New orienteers get chance
' Orienteering will be held in Hagley Park on Sunday. Recent events have been ;held on, the outskirts of Christchurch, at tottle Lake, Motukarara and the Port Hills bur the next event is a special promotion for beginning orienteers. > : There will be two separate ; courses. ; The short course I will be only a half-houri I walk or 15min run for) beginners. There will also be! a longer course covering ; most of Hagley Park. . > | The longer course will bej an excellent diversion for joggers . who want a run; around the park, with a. dif-i ference. Orienteering is; sometimes called “the: thought sport” because it re- 1
ilquires a lot’ more thins J than a simple road run. 1 i Competitors may regisv . any..time between 10.30 as ‘land 3 p.m., ana they will t started off at, smin intervals I! All competitors will be t; given a map and a markeu - course. j The courses will be set by j, Graham Boniface and Terry : I McGarry, two of the more rj experienced members of the r< Peninsula and Plains OriLenteering Club. Orienteering in Christ- ! church was started about /three years ago by the rec/reation officers at the 11 Christchurch City Council. •I The organisers of Sun ([day’s event expect a larg s! turnout if tl\e weather is • fine.
New orienteers get chance
Press, 3 September 1980, Page 25
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