The 2020 Annual General Meeting will take place at Molong Central School on Sunday 12th April 2020 at 3pm. The Notice and provisional Agenda can be found here – 2020 AGM – agenda Call for nominations for OA elected positions can be found here – 2020 AGM – call for nominations The proposal for OA to become a company limited by guarantee … Read More
Updated new NOL pointscore for 2020
Additional explanation has been added to the document about the NOL 2020 pointscore. The revised document can be found here.
New NOL pointscores for 2020
The National Orienteering League has changed to be a competition conducted over the first half of the season culminating in an exciting final weekend. The final weekend includes a chasing start race to determine the individual winners and a relay to determine the team winners. The last race will count in everyone’s season total for the individual competition. There are … Read More
Management team for JWOC in Turkey
Orienteering Australia is pleased to announce that Mikkel Kaae Nielsen and Warren Key have been appointed the Coach and Manager for this year’s Junior World Orienteering Champs (JWOC) in Turkey. Natasha Key will assist the team for the Pre JWOC acclimatisation week, with Brett Weihart helping out for the competition week. Mikkel is back. After being an assistant last year, … Read More
2020 WOC and WUOC team officials
Orienteering Australia is pleased to announce 2020 national team manager and coach positions as follows: World Orienteering Championships, Denmark, July Coach: Wendy Read Manager and Assistant Coach: Stefano Raus Assistant Coach: Jim Russell World University Orienteering Championships, Russia, July Coach: Henry McNulty Manager and Assistant Coach: Natasha Key Wendy is rejoining as a WOC official after a few years rest; … Read More
Australian MTBO Team Selection – Call for Nominations
Nominations have now opened for the 2020 Oz MTBO Team. We’re looking for male and female riders in the Junior (M/W20) or Elite (M/W21) classes to represent Australia at the World Champs, in the Czech Republic in August. Nominations are open until 21st March. Use this link to submit your details – https://forms.gle/tk6iM5KS2jtr67Kr9 The team selection criteria can be found … Read More
OA National Manager Coaching Development Announced
Orienteering Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Newcastle Orienteering Club member Russell Blatchford as the new National Manager, Coaching Development. Russell joins the OA High Performance team with a wealth of orienteering knowledge and extensive professional experience. Before retiring in 2018 Russell was a secondary PDHPE Teacher for 36 years, during which time he had the roles of … Read More
2020 Development Camp – Cancelled
In the current Fire (and smoke) situation that is in NSW (and other States), OA and I have decided that the best and only thing to do, is to cancel the upcoming Junior Development Camp that was going to be in the Newcastle area from the 3rd to 8th of January, 2020. As a sport, that has its playing fields … Read More