirk |
| Sunday 14 December | Club Event - Christmas / AGM | tbc | NOC | |||