To help you keep active and stay local, DROC has created an archive of past maps. These are available for individual exercise only, and are not to be used for organised activity of any kind.
Some of these maps date back many years. Maps were correct at the time, but may no longer be an accurate representation – use at own risk!
All organised orienteering events have been suspended from March 23 until further notice. However, outdoor exercise and activity is still allowed, as long as individuals manage hygiene and social distancing. Orienteering Victoria is rolling out two ways to keep you actively orienteering, and connected to your sport.
MAPLINK https://www.vicorienteering.asn.au/maplink
MapLink is a new feature for Park Street orienteering. In a nutshell, course setters will make their upcoming maps available, in line with the published fixture. Several Map Links are made available each week, with new courses. You can complete as many courses as you like, in your own time frame. We’ll have a self scoring system, thanks to Martin Kozma; and a Facebook page to keep you connected; we also plan some bonus Links along the way. And yes, you’ll earn a Millennium Point for every event completed and reported!
DIY MAP LIBRARY https://www.vicorienteering.asn.au/resources/diy-library/
We have over 100 maps and courses already set up, ready for you to download, print, and use in your own time frame. You’ll find a great selection of park street, sprint, MTBO and bush maps – including Bayside Kangaroos Maprun library; most Park Street maps from January (and some golden oldies from 1995); a great selection of sprint training maps from Fredo and Mikkel, and some Sprint Into Spring, Vic Autumn Series and MelbushO maps.
We also have a special offer for club members. You can request a digital copy of our Permanent Course maps, which will be emailed to you. These are all set up in Maprun as well, for anyone who wants to record their time and route. This arrangement is temporary, and will remain in place until such time as “normal” orienteering resumes.
Exercise Safely, Stay Local and Keep Your Distance
Stay safe as you self train:
MapLink and DIY are intended to allow you to exercise locally; if there is no MapLink near you, check out the DIY Library instead – we have over 100 maps of all types across Melbourne, as well as links to other extensive map libraries – and we’re adding more every day, including for some regional centres like Ballarat.
Follow a few simple rules to keep yourself and others safe and healthy:
Grab your mountain bike and get ready to explore the Dandenong Ranges with a map! You’ll have 75 minutes to visit as many controls as you can on two wheels, using the tracks and trails in and around Silvan Reservoir and Dandenong Ranges National Park. What an amazing way to spend the morning – navigating amongst the spectacular tall timbers!
There is no need to pre-enter – just come along ready to ride, with starts between 10.30 and 10.45am.
Important information for competitors – please read this article.
Start and Finish: Eagle Nest Picnic Ground, Eagle Nest Road (off Silvan Road), Dandenong Ranges National Park.
Riders have up to 75 minutes to visit controls on the supplied colour map. You choose which ones to visit and which way to get there and back. Each control is worth 20 points. 10 points penalty per minute for those longer than 75 minutes.
Entries: Enter on the day – register up until 15 minutes before the 10.30am start time. Fees: Adults $10, Juniors $5.
Map boards and Sportident e-sticks: available for loan.
COVID-19 IMPACT ON ORIENTEERING EVENTS – PARTICIPANT GUIDELINES FOR VICTORIAN PARK STREET EVENTS March 15 2020
Orienteering Australia has shared guidance on conduct of orienteering events with States and clubs. Orienteering Victoria has adopted the competition guidelines below, and we have already posted them on our website and Facebook page. These guidelines take effect at all Park Street events from Monday March 16 2020, until further notice.
We will continue to monitor the situation closely, and follow guidance provided by OA for safe and responsible conduct of events. We expect conditions to change quickly, and will be ready to respond and communicate accordingly. We strongly encourage you to visit the OV website regularly (www.vicorienteering.asn.au) for updates.
Victorian Park Street events
Fixtured events will continue as normal unless/until we are advised otherwise, or unless landowners withdraw permission.
However, the Awards Night and BBQ on Wednesday April 1 will not go ahead; instead we will have a short informal prizegiving (series certificates and Championship medallions) immediately following the event. The dinner planned for Tuesday March 24 will also not proceed.
Guidelines for competitors
You must not come to any Australian orienteering event or activity if you fall into one of the following categories:
Precautions at Victorian Park Street events
** It is currently not practicable for event organisers to provide hand sanitiser or other protective measures for individual participants. Volunteers handling multiple control cards will be provided with gloves.
Debbie Dodd; Margi Freemantle
Orienteering Victoria Park Street Committee Co-Chairs
Phew – just finished another fantastic Melbourne Sprint Weekend! Six races in six days, including a World Ranking Event, the Australian University Sprint Champs, a bush sprint, a sprint relay, and a 4 stage knockout sprint. Hectic is an understatement! DROC took on the job of Race 4 at La Trobe University, with Ian Dodd as course planner, Debbie Dodd as event director, and a huge crew of enthusiastic club members who ensured everything ran to plan. The Relay was first, followed by the individual race, and pressure was on to place the controls, build the arena, run the two events, and pack up and hand over to the next team.
Check out Ian’s Race 4 Feature Leg Analysis where he shows the route choice options on his pick for best leg of each course.
Ian and Debbie were also responsible overall for Finish and Results, while Pam King, Ilze Yeates and Peter Dalwood looked after Registration and Information for the three days. Asha Steer was kept busy handling the Under 25’s competition. Peter Dalwood also made a huge contribution by updating the map for Deakin University.
DROC had a massive contingent of competitors at each race. We had five club members representing Victoria in the Relay – Asha and Lanita Steer, Peter Hobbs, Sarah Davies and Sally Barlow. We also had good results in the overall standings, with a win to Sally Barlow in Senior Girls, third place to Damian Spencer (M40), 5th place to Helen Walpole (W40), 4th place to Janine Steer (W50),and 4th place to Ilze Yeates (W70).
Head to our Gallery for a bunch of fantastic photos!
The 2020 Park Street Championship were held on Monday 24 February at Mulgrave, with suitably challenging courses set by Judi Herkes. The flat course made for speed, but also required plenty of thinking and planning. It was great to see so many competitors really lift their game and race hard.
PRIZES – personalized medals will be presented to 1st, 2nd and 3rd placegetters in each category, on the Awards Night on Wednesday April 1st.
DROC Results:
GOLD – Sarah Love, Ian Greenwood
SILVER – Michael Dardis, Ian Dodd, Denise Pike, James Love, Ros King, Muriel Neilson, Helen Kerley
BRONZE – Peter Hobbs, Damian Spencer, Peter Dalwood, Debbie Dodd, Christine Palmer
Finalists – Andrew Hester, Matthew Grover, Pam King
Melbourne’s crazy summer weather of extreme heat, sudden deluges, and bushfire smoke, has wreaked havoc on the Monday Summer Series. The event at Dingley Village was cancelled when the air quality hit the Very Poor mark, and our fantastic new map at Tatterson was swamped by a heavy downpour which saw most people choose to stay home.
Not wanting our course setters’ efforts to go to waste, we’ve fixtured re-runs of both events as part of the 2020 Saturday Series. Dingley Village will be on April 18; the map was given a complete revamp by Pam, and the course planned meticulously by Joel. Tatterson is a map thats simply too good to miss, with its huge parkland, tricky streets, chain of lakes and wetlands, and the incredible Tree Maze. You’ll have another chance to enjoy Peter G’s map and courses, on May 2.
The Monash Mega Sprint was held in heated conditions (fortunately before the storms that hit later!) An excited crowd queued eagerly for their chance to race indoors and outdoors, on courses planned by Coach In Residence, Fredo. Confusion reigned right from the start as we plunged inside, to be faced with immediate decisions on classrooms, corridors, stairs, doors, and mezzanines.
After exiting what felt like a washing machine, we were thrown straight into a tumble dryer! Route choices on every leg, and tiny details vital, spread over an extra long distance to keep legs and brain working overtime. Keeping concentration was key, but very tough in the conditions. This event was perfect training for the full-on summer of Sprinting that lies ahead, especially for anyone heading to the Melbourne Sprint Weekend in March.
Our thanks to Monash Clayton for their permission, assistance, support and enthusiasm!
Dandenong Ranges Orienteering Club is proud to support the OV Coach In Residence program; all entry fees will be used to support this valuable activity. Look out for Fredo’s training sessions!
Our club is looking forward to another great year in 2020! We’re putting on plenty of amazing orienteering events right through the year. These include:
in addition to our regular program of mid week and Saturday park street events.
Sprint Into Spring is over for another year, and once again, DROC members featured in the winners lists! Jerseys will be presented on Saturday November 30 at Ruffey Lake.
Our 2019 Jersey winners are Sarah Love (Mo Women Green), Damian Spencer (Sally Men Green), Wayne Love (Sally Men Polkadot) and Sammy Love (Sally Women Polkadot). Asha Steer was 3rd overall on Mo Women, and James Love was third overall on Sally Men. Congratulations! Check out our Gallery for more photos.
Wayne and Sammy will swap last year’s Green jerseys for Polkadot
