Orienteering News - 23 March 2026

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.

If you are competing in the Southern School Championships you will not be able to choose which courses to run on, you must run on the course appropriate to your year group in school. Check here for details. Adults can still choose between Long, Medium and Short courses.

At 5:30pm we will start the medal and trophy presentations. These are for the Twilight Series (best 4 of 5 events, student and adult), the champion schools and the Southern School Championships. Please wait around for this.

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.

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