Orienteering News - 16 March 2026

For more information and pre-entry, please see Eventor

This is the third OST for 2026. Eight courses are available, of different lengths and navigational difficulty. The forest at Lieemunetta is open, dry and delightful to run in. Some of the terrain is steep, so we’ve taken some climb out by having the start high and the finish somewhat lower.

Please enter online by midnight on Wednesday March 18th.

More information and pre-entry in Eventor

This is event 6 of the Autumn Twilight Series and also the Southern Schools Championships. The assembly area is at the end of the lower carpark at Hobart College. Follow signs from the entrance to Hobart College. Start is adjacent to the carpark.

You can start anytime between 4:00 pm and 6:00. Please note this later start time (4:00 pm rather than 3:30 pm). This follows a request from the College as classes go until 4:00 that day.

Lots of extra information and pre-entry is available in Eventor

The Esk Valley Orienteering Club runs an annual Northern Schools Orienteering Championship, open to all school aged students in the North and North-West of the state.

This event, along with a state-wide Schools Championship and nominated state selection events, also provides a pathway for young orienteering athletes towards possible selection in the Tasmanian Schools orienteering team.

Entry is open to any student at primary or secondary college and students are encouraged to enter through their schools. All these events are under the direction, guidelines and rules of Orienteering Tasmania Inc. 

This event will be run in conjunction with our regular twilight event with school entrants being prioritised for starts over other competitors.

Additionally, courses 4 and 5 will be open as part of the LSSSA competition on Friday 27/3/26.

OT would like to advise the following changes to the event calendar:

1. The School Sprint Championships due to be held on 29 March are now cancelled. Instead the Tasmanian Sprint Championships at Sorell School on 11 April will be a selection race for the Tasmanian Schools team
2. The Waverley Park Southern Local event will now be held on 26 April instead of 19 April
3. OST 4 at Lovelybanks will now be held on 31 May instead of 26 April. This is also a selection race for the Tasmanian Schools team

Orienteering Tasmania runs an interschool competition which is based on your best 4 performances from the first 5 events.

Your cumulative scores are available here, please check them now to ensure that we have your correct school listed against your name.

Please send any corrections to Mike.

Interested in representing Tasmania at the Australian Schools Orienteering Championships?

Selection for the 2026 Tasmanian Schools Team will be based on performances across several key events this autumn.

• Junior Girls / Boys (born 2011-2014)
• Senior Girls / Boys (born 2008-2010)

The main selection races include the Tasmanian Sprint Championships (11 April, Sorell School), the Schools Forest Championships (17 May, Currawong Lakes) and the OST event at Lovely Banks on 31 May. Selectors may also consider results from other championship events held in April.

More information about nominating for the Schools Team can be found HERE

For questions about nominations or selection, please contact Performance Director, Alison Stubbs performance@tasorienteering.asn.au

The Orienteering Tasmania AGM scheduled for Sunday 22/3 will now be held online at 7pm (previously scheduled for directly after OST 3). This late change is due to i) last minute availability changes and ii) additional Easter AOC preparations that will be taking place after the event. Unfortunately the previously mentioned BBQ at OST 3 will also not be held.

Time: 7pm
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/mjz-pqvo-cfz
Or dial: ‪(AU) +61 3 8594 9973‬ PIN: ‪260 646 854‬#