Orienteering in South Africa

Entries for the Gauteng Champs are now open on Orienter.co.za. The Sprint will be at St Albans College and the Middle and Long at Die Bosveld. Visit the ‘Events/2026 Events’ page for full details.

Cameron Morrison is currently competing at JWOC in Sweden. The Sprint event was yesterday and the Long is tomorrow (1st July). You can watch him and the competitors from other countries at Junior world orienteering championships Karlskrona, 29th June –…
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All the logs are now available on the Events 2026 page. See who is leading in each category half way through the year,

WOC The SAOF will not be sending any athletes to WOC 2026 to be held in Genova, Italy from 6-11 July. JWOC The SAOF is pleased to announce the following selection of athletes to represent South Africa at JWOC in Sweden.…
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Entries are now open for the Mountain Marathon at Kings Kloof, and Hilton 3-day Oringen. Enter at orienter.co.za Events sheets on the events page. Mountain Marathon An orienteering mountain marathon is a demanding endurance event that combines long-distance mountain running…
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On Saturday 24 January 2026 the SAOF supported by the Gauteng Schools’ league hosted a Teachers’ Coaching course for 13 aspirant school coaches. The course was hosted at Jeppe High School for Boys and facilitated by Carl Holmes, ably assisted…
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The SAOF is happy to announce that four new Level 1 coaches have recently qualified. Over a three-weekend period, coach trainer Tania Wimberley expertly took the group through the course. The new coaches are: Claudette Busschau, Barbara de Leeuw-Morrison, Alex…
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Results from Riversands Urban Event are now under the menu Events/2026 Events. You can see the full results as well as the splits for each of the classes in tabular or graph format. The above graph shows the Women and…
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The SAOF Selection Committee is pleased to announce the selection of the following athletes into the High Performance squads for 2026. Senior Squad: Bradley Lund, Carl Holmes, Sarah Wimberley, Alex Puntigam, Shelby dos Santos, Thomas Ashworth. Junior Squad: Cameron Morrison, Tristan…
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The first of the urban sprint events is on Sunday 8th February at Riversands Farm Village. And the following week the event is at Pretoria Botanical Gardens. See Events / 2036 Events for the event sheet and other information.