Orienteering: An Adventure Based Navigation Sport

Welcome to Orienteering in South Australia

Orienteering in South Australian is managed by the Orienteering Association of South Australia (OASA). Orienteering is a sport in which participants navigate to complete a course using a map and compass.

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Park/Street event at Athelstone & Highbury on the River Torrens on Sat 13th March

Technical Training Event at Narrinyeri Hills near Murray Bridge on Sun 14th March

Onkaparinga Hills Orienteering Club is hosting the SA Night Championships on Saturday night the 17th April at Mt Crawford Forest. It is an OY event for the first time. Event information and entry form are available at SA Night Champs. The event requires pre-entry, closing date Friday 9th April.

Onkaparinga Hills Orienteering Club is hosting the SA Sprint Championships (and OY event) on Sunday, 2nd May at St Peter's College. It is a new Sprint map (scale 1:4000) prepared by Adrian Uppill. It comprises of 32 hectares of beautifully landscaped grounds and sporting fields together with the complexity of buildings and facilities. The event requires pre-entry, closing date Friday 23rd April. Event information available SA Sprint Champs. In the week before the event, please check the web for your pre-allocated start times.

 


 
   
   

2010 - Australian Championships in SA

Saturday, 9 January 2010

2010 will be a big year for orienteering in South Australia, and for OASA and its members, because we are hosting the 2010 Australian Orienteering Championships carnival. The full program of events can be seen here.
The carnival runs for 9 days from September 25th to Oct 3 and includes the Australian Championships in Sprint, Middle, Long and Relay distances, which are open to all orienteers, plus the Australian Schools’ orienteering championships where teams of each state’s best 16 high-school-age juniors will compete against each other in individual and relay competitions, and the South Australian Long orienteering championships.

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Part of SA Long Champs Map 


Under the capable leadership of the Carnival Coordinator, Peter Cutten, a team of dedicated orienteers is working to bring you these events. Maps are being created (and re-created) by the skills of Paul Hoopmann, Adrian Uppill, and Ken Thompson. To keep travel and mapping costs down, the entire carnival will all be within 100km of Adelaide, giving interstate orienteers the opportunity to sample the wines and other tourist delights of the Adelaide Hills and , and local orienteers the opportunity to sleep in their own beds each night!
So put the dates Sept 25th-Oct 3rd in your diary now and be prepared to assist your club in its allotted task throughout the carnival. This will still leave you plenty of time to orienteer, socialise, and hold post-mortems on your races…

 
Rocks on Aus Champs Map

Entry forms and online entry will be available from Easter 2010 (in your Australian Orienteer and through the OASA web site.

The full 2010 orienteering calendar has been distributed to all members and is available under Events where details of events for the next few months are listed.  Some other exciting events and weekends of events are listed. 

The SA Sprint Championships which will also feature short distance course for the newcomers will be run on a new map of Saint Peters College on May 2nd.

The Queen’s Birthday long weekend in June, where orienteering will return to the FlindersRanges, which is sure to please everyone. The weekend’s schedule involves:

- Sat June 12th - Afternoon event on Wilpena Creek (SB)
- Sun June 13th - Badge event on Wilpena Spurs (TT)
- Mon June 14th - SA Middle Distance Championships on Rawnsley Park (TJ)

And, on August 14 and 15, some completely different terrain: Lincoln Orienteers will be hosting the Eyre Peninsula championships, comprising an interclub relay competition and a Badge/OY event, on the extremely flat salt pans of Kapinnie Lakes. This is sure to be a novel experience for everyone who attends!

Jenny Casanova

 
 
   
   
Recent News
2010 - Australian Championships in SA Saturday, 9 January 2010 2010 will be a big year for orienteering in SA with the Australian Championships and much more on offer.
John Hall Award for Services to Orienteering presented to Jan and Rob Hillyard Monday, 23 November 2009 The John Hall Award, Sue Millard Junior Trophies and Orienteer of the Year Awards were presented at the OASA Presentation night on Friday November 20th
Orienteers successful in Black Hill Challenge Monday, 9 November 2009 Lauren Gillis with a first place in the Women's event led the group of orienteers particpating in this race
City -Bay Promotional Event Sunday, 1 November 2009
SA MTBO Championships at Fox Creek Sunday, 25 October 2009 The SA MTBO Championships were held today at Fox Creek where the moderate to steep terrain and complex track network challenged all riders
SA Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships Tuesday, 13 October 2009 Details about the SA MTBO Championships to be held at Fox Creek on Sunday 25th October
Southern Arrows out in force at City to Bay fun run! Tuesday, 22 September 2009 A number of orienteers achieved good results in the City to Bay run on Sunday 20th September
SA Long Distance Championships Sunday, 13 September 2009 Paradise, north of Burra, was the venue for the SA Long Distance Orienteering Championships, Sunday 13 September
SA Sprint and Middle Distance Championships Tuesday, 1 September 2009 The sprint and middle distance state championships were held in the Barossa Valley over the weekend.
SA Club Relay Championships Monday, 24 August 2009 The club relay championships were held on Sunday 23rd August at Woodhouse Scout Camp, near Mount Lofty.