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.

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 Surname Nation

1 5848 Thierry Gueorgiou FRA 2 5705 Matthias Merz SUI 3 5695 Daniel Hubmann SUI 4 5648 Andrey Khramov RUS 5 5605 Anders Nordberg NOR 6 5539 Valentin Novikov RUS 7 5526 Martin Johansson SWE 8 5512 Mikhail Mamleev ITA 9 5483 Michal Smola CZE 10 5468 Peter Öberg SWE

33 5267 Julian Dent AUS 135 4616 David Shepherd AUS 157 4462 Simon Uppill AUS 173 4346 Rob Walter AUS 206 4108 Reuben Smith AUS

WORLD RANKING FOR WOMEN

Rank Points Forename Surname Nation

1 6133 Simone Niggli‑Luder SUI 2 6015 Heli Jukkola FIN 3 6008 Minna Kauppi FIN 4 5787 Marianne Andersen NOR 5 5772 Helena Jansson SWE 6 5729 Anne Margrethe Hausken NOR 7 5714 Tatyana Riabkina RUS 8 5703 Lena Eliasson SWE 9 5576 Emma Engstrand SWE

10 5521 Hanny Allston AUS 54 4823 Jo Allison AUS 56 4790 Grace Elson AUS 70 4718 Kathryn Ewels AUS 102 4439 Vanessa Round AUS 109 4341 Anna Sheldon AUS 131 4089 Jasmine Neve AUS 138 4042 Tracy Bluett AUS 163 3644 Susanne Casanova AUS 178 3463 Mace Neve AUS 197 3232 Kirsten Fairfax AUS

World number 1, Thierry Gueorgiou celebrates after winning yet another World Championship. Photo: Erik Borg

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