Are you into running, mountain biking, orienteering/navigation and team work? The Canterbury Adventure Race is on Sat 24th Aug. There are three categories 3-hour (Yr7/8), 6-hour (Yr9/10), and 9-hour (Yr11-13). Options to enter teams of 2,3 or 4 students. 

Please see Mrs Manson or email owenl@hillmorton.school.nz. 

See here for more event details: https://www.crazykeaevents.nz/canterbury 

To enter a Secondary School Championship Team it needs to be a mixed gender, same age group. 

Non championship teams can be entered and raced in any length distance. 

Haere mai! You’re invited to the Canterbury Schools Orienteering Festival 2023.

If you are school aged and go to a primary, intermediate, high school or are homeschooled in Canterbury, you can enter this regional schools orienteering festival. Plenty of training opportunities to learn and practice your orienteering skills are available in the weeks before the festival.
This two-day competition has something for everyone. You can choose to orienteer on your own in a Competitive grade if you have orienteering experience; or compete with friends in the Fun competition. We welcome all students, from beginner orienteers to experienced orienteers and those who have never orienteered before. 

Festival programme:

The festival programme for 2023 is:

• Day 1: Saturday 9th September – Park/urban event. Ferrymead Heritage park. Starts from 1.30 p.m.

• Day 2: Sunday 10th September – Forest event. Bottle Lake. Starts from 10:30 a.m.

You can enter both days or just one.

Festival details: https://papo.org.nz/series/view/33 

Training details: https://papo.org.nz/events/view/4139/training-events-for-school-students-21st-aug-7th-sept-2023