Join us for our 2nd live interview for this year, this time with JWOC representatives Mikayla Cooper, Julia Gannon and Mikaela Gray! Fresh off racing in Portugal last week, the girls will be reflecting on their experiences of what could be described as an unintentional Sprint JWOC. With two debutants and one experienced junior athlete, it will be interesting to … Read More
Reflections on WOC 2022 – Live Interview with Aston Key
Fresh off his 5th place at the World Orienteering Championships Sprint Individual race, Aston Key will be joining Brodie Nankervis for a live Zoom interview this Wednesday 6th of July at 6pm AEST. Aston will be recapping his fantastic performance in the Sprint Individual, as well as covering his preparation for WOC 2022 and his experience in making the semi … Read More
May Athlete Interview with Joseph Dickinson
This month Brodie sat down with returning star Joseph Dickinson, from Hobart in Tasmania. Joe had a strong junior career, with a memorable 17th at the JWOC Sprint in 2017, before taking some time away from the sport. This year he has made a strong return to orienteering, with a 5th place in the 2022 NOL season and some impressive … Read More
April Athlete Interview with Erika Enderby
Last month Brodie sat down with Erika Enderby, fresh off her impressive National Orienteering League 2nd place overall (up from 8th in 2021) and 4th in the Easter 3 days! Erika is another up-and-coming junior talent from NSW, and may not be known well to most of the Australian orienteering community. Brodie was keen to find out a little more … Read More
March Athlete Interview with Sam Woolford
Last month Brodie sat down with Sam Woolford, up and coming junior talent from NSW. Sam placed 4th in the 2021 NOL season, helping the NSW stingers to a 2nd place in the junior men competition. Sam has had a strong start to the 2022 season, with 8th and 5th in the individual races and a convincing win in the … Read More
January Athlete Interview with Ricky Thackray
This month Brodie sat down with Ricky Thackray, recently having moved from Western Australia to Victoria at the behest of his wife to further her career. Ricky has represented Australia at the World MTBO Champs in 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019 and has taken out several Australian titles, although has yet to win a National middle-distance title despite winning … Read More
September Athlete Interview – Emily Sorensen
Welcome to the first interview of a new series the OA High Performance Management Team is running to get to know our junior and senior elite runners. This month, Brodie sat down with Emily Sorensen. For those who don’t know her, Emily is one of our developing junior elites running for the Southern Arrows. She was named in the 2021 … Read More
2019 National Rankings – non-elite – Revised
Revised National non-Elite Rankings Statistician Notes: 1. An error has been detected in the way the rankings were calculated this year. Corrected rankings are below. The error resulted in orienteers receiving a higher ranking score than the published formula would suggest. The error was larger the further down the rankings one found oneself. As a result of the correction being … Read More
2019 Silva Medal
2019 Silva Medal The Silva Medal has been won by Stephen Craig NC N. Congratulations Stephen. The Silva Medal competition for 2019 is based on points for participating and placing in the Australian Championships (Sprint, Middle and Long), the Australian 3-Days Championships (each day considered as a separate event) and the Oceania Championships (Sprint, Middle and Long) (Elite and A … Read More
