Entries

Event entries are open here until Wednesday 29 July. Metro Series season pass holders have already been entered into their usual Metro Series course for this event. To change to a different course for this event (eg. to move form a Moderate to a Hard course), login to eventor, visit the event page, and click ‘change class’, select your new course, and confirm changes, no entry fee is payable for season pass holders. Changes must be made by Wednesday 29 July.

Start Times

There will be a mass start at 10:30am for all courses, all runners should assemble in the start area by 10:15am.. Competitors may start any time between 10.00am and 11.30am if they do not want to participate in the mass start.

This event is also an ASOC trial for ACT athletes. Competitors in Junior Boys and Junior Girls will have allocated start times between 10:15am and 10:30am. Senior Boys and Seniors Girls will run in the mass start.

Split Start Times: Split Start times will be given to competitors with young children and for whom one of the parents must be present to look after the children as no other option is available. The first competitor will be permitted to start from 10.00am using a punching start and the second competitor will start as soon as the first competitor is available for child minding.

Courses

Provisional course details are as follows:

The Jim Sawkins Classic

The Jim Sawkins Classic was created in 2008 to commemorate the life of Jim Sawkins, a stalwart of the Red Roos club. Jim began orienteering around 1980 and was a highly successful competitor winning many major titles including the 2005 and 2006 Australian 3-Days, the ACT Orienteer of the Year in 2005 and the 2000-01 Runners Shop Twilight Series. Jim Sawkins died while orienteering on Sunday 4 June 2006 at Goorooyaroo, after being the organiser and course planner at Farrer Ridge on the previous day.

The Jim Sawkins Classic includes a Handicap competition with two Divisions:

• Division 1, on ACT League course Hard 1, an Open competition for all ages and both genders.
• Division 2, on ACT League other Hard courses, a Restricted competition for competitors of both genders, but only for Men aged under 21 and 35 and over and all Women.

Competitors’ times are ‘corrected’ in accordance with the same Age/Gender factors used for ACT League and Runners Shop Twilight Series competitions to determine the winners. Thus competitors need to be sure that their correct age and gender are recorded in the Eventor.

The complete list of previous winners is available here.

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The complete Australian team:
Women: Zoe Carter (SA), Erika Enderby (NSW), Milla Key (VIC), Nea Shingler (NSW), Caitlin Young (TAS)
Men: Elye Dent (ACT), Cooper Horley (NSW), Aston Key (VIC), Henry McNulty (WA)

Live results and tracking can be viewed for free on IOF Live.
Live tv broadcast with commentary will be available on IOF TV – €27 for all races or €10 for each single race.

The complete list of Australian starters in today’s sprint qualification race is below.
Henry McNulty is the first Australian starter at 5:08pm AEST.

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Owen Radajewski and Katherine Maundrell also achieved outstanding results, finishing in 14th and 17th places respectively.
The complete Australian results from the sprint race (ACT athletes in bold):

The JWOC continues tonight with the sprint relay starting at 6:10pm AEST.
Live results and tracking can be viewed for free on IOF Live.
Live tv broadcast with commentary will be available on IOF TV – €9 per race.

The Australian sprint relay teams are:

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Live results and tracking can be viewed for free on IOF Live.
Live tv broadcast with commentary will be available on IOF TV – €35 for all five races or €9 for each single race.

Liana Stubbs is the first Australian starter at 6:09pm AEST.
The complete list of Australian starters in the sprint race is below.

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A free livestream with professional commentary and graphics will be broadcast online here from 6pm AEST. Live results and GPS tracking links will be available on the event website. Oliver Bishop is the first Australian starter at 6:02pm AEST.
The complete list of Australian starters is below.

A live arena broadcast will also be available for the long distance (first start 6pm AEST Friday) and relay races (first start 6pm AEST Saturday).

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The journey begins in the rugged bushland of Namadgi National Park, then moves to Orana School, a fun, compact campus, perfect for the ASOC competitors to demonstrate their speedy sprint techniques. From there, competitors climb to the panoramic heights of Mount Ainslie, before navigating along the banks of the Murrumbidgee River at Pine Island and then tackle the technical slopes of Stromlo Forest Park. The carnival finishes at the Australian National University, where open lawns, gardened courtyards, and complex buildings provide fast decision-making and technical route choices.

Each day brings new terrain, fresh challenges, and multiple route choices, rewarding those who read the map, trust their compass, and move confidently. 

Join us for a week of navigation, endurance, and connection to country — and follow the flight paths that have shaped this extraordinary landscape.

Visit the Oceania 2026 website and download Bulletin 1 now for more details.
Enter here.

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Courses

If you haven’t entered a Classic Series event before, please refer to this guide to help you choose a suitable course.

The existing map can be viewed here.
Details are in the information flyer.
Enter here by 17 June.

Course Setter’s Notes

A mix of fast, open running with areas of slightly thicker vegetation containing complex rock detail. The map has been updated for vegetation using recent lidar data, but some open areas contain patches of scrub that are not mapped. Some tracks that are marked on the map may be indistinct on the ground and some sections of ruined fence only have fence wire at ground level, and may not be visible unless you are very close.

The Very Easy course has a taped leg close to the finish.

Late Entries Available

Normal entries close Wednesday 17 June.
Late entries (+50% late entry fee) will also be available to the Hard 4, Moderate 2, Easy, and Very Easy Courses until 5pm on Saturday 20 June.

Double Header Weekend – Metro Series: incl. Junior League #4, Stringybark Hill, Saturday 20 June

The weekend will also include a quality Metro Series event at Stringybark Hill. Moderate, Easy, and Very Easy courses will be available.
The spur-gully terrain is mostly fast and open with good visibility (but quite steep and rocky in places)..

The existing map can be viewed here.
Enter here for Saturday’s event. Entries close 9am 20 June, entry on the day will also be available.

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The complete 2026 Australian WOC Team:

Women: Zoe Carter (SA), Erika Enderby (NSW), Milla Key (VIC), Nea Shingler (NSW), Caitlin Young (TAS)

Men: Elye Dent (ACT), Cooper Horley (NSW), Aston Key (VIC), Henry McNulty (WA)

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The weekend starts with a high quality Metro Series event at Mt Jerrabomberra. Moderate, Easy, and Very Easy courses will be available.
The terrain is highly is varied, including runnable forest, a variety of point features, and some steep sections.

The existing map can be viewed here.
Enter here. Entries close 9am 30 May, entry on the day will also be available.

Classic Series: ACT League #6, Wee Jasper, Sunday 31 May

The next round of the 2026 ACT League will be at Wee Jasper on Sunday 31 May.

The terrain features complex karst limestone, unique in Australia. The area is very open with scattered trees, offering fast running between the bands of complex rock, which will make for a fast yet highly technical middle-distance race. A full range of Hard, Moderate, Easy, and Very Easy courses will be on offer.

The existing map, last used in May 2024, can be viewed here.
Details are available in the event bulletin.
Enter here by 27 May.

Late Entries Available

Normal entries close Wednesday 27 May.
Late entries (+50% late entry fee) will also be available to the Hard 4, Moderate 2, Easy, and Very Easy Courses until 5pm on Saturday 30 May.

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The trial creates two distinct seasons for orienteering in the ACT, with Street-O to continue all year round.

• Winter – Bush with Saturday Metro and ACT League events.
• Summer – Park, Light Bush, & Urban Sprint.

The proposed changes have been brought about by six main reasons:

• Number of Events: In 2025 OACT held 132 competition events plus coaching programs. This is the highest number ever run by OACT and has been increasing year-by-year. The number of events is putting a strain on the organisation, clubs, and individuals.
• Overuse of Venues: Twilight and Metro Series events have significant repetition of event venues, such as Bruce Ridge, The Pinnacle, Mt Taylor, Red Hill, Cooleman Ridge, etc. Repeated use degrades course quality and discourages some orienteers from attending. Less frequent use of these venues will reinvigorate the events held during the winter season.
• ACT Parks and Conservation Service (PCS) Access Approvals: ACT PCS’s classification of several of the Canberra Nature Parks as Zone 1 Core Conservation areas has meant that OACT can no longer access some of the highest quality local event venues, including Black Mountain, Aranda Hill, and parts of Mt Majura. This has resulted in overuse of remaining locations that are often less suited to good quality bush orienteering.
• Vegetation and Weed Growth: Many of the bush venues used during the summer season are unpleasant for orienteering in summer due to long grass, grass seeds, and prickly weeds. This varies from year to year, but overall, more areas are being more severely impacted by grass and weed growth.
• Temperature: All sports must consider the impacts of climate and the health and safety of participants. During summer it is common for the hottest time of day to be near the start time for Twilight Series evening events. New extreme temperature guidelines introduced by the International Orienteering Federation and Orienteering Australia, increase the likelihood that events held at these times will need to be cancelled, possibly at short notice.
• Family Friendly and Opportunities to Socialise: It can be a difficult for families to attend or volunteer at events held on weekday afternoons; people who do attend, come, do the event and go home. Sunday morning events provide more opportunities for people to socialise and engage with the sport.

The proposal is to not run the Twilight Series in its present format, and to instead run an extended Sunday morning series of Park, Light Bush, and Urban Sprint events. With the following format:

• 14 events held from early November to end February. Season length determined by the 2026 Oceania Carnival and the 2027 Capital-O Carnival.
• Start window 9.00am – 10.00am, course closure at 10.45am.• Two courses on offer: Course 1 (2.5-3.0km) and Course 2 (1.0-2.0km).
• Locations at urban parklands, school campuses, and small bush areas best suited to short course events in summer.
• Seven Park/Light Bush events before Christmas and seven Urban Sprint events after Christmas.
• The Clubs to organise the pre-Christmas events, and individuals under the guidance of a series co-ordinator to organise the post-Christmas events.
• Series Passes, individual event entry, and Enter-on-the-Day will be available. Separate Season Passes would be offered for the pre- and post-Christmas events.
• Runners Shop Summer competition held across all 14 events, with a points table and end of season awards.

The proposal is a trial for 2026-27, to be evaluated for future seasons.

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