The junior and senior elite teams have been selected for the upcoming Oceania Championships to compete against the New Zealand Pinestars. The selection also includes M/W18, M/W20 and M/W21 team members for the ANZ Challenge, joining the other junior and masters athletes named earlier in the year. The team can be found at:
Congratulations to all selected athletes.
OA is pleased to announce two new appointees to positions with the High Performance Program.
Brodie Nankervis from Tasmania has volunteered to be the squad coach for the Targetted Talented Athlete Squad. Brodie is a relatively young and very active elite orienteer himself but he puts a lot of time and thought into developing junior athletes, helping them to realise their potential. He has coordinated training camps among several states in the past and is furthering his coaching qualifications. The 2017 TTA squad will be selected after the Oceania Championships.
The second appointment is Jo Allison who has volunteered to join the national junior selection panel. Jo has been a long standing member of national teams from junior ranks through to last years WOC. She has vast experience as an elite athlete, knowing very well what it takes to get to the top of the sport.
Thanks to Orienteering Tasmania for a very technical opening weekend to the National Orienteering League. After two events the senior men class is led by Matt Crane and Simon Upill, Natasha Key leads the senior women, Jarrah Day and Aston Key lead the junior men and Zoe Dowling the junior women.
The Canberra Cockatoos lead the senior men teams and jointly lead the senior women with the Victorian Nuggets, while the Tasmanian Foresters are winning both junior classes.
Full results are at:
Orienteering Australia is seeking volunteers interested in coaching and managing one or more of its national training squads.
For details please see Squad coaches
Unfortunately Toph Naunton is no longer able to manage the JWOC team this year because of a work commitment. However, we are very pleased to announce that Hanny Allston has volunteered for the position, bringing a vast experience as an elite athlete.
Don’t forget that JWOC nominations are due by 17 February. HERE
WOC nominations are also open and close 28 February. and HERE
Enter HERE Entries close, 3rd March. No late entries
Select NOL races if you are entering Elite courses on Saturday and Sunday.
There is a ‘non NOL’ event on the Monday, entries are also open for it
Orienteering Australia is pleased to announce the Australian Schools Team to compete in New Zealand in April after the Oceania Championships. The team is:
Senior Girls
Rachel Allen
Amy Enkelaar
Tara Melhuish
Caitlin Young
Laurel Gannon (res)
Junior Girls
Ella Cuthbert
Julia Gannon
Mikaela Gray
Zoe Melhuish
Sophie Jones (res)
Senior Boys
Alastair George
Angus Haines
Aston Key
Patrick Miller
Duncan Currie (res)
Junior Boys
Ryan Gray
Andrew Kerr
Jensen Key
Ewan Shingler
Mason Arthur (res)
Congratulations to all athletes.
National Squads for 2017 have been finalised, they can be found on this page
Targeted Talent Athletes will be announced at a later date
Entries are now open for the 2017 Australian Three Days carnival in Wagga Wagga, NSW on 10-12 June. See all the details on the events and carnival at http://onsw.asn.au/aust3days2017/
A bulletin has been released providing details of the exciting ACT Autumn Classics in Canberra on 25 & 26 March. These include both the NOL events on 25 & 26 March and the Australian Universities Orienteering Championships on 25 March.