Farrer Ridge Fun to follow Sprint Canberra
Some fantastic bush courses await ACT Orienteers at Farrer Ridge on Wednesday January 31st following a weekend of Sprint competition. Jane Saye has spent the holidays checking and rechecking the…
14 OACT athletes selected in OA High Performance Squads
Congratulations to the following Orienteering ACT members recently named in the 2018 Orienteering Australia High Performance Squads. Australian Junior Development Squad (AJDS) – development squad for those aged 15-19: Tara…
Zoe Melhuish Leads Series at the Break
Outstanding junior Zoe Melhuish and 2017 ACT Orienteer of the Year is taking a slender lead into the Christmas break of the Runners Shop Twilight Series, Orienteering ACT’s secondary all-age series.…
Orienteering ACT Dinner
Orienteering ACT’s Annual Dinner was a full house on Sunday 23 November. Awards were presented. The recipients of the main awards were: Orienteer of the Year: Zoe Melhuish Mike Cassells…
Parawanga Xmas BBQ, Awards & Score Course, 4pm Sun 3 Dec
When: Sunday 3 December Where: Black Mountain Peninsula, S Section. Look for the Parawanga flag. When: From 4pm Score Course: A short (20 min) score course will be…
Map Mates BBQ & Prizes Wed 22 Nov.
The competition is complete and our 35 Map Mates have learnt heaps of new orienteering skills and put them in to practice on the Blue & Green courses. Enthusiasm levels…
Blue Sparks Training Camp
The Annual Blue Sparks Training Camp for 7-13 year olds (and their families) is on again on 25-26 Nov 17 – this time with a difference! After ten years in…
OACT Annual Dinner, 26 Nov – Register by Sun 19 Nov
This year the OACT End-of-Year Awards Dinner will be held at the Yacht Club Marquee on Sunday 26 Nov from 6pm. The dinner is subsidised by OACT, to enable as…
SC-ORE School Orienteering Spring 2017 Final Results
SC-ORE School Safe Orienteering, the ideal introduction to outdoor adventure sports, saw 140 ACT primary school students - 70 girls and 70 boys, aged 8 to 12, give their all…
Conquering Mt Taylor
If you were traveling down Hindmarsh Drive last Wednesday and had seen the orienteering road sign pointing down Eggleston Crescent in Chifley and followed the orienteering signs, it would have…
Young Bushies Flying at MTBO
Following some fantastic riding at the recent Australian MTBO Championships at Wingello, NSW, the ACT has produced 2 winners in the 2017 National MTBO Series. And before you ask, yes,…
