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).
2024 Membership Fees
On 21 November 2023, the ONSW Board approved the following Membership Fees for 2024.
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Full Year 1 January – 31 December 1 |
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Standard (Metro and Regional) |
Remote Clubs 2 |
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Senior |
$65 |
$45 |
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Junior 0 – 20 years old 3 |
$10 |
$5 |
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Family Maximum 4 |
$150 |
$100 |
1 Available in Eventor on 1 December of the preceding year thereby offering new members a 13 month membership.
2 Remote Clubs are Bush ‘n’ Beach, Hastings Orienteering Group, Northern Tablelands, Goldseekers, and Wagga and Riverina (ref ONSW Manual 3.4).
3 This rate applies to all junior members, i.e. Voting Juniors aged 18-20 (ref ONSW Constitution 2021) and Juniors aged 0-17.
4 After paying for individual memberships in Eventor, if the Family maximum is exceeded please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to request refund of the difference.
Please note: There will no longer be a Half Year Membership.
Membership for each year will open 1 December of the preceding year for new and renewing memberships e.g. 1 December 2023 for 2024 Calendar Year.
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 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 (Email) 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