ORIENTEERING AUSTRALIA
Executive Matters Kay Grzadka – OA Executive Officer
The Board congratulates Hugh Cameron who was recently re-elected as Vice President of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).
IOF meeting The month of July saw half the Board members overseas. Directors Hugh Cameron, Mike Dowling and Blair Trewin, together with Christine Brown, attended the XXIV IOF Ordinary General Assembly in the Czech Republic. Mike Dowling also performed the role of Senior Coach to the Australian Team competing in the World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic.
World Masters It wasn’t all work and no play though as Blair and President Bill Jones also competed in the World Masters Orienteering Championships in Portugal with Blair achieving a notable fourth in the Sprint Final. At the end of WMOC Bill Jones, representing Orienteering Australia, along with Robyn Pallas and Colin Price representing the 2009 World Masters Orienteering Championships organising committee, accepted the IOF Masters Games flag to take back to Australia for the 2009 World Masters Games.
Codes for Teams A file of official clubs plus codes for State/Territory teams, Australian and New Zealand National teams, official New Zealand clubs and national teams affiliated with the IOF has been created by Director (Special Projects) Robin Uppill with the assistance of Bob Mouatt and is available for download from the IT and SPORTident page on the OA website.
School Sport The Board is currently working with the School Sport Australia National Secretary for Orienteering, Ian Dalton, to resolve the issue of Northern Territory students being ineligible to enter the Australian Schools Orienteering Championships.
Board Meetings The Board of Orienteering Australia met using voice over the internet software on Thursday 19 June. Although there were some technical glitches the technology will be used again for the Board’s next meetings.
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority
World Rankings The International Orienteering Federation World Ranking Scheme is based on points scored at World Ranking Events, full details of which can be found at www.orienteering.org WORLD RANKING FOR MEN Rank Points Forename 1 5848 Thierry 2 5705 Matthias 3 5695 Daniel 4 5648 Andrey 5 5605 Anders 6 5539 Valentin 7 5526 Martin 8 5512 Mikhail 9 5483 Michal 10 5468 Peter 33 5267 Julian 135 4616 David 157 4462 Simon 173 4346 Rob 206 4108 Reuben
Surname Gueorgiou Merz Hubmann Khramov Nordberg Novikov Johansson Mamleev Smola Öberg Dent Shepherd Uppill Walter Smith
Nation FRA SUI SUI RUS NOR RUS SWE ITA CZE SWE AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS
WORLD RANKING FOR WOMEN Rank Points Forename 1 6133 Simone 2 6015 Heli 3 6008 Minna 4 5787 Marianne 5 5772 Helena 6 5729 Anne Margrethe 7 5714 Tatyana 8 5703 Lena 9 5576 Emma 10 5521 Hanny 54 4823 Jo 56 4790 Grace 70 4718 Kathryn 102 4439 Vanessa 109 4341 Anna 131 4089 Jasmine 138 4042 Tracy 163 3644 Susanne 178 3463 Mace 197 3232 Kirsten
Surname Niggli-Luder Jukkola Kauppi Andersen Jansson Hausken Riabkina Eliasson Engstrand Allston Allison Elson Ewels Round Sheldon Neve Bluett Casanova Neve Fairfax
Nation SUI FIN FIN NOR SWE NOR RUS SWE SWE AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS
World number 1, Thierry Gueorgiou celebrates after winning yet another World Championship. Photo: Erik Borg SEPTEMBER 2008 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER 47
