2014 Archive

The Australian team to compete against NZ at the Oceania Championships to be help in Tasmania in conjunction with the World Cup is listed below. Felicity Crosato has been appointed as the Manager of the Australian team.

email: fcrosato@bigpond.com

Message from Felicity to ALL team members selected. Can you please email Felicity to confirm your availability, if anyone needs an Australian O top to wear then email the size (XS,S,M,L- Trimtex sizing) to Felicity by Monday, 1st December. Also anyone wanting  to buy a team training shirt (approx: $30) needs to confirm the order and size with Felicity.

AUSTRALIAN TEAM

Nick Dent

Maggie Jones, the outstanding editor for the last 2 years of Orienteering Australia’s monthly enews bulletin, has won a promotion in her day job. So the December edition of the enews will be her last.
Orienteering Australia is therefore seeking an enthusiastic replacement with good writing and enews formatting skills, with familiarity with MailChimp desirable but not essential. This is a part time paid contract position. Applications are sought which detail relevant qualifications and experience by 9 December to John Harding, Executive Officer at orienteering@netspeed.com.au

There is still time to enter for the Oceania Orienteering Championships. Entries are closing at midnight November 30. Be a part of Oceania 2015 and join 5 current World Champions in a fantastic week of orienteering from January 2 to 11 in Tasmania, Australia.

Visit the carnival website at http://oceania2015.com/ for all the information you need to be a part of this special week of orienteering.

OA is organising two very significant events as part of our plan to increase the number of qualified coaches within each state and also to develop a greater knowledge of how successful orienteering countries structure their coaching pathways and how this can be applied to the FTEM pathways structure recently implemented by OA.

1. Coaching Seminar to be held in St Helens (St Helens High School) on Friday 9th January- 2:00pm-5:00pm.

Special guest speakers will be the current Danish and Swedish National Team Coaches: Lars Lindstrom and Hakan Carlsson.

Both these very experienced orienteering coaches will be talking about the pathways structure- from junior level to world champion that currently exists in two of the most successful orienteering countries in recent years- Denmark and Sweden.

This seminar is open to all orienteers (senior and junior) who are interested in learning more about how the successful countries achieve the level they have. Especially any orienteer who is planning on attending the Coaching Conference in January will benefit from attending the seminar.

2. Coaching Conference- January 24th-25th AIS, Canberra.

A Coaching Conference is being planned by the Orienteering Australia High Performance Coaches. This conference is aimed at any orienteer who is interested in gaining  Level 1 Coaching Accreditation, or wants to update their current Coaching Accreditation at Level 1, 2 or 3. This conference will enable currently accredited coaches to gain points towards increasing the level of their coaching accreditation.

Given the introduction of the FTEM Athlete Development Pathway into orienteering and also the restructuring of the National Squads there is a clear need to increase the number of active coaches within orienteering in Australia at all levels- club, state and national.

Current Australian National Coaches- Nick Dent, Wendy Read, Hanny Allston , Jim Russell and Russell Blatchford will be the co-odinators of the Conference. Current Level 2 and Level 1 coaches will have the opportunity to present a session during the conference.

Main areas of the conference will be

• Understanding the FTEM- Athlete Development Pathway– especially as it applies to each level of coaching.
• Establishing clearly defined benchmarks for each level within the FTEM framework.
• Coaching the physical, technical and mental aspects of orienteering at each level.
• Skill development at each level of the pathway and practical methods for coaching these.
• An understanding of the different orienteering disciplines.
• How to become an elite orienteer.
• For Level 2 and 3 Coaches- using AMP.

The conference will take place the AIS in Canberra, where full board accommodation will be available.

Each state association and also clubs are encouraged to send their currently qualified coaches or anyone interested in gaining coaching accreditation.

Enquiries about either Seminar or Conference and expressions of interest in attending Coaching Conference

Nick Dent- OA Head Coach, Foot Orienteering

nickdent7@gmail.com

Nick Dent

Orienteering Australia is seeking your input for a media and communications paper which will be presented at the OA conference in early December.

We would appreciate you taking 5-10 minutes to complete the online survey. Your input will assist OA better understand what types of information you are seeking and how you would like to access that information.

To ensure your thoughts are incorporate, complete the survey now.

ORIENTEERING AUSTRALIA    COACHING CONFERENCE

January 24^th-25^th January 2015    AIS, Canberra.

A Coaching Conference is being planned by the Orienteering Australia High Performance Coaches.

This conference is aimed at any orienteer who is interested in gaining   Level 1 Coaching Accreditation, or wants to update their current Coaching Accreditation at Level 1, 2 or 3. This conference will enable currently accredited coaches to gain points towards increasing the level of their coaching accreditation.

Given the introduction of the FTEM Athlete Development Pathway into Orienteering and also the restructuring of the National Squads there is a clear need to increase the number of active coaches within orienteering in Australia at all levels- club, state and national.

Current Australian National Coaches- Nick Dent, Wendy Read, Hanny Allston , Jim Russell and Russell Blatchford will be the co-odinators of the Conference. Current Level 2 and Level 1 coaches will have the opportunity to present a session during the conference.

Main areas of the conference will be

• Understanding the FTEM- Athlete Development Pathway– especially as it applies to each level of coaching.
• Establishing clearly defined benchmarks for each level within the FTEM framework.
• Coaching the physical, technical and mental aspects of orienteering at each level.
• Skill development at each level of the pathway and practical methods for coaching these.
• An understanding of the different orienteering disciplines.
• How to become an elite orienteer.
• For Level 2 and 3 Coaches- using AMP.

The conference will take place the AIS in Canberra, where full board accommodation will be available.

Each state association and also clubs are encouraged to send their currently qualified coaches or anyone interested in gaining coaching accreditation.

Expressions of interest via your State Association or directly

nickdent7@gmail.com

By 30^th November 2014.

Nick Dent    OA Head Coach