The series of 4 ‘After School Have A Go Orienteering’ sessions in March (over 50 attended), followed by pre-Southland School Champs coaching and course at Turnbull Thomson Park (over 60 there plus adults) led to probably the largest Southland School Champs in SOC’s history!  Over 150 individuals, competing individually or in pairs, enjoyed, (hopefully!), a […]

Add these significant inter- regional competition dates in your diary: • Friday 25 April 2025: North Island Secondary Schools Champs, Wesley College & Muir’s farm.• Friday 25 / Saturday 26 April 2025: South Island Secondary Schools Champs, Cromwell & Alexandra• Friday 11 July 2025 NZ Secondary School Orienteering Champs, Auckland What’ we’ve seen happening around the regions […]

Orienteers! SOC’s got you covered – or, better still, bandaged! We realised that next year’s Taitonga South Island Champs at Waikaia were looming and just how isolated we would be. Twelve SOC members, plus a few outdoor club ring-ins, recently attended two 2-hour sessions of First Aid. Thanks to Hato Hone St John, this was […]

Southland Orienteering Club’s annual Schools’ Championships attracted over 100 teams from all over Southland as well as Queenstown and Dunedin. There were 6 courses at Fosbender Park, in sand dune and coastal pine forest. The event gave competitors a chance to experience orienteering for the first time and for others to challenge their skills on more difficult courses.    […]

Your school sports coordinator will have received the info for entering the 2024 Southland Schools Orienteering Champs. This is open for beginners too, and you can enter in pairs or on your own, so don’t be afraid to give it a go! It’s only $10 per entry (pairs will pay a fiver each). Entries are […]