Events
Subscribe to the Club Event Calendar
Paste the following link to add the club calendar to your personal calendar app.
The setting will be something like - "Subscribe to calendar with URL"
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/dunedinorienteering.org_s74ljbmp3ieabhs20oo2v52ef8%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
The club runs many types of Orienteering events during the year, a brief description can be found below.
Foot Orienteering
This is the most common type of event we put on, it can come in many different sub-types.
Club Classic OY Events [Orienteer of the Year]
Usually, up to 5 of these events, somewhere in Otago. Six course lengths/difficulties from White to Long Red. Winning times for longer courses will be around 60 minutes.
Generates points towards the Club OY Awards.
Summer/Schools Series
During Term 1 we hold a series of 4/5 events that contribute towards the Schools Series competition between the local Primary, Intermediate and Senior Schools. School pupils score points for their Schools during this series and there are trophies to be won.
These events are also targeted towards beginners and have a three-course format.
Otago Schools' Champs
The first OY event after the end of the Summer Series usually doubles up as the Individual Otago Schools' Champs.
Sprint Events
Usually between 4 and 5 of these events, generally local to Dunedin. Two courses, Long/hard & Shorter/easier, with winning times around 15-20 minutes.
These also generate points towards the Club OY Awards.
Championships Events
Most years we host an Otago Champs event and every three years or so we also host a South Island Champs.
In the future we may again host the National Champs.
Mountain Bike Orienteering
If navigating by mountain bike is more your scene then a few events can be found in places such as Alexandra & Naseby. Events can be either fixed courses or score events like those in Rogaines.
Rogaines
These are a longer distance format event where competitors have a fixed time to collect as many controls or points as they can.
The Club now has a rogaine series of 4/5 events incorporating varied terrains from the hills around Dunedin to the flat streets of Mosgiel.
The Club events are usually 3 hours or shorter but you can find other 6, 12 and even 24 hour events in and around Otago put on by other organisations. You can check out the Rogaining Association here for an events list.
Ski Orienteering
In most years a Ski-orienteering event is held at the Snow Farm in Wanaka. This is a one-of-a-kind event found nowhere else in the country.