Orienteering Events

We’ve had a number of orienteering events since the start of the term.

North Island Secondary School Champs

Over ANZAC weekend, 25 students attended the North Island Secondary School Champs, a 3-day event held in South Auckland. Students competed in a short course, long course, and relay event. The first two days had ideal running conditions but the weather really packed in for the relays with visibility on the course almost impossible. We had our best individual results on the 2nd day with Blair Corkery placing 2nd in the standard long course and Lucas Deng placing 3rd in the same event. At the end of the competition, NX placed 5th overall in the Year 7/8 boys division and 10th overall in the girls division.

Auckland Relay Championships (photo top of page – the NX Team)

On Tuesday 6th May, 54 orienteering students travelled to Riverhead Forest for the Auckland Relay Championships. NX had the largest entry by far with 18 teams of 3 in attendance. We were lucky to have a fine, warm day however, the ground underfoot was rather muddy! The course proved difficult for those new to forest orienteering; we still obtained over ten sub-20 minute times. Top results of the day included a 3rd place for Team 11 (Keddy Gong, Adam Huang, Danil Taran), and 5th place for both Team 4 (Naia Carson Neufeld, Nadia Corkey, Olivia Zhang) and Team 10 (Blair Corkery, Lucas Deng, Viggo Karlsson). Blair had the 3rd fastest individual time while Keddy and Naia had the 4th fastest.

Orienteering Inter Zone Day

On Wednesday 14th May, 27 students attended the Orienteering Inter Zone Day at Massey Football Club. We had three teams and one individual competing; the conditions were ideal for fast times. Once again, NX came away with some great results.

Y7 Girls Team – 1st – Auckland Champions!
Kaitlyn McCarty, Ariel Huang, Amy Tan, Rachel Rodney, Dorothy Leung, Mira Li.
Y7 Boys Team – 2nd – Theo was 3rd fastest on his course.
Ryan Deng, Yeonjun Moon, Juan Oosthuizen, Jayden Xue, Kai Hewetson, Theo Callan.
Y8 Boys Team – 9th – out of 23 teams.
Ryan Wang, Adam Su, Ethan Tu, Lucas Deng, Andrew Wang, Joon Hwang.
Naia Carson Neufeld – individual runner – 5th fastest on her course.

2025 Auckland Orienteering Individual Championships

Thursday 22nd May, 17 students along with 5 parents and 2 staff made the 2 hour journey to Waiuku Forest for the Individual Champs. It was a fine but rather chilly day as the sunshine did not make it over the top of the trees. Despite the cold, our NX students proved once again that they are amongst the best in the Auckland region. Top 10 placings in the Year 7/8 Girls Division included Rachel Rodney in 2nd, Dorothy Leung in 4th, and Naia Carson Neufeld in 7th. Within the Year 7/8 Boys Division, NX took out 6 of the top 10 placings with Blair Corkery in 1st, Keddy Gong 2nd, Harry Smith 3rd, Danil Taran 5th, Benji Boyle 6th, and Adam Huang 10th.