Nelson Orienteering Club is hosting King’s Birthday Weekend from 5 to 7 June 2027. The competition includes three World Ranking Events, including the trials for the NZSS team to compete at the Southern Cross Junior Challenge in Australia. Once more we travel to Golden Bay / Mohua to experience a new navigational challenge, this time […]

The King’s Birthday orienteering events kicked off on Saturday 30 May in Woodhill Forest South with the Long event. Planner Dave Crofts, with Jeff Greenwood as A Grade Controller, crafted a course that blended demanding legs with testing control placements. Dave flagged that some seemingly straightforward areas had hidden challenges – particularly a section of […]

Keep your eye on O-Zone for the Auckland Triple Crown results during, and after, King’s Birthday Weekend.  ATC cumulative times and overall placings will be on O-Zone as it publishes results automatically.  O-Zone will also be calculating the points for the National Orienteering League (NOL). Be aware that these will not be the final season […]

We are well underway with planning for the 2026 Auckland Triple Crown which will run as part of the King’s Birthday weekend in Auckland from 30 May to 1 June. The format remains the same as the previous edition of the Auckland Triple Crown with cumulative time across three races determining the overall winner. Please […]

Three different areas with well-organised events were the highlight of the King’s Birthday Weekend. And we were so lucky with the weather! The organisers were pleasantly rewarded with fine weather after fully preparing for cold, wet, muddy & wintry conditions. SprintThe first event was a sprint event at Iona College with two separate starts.  Founded […]

Hawkes Bay Orienteering are excited to be hosting you all in Te Matau-a-Māui for King’s Birthday Weekend. The event has three World Ranking Events (WREs), trials for the Southern Cross team, and days of memorable competition.• SPRINT Saturday 31st May: Keirunga Gardens and Iona College• MIDDLE Sunday 1st June: Smedley Station

Hawkes Bay Orienteering are excited to be hosting you all in Te Matau-a-Māui for King’s Birthday Weekend. The event has three World Ranking Events (WREs), trials for the Southern Cross team, and days of memorable competition.• SPRINT Saturday 31st May: Keirunga Gardens and Iona College• MIDDLE Sunday 1st June: Smedley Station• LONG Monday 2nd June: […]

This year, two teams of equal ability will be selected to compete for the Southern Cross Trophy against the six Australian states and the Australian Capital Territory in the 2025 Australian Schools Championships. The championships will be held in Queensland near Brisbane as part of the Australian Championships carnival which runs from 27 September to […]

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 […]

King’s Birthday Weekend saw over 450 participants tackle the ‘Middle’ event at Canaan Downs, in tricky, highly technical terrain. Planner Amelia Horne and controller Calum Coombs had made most of the rolling farmland and moderate to fast open beech forest with intricate karst topography, numerous tomos and marble rock outcrops, resulting in a lot of […]

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