The Silva Medal is awarded annually for performances in national events as defined in the Operations Manual, The Silva Medal 2.17 clause 2c: ‘Points are awarded for Days 1, 2 and 3 of the Australian 3-Days Championship, the Australian Long Distance Championships, the Australian Middle Distance Championships, the Australian Sprint Championships, any international events conducted in Australia open to all … Read More
Call for nominations for Orienteering Australia awards
Orienteering Australia makes a number of awards annually. Nominations are now called for the following awards: Silva Award for Services to Orienteering Silva Award for Services to Orienteering Coaching David Hogg Award for Services to Event Management Details of these awards, and the criteria for selection, are available through the OA Awards page. Nominations are also called for new inductees … Read More
Sport Integrity Australia – Anti-Doping Updates
As the end of the year is fast approaches Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) have released three updates. Annual Course update – now released 2021 World Anti-Doping Code – comes into effect 1 January 2021 (the Australian National Anti-Doping Policy has now been adopted by OA) 2021 Prohibited List changes – effective 1 January 2021 Annual Update 2021 Sport Integrity Australia’s Annual Update … Read More
ORIENTEERING ACT A FINALIST IN INNOVATION CATEGORY IN 2020 CANBERRA SPORTS AWARDS
Orienteering ACT were recently selected as a finalist in the 2020 Canberra Sports Awards. The OACT submission details – In 2020 Orienteering ACT adapted three forms of existing technology to improve community access to our sport and allow participants to return to orienteering in an efficient and COVID-safe way. Like so many other sports, all activity in orienteering was shut … Read More
ORIENTEERING AUSTRALIA VACANCY – HEAD COACH
With the term of office for Orienteering Australia’s Head Coach coming to an end, Orienteering Australia is looking to fill the position, initially for the 2021 – 2022 period, with an option to continue in the role for a further two years by mutual agreement. The Orienteering Australia (OA) National Head Coach and High Performance (HP) Administrator have operational responsibility … Read More
ORIENTEERING AUSTRALIA VACANCY- HIGH PERFORMANCE ADMINISTRATOR
As with the Head Coach role, the term of office of the current High Performance Administrator is coming to an end. Orienteering Australia is looking to fill the position for the 2021 – 2022 period, with an option to continue in the role for a further two years by mutual agreement. The Orienteering Australia (OA) National Head Coach and High … Read More
Important Spotlight on Disordered Eating in Sport
On Monday 7th September 2020, The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) launched a call to action around awareness of poor self-image and poor body image among high-performance athletes, with the release of the AIS-NEDC Disordered Eating in High Performance Sport position statement and supporting resources. The position statement assists sporting organisations to address this serious, but often misunderstood area, enabling them to recognise … Read More
Getting Started Orienteering Guides Released
Orienteering Australia has released 7 Getting Started guides. The booklets can be found on the Training Guides page. The guides were written by former OA officials Barbara Hill and Nick Dent, but for reasons unknown, were never released. OA thanks both Barbara and Nick for the work undertaken in developing the guides.
Positions vacant – revision of OA controller curricula
Orienteering Australia is seeking applicants who have an interest in controller accreditation, particularly from amongst its pool of past and present Level 3 controllers, to participate in the process of reviewing and updating OA’s controller curricula. In particular, an OA Controller Curricula Coordinator is sought for this project, for which Sport Australia Funding has been obtained by OA. Applicants are … Read More
Orienteering Tasmania’s Brodie Nankervis to deliver OA Coaching Syllabi Update project
Orienteering Australia (OA) is pleased to announce that Orienteering Tasmania’s Brodie Nankervis will deliver the Coaching Syllabi Update Project. As one of five submissions received by OA, three of which were from within the orienteering community, after reviewing Brodie’s proposal and a panel interview with him, OA had no hesitation in awarding Brodie the project. Work has already started on the … Read More