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Junior Sport
Welcome to the Junior section of the Orienteering Australia website.
SA and VIC junior orienteers at a control
We aim to have it as a resource for Australian juniors with items such as a junior-relevant news items, a dedicated page for schools orienteering, a junior event guide and direct links to junior results and photo galleries. We could also set up sections such as training and competition tips, junior profiles, training, and courses.
We need YOUR help, so if you have any ideas for the junior section, would like to contribute stories or photos, please contact Ian Dalton.
Photos can be viewed in the Orienteering Australia photo gallery which will be overhauled in 2008.
Results of past national events including the Australian Schools Championships can be viewed in the Orienteering Australia Results archive.
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!
ASADA Anti Doping Resources
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Inlcuded on this page are important resources that all junior elites should be familiar with. Information such as the current banned medications list, Therapeutic Use Exemption forms for banned prescribed medications and other resources. For more information regarding any issues contact the ASADA hotline 1800 020 506 or OA's High Performance Manager Rob Preston at oa_headcoach at netspeed.com.au
Appointment of new Australian Junior Coach and Manager
Friday, 27 November 2009
Orienteering Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of two positions: Roch Prendargast as Junior Coach, and Valerie Barker as Junior Manager. Roch and Valerie are both school teachers and have been involved in the sport for many years. They both have children who have recently been in the JWOC team (Aislinn Prendergast and Sophie Barker)
Roch lives in Ballarat Victoria and competes for Eureka Orienteers. He has been involved in coaching junior squads in orienteering, triathlon and swimming. His first orienteering coaching position was back with the very first Victorian Schools team to Adelaide in 1990.
Valerie has been a secondary school teacher in several countries, and states of Australia: New Zealand, Canada, England, Brunei, South Australia and the ACT. She has managed the ACT School Sport Orienteering team from 2003-2009. She has also been appointed by School Sport Australia to manage the Australian Schools Orienteering team- on home soil in Canberra in 2007, and in New Zealand in January this year.
Orienteering Australia would like to thank the previous coach and managers Nick Dent and Hilary Wood for all their hard work over many years. OA looks forward to working with Roch and Valerie to further develop junior orienteering in Australia. Contact details can be found here.
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