Training maps
Training maps
Riverhead Robinson Road map training controls (Version 15 October 2023)
Keen to do some independent orienteering training or to add focus to a forest walk?
Several club members have devised a new training map with 35 marked control sites on the Robinson Road map. Each control site is marked by an orange and white orienteering flag suspended from a tree - but no numbered standards.
It is planned to leave the flags in the forest over the summer.
You may come across some older small weathered cardboard control markers - these related to a previous training map
Download and print the map below. Make up your own training course from a selection of controls on the map.
Controls 30 - 39 are easiest (Yellow level)
40 -47 are intermediate difficulty (Orange level)
48 - 65 are hardest (Red level).
- Robinson Road map, access via car park at end of Robinson Road, Riverhead Forest.
- Casual recreational access is generally allowed to this area of forest. The forest can be closed for harvesting / fire danger / car rallies etc. You are responsible for your own safety and access to the forest. Possession of an orienteering map does not imply right of access.
- Be aware of other forest users: vehicles, bikes, horses, dogs (& their walker).
- Sites are marked with an orienteering flag.
- Use the marked control sites for control picking or make up your own course.
- Red level controls ( # 48 - 65) are hard, not suitable for the inexperienced.
- The area is rugged, you are responsible for your own safety. Lower leg cover is recommended.
- Have fun!
- Please note there is an Embargo Notice in place, meaning that part of the Robinson Road map is out of bounds:
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Auckland Orienteering Club (AOC) is hosting the trial middle race (Riverhead) on Saturday 16 March and North West Orienteering Club (NWOC) is hosting the trial long race (South Head/Woodhill) on Sunday 17 March. Public races will be held on both days following the JWOC race starts.
Read JWOC2024 selection notice
Embargo
The following embargo applies to competition areas. An embargo is a restriction, which prevents athletes accessing a competition area prior to the competition taking place. Anyone breaching these embargoes risks disqualification. The embargoes apply from now (29 September 2023) until the competition weekend.
Riverhead Forest – Robinson Road map
All areas to the west / north west of Robinson and Sergeant Roads.
Read more here -
Link to English text version of the control descriptions for the Riverhead training map
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