Why Join Yarra Valley Orienteering Club?

About Yarra Val­ley Ori­en­teer­ing Club

Margi 2016
Yarra Valley is the club with the striking black, red and yellow running top.  We are active in bush, mountain bike, sprint and park and street orienteering.  You can start from any age or fitness level.

We are a great club.  As well as enjoying the competition we also enjoy  socialising at events.  Our club has a wealth of expertise that new members can tap into to learn new navigation skills and improve existing ones.  We are proud of our club identity which is supported by a regular newsletter, our website, social events and coaching sessions.

We offer support to members (especially juniors) who are selected in representative teams.

The club is an incorporated association. You can view the club rules HERE

Why join the club?

  • As a club mem­ber you become part of our community, and get to compete in our club colours.
  • You will receive the club newslet­ter every two months. The newslet­ter has sto­ries about club mem­bers and some of the things they do, and tells you about future and past events as well as providing tips for improving orienteering skills.
  • You can join in club activ­i­ties such as social gath­er­ings and club meet­ings.
  • Depend­ing on your stage of ori­en­teer­ing there are oppor­tu­ni­ties to improve your skills – begin­ner coach­ing, coach­ing at an event or shad­ow­ing around a course, dis­cussing your course after the event
  • You will have oppor­tu­ni­ties to learn new skills from other club mem­bers such as course set­ting, organ­is­ing events and map mak­ing.
  • When helping at a club event, you will not have to pay an entry fee for that event
  • You will be able to run in a club team in the relays and the club will pay your entry fee.

Your membership includes a subscription to the Orienteering Victoria weekly news bulletin, and access to the online “Australian Orienteer” magazine,  which is published 4 times per year.

How to join Yarra Val­ley Ori­en­teer­ing Club

By joining Yarra Valley Orienteering Club (YVOC), you automatically join Orienteering Victoria, the state association governing all Victorian orienteering activities.

The 2018 annual fee to join YVOC (including membership of Orienteering Victoria):

$40 – for fam­ily or indi­vid­ual senior

$6 – for junior individual  (under 21)

There are two ways to join.

Our preferred method is via the Eventor website. A step by step guide on how you can join via Eventor is  provided HERE, or you can go directly to Eventor.

Membership applications can be also be made by completing the Yarra Valley Orienteering Club Membership Application form and forwarding the completed form to Membership@yvoc.com.au.