Orienteering Australia's High Performance Program covers the elite junior, senior and mountain bike activities in Australia.

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  • Bushrangers - Australia's Test Match team against New Zealand.
  • Junior World Championships team
  • Mountain Bike Orienteering World Championship team
  • Competitions
  • State Teams

      Australian High Performance Training Centre - ACT Academy of Sport

      Orienteering Australia congratulates the success of:

       Hanny Allston  Adrian Jackson

      2009 World Games Champion
      2006 World Champion

      		 2009 World Champion- Sprint, Long Distance
      2006 World Number One
      Sprint and Long (Junior)  Mountain Bike Orienteering
         

      Smartplay

      Smartplay is a sports safety and injury prevention program. Their website has tips to reduce the risk of injury and now has a section specific to orienteering!

         

      Crane and Allston qualify for Middle Distance Final

      Sunday, 16 August 2009

      The 2009 World Orienteering Championships started in Hungary today with the middle distance qualification the first challenge facing competitors. The race was held at Bükkszentkereszt, an area 20km from the event centre, Miskolc. The region includes challenging low visibility sink hole terrain. Some of the top runners commented on how nice and suitable the area was for a middle distance event though these sentiments may not be shared by those that faced problems.

      Australia has a full strength women’s team at this year’s WOC, but no men. The women had mixed results with the recently married Grace Crane (nee Elson) and Hanny Allston qualifying comfortably but Jasmine Neve missing out. Jasmine struggled in the early part of the course but finished strongly. Unfortunately the early setback was too much and Jasmine did not qualify for the final.

      The top 15 from each heat qualify for the final on Wednesday 19th.

      Other results

      Men A
      1. Pavlo Ushkvarok UKR 26.40
      2. Matthias Mueller SUI 27.01
      3. Dmitry Mihalkin BLR 27.04
      15. Wolfgang Siegert AUT 29.11

      Men B
      1. Matthias Merz SUI 25.47
      2. Tero Fohr FIN 26.41
      3. Zinca ROM 26.60 (?)
      15. Robert Banach POL 29.47

      Men C
      1. Valentin Novikov RUS 26.12
      2. Daniel Hubman SUI 27.07
      3. Thierry Gueorgiou FRA 27.16
      15. Emil Wingstedt SWE 30.33

      Women A
      1. Simone Niggli, SUI 26.46
      2. Helena Jansson SWE 28.30
      3. Merja Rantanen FIN 28.57
      11. Hanny Allston AUS 31.45
      15. Ilina Shandurkova BUL 33.14

      Women B
      1. Anne Margrette Hausken NOR 27.02
      2. Dana Brozkova CZE 28.05
      3. Vroni Koenig-Salmi SUI 28.10
      11. Grace Crane AUS 31.55
      15. Karin Schmalfeld GER 34.37

      Women C
      1. Lea Mueller SUI 28.16
      2. Minna Kauppi FIN 29.14
      3. Radka Brozkova CZE 29.58
      15. Irina Maiorescu ROM 37.28
      24. Jasmine Neve AUS 46.17

      Full information can be observed on the WOC website.

      Don’t forget to check out the Boomerang’s team blog.

      Tomorrow will see the Long Distance qualification race using the same arena. Australian’s Hanny Allston, Kathryn Ewels and Grace Crane will be lighting up the forest.
       
         
      Bulletins
      World University Orienteering Championships starts today Tuesday, 20 July 2010 World University Orienteering Championships starts today in Borlange, Sweden
      JWOC 2010 finishes with Relay Race Saturday, 10 July 2010 JWOC 2010 finishes with Relay Race with victory for the Danish women and Norwegian men
      JWOC continues with Long Distance race in the sand dunes of Svinklov Wednesday, 7 July 2010 JWOC continues with Long Distance race in the sand dunes of Svinklov
      JWOC 2010 kicks off in Aalborg University, Denmark Monday, 5 July 2010 JWOC 2010 kicks off in Aalborg University, Denmark
      New Australian JWOC team blog Friday, 25 June 2010 The Australian Junior team is starting the long trip to Denmark for the 2010 Junior World Orienteering Championships. Follow them on the new team blog.
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      Round 2 Australian Bushrangers V New Zealand Pinestars Friday, 4 June 2010 The Australian Bushrangers compete in New Zealand this weekend in Round 2 against the NZ Pinestars
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      Australian Orienteering Team Blog returns Friday, 30 April 2010 Australian Orienteering Team Blog returns
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      Australian Team for 2010 World University Orienteering Championships Friday, 9 April 2010 Australian Team for 2010 World University Orienteering Championships
      Australian JWOC team announced Thursday, 8 April 2010 The Australian team to contest the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Denmark has been announced.
      Sullivan, Sheldon Queensland Sprint Champions Tuesday, 30 March 2010 Kieran Sullivan and Anna Sheldon are 2010 Queensland Sprint Champions.
      Wendy Read appointed as new Australian Bushrangers Coach Tuesday, 23 March 2010 Wendy Read appointed as new Australian Bushrangers Coach and Assistant Coach for WOC 2010
      Nominations - 2010 Junior World Orienteering Championships Monday, 8 March 2010 Candidates for selection in the 2010 Junior World Orienteering Championships are asked to submit their nominations by 28 March.
      SILVA National Orienteering League Round 1 Report Sunday, 7 March 2010 Event results from Races 1, 2 & 3 in Victoria on March 6 & 7
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