News and Coming Events

Information about the Auckland Champs, to be held Labour Weekend 2019, is now available. Click the logo above to find out more.

What's New?

24-Sep-2019 - Spring Night Streets - Results
17-Sep-2019 - Spring Night Streets - Results
10-Sep-2019 - Spring Night Streets - Results
09-Sep-2019 - Interclub Relay have been POSTPONED (new date 2/Nov/2019 - see below for details)
03-Sep-2019 - Spring Night Streets - Results
26-Aug-2019 - NZSSOC2019 Results now available, see the website
18-Aug-2019 - AOS7 Hedley Dunes North - Results - Winsplits
Older news items...

Coming Events

2019-2020 SummerNav - see below - (calendar for download & printing coming soon)

For NZ Wide Orienteering event listings visit Orienteering NZ Events Listings

Day	Date	Start	Series / Event	Venue	Club
October 2019
Sun	20	1000	AOS10	Tapapakanga Regional Park 95 Deerys Rd, Orere Point Start Times 10:00-12:30. Course Closure 2:00 pm. Directions: From Auckland take State Highway 1 to Takanini turnoff. Drive through Clevedon and Kawakawa Bay. Continue past Orere Point turnoff for a further 3km. Drive time is 60 mins from Newmarket. From Pukekohe either drive through Papakura and Clevedon and then as above (62 min) or drive through Pokeno and Mangatangi and Kaiaua (56 min). This is a NEW map. It is a stunning regional park (established in 1995) that has spur/gully terrain with a mixture of open farmland and bush. There is a camping ground, BBQ facilities and a nice beach for swimming. The Start/Finish is beside the historic Ashby homestead, built in 1900. The contours are 5m intervals. The black impassable cliffs are definitely impassable. There are challenges for the elite orienteers and plenty to appreciate for the social orienteers. All will enjoy it.	CMOC
Wed	23	1730	SummerNav	Cornwall Park - Haydn Ave (off Manukau Rd)	AOC
Sat	26		Auckland Championships	Middle - Woodhill Coast See event webpage for more information	AOC
Sun	27		Auckland Championships	Long - Mushroom Rd East See event webpage for more information	AOC
Mon	28		Auckland Championships	Sprint - Central Auckland See event webpage for more information	AOC
Thu	31	1730	SummerNav	Pt England Reserve - end of Pt England Rd	AOC
November 2019
Sat	02	1000	Auckland Relay Championships	Previously postponed Location and timing are the same, at Murrays Bay Schools (entry to the event centre is from Clematis Ave, the Primary School entrance) with registration from 10am, briefing at 11am, and starts from 11:30am. What now? If you have already entered and can still race on the new date (Sat Nov 2), then you don't need to do anything except note the new 2 November date. AOC members who had entered for the original event and are now NOT available on 2 November, please email me at alisoncomer2015 at gmail.com. Anyone who hadn't entered for this Sunday's event and can now participate on 2 Nov, sign up on Enter O (entries close on Sunday 27 October) Other details stay the same: 4 grades - Young’uns (MW10 – MW14) White and Yellow course runners - Junior (MW16 – MW20) - Open (MW21 – MW40) - Master (MW45 +) Teams are mixed (must be at least one female in each team) - 3 people per team. Format for each grade will be 3 sequential legs of approximately equal lengths in a sprint format with a winning time of between 12 & 15 minutes per leg.	NWOC
Wed	06	1730	SummerNav	Auckland Domain - Band Rotunda (The Crescent)	AOC
Sat & Sun	09-10		NZ MTBO CHAMPS	Entries are now open for the 2019 NZ MTBO Champs - enter here. Want to experience a fantastic weekend of top level mountain bike orienteering? The 2019 NZ MTB Orienteering Champs will be hosted in Rotorua, NZ's MTBing mecca, on 9th and 10th November. The Long Distance, Middle Distance and Sprint events will have categories for all ages and experience. This will include an E-Bike Category and a Children's Category. Don't be put off by the fact it s a NZ Champs. This will be a fantastic weekend of competition, challenge, and fun for Mountain Bikers, Orienteers, and Adventure Racers of all abilities. To find out all the details and to enter go to mtbochamps.nz. You must pre-enter online and online entries close 3 November. Note if you enter before the end of September you will be eligible to go into the draw to win a new AutoPilot mapboard.	Rotorua
Tue	12	1730	SummerNav	Ambury Regional Park - end of Ambury Rd	AOC
Wed	20	1730	SummerNav	Western Springs - Zoo carpark	AOC
Thu	28	1730	SummerNav	Mutukaroa Regional Park (Hamlins Hill) - carpark at 1014 Gt Sth Rd, Penrose	AOC
December 2019
Wed	04	1730	SummerNav	Waiatarua - 98 Abbotts Way	AOC
Tue	10	1730	SummerNav	Unitec (Carrington) - enter Gate 4	AOC
January 2020
Tue	21	1730	SummerNav	Epsom Campus - St Andrews Rd	AOC
Wed	29	1730	SummerNav	Macleans Park - Eastern Beach	AOC
February 2020
Thu	06	1730	SummerNav	University of Auckland - City Campus	AOC
Wed	12	1730	SummerNav	Blockhouse Bay Recreation Reserve - Terry St	AOC
Tue	18	1730	SummerNav	Cornwall Park, BBQ area - off Pohutukawa Dr round-about - near Cornwall Park Cafe	AOC
Wed	26	1730	SummerNav	Auckland Domain - Titoki St	AOC
Sat	29	2000	SummerNav	Ambury Regional Park - end of Ambury Rd ********* NIGHT EVENT *********	AOC
March 2020
Thu	05	1730	SummerNav	Mangere Centre Park - carpark Robertson Rd	AOC
Wed	11	1730	SummerNav	Greenwood Rd Reserve, Mangere	AOC
Tue	17	1730	SummerNav	Western Springs - Stadium Rd	AOC

AOS 10 – 20^th October - Tapapakanga Regional Park

95 Deerys Rd, Orere Point

Sunday 20^th October

Start Times 10:00-12:30.

Course Closure 2:00 pm.

Directions:

From Auckland take State Highway 1 to Takanini turnoff. Drive through Clevedon and Kawakawa Bay. Continue past Orere Point turnoff for a further 3km. Drive time is 60 mins from Newmarket.

From Pukekohe either drive through Papakura and Clevedon and then as above (62 min) or drive through Pokeno and Mangatangi and Kaiaua (56 min).

This is a NEW map.

It is a stunning regional park (established in 1995) that has spur/gully terrain with a mixture of open farmland and bush. There is a camping ground, BBQ facilities and a nice beach for swimming. The Start/Finish is beside the historic Ashby homestead, built in 1900. The contours are 5m intervals. The black impassable cliffs are definitely impassable. There are challenges for the elite orienteers and plenty to appreciate for the social orienteers. All will enjoy it.