Training events for school students: 19 August – 11 September 2025

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