Orienteering

Orienteering is a running sport where the participants use a map to get from point to point in cross-country terrain. The race is intended to test the navigational skill, concentration and running ability of the competitors.

Senior Girls run a 3 km course and Junior Girls run a 2 km course. The objective on each leg is to follow the fastest route between controls.

It is easy to be disqualified – even experienced runners can miss out a control point or get the order of the control points mixed up. Participants carry cards that they slot into the controls. When they finish the course, their card gives a digital record of their run.

We have offered Orienteering as a sport at Jeppe High School for Girls since 2014.

It is a popular summer sport for students who enjoy running and like the challenge of navigating their course from a map. Orienteering requires fitness, a willingness to engage with often quite rough outdoors terrain and the ability to read a map while running.

The Orienteering League is held in the first term and we take about 35 runners to the Orienteering Schools’ League (OSL) events. The League events are currently held on Monday afternoons.