Nelson Orienteering Club’s King’s Birthday Weekend event in Golden Bay was a roaring success, providing competitors from around the country and Australia with Challenging courses – and even the weather played its part. 

Feedback suggests that many local businesses had a welcome income boost with several providing vouchers and discounts.
Collingwood Area school had a refreshments stall at Kaikoha, while Golden Bay High School football teams had a stall at the sprint event in Tākaka.

At the suggestion of the Wyllie and Ferguson families, whose land hosted the event at Kaikoha, money was also raised by the orienteering community for the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Trust. Donations from Competitors, individuals, the club itself, plus the proceeds from the sales of t-shirts (Trailblaze) and maps (New Topo), and the generosity of the Wylie family resulted in a grand total of $3,500 being raised.  

Image: The Golden Bay Weekly News in Brief .
Jules, Ashleigh, Hannah and Anita Ferguson and Joyce Wylie recieve a $3,500 cheque on behalf of the Helicopter trust , from Local orienteer Richard English.