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 2025
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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.
Please join our mailing list and Facebook page for updates.
2025 MEMBERSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE via Eventor. Instructions here.
Sat Jan 25 1- Denmark SHS
Sat Feb 8 2 - Flinders Park Primary School
Sat Feb 22 3 - St Joseph's College
Sat March 1 4 - Great Southern Grammar School
Sat 8 Mar=>Sun 9 Mar National Events x4 ECU J, Murdoch, ECU ML (Perth)
Sat March 22 5 - Mt Melville
Fri May 9 Primary Interschool Teams Event (Centennial Park - West)
Sat May 17 6 - Yakamia Primary School
Sun June 1 OWA Frazzle (Brookton)
Mon June 2 OWA Frazzle (Brookton)
Sat July 26 OWA State Sprint Championships (CCGS/MLC)
Sun July 27 OWA State Middle Championships (Umuna - Beverley)
Sat Aug 9 7 - Forts Historical Precinct (waiting on CoA approval)
Sun Aug 17 OWA Club Relays (Aquinas College)
Sat Aug 23 OWA SL Sprint (Kent St SHS)
Sun Aug 24 OWA SL Middle (Hill Park Dale)
Fri 5 Sept => Sun 7 Sep Australian MTBO Championships Collie, WA
Fri Sept 19 GSSSSA Interschool Relay Event (Retravision Stadium)
Sun Sept 21 OWA State Long Championships (Avon Valley)
Sat Oct 18 8 - North Albany SHS
Sat Nov 01 9 - TBA**
Sat Nov 15 10 - McClean Park (Denmark)
Sat Nov 29 11 - Albany Golf Club NIGHT EVENT
Sun Nov 30 12 - Mt Barker Community College
Click here for general event information
Click here for membership information
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.
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.
