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The NOL season standings have been published following the Round 3 events at the Oceania Champs (NOL points). The standings show the best 5 results from 7 races so far.

Simon Uppill leds the senior men with a perfect score in the best 5 out of 7 races; Charlotte Watson leads the senior women; Aston Key has pulled away in the junior men and Tara Melhuish leads the junior women.

In the teams competition the ACT Cockatoos lead senior men and women, the Tasmanian Foresters continue their lead in the junior men and the Queensland Cyclones and Foresters are tied in the junior women.

The next races are the Australian 3 Days at Wagga in June.

OA is pleased to announce the Australian team for WOC 2017 to be held in Estonia in July. Congratulations to all the team members. The team is:

Women
Bridget Anderson
Natasha Key
Belinda Lawford
Krystal Neumann

Men
Matthew Crane
Bryan Keely
Henry McNulty
Brodie Nankervis
Simon Uppill

Sprint Distance – Women
Natasha Key
Belinda Lawford
Krystal Neumann

Sprint Distance – Men
Henry McNulty
Brodie Nankervis
Simon Uppill

Sprint Relay
Natasha Key
Krystal Neumann
Henry McNulty
Simon Uppill

Long Distance – Women
Natasha Key
Krystal Neumann

Long Distance – Men
Matthew Crane
Bryan Keely

Middle Distance – Women
Bridget Anderson
Belinda Lawford

Middle Distance – Men
Matthew Crane
Simon Uppill

The WOC Team Coach, Jim Russell, will finalise members of the relay teams during WOC.

The ANZ Secondary Schools Challenge Trophy has arrived in Australia   for the first time since the inception of this Australia New Zealand  Challenge in 2005.

What a fantastic carnival it was for the more than 50 Australian Secondary School students who took part. A great opportunity to network, make friends and experience the fun of a major international event. Congratulations to the four selected Australian Secondary Schools teams who did so well on the first day holding the NZ side to a 2 all draw and for maintaining their cool on the second day ( a sprint relay) whilst dealing with hot steaming vents and pressure from high performing NZ teams.

Thanks to the cheering from 9 supporting Australian relay teams and ten regional NZ relay teams the event took on an exciting carnival atmosphere with many spectators as the selected 8 teams tussled it out to decide the winner. The fun and the excitement fortunately overshadowed the disappointment that two controls had been unfortunately mislabelled causing the sprint relay result to be annulled. The young athletes scarcely noticed as for them the socialising and technical running was just as important. The Australia vs NZ Secondly Schools Challenge was officially declared a “draw” with NZ suggesting Australia take the trophy across the ditch from where they will no doubt try to wrest it back at Oceania 2019 in Wagga Wagga / Canberra / Beechworth. A big thank you to the Kiwis for staging such an inclusive carnival and to Brenton Gray for his managing of the logistics.

JUNIOR TEAMS

SELECTED A … 1 Ella Cuthbert 2 Ryan Gray 3 Jensen Key 4 Zoe Melhuish
SELECTED B… 1 Michaela Gray 2 Ewan Shingler 3 Andrew Kerr 4 Julia Gannon

SUPPORTING JUNIOR TEAMS …. 
THE FOREIGNERS …. 1 Sophie Jones 2 Mason Arthur 3 Ethan Penck 4 Ellen Currie
LOST … 1 Eleanor McClean 2 Dextor Canning 3 Ben Hobson 4 Nina Gannon
ROTTEN EGGS … 1 . Nea Shingler 2. Toby Cazolatto 3 Patrick Shelton Agar 4 Tiia Marsh
MUD BASHERS… 1 Teagan Guiness 2 Riley McFarlane 3 Tarren Arthur 4 Natalie Miller
KANGAROOS … 1 Zali McComb 2 Cayleb Fidge 3 Leith Soden 4 Justine Hobson

SENIOR TEAMS …. 

SELECTED A 1 Tara Melhuish 2 Angus Haines 3 Aston Key 4 Rachel Allen
SELECTED B 1 Caitlyn Young 2 Patrick Miller 3 Al George 4 Laurel Gannon

SUPPORTING SENIOR TEAMS
THE CURRIE PUFFS 1 Amy Enkelaar 2 Duncan Currie 3 Dante Afnan 4 Michaela Maynard
NOAHIDEA Sarah lim 2 Noah Poland 3 Tristan miller 4 Miho Yamazaki
LOLLIPOPS 1 Arabella Phillips 2 Daniel Gray 3 Joshua Allen 4 Lilly McFarlane
BCG (BOYS ONLY TEAM)  1 . Johann Burgess 2 Tom Kennedy 3 Jaiden Fidge 4 Alexander Battaglia

OA is happy to name the Team for the Junior World Orienteering Championships to be held in Tampere, Finland, during July.

Team

The Coach this year is Ralph Street, with the manager/assistant coach being Hanny Alston

Jim Russell

OA Head Coach

OA has announced the 2017 Targeted Talented Athletes Squad (TTA Squad). This is the base level squad for emerging junior and senior orienteers who want to develop their performance and rise up through the elite competition ranks. The squad is coached by Brodie Nankervis.
Squad members are listed at:
2017 Squads

It was another exciting weekend of racing for the NOL with two events in Canberra. Updated NOL point scores can be found at:

2017 NOL Points after Round 2

The Arrows’ Simon Uppill leads the senior men from Matt Crane after two good wins on Matt’s home ground. Cockatoo Charlotte Watson won both senior women races to take a strong lead over Jo Allison. Nugget Aston Key has broken away a little in the junior men with a 2nd and a win, while Toby Wilson and Jarrah Day are only split by a point in the minor places. In the junior women Tassie Forester Zoe Dowling had a win today to remain in the lead from Tara Melhuish who won on Saturday.

In the teams competition the Canberra Cockatoos lead both senior classes, with NSW Stingers leading the junior men and Tas Foresters the junior women.

The next round is three races at the Oceania Champs.

ORIENTEERING AUSTRALIA

2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

4.30pm, Canberra Girls Grammar School, ACT.
Saturday 25 March, 2017.

AGENDA

Apologies: Jan Fletcher (OWA)

1   MINUTES

1.1         Appointment of verifiers

1.2         Confirmation of minutes of 2016 Annual Conference and General Meeting and matters arising.

Minutes 2016 Annual Conference

2   ANNUAL REPORT (to be tabled)

3   ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

3.1     Presentation of the financial report by the Director, Finance

Finance report for the 2016 annual accounts

Orienteering Australia auditor’s letter to committee

Audited financial accounts (too large a file to upload)

4   ELECTIONS

Board positions due for election at this AGM for 2-year term:
Director, High Performance;   3 Directors at large.

5   GENERAL BUSINESS

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:

2017 Bushrangers

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:

2017 NOL point scores Round 1