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 / 2025 Membership Fees
On 21 November 2023, the ONSW Board approved the following Membership Fees for 2024 and 2025.
| Full Year 1 January – 31 December 1 | ||
| Standard (Metro and Regional) | Remote Clubs 2 | |
| Senior | $65 | $45 |
| Junior 0 – 20 years old 3 | $10 | $5 |
| Family Maximum 4 | $150 | $100 |
1 Available in Eventor on 1st 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
Please note: There will no longer be a Half Year Membership.
Membership for each year will open 1st 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
