What is Orienteering?
Contact ADHOC
Orienteering is a fun, outdoor, navigation-based sport suitable for all ages and levels of fitness.
See http://wa.orienteering.asn.au for more information or send us an email.
Event Calendar 2024
L2024 Printable Calendar - clickable link
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All detailed event information is available from Eventor including location, course details, results & split times. Saturday start times are 3pm - 3:30pm for ADHOC events.
Please join our mailing list and Facebook page for updates.
2024 MEMBERSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE via Eventor. Instructions here.
Sat Feb 3 1- Little Grove
Sat Feb 17 2 - Mt Barker Community College
Sat March 02 3 - Flinders Park Primary School
Sat March 16 4 - Mt Manypeaks Primary School
Thurs May 2 Primary Interschool Teams Event (Centennial Park - West)
Sat May 11 5 - Mt Clarence (west) / Albany Town
Sun June 3 OWA Dryandra (Narrogin
Mon June 4 OWA Dryandra (Narrogin)
Sat June 15 OWA Sprint SL (Waneroo SHS)
Sun June 16 OWA Middle SL(Peterdine - Spencers Brook)
Sat Aug 3 6 - Gilcreek Scout Camp
Sat August 10 OWA State Sprint Championships (Curtin University)
Sun August 11 OWA State Middle Championships (Hill Park Dale - Beverley)
Thurs Sept 12 GSSSSA Interschool Relay Event (Centennial Park - West)
Sun Sept 22 OWA State Long Championships (Peterdine - Spencers Brook)
Sat 28 Sept => Sun 6 Oct Australian Championships Carnival - Armidale, NSW
Sat Oct 19 7 - Spencer Park Primary
Sat Nov 02 8 - Great Southern Grammar
Sat Nov 16 9 - Albany Town Centre
Sat Nov 30 10 - North Albany SHS & SRT
Click here for general event information
Click here for membership information
2024 Series Points
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Series points are awarded to members who run as an individual on the correct minimum course length - so everyone needs to run the medium or long course, except for U10s and U12s who can earn points on any course.
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A scaling factor applies for each age group so that everyone is awarded points based on their amended minutes per kilometre.
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Your best 6 ADHOC event scores count.
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Event setters will receive the average of their best 3 runs for the whole season for the event they set.
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Members who do not formally nominate to assist at an event in the season will be ineligible for series awards.
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Much more information is located here on the OWA page, their system is similar.
Training and Coaching
Read some navigation tips on the OWA website (did you know that John Toomey coined the phrase 'NavDash' in the late 1990s?) and find some more tips in Orienteering Australia's Sprint Orienteering Training Guide.
Most maps will contain uncrossable features. See an article on Forbidden Features in the June 2020 edition of The Australian Orienteer magazine, and test your knowledge with this fun quiz from Orienteering ACT!
Coach John Toomey is holding occasional training sessions for interested members and ADHOC will occasionally hold informal events for coaching and training.
For more information, manually add yourself to the club's mailing list using the form higher on this page, or email the club and ask.
About Us
Albany and Denmark Hinterland Orienteering Club (ADHOC) was formed in 2014 by a group of local enthusiasts with the aim of bringing orienteering to the Great Southern. We have conducted the 'Albany Trail Run' in 2016 and 2017 as our major fund-raising venture for club equipment.
