National Team Positions

Orienteering Australia is seeking volunteers to fill team manager and coach positions for three world level teams in 2020:

Junior World Orienteering Championships, Turkey, 28 June – 4 July;
World Orienteering Championships (Sprint), Denmark. 5 – 11 July ; and
World University Orienteering Championships, Russia, 14-18 July.

Further details of the events can be found at eventor.orienteering.org.

Team managers and coaches will have their travel costs paid for by OA. For JWOC and WOC it is expected that the team will convene a week before the championships for final training and familiarisation.

If you are interested in any of the positions please contact Ian Prosser (ian.prosser11@gmail.com) or Jim Russell (headcoach@orienteering.asn.au) by January 6 with a brief outline of your experience or qualifications. Jim and Ian can provide more information on the roles if required. It is possible to be team manager or coach for JWOC and WUOC, or for WOC and WUOC, but not for JWOC and WOC.

2020 National Teams Selection Criteria and Nominations

Selection criteria have been published and nominations are open for the following national teams in 2020:
World Orienteering Championships
Junior World Orienteering Championships
World University Orienteering Championships

Selection criteria can be found here.
Nominations are via the online form here.

Orienteering Australia Vacancy: National Manager of Coaching Development

Applications are sought for key position within High Performance and Coaching

Orienteering Australia (OA) is seeking a passionate leader to facilitate the development of orienteering coaching nationally. The successful candidate will be appointed initially for a one year term, with the role to be reviewed (subject to available funding) and extended if possible for an additional one year term.

The National Manager of Coaching Development will focus on securing a coaching development strategy between clubs, states and OA to enhance the number and quality of coaches, support athlete improvement at all levels, and raise the quality of coaching activities. This forms an important part of OA’s objective of strengthening coaching availability as part of giving all orienteers, regardless of their current level in the sport, the opportunity to improve their performance to the best of their ability.

This role formally reports to the Director (High Performance) and is a part of the High Performance Management Group (HPMG) together with the Head Coach, Administrator of Coaching Development and High Performance Administrator.

The core responsibilities of the position are:

  • The national coaching development program and standards
  • Coach accreditation and re-accreditation
  • Coach and athlete development materials and curricula, and
  • Monitoring and development of the coach and athlete pathways in collaboration with the Head Coach.

Further details are outlined in the position description available here.

There may be scope, if mutually agreed, for this role to take on additionally funded project work. Formal coaching qualifications and experience in coaching will be a significant advantage.

It is anticipated that the dates for the initial one-year term for the position will be from 1st February 2020 until 31st January 2021.

Remuneration: $35/hr, 6.5hrs per week on a casual, part time basis (based on 48 weeks) , plus the superannuation contribution guarantee of 9.5% (SGC), and reimbursement of reasonable work related expenses.

Applicants are requested to outline experience and aspirations for the role on no more than two A4 pages and forward to the Orienteering Australia Executive Officer at eo@orienteering.asn.au

Applications close: Thursday 12th December.

 

 

2020 NOL calendar released

M21 NOL Ind Trophy

The Calander of events that make up the 2020 NOL (National Orienteering League) has been released. It can be found HERE

The season starts with Melbourne Sprint weekend on the 7-8 March, before heading to Orange for the Easter 3-days. The next round will be on the Gold Coast on the Anzac Day weekend, before the final round on the Surf Coast of NSW on the 16-17 May.

Information about Selection Criteria for WOC, JWOC, and WUOC will be released in Dec

BTW, If anyone has seen the Women’s equivalent of the photo (NOL trophy) Can you please contact us

Aston Key so close to top 20 at World Cup final

Aston at WC China

Aston Key had one of Australia’s best recent results in a World Cup, as he secured 21st place in the World Cup final held yesterday evening in China.

After a steady start, Aston moved up to 13th place at the 7 control, a place he still held at the 16th control, before losing a little time over the last 6 controls after the Spectator run through

Results       IOF report

Sprint Relay day in China

Girls ready to run

Sunday evening, Australian time was the Sprint Relay, with only the Sprint to go before the World Cup is wrapped up for season 2019.

Nanhai Movie and TV Town was the venue, with the opening leg being a choice of one side or the other of the large hill that dominated the mapped area

World of O article here           Results

The Athletes have a rest day, today, before the final event, the Sprint on Tuesday evening

You can follow the Race on the IOF Live Centre

World Cup final under way in China

Team in China

The final races of the World Cup for 2019 are underway in China, Australia has a full team, of 6 Men and 6 Women.

In the Middle today,  Brodie Nankervis was the best-placed Australian in the Men, with a place inside the top 50, with Krystal Neumann the best-placed Women, just outside the top 50

Results for the Middle are here

Tomorrow, starting at 8 pm AEDST is the Sprint Relay, where we have 3 teams competing.

You can follow the Race on the IOF Live Centre

2019 NOL final pointscore

The final points for the 2019 NOL season can be found here.

In yesterday’s last race,Bridget Anderson (SA Arrows) beat Natasha Key (Victoria) by enough to win the Senior Women title. Victoria had a strong day to win the Senior Women teams competition.

The full list of winners is:

Simon Uppill, Senior Men
Bridget Anderson, Senior Women
Patrick Miller, Junior Men
Tara Melhuish, Junior Women

Canberra Cockatoos: Senior Men, Junior Men, Junior Women
Victoria: Senior Women.

Congratulations to everyone and to all competitors and event organisers for an exciting season.

NOL Points Update

The National Orienteering League pointscore has been updated following today’s Oceania Long Distance Competition.

Simon Uppill (SA Arrows) has defended his Senior Men title, in addition to the classes already resolved earlier in the week. Matt Doyle can tie and be a joint winner if he wins tomorrow and Simon places lower than fourth. Natasha Key (Victoria) has overtaken Bridget Anderson to lead senior women by 3 points but the final result in that class will depend upon the last race tomorrow.

In the Senior Women teams, Victoria have extended their lead over the Canberra Cockatoos but it is still possible, although unlikely, for the Cockatoos to win the season tomorrow.

The current pointscore can be found here.

National Orienteering League Pointscore

The 2019 NOL pointscore has been updated following last weekend’s races. The season concludes with two races next weekend.

The Canberra Cockatoos have won Senior Men, Junior Men and Junior Women competitions. Tara Melhuish and Patrick Miller have won the individual junior classes. Congratulations to the Cockatoos.

Victoria leads the Cockatoos in Senior Women, Simon Uppill has almost won Senior Men, while in Senior Women Bridget Anderson narrowly leads Natasha Key and that result will probably be decided on the last race.

The full pointscore can be found here.