The Australian Schools Orienteering Championships (ASOC) is the premier event in the Australian schools orienteering calendar. It is held every year in late September / early October as part of the Australian Championships Carnival week.
It is an amazing event. You meet new people. You catch up with old friends and make new lifelong friends. You travel to different parts of Australia and enjoy some fantastic orienteering.
You can take part in ASOC if you are a student at an Australian school recognised by an Orienteering Australia state or territory affiliate Education Department. You have to be 19 years or younger and 12 years or older at 31 December in the year of the event and be endorsed by your state or territory affiliate of Orienteering Australia to take part. Endorsement involves confirming you attend an Australian school in your state/territory.
Each state or territory affiliate of Orienteering Australia selects a team to compete at ASOC. If you don’t make a team, you can still take part as an “independent athlete”. We encourage everyone who can to take part. Its a great experience!
ASOC is contested over three events. These are:
All entrants are eligible for indvidual titles and the teams’ titles are restricted to those students who are competing as part of an official team,
There are four ASOC classes in each Championship events. These are:
The Southern Cross Junior Challenege is held in conjunction with ASOC and is contested by the invitational New Zealand teams and all the Australian State/Territory teams. It is a tough competition as the New Zealanders are hard to beat and always perform with great credit.
It is also a fantastic opportunity for all competitors to get to know each other and for competing students to form lifelong friendships between our two countries.
View the history and results up to 2024.
Australian Schools Championships Results History 1981 – 2024
ASOC is conducted under the authority of Orienteering Australia and rules approved by the Board of Orienteering Australia. The ASOC rules work in tandem with the competition rules for orienteering.
The ASOC rules can be found on the Operations Guide page as 2.6 – Australian Schools Championships Rules. The rules apply from March 8, 2025.
The Service Award recognises a person’s continued commitment to the Australian Schools Orienteering Championships program, in particular representatives from State/Territory associations who have completed or are about to complete ten (10) years of attendance and/or participation in the Australian Schools Orienteering Championships.
2019 – Joan Sheldon – Queensland
2019 – Stephen Bird – Victoria
2016 – Reid Moran – Queensland
2014 – Ian Dalton – Western Australia
2005 – David Tilbrook – South Australia
2004 – Blair Trewin – Victoria
2004 – Fiona Calabro – Queensland
2003 – Len Minty – Australian Capital Territory
2003 – Peta Whitford – Victoria
2001 – Rob Simson – Queensland
The Rob Simson Memorial Shield was initiated by the Simson family, to acknowledge the work done by Rob Simson, in 1989 and later, in establishing and championing the competition that we now know as ASOC. The award is presented to the best first time competitor at ASOC.
