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Orienteering Australia plans to fill the Head Coach position for the 2019-2020 period. This position is responsible for leading the performance programs of Australian orienteering, from World Championships level to grassroots-level coaching. The current position description is as described here.  However, Orienteering Australia is prepared to negotiate duties, the hours worked and remuneration with the successful applicant, following consideration of … Read More

Selection criteria documents for 2019 WOC, JWOC and Bushrangers teams can be found at: WOC JWOC Bushrangers   Nominations are also open for these teams using the online form found here. Jim Russell will announce the 2019 high performance squads shortly.

2019 Australia MTBO Team Manager and Team Coach Positions – World Championships, Denmark – July 19th – August 4th.   Applications are now being called for these positions. The coach position is fully funded.   The manager position will only have a subsidy for the 2 weeks of the World Championships in Denmark based on costs. Applications are due by December 10. … Read More

The Orienteering Australia Board is pleased to announce that Brodie Nankervis and Krystal Neumann have been appointed as Coach, and Manager and Assistant Coach, respectively, for the 2019 Australian Junior World Orienteering Championships Team. This is the same pair that led the 2018 JWOC team and we would like to thank Krystal and Brodie for volunteering again for these important … Read More

2018 National Rankings – non-elite Rankings in non-elite classes have been determined based on results in the Australian 3-Days Championship (31, 32, 33), Australian Championships (AS, AM, AL) and the South Australian Middle Championship (SA). Points are awarded for each event completed on the basis of 100 points for first place and lesser points for other competitors. When more than … Read More

Silva Medal 2018 The Silva Medal has been won by Jennifer Enderby NC.N for the second time. Congratulations Jennifer. The Silva Medal competition for 2018 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 Sourth Australian Middle Distance Championship … Read More

The final point score for the 2018 National Orienteering League can be found here. Congratulations to the winners and to all athletes for an exciting competition during the year. Thanks to Dave Shepherd for producing the scores so promptly all year. Winners are: Senior men: Simon Uppill, SA Senior women: Natasha Key, Vic U/23 men: Matt Doyle, ACT U/23 women: … Read More

Today was the penultimate NOL race and the series will be finalised tomorrow with 3 bonus points for the last race. Victoria has won senior women and has a strong lead in junior men. ACT have won junior women. Senior men will depend on tomorrow’s result. The Cockatoos will need to beat Victoria again to win over them. Aston Key … Read More

2018 Silva Medal – Progressive Scores after Australian Long Distance Championships The Silva Medal competition for 2018 is based on points for participating and placing in the Australian Championships ( Sprint, Medium and Long), and the Australian 3-Days Championships (each day considered as a separate event) and the South Australian Championships (Elite and A classes in M/W16 and above). Points … Read More