Registrations are closed
Registration for Orienteering for Girls and Women has now closed. If you would like to know more about Orienteering programs visit http://act.orienteering.asn.au/
Focus on Girls and Women
Structured group training for confident navigation, especially in the bush.
Compass use, contours, landscape, and feature identification, as well as understanding the usefulness of fitness and focus and race skills for the more serious athlete.
Beginner Intermediate Advanced
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Day
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Time
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Training Type
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1
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Thurs 2 Feb
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4-6pm
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B Essentials for Orienteering
I/A Fitness and Focus
Terrain running/reading
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Mt Taylor
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2
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Fri 3 Feb
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4-6pm
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B More Essentials - Contours
I/A Head-to-head races over short distance (+/- contour only)
*PLUS introduction to Mountain Bike Orienteering
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East Stromlo
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3
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Thurs 9 Feb
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4-6pm
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B Orienteering course, then review. Intro to thumbing, leg planning, and other technical skills.
I/A Corridors and donuts - against the clock if you want
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Arboretum
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4 & 5
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Fri 10 Feb
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4-5.30pm
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B Familiarisation with common features – termite mounds, pits, boulders
I/A Race simulation using complex granite maps in preparation for Easter
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Mt Ainslie
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6pm-7.30pm
7.45-9pm
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BYO picnic – for whole family then
Orienteering with Lights (OWLS)
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Precise locations to be confirmed
Cost: Covers 5 sessions of instruction PLUS entry to 3 events (Valued from $21 to $45)
$40 Members (Individual) (+ booking fees) $60 Members (Family -Adults and up to 6 children) (+ booking fees)
Non-members, please donate to support the development of our program (+ booking fees)
(Alternatively join OACT - details here.)
*Never tried Mountain Bike Orienteering - BRING A BIKE!!!
This session will teach you how to navigate on wheels at speed – this session is for girls and boys.
Sorry no refunds if you change your mind. No reductions if you come to fewer than 6 sessions.