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November 2025 News

Published Thu 06 Nov 2025

President’s Introduction

Kia ora all. A big thanks to Marquita Gelderman, Rob Garden and Andrew Jensen for leading the organisation of the Interclub Relay, it was a very smoothly run event. And congrats to all those who raced because we took the trophy back from AOC! That's it for forest orienteering in Auckland for the year, see you all at any of the many afterwork SummerNav events or at the NWOC Prize Giving!

Newsletter Contents

North West Wins Interclub Relays for 2025
Auckland Calendar of Events
Key events coming up around New Zealand
- Tūāraki North Orienteering Champs, Rotorua, November
- National Rogaine Champs 2025
- National Club Champs 2026
- Tūāraki North Orienteering Champs, 2026
Schools Orienteering
Member News
- - North West End of Year Event & Prize-Giving
  - NWOC Results from AIMS Games
  - NWOC Results from Australian Champs
  - Junior Camp
  - New Members

North West wins Interclub Relays for 2025

For the first time in a few years, on Sunday 2 November, North West won the Interclub Relays. Competition from Auckland and Counties Manukau Clubs was tight with a two-point winning margin.

Podium placings by North West teams that contributed to the win were:

Open Grade; First place - NWOC team of Gene Beveridge, Renee Beveridge & Liam Stolberger
Veterans; First place - NWOC team of Mark Lawson, Lisa Mead, Geoff Mead
Masters; Second place - NWOC team of Alexander Hood, Suzanne Stolberger, Mark Barrett-Hamilton
Juniors: Second place - NWOC team of Aidan Barrett-Hamilton, Arietty Smith-Godoy, Jaimie Appleton
Allcomers: First Place - the NWOC Finn Family Team of Alexander, Amelie & Sian Finn

Congratulations to all these members. North West fielded several other teams across all grades. Huge thanks to all members who participated and contributed to the win.

Jeremy Gray, Julie Mercer, Elizabeth de Winnaar, Sabrina Dewe, Cassie Koon, Harlem Hope-Jensen, Lis Jennings, Joshua Miller, Annabel House, Connor Bateman, Izak Mason, Nathan Bateman, Callum Hill, Huxley Dewe, James Meaclem, Tahi Harris, Emily Thompson, Isaac Stewart, Quinn Harris, Fran Ishida, Alexander Robertson, Cormac Gray, Brooklyn Hope-Jensen, Robert Christie, Bryce Day, Trudy Ringrose, Glenn Robertson, Owen Means, Chris Gelderman & Mike Beveridge

Photos - left to right

NWOC President, Gene Beveridge (right), accepting the trophy from Neill McGowan of Auckland Club.
Open Grade Podium; NWOC team minus Liam Stolberger
Junior Grade Podium; NWOC team minus Arietty Smith-Godoy
Allcomers Grade Podium

Thanks also to Marquita & Rob for their roles as Course Planner & Controller and to Event Coordinator Andrew and everyone else who helped make the event a success.

Auckland Calendar of Events

Forest Events & Club Nights have concluded for 2025; they will resume in March 2026.

In the meantime; Auckland Club's SummerNav runs most weeks from now until the end of March. Details here

Details of all upcoming events in the wider Auckland area for 2026 will be added to our NWOC website here

New Zealand wide events are on Orienteering New Zealand’s website here

Key events coming up around NZ

Tūāraki North Orienteering Champs, Rotorua, November

Entries have closed for Tūāraki Northern Regional Champs which is on this coming weekend, 8 & 9 November, in the Rotorua/Taupo area. All the best to those North West Club members off to compete.

National Rogaine Champs 2025

This event will be held on 22 & 23 November at Snow Farm, Mt Pisa just south of Wānaka. As well as the 24 hour championship event, there will be 15, 6, and 3 hour options. Event information here. Entries close Wednesday, 19 November @20:00

National Club Champs 2026

These will be held over Easter weekend, Friday 3 April to Monday 6 April in the Masterton area.

Sprint Rathkeale college
Middle Rewanui 30 Mins East of Masterton
Long Conoor 45mins East Of Pahiatua
Relay Riverlands 20 mins North of Masterton.

More information including Bulletin 1 here

Tūāraki North Regional Champs, 25 - 27 April 2026

To be hosted by North West over Anzac Weekend 2026.

Key Info

Three multi day length events on the best maps in Woodhill Forest
Chasing starts for most grades on Day 3.
Days 2 & 3 will be at Lake Rototoa, last used for Oceania in 2017.
Camping available close to the event centres in a beautiful deer farm, ideal for those picking up a small camper van or who are willing to stay in a tent
20 minutes drive to the Parakai hot pools and food places.

All event information plus a link to where to enter will be posted here

Schools Orienteering

The 2026 Auckland Schools Orienteering Calendar for the Auckland region is complete. Dates for Schools’ competitions will be available on the Auckland Schools Orienteering website later in the year.

Member News

*North West End of Year Event & Prize-Giving - Sunday 30 November

This social event will be held at Coatesville Hall, 4 Mahoenui Valley Road, Coatesville.

The event will also include North West's AGM for 2025

Event Programme

4pm - AGM
4.30pm - start of social activities - orienteering maze, display of NWOC history
6pm - Dinner*
7pm - Prizegiving

*Dinner: North West will provide a cooked ham plus brownie & strawberries for dessert. Please BYO your own salads & drinks.

Please also bring your own cutlery, glasses, plates, chairs/mat to sit on.

This event is FREE for all North West members and their families

RSVP here by Monday 24 November 2025

Notice of AGM

The 2025 NWOC Annual General Meeting will be held at 4pm, prior to the end-of-year social activities. An agenda for the meeting is available here.
An RSVP for the AGM is included as part of your RSVP for the event. Attendance is optional, but we would love to see you there!

North West Member Results from AIMS Games 2025

Congratulations to all our NWOC Junior members who competed in the AIMS Games in September. We've highlighted top 20 results for each year group and listed other North West members who also participated.

Sprint Year 8 Girls:

2nd Lacey Gornall, Orewa College
4th Emily Thompson, Glen Eden Intermediate
5th Arietty Smith-Godoy Glen Eden Intermediate
9th Isla Horne, Murrays Bay Intermediate
12th Seanna Govender, Albany Junior High

Also participating - Neiva Moore, Murrays Bay Intermediate; Millie Harrison, Murrays Bay Intermediate; Roxy Hefer, Orewa College; Maya McCullough, Pinehurst Junior School; Melanie Pang, Glen Eden Intermediate

Sprint Year 8 Boys:

4th Huxley Dewe, Glen Eden Intermediate
5th Blair Corkery, Glen Eden Intermediate
6th Lucas Deng, Northcross Intermediate

Also participating - Ethan Frankenfield, Glen Eden Intermediate, Harlem Hope-Jensen, Orewa College, Alexander Finn, Glen Eden Intermediate

Sprint Year 7 Girls:

4th Dorothy Leung, Northcross Intermediate
14th Lavender Wei, Pinehurst Junior School

Also participating - Maddisyn Blackburn Northcote Intermediate

Sprint Year 7 Boys

9th Joshua Miller, Glen Eden Intermediate
15th Oli Dyer, Glen Eden Intermediate
17th Connor BATEMAN Orewa College

Rogaine Results

Year 7 Mixed:

2nd Glen Eden Intermediate with Emma Ishida

Year 8 Girls:

3rd Orewa College, Lacey Gornall & Roxy Hefer
5th Glen Eden Intermediate, Emily Thompson & Arietty Smith Godoy
7th Murrays Bay Intermediate, Isla Horne & Mille Harrison

Year 8 Boys:

1st North Cross Intermediate 2 including Lucas Deng
3rd St Peters College including Lachlan Denton & Ryan Barnett

Apologies for any members omitted from this list; we do our best to monitor events and note NWOC member results. Please feel free to tell us about your/your families results by emailing us @ northwestorienteering@gmail.com

Photos from AIMS Games - left to right

Lachlan Denton, Ryan Barnett & Emma Ishida with medals;
Lachlan Denton & Ryan Barnett in Year 8 Boys Rogaine; (with Fletcher Howie behind)
Lacey Gornall & Roxy Hefer, 3rd year 8 girls rogaine;
Lacey Gornall, 2nd Year 8 Girls Sprint (with winner Cheverny Jayasuriya)

North West Member Results from Australian Champs 2025

The 2025 Australian Orienteering Championships were held in Brisbane in late September/early October. This was a huge evnt with 7 events and 960 participants from 15 different countries.

Australian Sprint Champs

M16A

2nd Tahi Harris
7th Daniel Porteous

W18A

3rd Lauren Barrett-Hamilton

Australian Champs Long

M14A

3rd Aidan Barrett-Hamilton

M16A

3rd Tahi Harris

W18A

8th Lauren Barrett-Hamilton

Australian Schools Champs Sprint

Junior Boys

5th Daniel Porteous
6th Aidan Barrett-Hamilton

Senior Boys

8th Tahi Harris

Australian Schools Champs Long

Junior Boys

4th – Daniel Porteous

Australian Schools Relay Champs

Senior Boys - 2nd place Harua 1 team including Tahi Harris
Junior Boys - Harua team mispunched (leg 3) although Daniel Porteous ran the fastest on leg 2

Australian Relay Champs

M14A - 3rd NZ team inc Aidan Barrett-Hamilton
M16 - 1st NZ team inc Tahi Harris NZ Pinestars
W21E - 1st NZ team inc Renee Beveridge

Australian Middle Champs

M16