Silva Medal 2022 The Silva Medal is awarded to the Australian orienteer who best performs relative to their class in specified events. 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 State Championship conducted at the 3-Days carnival and the Australian Championships Carnival … Read More
2022 Silva Medal – Progress Scores after 4 Events
Silva Medal 2022 The Silva Medal is awarded to the Australian orienteer who best performs relative to their class in specified events. 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 State Championship conducted at the 3-Days carnival and the Australian Championships Carnival … Read More
Forest JWOC 2022 Women- call for nominations
Forest JWOC 2022 Women – call for nominations. Following the cancellation of the forest races at JWOC 2022 in Portugal in July, the IOF has announced that the forest races will now be held on November 4-6, 2022. Bulletin 3.5 can be downloaded here. Orienteering Australia has decided to send a team of up to 4 men and 4 women to … Read More
National Sport Integrity Framework Overview
Orienteering Australia has adopted the National Integrity Framework for sport in Australia and is in the process of fully implementing all the requirements of the framework. Our National Integrity Manager is working with OA and our state affiliates to implement the framework. This video provided by Sport Integrity Australia summarises what this means for members and participants in our sport.
Save the date for the Australian Junior Development Camp!
Orienteering Australia invites all juniors M/W14 and above to attend the National Junior Development Camp from 3rd to 5th of January 2023 in Launceston, Tasmania! The camp is conveniently timed to lead into the Oceania Championships which commence with the Sprint distance in Launceston on Saturday 7th of January! See attached flyer below, more information to come:
Orienteering submits an Expression of Interest to be included in the 2026 Victoria Commonwealth Games
There is a chance that Orienteering will be a sport in the Commonwealth Games in 2026 when they return to Victoria and focus on regional locations like Bendigo and Ballarat. A Working Group of Orienteering Australia and Orienteering Victoria representatives in partnership with the International Orienteering Federation has submitted an Expression of Interest (EOI) along with a range of other … Read More
Get Into Orienteering – Promotional Videos
Check out these two fantastic promotional videos introducing orienteering to people unfamiliar with our sport. Produced by Orienteering NSW, with the cooperation of Living It Live and Sport NSW. Orienteering – The adventure sport for all ages Orienteering – Amazing adventures for the young and free
Australians ready to fight in Estonia at World Cup Round 2
Today the 2nd round of the World Cup kicks of in Rakvere, Estonia, doubling as the European Orienteering Championships (EOC). The championships starts with Middle Qualification on Wednesday and continues with Long distance on Thursday, Middle Final on Saturday and Relay on Sunday. Australia is fielding its largest team at a European round of the World Cup in many years, … Read More
Athlete Interview with Ethan Penck
This month Brodie interviewed recent Junior World Orienteering Championship (JWOC) debutant Ethan Penck. Ethan hails from South Australia, representing the Southern Arrows and this year had a successful domestic season which led to a place in the Australian Junior Team. During this years NOL season he impressively made the open men’s final of the knockout sprint, taking on several WOC … Read More
Live interview with JWOC representatives Mikayla Cooper, Julia Gannon and Mikaela Gray
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
