AUS SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Here we show you the past ASOC winners and preview this year’s State Teams for you to follow during the events.
2021 AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW
NZ for NZ athletes, as having demonstrated the competencies necessary to complete in the class entered. Allowing independent students to compete alongside Schools team members allows more students further avenues to engage with Orienteering. Independent students have the same age restrictions as Schools team members.
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ollowing a nearly two-year hiatus due to COVID the Australian Schools Orienteering Championships, perhaps better known as ASOC, are back. They form an integral part of the national Australian Championships carnival which will be hosted by Tasmania in just a few weeks time.
Schools competition will commence with the Sprint Championships on Tuesday 28th September at Bicheno, followed the next day by the Long Distance Championships at Mt Pearson, near St Helens, and the Relays at Mt Pearson on Thursday 30th.
In that two-year time period many of the names and faces have changed with some of the Seniors moving on to open competition classes and an influx of new schools orienteers into the State Teams, particularly amongst the Juniors. They will be joined by two Teams from New Zealand comprising many who we may not have seen before on this side of “the ditch”.
Good luck to all those competing. You will all enjoy the fantastic atmosphere that is ASOC and come away with the experience of a lifetime. And we’re sure that you will all remember your performances for a long time to come. Some may even come away with the trophies.
And the races are also open to “independent students” who have missed selection into representative Teams but are endorsed by their State/Territory Association, or Orienteering Winners
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Senior Girls – Sprint – Long – Relay
Tara Melhuish (ACT) Caroline Pigerre (QLD) Queensland
Tara Melhuish (ACT) Tara Melhuish (ACT) ACT
Joanna George (SA) Joanna George (SA) SA
Zoe Melhuish (ACT) Ella Cuthbert (ACT) ACT
Senior Boys – Sprint – Long – Relay
Angus Haines (SA) Patrick Jaffe (VIC) Victoria
Aston Key (VIC) Aston Key (VIC) ACT
Aston Key (VIC) Aston Key (VIC) ACT
Grant Reinbott (QLD) Dante Afnan (SA) ACT
Junior Girls – Sprint – Long – Relay
Joanna George (SA) Zoe Melhuish (ACT) ACT
Zoe Melhuish (ACT) Joanna George (SA) ACT
Niamh Cassar (NSW) Iida Lehtonen (NSW) ACT
Nea Shingler (NSW) Iida Lehtonen (NSW) NSW
Junior Boys – Sprint – Long – Relay
Dante Afnan (SA) Tristan Miller (ACT) NSW
Alvin Craig (NSW) Alvin Craig (NSW) Queensland
David Stocks (ACT) Samuel Garbellini (QLD) ACT
Alvin Craig (NSW) Alvin Craig (NSW) NSW
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SEPTEMBER 2021 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER 19
