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 2026
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All detailed event information is available from Eventor including location, course details, results & split times.
Please join our mailing list and Facebook page for updates.
2026 MEMBERSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE via Eventor. Instructions here.
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Sat Feb 14 1- Little Grove Primary School
Sat Mar 7 2 - tbc
Sat Mar 21 3 - Bethel School
Fri May 1 Primary Interschool Teams Event (Centennial Park - East)
Sat May 23 4 - tbc
Sat June 13 5 - tbc
Sun Aug 2 OWA Club Relays (Kent St SHS)
Sat Aug 22 OWA State Sprint Championships (Belmont City College)
Sun Aug 23 OWA State Middle Championships (Yetar Springs, Chidlow)
Sat Aug 29 OWA State MTBO Middle Championships (Turner Hill)
Sun Sep 6 OWA SL Long (Frazzle, kinda near Beverley)
Fri Sept 11 GSSSSA Interschool Relay Event (McLean Park, Denmark)
Sun Sept 20 OWA State Long Championships (Marginata, Chidlow)
Sat Oct 17 6 - tba twilight event
Sun Oct 18 7 - tba
Sat Oct 31 8 - Flinders Park Primary School
Sat Nov 14 9 - tba
Sun Nov 29 10 - tba
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Click here for general event information
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Click here for membership information
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All orienteering events in Australia are open to members of ADHOC Orienteers. Events for all States are listed on the Eventor Australia website.
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2025 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.
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Training and Coaching
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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!
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Coach John Toomey is holding occasional training sessions for interested members and ADHOC will occasionally hold informal events for coaching and training.
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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.
