OSA's Summer Orienteering Program is held across Metropolitan Adelaide during the warmer months. Events are generally held on Friday evenings through November to February.
Kicking off with the Twilight Series (followed by the Sprint Series in February), it's a fun way to introduce friends to the sport. Come prepared for a walk/run around parks and streets (wear walking or running shoes).
Each Twilight Series event has 3 line (point to point courses) courses from around 2 - 6 km, and a Scatter Course (you choose the controls to visit). Courses are available to runners and walkers, teams/groups (e.g. families with children) and individuals. No experience required as courses involve simple map reading.
And for the younger ones, each event has some Orienteering games targeted at the under 7 years old (Kid-O) may be available at some events (see each events information)
Click the links (to be added when locations are decided) below to register on Eventor, if you are new see the document on How to Register as a Casual Orienteer choosing Orienteering SA, 2025 as the year and "Casuals SA" as the club (or contact the event organiser for any assistance).
Twilight and Sprint Series events are held on park and street maps. For the basics of the orienteering course and map used for these event, see the information sheet below the event list. And under that is an example of a typical summer orienteering sprint course.
Note: If the forecast temperature in the event location is over 35 degress at around 6 PM, courses will be available, but non-competitive. Events may be cancelled if extreme heat is forecast.
Twilight SeriesIn 2024 the first event is Friday 15 Nov with events through to end of January 2025 Events have start times from 6 - 7 PM, with course closure at 8 PM Planned Locations are yet to be decided - proposed dates are below ************************************************************** Friday Nov 15 South Parklands Friday Nov 22 Oakden Friday Nov 29 Henley Beach South Friday Dec 6 Panorama Friday Dec 13 Bonython Park Break over Christmas - New Year Friday Jan 3 North Adelaide Parklands Friday Jan 10 Hackney - St Peters Firday Jan 17 Goodwood Australia Day Long Weekend - no events planned as this weekend is the Oceania Championships in New Zealand |
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Snap Sprint Series
2025 events will be held on 4 Friday evenings -final event details to come
January 31st- Adelaide University
February 7th- Flinders University - south campus
February 14th- Urrbrae High School
February 21st - St Clair suburb
Summer orienteering conlcudes with a "Sprint" short course event (SA Sprint Championships) at Roseworthy College on Sunday March 2nd.
All orienteering events in South Australia are listed in Eventor, some 2025 events are yet to be added
Basics of Orienteering Map and Course
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Sample Snap Sprint Map: