ORIENTEERING AUSTRALIA
Executive Matters Kay Grzadka – OA Executive Officer
Government Review of Sport In August, the Minister for Sport, the Honourable Kate Ellis MP, announced the appointment of the Independent Sport Panel to investigate and report on ways of ensuring that Australia’s sporting system remains prepared for the challenges of the future, at the elite and grassroots levels. Representatives of the Board met with the Sport Panel in October to discuss Orienteering Australia’s views. The Board, with the invaluable assistance of Dennis Trewin and Bob Mouatt, also prepared a submission to the Panel on behalf of Orienteering Australia.
Dispute The Board has been working to resolve a dispute between an orienteer and Orienteering Australia. The dispute went to mediation in September at considerable cost to the organisation. Unfortunately the mediation was unsuccessful and the dispute is ongoing. The details of the dispute remain confidential.
Annual Conference The Orienteering Australia Board and Council meet in Canberra each year on the first weekend of December for the Annual Conference. The minutes of the 2008 Annual Conference will be posted on the Orienteering Australia website when they become available. The Board will formally meet before and after the conference.
NT Junior Orienteers Discussions were held between School Sports Northern Territory (SSNT) and the Board regarding the current ineligibility of junior orienteers from the Northern Territory to compete in the School Sports Australia Championships. The Top End Orienteers provide quality Orienteering events in the Darwin region and this year successfully organised their first Schools Orienteering Championships. It is most unfortunate that their juniors cannot compete in the School Sports Australia Championships due to the fact that Orienteering is not part of SSNT’s program. For a sport to be currently on this program and approved by the Department of Education it needs to be a sport that is played in schools in all Clusters across the Northern Territory. SSNT discussed an option to work towards building a competition base of orienteers in some Clusters in the school system. This would require considerable resources. SSNT have indicated their willingness to continue to work with the School Sport Secretary for Orienteering, Ian Dalton, and local Top End orienteer Susi Bertei about further options.
Embargoes: VICTORIA The areas covered by the following maps are embargoed until after the 2009 Australian Orienteering Championships Carnival; September 26th - October 4th. • Chewton Diggings (Castlemaine) • Castlemaine Goldfields (Castlemaine) • Crocodile Reservoir (Castlemaine) • Browns Reef (Bendigo) • Warby Range (Wangaratta) • Jubilee Creek (Wangaratta) • Triptera (Wangaratta) Jim Russell – Carnival Coordinator
QUEENSLAND The area north of the Biggenden to Maryborough Road, including in the orienteering maps North of Aramara, Aramara State Forest and Hidden Glen, is embargoed from 1 October 2008 to all orienteers and rogainers. This embargo will gradually be lifted between 2010 and 2012. 42 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER DECEMBER 2008
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 5645 Daniel 2 5516 Thierry 3 5481 Andrey 4 5453 Matthias 5 5450 Anders 6 5362 Michal 7 5330 Jamie 8 5322 Francois 9 5316 Martin 10 5315 Mikhail 80 4858 Julian 136 4463 Simon 138 4445 David 191= 4064 Rob 217 3894 William 223 3833 Robert 227= 3809 Kerrin WORLD RANKING FOR WOMEN Rank Points Forename 1 5646 Minna 2 5631 Heli 3 5583 Anne Margrethe 4 5462 Helena 5 5382 Marianne 6 5379 Dana 7 5361 Signe 8 5299 Merja 9 5285 Annika 10 5265 Tatyana 44 4814 Jo 47 4787 Kathryn 62 4683 Grace 86 4433 Vanessa 122 3929 Jasmine 127 3902 Anna 131 3861 Susanne 139 3711 Mace 173 3298 Kirsten 178 3279 Rachel
Surname Hubmann Gueorgiou Khramov Merz Nordberg Smola Stevenson Gonon Johansson Mamleev Dent Uppill Shepherd Walter Hawkins Preston Rattray
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Surname Kauppi Jukkola Hausken Jansson Andersen Bro_ková Søes Rantanen Billstam Riabkina Allison Ewels Elson Round Neve Sheldon Casanova Neve Fairfax Effeney
Nation FIN FIN NOR SWE NOR CZE DEN FIN SWE RUS AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS
