Orienteering Australia is seeking volunteers to fill team manager and coach positions for WOC 2023, JWOC 2023 and World Cup 2023 Round 1,2 and 3. ● World Orienteering Championships 2023 (11-16 July Flims & Laax, Switzerland)● Junior World Orienteering Championships 2023 (2-9th July Baia Mare, Romania) ● World Cup Round 1 (27-30 April Østfold, Norway)● World Cup Round 2 (2-6 August Ždírec, Czech Republic) … Read More
Oceania Long Distance Champonships Wrap Up
The Oceania Long Distance Championships was a fitting test of navigation and fitness in the steep granite strewn hill sides of the Bells Marsh map north west of St Helens. In W21E New Zealand’s Lizzie Ingham repeated her victory from Saturday’s Sprint Distance with a convincing 12 minute margin over Grace Crane (AUS). Ingham took 84:35 to complete the … Read More
Oceania Sprint Distance Championships Wrap Up
The 2023 Oceania Championships got underway in Launceston, Tasmania today with the Sprint Distance held at the University of Tasmania – Launceston campus. The Sprint was also the opening race of first round of the 2023 National Orienteering League (NOL). The first round of will also include the Long Distance on Monay January 9, the Middle Distance on Wednesday January … Read More
Australia – New Zealand Challenge Team Announced
Orienteering Australia is pleased to announce the team for the Australia – New Zealand Challenge that will be held in conjunction with the 2023 Oceania Championships. Orienteering Australia’s ANZ Challenge selection panel has made the selection for the age group classes and the HPMG group have made the selection for the Elite classes. Classes to be contested in the Challenge … Read More
Here’s your chance to represent Australia in the sport you love.
The Australia / New Zealand Challenge will be run in conjunction with all four disciplines (sprint, relay, long, middle) of the Oceania Championships in Tasmania from 7 Jan to 12 Jan 2023. Australia and New Zealand will contest all classes from M/W16 up to and including M/W70. To be eligible for team selection, nominations are required in Eventor by 1 … Read More
Victoria, Cockatoos take out National League titles
Victoria and the Canberra Cockatoos took out the senior National Orienteering League titles at today’s final round relay at Broulee. The senior women started the day with any of the Cockatoos, Victoria or Southern Arrows able to take the title with a win, and after two legs the three were only separated by three minutes, but Belinda Lawford’s fine second … Read More
National League climax at Broulee
Aston Key and Grace Crane are the senior National Orienteering League champions for 2021 after today’s final individual round in the sand-dune terrain of Broulee. Key started in front in the chasing-start format and was never headed, doing the day’s fastest time in his eighth win from ten 2021 rounds, with Patrick Jaffe and Brodie Nankervis in the minor placings. … Read More
WOC 2021 Merit Team
Orienteering Australia is pleased to announce the Australian merit team for WOC 2021. This is the highest level of representation so it’s a very impressive achievement. Well done and congratulations to you all! Women Grace Crane Tara Melhuish Krystal Neumann Olivia Sprod Men Matt Doyle Patrick Jaffe Aston Key (Oceania champion middle) Henry McNulty Brodie Nankervis (Oceania champion sprint,long) The … Read More
Crane and Key at the top in NOL long distance
Grace Crane and Aston Key took the honours in today’s National Orienteering League long distance race, at the SA State Championships at Crooked Straight near Renmark. It was Key’s seventh win from nine rounds, while Crane took her third victory of the season, all of them in long distance races. Key ended up with a reasonably comfortable win, over three … Read More
Key, Neumann take National League middle distance
Aston Key and Krystal Neumann took out today’s middle distance National Orienteering League races at Bunyip Reach, near Renmark in South Australia. Neumann was a comfortable winner, establishing a big lead early after her nearest rivals lost time early, and going on to a four-minute lead. Grace Crane edged out Asha Steer for second, with Olivia Sprod just behind. It … Read More