ADHOC Orienteers

23/09/2026

Congratulations and good luck to -
Edmund Toomey, M16, Rachel West, W50, and Anthea Feaver, W65 for their selection in the Australian Orienteering team to compete in the ANZ Challenge over the next week.
Edmund - Sprint: Rachel - Relay, Sprint: Anthea - Middle, Relay, Long, Sprint
🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏻‍➡️🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️

20/09/2026

State Long Distance Champs today on ‘Marginata’ (formerly Mount Yetar) which was a welcome return to some of the best terrain the Perth hinterland has to offer - especially after a controlled burn!

Edmund, ?broken big toe (soccer) on board, managed to do enough to win M20, and despite me catching 4mins on him mid-course he pulled away towards the end and I threw in a big mistake in easy terrain near the finish to give him a well-deserved family victory 😉

Jen won W45 by 3mins which was a great result after her Swiss training camp earlier🇨🇭

Ruth won W14, dealt with a tough 1st control on the W14 course and went on to complete the course and also beat the M14 competitor.

I was running M35 (to be able to be on the same course as Edmund) and came a distant 2nd today, the sea anchor for ADHOC representatives!

13/09/2026

On Friday there are 48 teams from 4 secondary schools entered in the relay competition! This should give some exciting head-to-head racing around trails and sports area of McLean Park in Denmark. The maps are finalised and the timing system appears to be cooperating, which is no mean feat with relay courses and entries.

We’d appreciate some help on the day, reach out if you or someone you know can assist in the morning as a few extra helpers will help it run smoothly.
John

06/09/2026

Orienteering at Frazzle today, 5am departure and we were there to be the first starters at about 9:15! Ruth ran a Moderate and I jogged around the H2 - I had to stand 3 controls up that had blown over overnight. We then walked the H4 with Ruth navigating and me just the photographer and reassuring shadow! Lots of flowers appearing despite the grey day.
John

23/08/2026

State Middle Distance Champs today on a nice technical section of the Yetar Spring map. Success for our 3 ADHOCers today with Ruth winning W14A and in front of the boys on that course too. John was fastest of the classes on Course 2 and won M35A, managing to finish a minute faster than sparring partner Tom who actually caught up 2minutes at #2!! We joined Edmund (same course, earlier start) at #3 and it was head to head for a while before I caught back up at #6 and was pretty clean from there to the end.

Thanks Graham & Ceri for interesting courses!

23/08/2026

22/08/2026

Saturday was the WA Sprint Distance Orienteering Championships at Belmont Community College and with the high-calibre setting team of Ricky & Craig the courses were great fun. Pancake-flat, buildings not aligned N-S and a map flip made for heaps of navigational entertainment!

Edmund and Ruth had great runs with Edmund also being fastest on course 2, coming in ahead of the winning W21A Amy, and visiting speedy Newcastle-based M45 Greg.

Ruth took her time to #1 but after that she got better and better and even had a few fastest splits compared to the W21 cohort. 3 State Champions for ADHOC, yay! On to the Middle for Sunday.

09/08/2026

Kenine Hill training

09/08/2026

Coach John along with Edmund, Ruth & Jacob headed up to the Kenine Hill map near Beauforts this morning for some granite terrain training. It was a chilly start but stayed dry and the 4 completely different activities were good fun. The next events we’ll be doing are in Perth late August - Sprint and Middle state champs, entries are open in Eventor.