Orienteering News - 18 August 2025

This camp is open to all Tasmanian junior orienteers aged 12 - 20 by the end of December 2025. The camp is compulsory for selected schools team members, and highly encouraged for all interested juniors. Juniors must have completed at least three Moderate (OST Course 7 equivalent) courses unassisted to be eligible for the camp. The camp is not suitable for beginners.

Dates: Friday 29 August (4pm) to Sunday 31 August (4pm)

Location: Coles Bay

Information Flyer and Registration: Please see Eventor. Registrations close Sunday 24 August.

Attendee Registration Form link: https://forms.gle/DifDYpAtXKnwGCmp9

Age classes

Junior participant (open to any juniors born from 2004 – 2013)
Adult Helper (must have a current RWVP)

Contacts:

Alison Stubbs – 0419 321 896, performance@tasorienteering.asn.au

Jon MCComb – coaching@tasorienteering.asn.au

This is the seventh local event in the 2025 orienteering local series for southern Tasmania.

The event uses the Tolosa map and is focused on the mountain bike park area and surrounding areas. Local event - Four courses are available – Long, Medium, Short, Novice. 

More information and pre entry is available on Eventor

Where is the Assembly Area

The assembly area is at the west end of Tolosa Street, Glenorchy, at the entrance to the Glenorchy Mountain Bike Park. Parking is limited in the area.

Please leave the area in front of the gate clear for emergency access.

One of the great traditions at our junior camps is the second-hand “Scum Bag” (name origins still a mystery!) – a treasure trove of orienteering and sports gear looking for a second life. It’s always a hit, with juniors swapping and adopting new-to-them kit that might otherwise have been left in a cupboard.

We’re now calling for donations to help restock the bag for this year’s camp at the end of August! If you have any excess orienteering tops, pants, shoes, jackets – or other sports clothing or gear – that could find love in a new home, we’d be delighted to receive them.

How to donate: Arrange collection with Alison by emailing performance@tasorienteering.asn.au

Let’s keep this tradition alive – it’s a fun way to see our juniors kitted out in style while giving gear a sustainable second life!

Learn to Orienteer is Orienteering Australia’s beginner participation program, developed to teach the fundamental skills to those wanting to learn how to orienteer. You will be guided through a sequence of activities to develop your skills and confidence to enjoy our orienteering events.

The first program consists of three coaching sessions beginning at 9:00am, immediately before these local events:

o             July 6 (Waverley Park) - Completed

o             August 3 (Geilston Gully) - Completed

o             September 7 (Tolosa Park)

At each session we will give you the skills...

OA is having a Survey Season to hear the valuable views from orienteers across Australia. Your responses will help guide the creation of some important documents and projects.

Volunteering in Orienteering Survey

To prepare for the creation of a National Volunteer Strategy, orienteers can give an insight into the current state of volunteering in orienteering. We would like to hear from members who have volunteered only a few times and all the way through to volunteering on committees or organising carnivals. Please be honest, we want to improve volunteering so members have satisfaction and more people can enjoy the sport!
Access the Volunteering in Orienteering survey here: https://forms.gle/e8QZbDcxjEuGd5uS7
Open for TWO WEEKS ONLY.

Orienteering Research

This is our big survey with great prizes! OPENS IN SEPTEMBER.