Orienteering trip
Six Christchurch orienteers will travel to Australia at Easter to compete in a series of international events. All are members of the Peninsula and Plains Orienteers Club. The Christchurch team comprises Eddie Linda Ball, Gaye and Graham Boniface, Alex Cook and Michael Parker. They will compete on 11 of the 14 days they are in Australia. Events will be held at several areas between Sydney and Canberra. Highlights will be a New Zealand versus Australia chab lenge event, followed by the Pacific International Event, and the Australian Military Championships. No South Islanders have been
■ included in the official New ; Zealand team. South Island ’ orienteers have not had many : opportunities to compete against 1 the more established North Island clubs. About 50 New Zealanders will join orienteers from all over the ! world in Australia. The total i number of competitors is i expected to approach 2000. with entries from many Pacific countries. 1 The next local event will be ’ held at Kaituna Valley on Sun- ' day. The location will be sign--1 posted off the main Akaroa i highway. Starting times are 1 between 10.30 a.m. and 1 p.m., ’ and a variety of courses will be available for all ages and i abilities.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19800331.2.131
Bibliographic details
Press, 31 March 1980, Page 22
Word Count
203Orienteering trip Press, 31 March 1980, Page 22
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.