We are delighted to announce that dates have been set for the 2021 NZ MTBO Champs - Joe Sherriff and a team from Dunedin, with support from other clubs and the MTBO committee, have agreed to hosting a NZ Champs in Central Otago 17th - 21st April 2021. This is great news and we are super excited to have this on the calendar, and to begin plans for events in this awesome area. Last used in 2018, central Otago is one of the premier MTBO locations in NZ with a variety of high quality terrain that will challenge and delight MTBOers. 

More information to come, and in the meantime get these dates in your diaries! 

The event is over, and we can now all sit back and reflect on two days (3 events) of hard racing and MTBO socialising! Congrats to all the placegetters and well done to everyone that competed - we hope you enjoyed the events and had a great time in and around Rotorua. We are now in the process of cleaning up and reflecting on the events ourselves - to that end we would value any feedback, which could be things you liked, or things that could be improved. Please email to erinroberts08@gmail.com.

Results are all up, via the links above.

The ONZ MTBO Committee are talking with a few people about possible next champs, so stay tuned on here, the ONZ events listings,  and the MTB Orienteering NZ facebook page for information on this in due course.

​See you next time!

Start lists are now up here

We will be posting results each day on the website, but also check out the MTB Orienteering NZ Facebook page, where people can share news, photo's, and stories of their MTBO efforts over the weekend.

The following embargo restrictions are additional to those previously published - all competitors must read these and ensure they are complied with:

• Middle Distance Champs - no person may access the North West and West section of Whakarewarewa for any reason, from midnight Friday 8th November (this area includes Redwoods, dog walking area, back of Scion, trails West of Turkish Delight and Challenge areas, and sports field and tracks leading to CBD - map detail here)
• Sprint Distance Champs - all competitors must be in the start arena before 2.15pm Saturday 9th November. Anyone failing to be in the start arena by this time will be disqualified. More information is on this, in the bulletin.
  
• Long Distance Champs - no person may access the Cougar Park MTB park for any reason from 8.00am Friday 8th November.
  

The final event bulletin has been published and be found HERE.  We hope to have start lists out mid week.

Just a quick heads up that the bulletin will be posted on Sunday 3rd November, so check back here then to download. 

Courses are looking good and planning well underway. Now just have to cross fingers that the weather gods will be kind!

​See you soon!

The following maps have previously been used for the areas we will be riding on in the 3 NZ Champs events:

• Tui Ridge
• Cougar Park
• Whakarewarewa
• Middle Earth

Note the embargoes which are in place on these maps are as follows:

• Tui Ridge (Sprint Champs) - no person may access the Tui Ridge area prior to the event
• Cougar Park (Long Distance Champs) - no person may access the Cougar Park bike park with a map, or with the express purpose of learning the terrain for navigation purposes
• Whakarewarewa (Middle Distance Champs) - no person may access the North West and West section of Whakarewarewa with a map, or with the express purpose of learning the terrain for navigation purposes (this area includes Redwoods, dog walking area, back of Scion, trails West of Turkish Delight and Challenge areas, and sports field and tracks leading to CBD - map detail here)

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For those people new to MTBO, have a look at these video's Australia have done - a good explanation of the sport: