Southern Darts
SA Southern Darts Orienteering Squad
The SA Southern Darts caters for young orienteers just entering orienteering (novices) until they move to high school or the year they turn 12.
Sometimes we train in two groups to allow for experience.
We hope that members will enjoy orienteering while learning the basics of the sport.
Gradually you will progress to more difficult courses as you become more experienced and confident
You will progress to the Junior Arrows when you are old enough.
The Southern Darts train about once a month.
In addition the Squad conducts Introduction to Orienteering days and camps at Very Easy, Easy and Moderate orienteering skill levels.
The events at which training will be conducted in the near future are detailed below and at others there may be a duty coach to assist Squad members.
For more information, or to let us know that you would like to be a part of the Darts, contact the
Southern Darts Coach: Erica Diment 
If you are interested in becoming a Dart please get in touch with Erica using the above email address
We are happy to add you to our email mailing list so that you keep up to date with what the Darts are doing.
Upcoming events:
Here are upcoming dates for 2020
Watch the enews and the facebook page for more information about the next opportunity.
Darts Dates for 2020
Currently we are having events on Friday nights. Come and join in the fun from 6 pm as we enjoy the sprint series around urban environments. Check on Eventor for details
We have greatly revised our planned dates for 2020
Please pencil the remaining dates into your diary if you have not already done so and plan to be at as many as you can. More information will be sent out via the facebook page and by email. Please check Eventor for details
Dates up until June Long Weekend have now been cancelled.
Keep on eye on the Orienteering SA home page and facebook page for ideas about activites you can do.
See the Darts Training Notes Archive below also for some helpful notes.
We hope to be back up and running in June depending on how everythign goes with COVID-19. Please keep the rest of these dates in your diary for the moment.
14th June General Training Day Mt Crawford. Come along and learn some more. There will be activities here for all levels of experience – from beginner to expert.
July 9th and 10th join Junior Arrows at Training Camp. The Junior Arrows have invited us to come along for a couple of days. Venue yet to be finalised.
Cluster Training on Thur and Fri afternoons Week 1,2,3,4 and 5 of Term 3 (23rd July to 21st Aug) The location will be moving around – keep an eye on Eventor for days, times and places
15th and 16th August – camping weekend north of Burra. Two events on two days with bush camping or plan to stay in Burra and drive north to events each day.
23rd August General Training day – Para Wirra. Come along and learn some more. There will be activities here for all levels of experience – from beginner to expert.
28th August Schools relay champs. Represent your school as part of a team of 3 people. Get your friends together and make sure you have two others who know a bit about orienteering from your school to help you make a team.
29th August - Southern Darts Camp- Parawirra. This is a tentative date at the moment. We plan to train in the afternoon on Saturday, camp overnight and drive across to Wirra Wirra for club relays from here on the Sunday morning. Our training will focus on relay running.
30th August Club Relays. Every member on deck to run for your club.
17th October Night champs. There will probably be camping overnight. Great fun after a night course.
| Darts Training Notes Archive | ||
| Belair | Darts_hints_24082019.pdf | 24/8/2019 |
| Saddles | Saddles_at_Paradise.pdf | 17/8/2019 |
| Folding and Thumbing the map | Folding_and_thumbing_the_map.pdf | 5/4/20 |
Join the Squad
We love to have new members in our Darts - You don't have to be good at it, you just have to enjoy it and want to get better. If you've tried orienteering at school or with a friend or your family and you would like to join that is great. Send us an email and we will link you in to our newsletters so you know when we have events happening. You can also join our facebook group for updates.
Please send in the membership form below (no cost) if you would like to join the Darts.
Southern_Darts_Membership_2019.pdf
