Author: craigf

OA is pleased to announce the Australian Bushrangers team to travel to New Zealand on the first weekend of June for a test match against the New Zealand Pine Stars.

The team is:
W20
Abigail George
Arabella Phillips
Caitlin Young
W21
Bridget Anderson
Krystal Neumann
Aislinn Prendergast
M20
Dante Afnan
Duncan Currie
Thomas Garbellini
Alastair George
Daniel Gray
Angus Haines
M21
Brodie Nankervis (Manager and Coach)
Simon Uppill
Toby Wilson

Jim Russell (Assistant Manager and Coach)letes have been selected

2019Silva Medal

Progress Scores

The Silva Medal winner is the orienteer with the maximum number of

points accumulated from their best six events. In the event of a tie,

the Silva Medal will be determined by count back using the average of the six best winning margins.

In 2019 the relevant events will be:

• 20 April Day 1 3-Days Scotts College

• 21 April Day 2 3-Days Hill Park Dale

• 22 April Day 3 3-Days Umuna

• 26 April Australian Sprint Narrogin

• 27 April Australian Middle Narrogin

• 28 September Oceania Sprint Wagga

• 29 September Australian Long Wagga

• 5 October Oceania Long Wangaratta

• 6 October Oceania Middle Beechworth

As there 9 qualifying events in 2019 it is expected there will be more runners than usual who will amass six wins. Winning margins will be crucial is determining the winner of the Silva Medal this year.

After 5 days of competition the leaders in the progressive scores are as below.

Three orienteers are on maximum points so far and only have to win one of the remaining 4 events in September/October to have 6 wins and achieve maximum points.  Of course, any orienteer who has 2 wins so far can also gain maximum points.

It would appear that more than one orienteer will achieve maximum points and so a countback system based on winning margins may be required.

Darryl Erbacher

Statistician

Point scores in the National Orienteering League following the Australian sprint and middle distance championships in WA can be found here.

The Canberra Cockatoos continue to lead senior men and both junior categories and Victoria the senior women, but NSW Stingers closed the gap quite a bit in junior men.

In the individual categories Henry McNulty (WA), Natasha Key (Vic), Tara Melhuish (ACT), and Patrick Miller (ACT) all continue to lead. The junior men has become very close with Angus Haines, Alastair George and Dante Afnan using Patrick’s absence this week to come within 1 or 2 points of the lead.

The next round is the NSW Championships at Cowra on May 18-19.

2019Silva Medal

Progress Scores

The Silva Medal winner is the orienteer with the maximum number of

points accumulated from their best six events. In the event of a tie,

the Silva Medal will be determined by count back using the average of the six best winning margins.

In 2019 the relevant events will be:

• 20 April Day 1 3-Days Scotts College

• 21 April Day 2 3-Days Hill Park Dale

• 22 April Day 3 3-Days Umuna

• 26 April Australian Sprint Narrogin

• 27 April Australian Middle Narrogin

• 28 September Oceania Sprint Wagga

• 29 September Australian Long Wagga

• 5 October Oceania Long Wangaratta

• 6 October Oceania Middle Beechworth

As there 9 qualifying events in 2019 it is expected there will be more runners than usual who will amass six wins. Winning margins will be crucial is determining the winner of the Silva Medal this year.

After 4 days of competition the leaders in the progressive scores are as below.

Darryl Erbacher

Statistician

2019Silva Medal

Progress Scores

The Silva Medal winner is the orienteer with the maximum number of

points accumulated from their best six events. In the event of a tie,

the Silva Medal will be determined by count back using the average of the six best winning margins.

In 2019 the relevant events will be:

• 20 April Day 1 3-Days Scotts College

• 21 April Day 2 3-Days Hill Park Dale

• 22 April Day 3 3-Days Umuna

• 26 April Australian Sprint Narrogin

• 27 April Australian Middle Narrogin

• 28 September Oceania Sprint Wagga

• 29 September Australian Long Wagga

• 5 October Oceania Long Wangaratta

• 6 October Oceania Middle Beechworth

As there 9 qualifying events in 2019 it is expected there will be more runners than usual who will amass six wins. Winning margins will be crucial is determining the winner of the Silva Medal this year.

After the 3 days of the Australian 3-Days Championships, the maximum points score is 12 and the progressive scores are below.

                                           Darryl Erbacher
Statistician

The point score for the National Orienteering League following Easter in WA can be found here.

The Canberra Cockatoos lead the senior men and both junior classes with Victoria leading senior women.

In the individual competitions Natasha Key, Simon Uppill and Tara Melhuish are looking strong to defend their victories from last year although there are many races to come. Patrick Miller continues to lead the junior men. Henry McNulty leads senior men but he leaves for Norway next weekend so is unlikely to keep that lead.

The next round is at Narrogin WA on Friday and Saturday.

Orienteering Australia has offered the following athletes a place in the Australian team for the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Denmark in July. Congratulations to all athletes:

Women
Mikayla Cooper Tas
Ella Cuthbert ACT
Joanna George SA
Tara Melhuish ACT
Caroline Pigerre Qld
Caitlin Young ACT

Men
Dante Afnan SA
Alastair George NSW
Angus Haines SA
Aston Key Vic
Patrick Miller ACT
Noah Poland ACT

Athletes have two weeks to accept their place in the team.

Entries are now open for the NZ QB weekend on the 1-3rd June, 4 races in 3 days

Queen’s Birthday 2019 – Entries are OPEN

There was some exciting racing at Hill End last weekend for the first round of NOL 2019 with a relay and a long distance race.

Some things stayed the same and others were new. Victorian and Canberra Cockatoos continued from last year to lead Senior Women and Men respectively and the Cockatoos also lead Junior Women. What was new was the Cockatoos Junior Women almost beating all senior teams in the relay and NSW Stingers leading Junior men with a line up that could keep that lead all season.

In the individual results there were wins for Krystal Neumann (Queensland Cyclones) and Matt Doyle (Cockatoos) in the seniors and first time wins for Patrick Miller of the Cockatoos and Mikayla Cooper of Tasmanian Foresters in the juniors.

The full points table after Round 1 can be found here.
Round 2 is the Easter carnival in Western Australia.

Silva Medal

2019

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 and the Asia Pacific

Orienteering Championships or Oceania Championships (when

conducted in Australia) as follows: 1st – 4 points, 2nd – 3 points, 3rd –

2 points, for otherwise finishing 1 point.

The Silva Medal winner is the orienteer with the maximum number of

points accumulated from their best six events. In the event of a tie,

the Silva Medal will be determined by count back using the average of the six best winning margins.

In 2019 the relevant events will be:

• 20 April Day 1 3-Days Scotts College

• 21 April Day 2 3-Days Hill Park Dale

• 22 April Day 3 3-Days Umuna

• 26 April Australian Sprint Narrogin

• 27 April Australian Middle Narrogin

• 28 September Oceania Sprint Wagga

• 29 September Australian Long Wagga

• 5 October Oceania Long Wangaratta

• 6 October Oceania Middle Beechworth

As there 9 qualifying events in 2019 it is expected there will be more runners than usual who will amass six wins. Winning margins will be crucial is determining the winner of the Silva Medal this year.

Progressive scores will be published at events if possible or in the evening of each event.

Darryl Erbacher

Orienteering Australia Statistician