Benefits and Fees

Club/ONSW Membership 

Choose your club from one Orienteering NSW’s 14 clubs and enjoy all the benefits of being part of a friendly, active community, not only across NSW but across Australia and around the world. Your fee covers membership of your chosen club and through your club, the state association (ONSW).

Membership Benefits

Financial benefits

⇒ Discount on all NSW orienteering event entry fees (typically $4 per event) – a great financial benefit.

• The Senior membership annual fee would be covered by doing roughly one event per month
• The Junior membership annual fee is covered by doing just two events

⇒ Reciprocal membership discounts when orienteering in other states – offered automatically through orienteering’s Australia-wide online event entry system, Eventor. Entry of International events and reciprocal member discounts is another benefit.

⇒ Junior members who are at school can access the $100 NSW government Active Kids vouchers for event entry fees.

⇒ Special offers locally.

• Example: orienteers may purchase a Sydney Summer Series Season ticket (30% discount) for the [normally] 26-week series – one registration and payment covers the whole series.

⇒ Member discounts with Orienteering NSW’s retail partners [Under review in 2022]

Other benefits

⇒ National event calendar and event registration on Eventor

⇒ Weekly e-bulletins with details on upcoming events, training courses and the latest information on orienteering in NSW

⇒ The national quarterly magazine The Australian Orienteer electronically or in hard copy

⇒ Access to member-only training and development courses/events for you to

• improve your orienteering skills
• learn more about what goes into putting on an event from map making and course setting to coaching and controlling

⇒ Club member events and social activities

2023 membership fees

ONSW revised its membership structure in 2021 as part of changes to the Association’s constitution.

All member categories are eligible for all benefits.

¹This rate applies to two membership categories: Voting Juniors aged 18-20 (ref ONSW Constitution 2021) and Juniors aged 10-17.

² Due to the current limitations of the membership system in Eventor, in a small number of memberships, the Family Maximum amount (2 Seniors + 2 Juniors 10 to 20) will be exceeded when paying for the individual memberships in Eventor. The excess will be refunded. Once paid in Eventor please email office on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to request refund. These will then be processed weekly on a Thursday.

³Remote clubs are Bush 'n' Beach, Hastings Orienteering Group, Northern Tablelands, Goldseekers, and Wagga and Riverina.

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