OFFICIAL NEWS
Dave Lotty, Director (Administration)
Annual Conference
IOF World Rankings
The Annual Conference was held in Canberra over the weekend of 3 - 4 December 2005. This is the policy meeting of Orienteering Australia with representatives of all States present to discuss the future directions of the sport in Australia. Some of the matters discussed at the Conference were: •T he OA Constitution was amended to eliminate the (elected) position of Director (Administration) and replace this with an employed Executive Officer effective from the 2006 AGM. •T his change to the Constitution and other matters raised in the review of OA last year required a number of changes to Duties of Officers (Operational Manual 1.3) and Role of Councillor (Operational Manual 1.6). •A number of changes to the selection processes for Foot and MTB World Championship teams were agreed and this necessitated changes to Operational Manual 3.2 and 3.4. •A number of changes to OA Competition Rules were agreed. These included changes to the rules on starting order, complaints/protests and AUS Relays classes/courses. The winning times for a number of older age classes were lengthened from 45 minutes to 50 minutes (for both men and women) following changes to IOF rules. A new version of the Rules incorporating these changes is available from the Orienteering Australia website www.orienteering.asn.au •T he Strategic Plan, High Performance Strategic Plan and the Operational Plan for 2006-09 were reviewed for adoption at the Annual General Meeting.
Selection Panels Selection Panels for the 2006-07 period were appointed at the Annual Conference and these are: •S enior Panel – Paul Liggins (chair), Karen Staudte WA, Geoff Lawford VIC •J unior Panel – Blair Trewin VIC (chair), Fiona Calabro QLD, Paul Pacque TAS •M TBO Panel – Ann Scown ACT (chair), Anitra Dowling VIC, David Hatley NSW
Election of Orienteering Australia Officers Elections for Officers of Orienteering Australia for 2006 will be held at the Annual General Meeting in the afternoon of 16 April 2006 (the Sunday of Easter) in VIC. States are invited to forward nominations to the Director (Administration) by 10 March so that details can be circulated with the AGM agenda. If no advance nomination is received for a position, a nomination may be made from the floor. Voting is by the Councillors and Delegates of the States and the Elite: 15 in total.
The International Orienteering Federation World Ranking Scheme is based on points scored at World Ranking Events, full details of which can be found at http://www.orienteering.org/. The current standings for men and women are given in the following tables: Men – Foot-O 1 Valentin Novikov 2 Mats Troeng 3 Thierry Gueorgiou 4 Daniel Hubmann 5 Jarkko Huovila 6 Jani Lakanen 7 Andrey Khramov 8 Anders Nordberg 9 Chris Terkelsen 10 Øystein Kvaal Østerbø 11 Mats Haldin 12 Holger Hott Johansen 13 Niclas Jonasson 14 Petteri Muukkonen 15 Jörgen Wickholm 16 Emil Wingstedt 17 Marc Lauenstein 18 David Andersson 19 Tero Föhr 20 Damien Renard 38 David Brickhill-Jones 59 David Shepherd 82 Grant Bluett 83 Troy de Haas
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Men – MTB-O 1 Ruslan Gritsan 2 Adrian Jackson 3 Margus Hallik 4 Tönis Erm 5 Stefan Surgan 6 Ants Grende 7 Alex Randall 8 Christian Gigon 9 Jussi Mäkilä 10 Beat Schaffner 11 Peter Entenfellner 12 Jaroslav Rygl 13 Dietmar Dörfler 14 Krzysztof Sokalski 15 Donatas Celkys 16 Rémy Jabas 17 Ctibor Podrábsky 18 Rene Ottesson 19 Matthieu Barthélémy 20 Beat Oklé 124 Anthony Darr
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Women – Foot-O 1 Simone Niggli-Luder SUI 2 Vroni Koenig-Salmi SUI 3 Jenny Johansson SWE 4 Anne Margrethe Hausken NOR 5 Minna Kauppi FIN 6 Marianne Andersen NOR 7 Heli Jukkola FIN 8 Emma Engstrand SWE 9 Paula Haapakoski FIN 10 Heather Monro GBR 11 Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard SWE 12 Karin Schmalfeld GER 13 Annika Billstam SWE 14 Martina Fritschy SUI 15 Tatyana Riabkina RUS 16 Lena Eliasson SWE 17 Dana Bro_ková CZE 18 Lina Bäckström SWE 19 Hanna Palm SWE 20 Lea Müller SUI 22 Hanny Allston AUS 56 Jo Allison AUS 80 Tracy Bluett AUS
Women – MTB-O 1 Michaela Gigon 2 Anke Dannowski 3 Ramune Arlauskiene 4 Anna Füzy 5 Hana Bajtosová 6 Anna Wlodarczyk 7 Hana La Carbonara 8 Anna Sheldon 9 Päivi Tommola 10 Markéta Jakoubová 11 Stanislava Fajtová 12 Regula Mühlemann 13 Christine Schaffner 14 Dagmara Panas 15 Nina Phillips 16 Michaela Lacigová 17 Anna Kraj 18 Olga Lep_iková 19 Mary Fien 20 Yvonne Gantenbein 31 Carolyn Jackson 40 Melissa Thomas
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BOOKS ON ORIENTEERING There are a great number of books on all aspects of orienteering. For a list and prices contact:
Orienteering Services of Australia
44 Alexandra Parade, Clifton‑Hill VIC 3068 Phone (03) 9489 9766 Email info@macson.com.au MARCH 2006 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER 47
