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TBC North Town Belt - Sunday 27th Sept
A low-key orienteering event in the areas north of Stuart St, to Prospect Park.
6 courses, indicative as follows:
Yellowy-White 1.5 km 60 m (novice)
Yellow 1.5 km 70 m (beginner)
Orange* 2.8 km 210 m (intermediate)
Short Red 1.7 km 110 m (experienced)
Med Red 2.4 km 170 m (experienced)
Long Red 3.4 km 285 m (experienced)
Start times 11 am – 1 pm. Course closure 2.45 pm. (Please remember it’s first day of daylight savings)
Start and Finish location: small playground between Queens Drive and Stonelaw Terrace, South of Lachlan Ave. Parents with children may wish to park up Stonelaw Tce.
The easiest two courses are entirely between Lachlan Ave and Drivers road, though caregivers are very welcome to go out with children for safety around streets/roads.
*Yes, it looks like a bigger challenge than the medium red, but looks can be deceptive.
Register here by midnight - Wednesday 23 September
Thanks
Jim
Start/Finish in the wee playground on West side of Lachlan Ave
This is a family focused rogaine. It will be a twist on the traditional "Vampire-O". Come prepared for fun, a bit of mischief, and a trick or two. Fancy dress is always encouraged.
Registration and more details to follow shortly
Serving as our Christmas function, with a base at Portobello Domain. This event will involve starting at the Domain, biking/running 3km to Broad Bay along Te Awa Ōtākou/Otago Harbour cycleway, doing a 2hr rogaine across the Hereweka Harbour Cone Trust land, returning to Broad Bay, then biking/running back to Portobello Domain.
The sprint course will follow the rogaine and use the new Portobello School map. It is being designed by William Macknight - one of our upcoming juniors.
We hope you will come join us for a day of orienteering - enjoying both the challenging rogaine, a shared meal, and a quick school sprint.
Registrations and more details to follow shortly.
Information available here, closer to the time.
Other South Island events
2026 South Island Schools Champs 12/13 Sept
https://papo.org.nz/series/view/46/SSIS-2026
Note: Closing date 7th September
Being held in and near St Arnaud, at Labour Weekend. Earlybird entry fees have now closed. Standard entry fees close 2nd Oct. Final entries close 20 November.
https://www.oevents.nz/sioc2026/
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At the 2026 AGM we voted to change the name of the club from the Dunedin Orienteering Club to Otago Orienteering Club. This is to better reflect the geographical spread of our members and events.
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