Training events for school students: 19 August – 11 September 2025
Canterbury Schools Orienteering Festival 2025
- Map:
- Various schools and parks around Christchurch
- Event Type:
- Orienteering training and coaching
Coaching and practise is offered to all school-aged children at all levels. No booking required, just turn up with your running shoes, a compass if you have one. Bring your own Sport ident stick if you have one, otherwise we will lend you one (a Sport ident stick is a microchip that you place on your finger to 'punch' each control on the orienteering course).
Each training session will vary, it is run by volunteers and each will have something different to offer. There will be many different things to go over, so it will not have the same format every session. It may involve a walk around looking at features, or a discussion to start, often it will have a set course to run.
Pre-festival school's orienteering coaching and training sessions:
All training sessions will be after school hours on week day afternoons from: 4-5pm with up to four each week leading up to the Canterbury Schools Orienteering Festival. See the date, location & the meeting point for each session below. We recommend re-checking this list close to each session, just in case something has changed. After-school training is $2 per child which you can pay in cash at each session. You will get your own map.
Training & coaching sessions:
Tuesday 19 August 2025 Old School Reserve Scout Hall off Major Hornbrook Road
Thursday 21 August 2025 Heathcote Domain Heathcote Valley Community Association building.
Friday 22 August 2025 Hagley Park West end of the Hagley park car park off Armagh Street.
Monday 25 August 2025 Mt Pleasant School Access through the front entrance at 82 Major Hornbrook Road, through to the front of the school hall to the right.
Tuesday 26 August 2025 Cashmere High Enter through Rose Street or Barrington Street gates. Park in one of the large car parks near Rose Street.
Wednesday 27 August 2025 Ferrymead Park Gravel car park off North Ferrymead Park Drive, in front of second railway crossing, after Ferrymead Historic Park main entrance & before the golf course.
Monday 1 September 2025 McCormacks Bay Beaus Reserve, off McCormacks Bay Rd, opposite Basil Place.
Wednesday 3 September 2025 Thorrington School Near main entrance from Colombo Street
Thursday 4 September 2025 Ngā Puna Wai Outside netball stadium far side from entrance road
Tuesday 9 September 2025 Ilam School School entrance on Ilam road.
Thursday 11 September 2025 Barnett Park End of the car park beside the football fields.
Download 2025 training flyer here: 6.5-2025-Canty-Schools-Orienteering-training-SQ.pdf


