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NEXT EVENT: Thursday, 23-Apr-26 :  Orienteering ACT Annual General Meeting  [Directions by Apple Maps, Google Maps]

Board Shorts – March 2026

Held Monday 23 March 2026. Strategic direction for event series Wednesday winter Midweek Series to stop Summer series proposal under discussion Ski-O not to run in 2026 Street-O relaunch planned Capital O to continue Grants, membership and finance Coaching and sporting schools AGM and annual report OACT representation on Orienteering Australia Board Event coordination and…
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Four OACT Juniors Selected for European Youth Championships

Congratulations to Ben Mansell (Bushflyers), Oliver Bishop (Parawanga), Veronika Iskhakova (Red Roos), and Sanda Halpin (Parawanga) who have been selected in the Australian team to compete at the 2026 European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) to be held in Nova Gorica, Slovenia from 23-27 June. The complete 2026 Australian EYOC Team: M16: Rory Shedden (NSW), Euan…
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Learn to Orienteer – Starts 25 April

Want to Learn to Orienteer? Join our “Learn to Orienteer” program in term 2. It’s for anyone who wants to learn to orienteer – all ages are welcome. There will be seven one-hour sessions, held once a week. Lessons are conducted in small groups. We will focus on different skills and give participants plenty of…
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Friday Training Cancelled

The training session previously planned for this Friday 27 March at Red Hill has been cancelled due to forecast wet weather…
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Honours and Awards for 2025

The 2025 Orienteering ACT Annual Awards Presentation was held at the conclusion of the final Runners Shop Twilight Series event at Commonwealth Park on Wednesday 18 March. Thank you to Valerie Barker and Nina Davis for organising and hosting the awards, and to Tom de Jongh for providing the photos accompanying this story. Audun Fristad…
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