Why join the Melbourne Forest Racers?

Club membership may help you and your family get to know other orienteers at events and make the day more of a social occasion. We also have members who may be willing to share transport with you to some events.

Melbourne Forest Racers (MFR) is an orienteering club based in the inner suburbs of Melbourne, and has around 40-50 active members. Most of our members are aged between 20 and 45, although there are an increasing number of kids due to a large number of family memberships. The majority of our membership enjoy bush orienteering, and most members have been doing this for many years. In fact, we have a large number of current and ex national team representatives and coaches - there are certainly no shortage of members to ask help from if you wish to develop your orienteering skills. We also have a MTB-Orienteering World Champion in our club, and some members attend Park/Street orienteering events regularly. Also, many international orienteers visiting Melbourne choose to join Melbourne Forest Racers.

A feature of our club is our relaxed atmosphere. We try to minimise formal meetings and administration as much as possible, instead allowing members to spend more time enjoying what they like doing best - orienteering. The club conducts optional weekly training sessions on Monday evenings in the inner suburbs, which is usually followed by a meal. This provides a great way to get to know other members of the club.

The Bush Orienteering programme commences in mid February;

http://www.vicorienteering.asn.au/events

The Park/Street Orienteering and Mountain Bike Orienteering programmes are also currently active;
http://www.vicorienteering.asn.au/parkstreet/
http://www.vicorienteering.asn.au/mtbo/#events