2007 Archive

Manager High Performance

Orienteering Australia in partnership with the Orienteering ACT is seeking an enthusiastic and effective communication oriented person to manage our high performance programs.

Selection Criteria. You will be passionate about the development of Australian orienteering to be a leading nation on the world stage and have high level communication skills, the ability to meet critical deadlines, possess high level of organisational skills, well developed inter-personal skills and have an enthusiasm for the development of a national high performance orienteering program.

Your duties will include;

·       supporting high performance coach and athlete development,

·       managing the coaching and management team for national teams and squads,

·       managing the Australian National League,

·       working with ACTAS as Orienteering Australia’s National Training Centre on high performance competition and coaching matters,

·       liaise with the AIS and state based sports institutes on matters relating to athlete development and

·       administer OACT’s ACTAS and Anti-Doping responsibilities.

A salary of $28,200 plus WorkCover insurance and a 9% Superannuation Guarantee contribution is offered for this 0.6 full-time position to be worked on a flexible basis.

A copy of the position description and associated information can be obtained here.

For further information contact Mike Dowling, Director High performance on (03) 6244 7173 oroa_highperformance@netspeeed.com.au

Applications addressing the selection criteria should be submitted to

Orienteering Australia Inc.

PO Box 284, Mitchell BC ACT 2911

orienteering@netspeed.com.au

Applications close Thursday 31st May 2007

Ideally you will be based at the OA National Training Centre, ACTAS, in Canberra or have the capacity to maintain close and regular links with ACTAS.

Manager, Coaching & Officiating Development

Orienteering Australia is seeking an enthusiastic and effective communication oriented person to manage the development of our coaching and officiating development programs.

Selection Criteria. You will have high level communication skills, the ability to meet critical deadlines, possess high level of organisational skills, well developed inter-personal skills, the capacity to maintain and develop curricula and a passion for the development of coaching as an integral component of the development of Australian orienteering at all competition levels.

Your duties will include; managing coach development for Orienteering Australia, overseeing the development and maintenance of curricula for the accreditation of Coaches and Officials under the ASC National Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS) and National Officiating Accreditation Scheme (NOAS), being the OA Liaison Officer with the Australian Sports Commission on Coaching and Officiating matters and acting as the Executive Officer of the Coaching Committee of Orienteering Australia.

A salary of $9,100 pa, plus WorkCover insurance and a 9% Superannuation Guarantee contribution is offered for this 0.2 full-time position to be worked on a flexible basis.

A copy of the position description and associated information can be obtained here.

For further information contact Mike Dowling, Director High Performance on (03) 6244 7173 oroa_highperformance@netspeeed.com.au

Applications addressing the selection criteria should be submitted to

Orienteering Australia Inc.

PO Box 284, Mitchell BC ACT 2911

orienteering@netspeed.com.au
Applications close Thursday 31st May 2007

OA would like to invite expressions of interest for the position of Australian Bushrangers Coach which is to be vacant from 1 August 2007.

The Bushrangers team, which is a strong development tool for our aspiring elite orienteers, will be competing in the return leg of the test match series against New Zealand at the Oceania Champs in Canberra in October.

For further information contact Tom Quayle oa_headcoach@netspeed.com.au

The races will act as the selection trials for the Australian team for the Junior World Champs to be held in Dubbo in July. Saturday is also the NSW Middle Distance Champs whilst the two races form National Leagues 10 and 11

The middle distance NOL #10 program and start lists. The race will use the fast granite of Northern Gumble near Molong.

Program and Start Lists

NOL #11 on Sunday, held ‘on Seldom Seen’ near Eugowra is classic length.

Program and Start Lists

The Australian Boomerangs Team for the 2007 World Orienteering Championships  was announced by OA Chair of Selectors, Paul Liggins, today. The team of 5 women and 5 men includes one debutant – South Australia’s Reuben Smith who is currently residing and training in Sweden. In addition, Kathryn Ewels makes a welcome return to the team after a four year absence.

Orienteering Australia congratulates all selected athletes. The decision on which athletes will compete in which races will be made closer to the World Championships, and the team coaches will be in touch with the athletes shortly.

Queensland’s Anna Sheldon and SA’s Simon Uppill were clear winners in the Middle Distance National League race at Petticoat Gully, Creswick.

It was a good day for the Southern Arrows’ men, winning both the sprint and middle teams races in the mens elite division, and bridging most of the gap to the top placed Victoria Nuggets.

Top courses and brilliant gold mining terrain provided an excellent venue for the national team selection trial.

Tristan Lee and Heather Harding took out the junior division classes.

Results

Splits

Route Gadget NOL Men

Route Gadget NOL Women and State Series

Kathryn Ewels and Grace Elson tied for first place in the Sprint Distance race at Monash University.  This was also the National Orienteering League race 8 and the World Championship team trial for the sprint.  Jasmine Neve, Tracy Bluett, Susanne Casanova and Anna Sheldon were also very close behind.

Matt Crane (GBR) took out the men’s race from Bruce Arthur and Simon Uppill.

Competitors are now travelling 1.5 hours to Creswick for the Middle Distance race this afternoon in complex gold mining terrain.

Results nol8results.htm

Splits nol8splits.htm

Route Gadget NOL

Orienteering Australia advise that due to a change in the work circumstances Grant Bluett has had to resign as coach of the Australian JWOC team for the 2007 Junior World Championships. As a consequence, Jim Russell will join with Hanny Allston as a joint coaching team to prepare the team for competing in Dubbo this coming July. Both Hanny and Jim will be in attendance at the final selection trails to be held on the weekend of May 20-21.

Mike Dowling
Director, High Performance

The annual Tiomila relay was held in Sweden on the weekend. 1228 teams competed in the technical terrain near Eskilstuna.

In the women’s relay there was a surprise victory by Stockholm club SOIK Hellas after a superb final leg by Tanya Ryabkina saw them overhaul Simone Niggli (Ulricehamns OK). Niggli went out in the lead but made mistakes early and struggled home in ninth place. Cassie Trewin ran a good fourth leg for the Baekkelaget second team picking up 28 places.

The men’s relay saw Halden recover from being nearly 10 minutes down after the first leg. By the fifth leg they had regained the lead after an excellent run by Tore Sandvik put them nearly 5 minutes ahead. From then on they were never seriously threatened and Emil Wingstedt could run a relatively relaxed final leg to give Halden yet another Tiomila win.

David Shepherd, running for Goteborg Majorna OK, and Troy De Haas, running for Rasti Kurikka, anchored their respective teams to solid results finishing 22nd and 24th. Malungs OK with Rob Walter running first and Julian Dent running seventh split Dave and Troy’s teams’ coming 23rd. Julian put in a solid performance in his first Tiomila recording the 20th fastest time. Reuben Smith ran first leg for his club, Nybro OK.

Orienteering Australia is pleased to announce that Annika Östman who is based in Göteborg in western Sweden will take on the very important role as massage therapist at WOC in Kiev in August.

Brett Weihart
WOC Coach