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The process stalled last year unfortunately and with the introduction of the NIF, some minor modifications and updating is required. In principle agreement has been reached for the updated constitution and a special general meeting will be intended for October to approve this update. On a personal note, at the IOF General Assembly in late June held in Denmark, I completed 12 years of service to the IOF Council. I wish to thank the Australian orienteering community for providing the opportunity to make a contribution to orienteering on the main international decision making body for our sport. It has been an honour and a privilege. At the General Assembly, former OA President Blair Trewin, was elected to the IOF Council. Blair will be an outstanding IOF Council member who brings such an immense knowledge of our sport to the Council. Congratulations to Blair on your election. Blair has also been an important member of the IOF FootO Commission for several years and the OA Board will no doubt consider nominating an Australian to follow in Blair’s footsteps within this important IOF Commission.
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The second topic covered issues around membership structure. On behalf of OA, Phil Walker has prepared a plan to reach an agreement on how to proceed with working towards creating a unified, agreed, simple and effective national membership structure that builds upon the in-principle agreement of membership structure in 2021. Further work is required to streamline membership renewal timing, how this interacts with Eventor and how do we consider non club member participants or “casual members”.
Over the European summer Australians returned to international competition with several World Championships, along with the World Games conducted in the United States. First off was the Sprint format based World Championships in Denmark. Our young team acquitted themselves very well, which for many was their first major international championships and hopefully they have come away inspired to compete on the world stage. The highlight of course was the 5th placing by Aston Key in the Sprint. This is the best individual male result in a World Championships and Orienteering Australia congratulates Aston on this wonderful achievement. An interesting point to note was that the KnockOut Sprint, while not an orienteering purist’s format, energised the large spectator crowd with its first to finish style. Just after WOC, JWOC got underway in Portugal. Our enthusiastic team of 12 were sadly confronted with a heatwave of 40 degree plus temperatures all week resulting in the Portuguese authorities barring forest access. While the planned Sprint format race was held, the organisers had to come up with some rapid alternative solutions which manifested itself in the first official Sprint Relay at a JWOC and an unofficial Relay over Sprint format type distances. Our team acquitted themselves with great credit in dealing with disruptions to the Finally,Championships.theMTBOWorld Championships in Sweden and the World Games in Alabama, USA, were conducted at the same time. Our two reps at the MTBO World Championships enjoyed the challenge of Swedish MTBO terrain and its track variability. At the World Games our team of four competed in great fashion in very hot and humid conditions. In the Sprint Relay the team finished 9th and Aston Key had a fine 7th place in the Sprint. A great experience for the team was to be able to attend the closing ceremony of the Games, which provided some of the atmosphere akin to the closing ceremony of an Olympic Games.
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The third topic covered was further information connected to the OA constitution process in moving to a company limited by guarantee.
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The first topic covered was the adoption of the National Integrity Framework (NIF) which introduces a range of changes to our policies. It is a critical component of OA continuing to be recognised as the National Sporting Organisation (NSO) of orienteering by Sport Australia. Aligned with the adoption is the opportunity for us to engage in an education plan to assist us all to understand how the NIF will impact on our ways of working. A part of the NIF adoption is the National Sports Tribunal available for sports at a reduced rate to mediate in any potential disputes within sport. In addition, OA will need to review and update its Risk Management procedures. OA expresses its gratitude to Andrew Shipton, in particular, and Stephen Goggs for their work in our adoption and implementation of the NIF.
In addition, as I write this column in early August our team of 12 is about to compete at the World Cup round in Estonia and midAugust we will have a team competing at the World University Championships in Switzerland. In late July, OA had a stakeholder meeting with our member States to discuss a number of matters of importance to both OA and the States.
Time for a new Editor their international events instead of the acronyms (above). That wasn’t the case not too many years ago, but it seems they’ve seen the light. It would be tempting to expect World Athletics to call their Cross Country Championships by the acronym WACCC, but they don’t. Or for World Sailing to call their Youth World Sailing Championships by the acronym YWSC, but they don’t. Even British Orienteering is no longer openly known as the BOF. Here at home, Athletics Australia is no longer known as AA nor is Athletics Victoria known as AV, except by those who like acronyms.
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“Orienteering is the best kept secret in sport.” This is something that has been nagging away at me for a long time. In a very minor sport that needs all the minimal publicity it can get, why do we use so many acronyms which mean absolutely nothing to the general public outside Orienteering? Acronyms such as WOC, JWOC, WMOC, WMTBOC, JWMTBOC, WMMTBOC, WUOC, EYOC are just some that are widely used within the Orienteering community around the world, but mean little or nothing to Joe Public. Within this country we commonly use those same acronyms and add a few of our own such as AOC, ASOC, SSS, OA and AO. Even many of our own member orienteers get OA (the national federation) and AO (the magazine) mixed up. Then, we refer to events, for example, as “the Long” and “the Middle”. The “middle” of what? Joe Public may well ask. Are we so proud of Orienteering being the best kept secret that we want to keep it that way? Do we not want the general public to find out anything about our sport in case some might want to join in? I hope that’s not the case but there’s certainly some evidence to support It’sit. pleasing to see that the International Orienteering Federation (IOF to some) has clearly insisted that the full names be used for
Michael
All Editors to date have been ‘original orienteers’ from the days when Orienteering was becoming established in Victoria and had still to spread to other States. David Hogg and Michael Hubbert both competed in (and finished) the inaugural Upper Beaconsfield event in 1969, while Ian Baker joined the Orienteering scene soon after. It’s been more than 18 years since I took on the Editor role and I’ve enjoyed every moment. However, it is probably time to hand over the baton to a new and younger Editor who may have some different ideas on the direction the magazine should follow. It’s a paid position with funds from magazine revenue - $4,125 (incl. 10% statutory Super) per edition, plus I’mexpenses.happy to carry on until a new Editor can be found so, if any of you out there in Orienteering Land are interested in the role, please get in contact with me (Michael Hubbert).
So, it’s also pleasing to see that Orienteering Australia identifies by its full name on the website and social media pages, but we do need to encourage our members to stop using undescribed acronyms, especially when writing text which we hope will be seen by at least some of the general public when they are searching the media perhaps for a new activity to try out.
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ISSN 0818-6510 Issue 3/22 (no. 206) SEPTEMBER 2022 The national magazine of Orienteering Australia Inc. ABN 77 406 995 497 Published four times a year: First day of March, June, September, December. Print Post Approved PP 236080/00011, (100023602 for NSW). Editor: Michael Hubbert, P.O. Box 165, Warrandyte, Victoria 3113 mikehubbert@ozemail.com.au Phone (03) 9844 4878 Magazine Design & Assembly: Peter Cusworth, Ph. 0409 797 023 pcusworth53@gmail.com Printer: Ferntree Print, 1154 Burwood Hwy Upper Ferntree Gully. Contribution deadline: October 14; Time-sensitive – October 21. Deadline dates for contributions are the latest we can accept copy. Publication is normally planned for the 1st of March, June, September & December. Copies are dispatched in bulk to State associations in the week prior to that date. Regular Contributors: Competition – Blair Trewin; Official News – Andrew Lumsden; MTBO – Craig Steffens Contributions welcome, either directly or via State editorial contacts. Prior consultation is suggested before preparing major contributions. Guidelines available from the editor or from state contacts. State Editorial Contacts: VIC, WA and TAS – vacant QLD: Liz Bourne – batmaps.liz@gmail.com NSW: Ian Jessup – marketing@onsw.asn.au ACT: John Scown – scown@light.net.au SA: Erica Diment – ericadiment@adam.com.au – tel: 0408 852 313
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NEXT ISSUE DEADLINE October 14. Time-sensitive: Oct 21 Chair & Director – International (IOF) Mike Dowling international@orienteering.asn.au 0410 775 799 Director – Finance Richard Mountstephens finance@orienteering.asn.au 0412 739 491 Director – Technical Anna Sheldon technical@orienteering.asn.au Director – Secretary Andrew Lumsden andrew.l@orienteering.asn.au 02 9412 3545 Director – Operations & MTBO Craig Steffens craig.s@orienteering.asn.au 0418 871 193 Director – Brett Weihart brett.w@orienteering.asn.au Director Coaching & High Performance Clare Hawthorne clare.h@orienteering.asn.au Director Media & Communications Troy de Haas troy.d@orienteering.asn.au National Integrity Manager Andrew Shipton integrity@orienteering.asn.au General Manager Árpád Kocsik gm@orienteering.asn.au OA Head Coach Natasha Key headcoach@orienteering.asn.au 0419 549 532 OA Assistant Head Coach Jim Russell assistantheadcoach@orienteering.asn.au 0411 125 178 High Performance Administrator Fredrik Johansson hpadmin@orienteering.asn.au 0423 030 957 Manager Coaching Development Brodie Nankervis coaching@orienteering.asn.au 0429 433 323 Anti Doping Medical Officer Mark Freeman markfreeman@hotmail.com Editor OA Enews Linda Burridge oa_enews@orienteering.asn.au National Sporting Schools Coordinator Jim Mackay sportingschools@orienteering.asn.au 0407 467 345 Coach & Controller Accreditation Jim Mackay accreditation@orienteering.asn.au 0407 467 345 Badge Applications John Oliver 68 Amaroo Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650 0427 201 954 Cover: Aston Key on his way to fifth place in the World Championships Sprint race in Denmark. Photo: Kell Sønnichsen. CONTENTS THE CHAIRMAN’S PAGE ............................. 3 WORLD ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 AUS SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS 13 EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 22 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 25 WORLD MOUNTAIN BIKE ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS 30 MELBOURNE CITY RACE 34 XMAS 5 DAYS 2022 ................................. 35 2023 OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW 36 SPOT THE DIFFERENCE 37 AUS 3-DAYS 2023 PREVIEW 38 WORLD CUP & EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 40 NATIONAL INTEGRITY FRAMEWORK ............. 42 O-SPY 45 OPINION 46 TOP EVENTS .......................................... 47 SEPTEMBER 2022 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER 5
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WORLD ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS World Orienteering Championships 2022, Denmark
Orienteering Australia High Performance Manager, Fredrik Johansson, reported:
• There is some work to be done by our team to get to a point where we can have more qualifying for the Finals, and building a Relay team with the goal of being able to stay with the leading pack. But considering they are such a young and inexperienced team, they are on their way towards that.
• First time WOC experience for all but Aston. All did really well.
• Great Relay runs from Aston Key (3sec from best time) and Ewan Shingler;
After a conservative run in the qualifying round, Aston pulled out all the stops in an impressive performance under pressure. Former coach in residence and Honorary Aussie Ralph Street was 6th, just 2 seconds behind Aston.
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Aston takes fifth place at Sprint Championships!World
• A great week for the Australian team overall with a 5th and best place ever by an Australian male for Aston Key;
• There were some promising results by our very young and inexperienced athletes. Unfortunately we only had Aston qualify in the Individual Sprint but both Nea and Ewan were close;
Victoria’s Aston Key capped off an incredible week at the inaugural Sprint World Orienteering Championships in Denmark, with a stunning 5th place in the Individual Sprint Final; an intense race which saw some favourites come unstuck. Aston finished just 38 seconds behind the winner, Norwegian Kasper Harlem Fosser.
Earlier in the week, Aston ran the second fastest leg in the Sprint Relay, and qualified fastest in the first round of the Knockout Sprint, making it through to the semi finals.
PHOTOS: WILLIAM HOLLOWELL, KELL SONNICHSEN, DMYTRO LEVIN INDIVIDUAL SPRINT RESULTS: Women: 1. Megan Carter Davies GBR 14:22 2. Simona Aebersold SUI 14:28 3. Alice Leake GBR 14:40 4. Andrine Benjaminsen NOR 14:41 5. Elena Roos SUI 14:46 6. Tove Alexandersson SWE 14:51 Men: 1. Kasper Harlem Fosser NOR 13:56 2. Gustav Bergman SWE 14:12 3. Yannick Michiels BEL 14:20 4. Håvard Sandstad Eidsmo NOR 14:25 5. Aston Key AUS 14:34 6. Ralph Street GBR 14:36 Nea Shingler (AUS) SEPTEMBER 2022 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER 7
• The average age of our Sprint Relay team was 19!
The first ever ‘Sprint only’ WOC started with a mixed Relay in Kolding, Denmark. Teams of two men and two women competed over the fast and furious course, with winning times on each leg averaging around 14 minutes. The Relay was won by Sweden, closely followed by a jubilant Great Britain ‑ featuring former Aussie Coach in Residence Ralph Street with Norway in 3rd place. Unfortunately, one of the Australian runners was disqualified, however Aston Key, running second, finished with 2nd fastest on his leg. (New Zealand suffered a similar fate with their first runner mispunching and their third runner, Tim Robertson, recording the fastest 3rd leg.)
World Orienteering Championships 2022 Sprint Final Men TimSprintFinalRobertson (NZ) TommySprintFinalHayes (NZ) Aston Key Aston Key (AUS) 8 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER SEPTEMBER 2022
LEG 18-19: The route choice leg which separated the most. Only Bergman of the Top-6 takes the best route choice, but Fosser runs extremely fast on the slower route and only loses a few seconds to Bergman.
LEG 1-2: A very decisive leg with several distinct route choices. Several of the top runners took the wrong choice here, including Michiels and Key.
LEG 8-9: A route choice leg where some runners took a wrong choice, but very few lost a lot of time due to wrong route here.
Route choice analysis courtesy of World of O: Shown here are the legs where there are either interesting route choices or where one of the top runners loses significant time are shown. The split times shown for each leg are the official split times, so even if the GPS data is of really poor quality it is still possible to get some understanding of what the different runners have done.
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The split time illustration (right) shows the split times for the Top 6 men throughout the course. Fosser was in the lead from the third control to the Finish, with the gap really opening in the last half of the course. Notable legs deciding among the top runners was Leg 2 where Fosser takes time on most of the other Top 6 runners, Leg 13 and 14 where several lose time, Leg 19 which is a very decisive long leg and Leg 21 where Eidsmo loses a medal.
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Sprint Relay. Sprint Relay start. Nea Shingler – Sprint Relay. 10 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER SEPTEMBER 2022
World Orienteering Championships 2022 Sprint Relay
World Orienteering Championships 2022 KO Final Men/Women Aston Key –SprintKnock-Outfinal. Alastair George - Sprint Qualification. Olivia SprodQualification.Sprint Angus Haines –Knock-Out Qualification.Sprint Sprint podium - Aston Key 5th place. The Australian team, SEPTEMBER 2022 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER 11
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Winners 2016 2017 2018 2019 State ACT ACT ACT NSW Senior Girls – Sprint – Long – Relay Tara Melhuish (ACT) Caroline Pigerre Queensland(QLD) 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 Queensland(NSW) David Stocks (ACT) Samuel Garbellini (QLD) ACT Alvin Craig (NSW) Alvin CraigNSW(NSW) SEPTEMBER 2021 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER 13 AUS SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW After a COVID induced 3 year wait ASOC is back – HOORAY. There’s been a lot of changes to the State Schools Teams over that time. Everyone has moved on a few years so some of the faces are still there but many of the team members are new. Time to get to know them. Many of the Seniors have moved on to open competition classes and we have an influx of new Juniors into the State Teams. 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”. The races are also open to independent students who will join the All Australian Invitational Development Team comprising those who may have missed selection into State representative Teams but are endorsed by their State/Territory Association as having demonstrated the competencies necessary to complete in the class entered. Allowing independent students to compete alongside Schools team members provides more students further avenues to engage with Orienteering. Independent students have the same age qualifications as Schools team members. Schools competition will commence with the Sprint Championships on Monday 26th September at Kyneton in central Victoria, with courses set by Aston Key who recently won 5th place at the World Sprint Orienteering Championships held in Denmark. The Sprint is followed 2022 Australian Schools Orienteering Championships the next day by the Long Distance Championships at Mt Alexander, near Harcourt, and the Relays at Wattle Gully near Chewton in the heart of Victoria’s gold mining terrain on Wednesday 28th. 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 and the other Orienteers you have met for a long time to come. Some may even come away with the trophies. Here we show you the past ASOC winners and preview this year’s State Teams for you to follow during the events. SEPTEMBER 2022 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER 13
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Senior Boys: Joseph Coleman, Liam Dufty, Mason Eves, Isaac Madden Coaches: Rachel West and Craig Dufty. Manager: Tom Brownlie Eckart Bosman: This year I am lining up for ASOC for the fourth time in a row, thankful that we will get to enjoy a carnival with all States (and New Zealand) present. I can’t wait to travel to parts of Victoria that I have not been to, and am excited to run through the complex gold-mining terrain and grind up hills!
Isaac Madden: I am excited for my second ASOC carnival as it gives me an opportunity to run on new terrain that we don’t have access to in WA. This allows me to learn new skills and further my orienteering ability. I’m also looking forward to the social aspects of the carnival as it is a chance to meet new people. Lachlan Braid: At this ASOC I hope to achieve places in the higher end of the middle of the field. This will be my first ASOC as last years Tasmanian one was cancelled. I am mainly looking forward to the new terrain in Victoria, most notably the gold mining areas. The event I’m looking forward to the most is the School’s Long Distance as it is new terrain.
Joseph Coleman. Aevin NairLachlan Braid. Isaac Madden. Ruby Phillips. Eckart Bosman. Mason Eves. Amy Dufty. Liam Dufty.Kate Braid. Junior Girls: Amy Dufty, Ruby Phillips
Junior Boys: Eckart Bosman, Lachlan Braid, Arvin Nair
Rachel and Craig are continuing their training sessions for the team before we travel to the Australian Schools Orienteering Championships (ASOC) in Victoria in late September to join representatives from around Australia and New Zealand.
Senior Girls: Kate Braid
Team members at Junior Camp, taken by Rob West. They are from the left, Back Row: Lachlan Braid, Joseph Coleman, Eckhart Bosman, Tom Brownlie (Manager), Craig Dufty (Coach).
Front Row: Arvin Nair, Kate Braid, Ruby Phillips, Amy Dufty, Rachel West (Coach). (Missing: Liam Dufty) THE
Joseph Coleman: This will be my third time going to ASOC and my first in the Senior age group. I hope to improve on my past performances and to run the best that I can but most importantly I just want to have a great time. I can’t wait to go out and run in the goldfields as from what I’ve seen, it looks like quite interesting terrain but I also can’t wait to meet some new people and have fun!
Tom Brownlie – WA Schools Team Manager 2022. Arvin Nair:“The journey, not the destination matters…” Hi, my name is Arvin Nair (14), and since I started orienteering just over 2 years ago, this quote holds added relevance to me. So far, it has lead me well, teaching me the crucial virtues of perseverance, resilience, and most of all, how to use a compass! All these skills have allowed me to be selected for the Schools’ Team for the first time. I am eager to use this opportunity to hone my skills with advice from my coaches and to make friends with people that share my passion for this wonderful sport.
Nicholas Mousley
Claire Adams Sophie Arthur
Junior Boys: Lucas Kent, Matthew Layton, Thor Royal, Ashley White
Senior Boys: Torren Arthur, Henri du Toit, Aidan Ford, James Love, Nicholas Mousley, Callum White
Sophie Taverna
Hannah Adams
Victorian Raiders Junior Girls: Maya Bennette, Izzy Greenhalgh, Ella Maja Lang
Thor Royal Aidan FordHenri du Toit
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The Victorian Raiders Squad has been training well over the past few weeks, with a junior development camp during the Term 2 school holidays, and training at the Jells Park MelBushO event. From the squad, a team has been selected to travel to the 2022 Australian Orienteering Carnival near Kyneton from Fri 23 Sep to Sun 2 Oct 2022.
Ashley White
Torren ArthurMilla Key
Maya Bennette Callum White Izzy Greenhalgh
Matthew Layton
Senior Girls: Claire Adams, Hannah Adams, Sophie Arthur, Milla Key, Sophie Taverna
Lucas Kent
Ella Maja Lang
James Love
Alton Freeman
Congratulations to the Team members of the 2022 NSW Schools Orienteering Team. The Team includes four new students Eszter, Alton, Curtis and Rory. The remaining 16 members are looking forward to be returning to the Australian Schools Championships after missing the last two years competitions. NSW is excited to also have three 2022 JWOC competitors in the team, Erika, Nea and Sam and also JWOC reserve Oskar. The NSW Team is hoping to defend their Australian Schools Champions title and look forward to challenging all States at the 2022 Championships.
Oliver Freeman
Sam Woolford
Erika Enderby
Senior Girls: Erika Enderby, Mikayla Enderby, Nea Shingler, Eszter Kocsik Senior Boys: Alvin Craig, Cooper Horley, Jamie Woolford, Oliver Freeman, Oskar Mella, Sam Woolford
Junior Girls: Lilja Lehtonen, Maggie Mackay, Rebecca Craig, Savanna Sweeney
Eszter KocsikNea Shingler
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Jamie Woolford Alex Woolford
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Rory SheddenLachlan
Lilja Lehtonen Curtis Pepper Oskar Mella Maggie Mackay Savanna Sweeney
Officials: Jenny Enderby, Damien Enderby and Bjorn Mella
Mikayla Enderby Alvin Craig
Junior Boys: Alex Woolford, Alton Freeman, Curtis Pepper, Lachlan Coady, Rory Shedden
Cooper Horley
Junior Boys: Ben Marschall, Marcus Cazzolato, Austin Clem, Achilles Barnett, Mitchel Morcom, Duncan Still Senior Girls: Gemma Burley, Jemima Lloyd, Ana Penck, Abbie Faulkner, Lucy Burley, Zoe Carter Senior Boys: Mitchell Stephens, Daniel Morcorm, Remi Afnan,
Lucinda Fogarty
Daniel Morcorm
Team
Achilles Barnett
RemiFaulknerAfnan
Ana Penck
Mitchell Stephens
Congratulations to all those who have been selected to represent South Australia at the 2022 Australian Schools Orienteering Championships to be held in Victoria in late September.
Zoe Carter
Jessica Jarvis
Finn Johnston
Coach: Angus Haines. Assistant coach: Evalin Brautigam
Duncan Still
Team managers: Patsy and Patrick Burley.
Junior Girls: Jessica Jarvis, Annabel Lloyd, Lucinda Fogarty
Lucy Burley
Marcus Cazzolato
Austin Clem Gemma Burley
Jemima Lloyd
Abbie
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Finn Johnston Mitchel Morcom
Annabel Lloyd Ben Marschall
Australian and New Zealand school students will contest the championships which will be part of the 2022 Australian Orienteering Carnival being held in Victoria in September.
Justine Hobson Natalie Miller Ingrid Shelton-Agar Zoe Terrill
Junior Girls: Sanda Halpin, Ella Hogg, Ariadna Iskhakova, Katherine Maundrell, Alice Radajewski, Aoife Rothery, Katy Hogg*, Mira Walter*
Patrick Shelton-Agar Owen Radajewski
Senior Boys: Owen Radajewski, Patrick Shelton Agar
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Alice RadajewskiAoife Rothery Katherine Maundrell Orienteering ACT is pleased to announce the ACT Schools Team to compete at the 2022 Australian Schools Orienteering Championships.
ACT Schools Team
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Senior Girls: Justine Hobson, Natalie Miller, Ingrid Shelton Agar, Zoe Terrill
Oliver BishopConnor Dent Elye Dent Hayden Dent Josh Mansell
Each Australian State and Territory can send a team of up to 20 students to compete, along with two New Zealand teams of 20 Congratulationsstudents. to the following students on their selection and all the best for the carnival.
Junior Boys: Oliver Bishop, Connor Dent, Elye Dent, Hayden Dent, Josh Mansell, Max Walter
*Selected as a travelling reserve. Team officials are Susanne Harrysson and Tom de Jongh (managers), and Paul de Jongh (coach).
Sanda Halpin Ariadna Iskhakova
Junior Girls: Kari Brennan, Alexandra Edwards, Skye Hassall Cassy Reinbott, Xanthe Schubert, Ingrid Young Junior Boys: Will Barnes, Miles Bryant, Declan Campbell, Adrian Garbellini, Eric Lovell Senior Girls: Sara Garbellini, Abbie Lane, Eve Tague Senior Boys: Dylan Bryant, Lochlann Hogan, Lachlan Moore, Josh Newnes, Henry Smyth, Hugo Taunton Burnett
Declan Campbell Adrian GarbelliniIngrid Young Eric Lovell
QLD Schools Team
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Eve TagueSara Garbellini Abbie Lane Will Barnes Cassy ReinbottSkye Hassall Lochlann Hogan Miles Bryant
The 2022 QLD team is looking forward to all that the Australian Orienteering Championships in Victoria has to offer. With a few less lockdowns than other States, orienteering and the development of young orienteers has fortunately been able to continue in the sunshine state over the last few years. Our team is a mix of experience and enthusiasm, and a fair amount of Queenslander confidence. And it wouldn’t be orienteering if there weren’t a few sets of siblings. Bring on the competition! GO QUEENSLAND!
Alexandra Edwards Dylan Bryant Kari Brennan Lachlan Moore Xanthe Schubert
Henry Smyth Hugo Taunton-BurnettJosh Newnes
A team of juniors and officials from across several States has come together to form the first AAID Team. We are hopeful
Samantha MellaVanessa Freeman
David PolandLee Coady
Senior Boys: Alex Crowe, Kieran Joseph, Tommy Mella, Nicholas Stanley, Seth Sweeney, Callum Waland,
Jonathan Nolan
Julia Barbour
Matthew MaundrellAeon Greenhan Ewan Keith
Kieran JosephAlex Crowe
Officials: Helen O’Callaghan, Toni Brown, Lee Coady, Mark Freeman, Vanessa Freeman, Samantha Mella, David Poland
Louise Barbour
that this approach to athlete development in orienteering, where all States encourage their emerging and promising juniors to come together to learn and embrace the joys of national competition, will lead to a bright future for our sport.
Matthew Slater
Nicholas Stanley
Senior Girls: Julia Barbour, Louise Barbour
Callum Waland
Matthew Slater
Toni Brown
Seth Sweeney
Mark Freeman
Tommy Mella
Charlie Young Ethan Crowe
The All Australian Invitational Development Team (AAIDT) has been established as a stepping stone for juniors who are improving towards selection for their State teams at the Australian Schools Orienteering Championship (ASOC). While the School’s teams have a focus on Performance and Competition, the AAIDT has a focus on Development. A strong coaching program will support the juniors throughout the carnival, alongside the social opportunities that this camp offers. Some of the Development Team juniors only narrowly missed selection, and being a part of the AAIDT gives them the chance to test themselves against the State representative School’s Teams athletes.
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Invitational Development Team
Charlie Young Junior Boys: Ethan Crowe, Angus Fairgrieve, Aeon Greenhan, Ewan Keith, Matthew Maundrell, Jonathan Nolan,
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BY MIKAYLA ENDERBY Erika in the Long Distance.
The Sprint was held in the afternoon the following day, again very hot with many stairs to climb. It was great to see Australia achieve top 30 results. The Relay was on the final day. Milla and Erika ran in an incomplete team in the W16 and Sam and Toby ran in an incomplete team in the M18.
EYOC was the first European event for most of the Australian team. The races included a Long Distance, Sprint and a Relay. The first race was the Long Distance and was tough for all of the team with temperatures reaching 38 degrees along with being their first orienteering race in the Hungarian terrain. It was very hilly with some very steep gullies, which were very difficult to get into and out of, but was relatively open and nice to run through.
The 2022 European Youth Orienteering Championships were held from the 2nd to the 4th of July in Salgótarján, Hungary. The competition consisted of 401 athletes from 34 countries, in the age classes of W16, M16, W18, and M18. Australia had a team of 5 competing at the Championships including Milla Key, Erika Enderby, Sam Woolford, Toby Cazzolato, and Mikayla Enderby. With no major international competition for our Australian Juniors since Oceania 2019 and the disappointment of the Oceania and Australian Championships being cancelled twice, it was great finally see some Australian juniors being able to compete at an international event.
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All races included a quarantine at the Start with a similar silent starting procedure to those at the World Championships, involving no GPS watches, no phones, no maps, etc. This was a great experience for Sam and Erika who were competing at JWOC shortly Orienteering
Aussie Team at EYOC.
after the competition and the rest of the team who hope to compete at this level in the future. One of the highlights of the competition was the opening ceremony held on the Saturday after the Long Distance event, followed by the disco. It was also fun staying at the team accommodation with New Zealand, Ireland and Slovakia.Overallit was an amazing experience for all the team, and a great introduction to junior orienteeringelite in Europe.
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Sam in the Long distance.
The Australian Team of 12 orienteers travelled to Aguiar da Beira in Portugal last July to compete in their first JWOC races for some years. Unfortunately, forest fires amid a catastrophic heatwave meant that all forest events were cancelled at the last minute on orders of the Portuguese Government.
• The organisers quickly put on an extra sprint race, the Sprint Relay and also an unofficial 3 person Urban Relay for the final race day.
• Warren, Brett and myself started the process of having individual talks with the athletes, like a coaching review, this was offered, not mandatory and we fitted in three. We plan to continue once we return home and have more time.
The Team consisted of Nea Shingler, Joanna George, Erika Enderby, Mikayla Cooper, Julia Gannon, Sam Woolford, Ewan Shingler, Jensen Key, Ryan Gray, Ethan Penck and David NorwayStocks.
Considering what these athletes have missed out on over the last couple of years they all handled the news as best as could be expected.
Mikaela Gray during the Urban Relay.
• Staying in group accommodation definitely helped to save the week, and our bonds with the New Zealand, Great Britain, Irish and German teams and their coaches and management teams are now much stronger and we are trying to help each other where we can.
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• Very strong team harmony.
• I think the overall time spent at JWOC, even though the forest events were cancelled, was a positive experience for our athletes. What they didn’t get in forest races the organisers helped to make up with social events. We hope that they have come away with a lot of new friendships and the motivation to keep striving and competing in this fun environment.
won the Mixed Sprint Relay and were anchored by honorary Aussie, Pia Young Vik. Orienteering Australia High Performance Manager, Fredrik Johansson, reported:
• There was a very disappointing protest during the Individual Sprint race where a couple of the leading athletes had gone through an out of bounds garden. They were disqualified but then reinstated after their team officials argued that the olive green area was ambiguous and should have been taped. None of the other team leaders knew anything of the details until it was too late. It was a bit disappointing.
• A great week of training in very ‘Australian’ looking and feeling terrain was making everyone feel confident. Unfortunately the devastating news that the forest events were cancelled arrived two days before the races started.
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Asmall Team travelled to Falun, Sweden, last July for the 2022 World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships. Ricky Thackray rode the senior courses while Will Whittington got his first taste of junior world competition. Team manager was Hamish Mackie. Ricky started the week with 59th in the 13.6km Middle Distance race in 1:07:45, then 47th place in 2:30:08 in the 27.4km Long Distance race and followed it up with 52nd in the Sprint in a time of 30:31. The Sprint course was a demanding one over 7.8km and featured a flight of uphill steps where many dismounted to carry their bikes up while those who tried to ride up risked puncturing on one of the steps (see photo). In the Mass Start event over 19.3km Ricky placed 48th in 1:29:28. Martin Peat from New Zealand also took part in the Senior races. Riding in the Junior M20 category, Will Whittington finished 40th in the 10.8km Middle Distance race in 59:46, unfortunately mispunched in both the Long Distance and the Sprint, but finished off with a good 33rd in the 14.1km Mass Start event in a time of 1:12:17. A good introduction to the highest level of Mountain Bike InOrienteering.theSenior Relay, Ricky combined with Will and Hamish to take 15th place overall.
WORLD MOUNTAIN BIKE ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Aussie riders at MTBO World Championships in Sweden
New Zealand’s Martin Peat during the Middle Distance race. Will Whittington competing in his first Junior World Champs. Ricky Thackray heads off on the Mass Start race.
The Melbourne City Race Weekend, now in its third year, will take place on October 8 and 9 – just a week after the AUS Champs concludes. Make the short trip down to Melbourne, take in some sightseeing and shopping, and come along to our famous Summer Series (Monday Thursday evenings). Then gear up for some fantastic urban action, and be part of Australia’s only City Race! City Races are long distance events in Sprint style – complex urban areas, short legs, lots of direction changes and route choice – but over 3 10 km. They feature colour maps at Sprint scale, and SPORTident/SI Air punching. The double header lead in races will be a Sprint and an urban “Short”, to get your brain and body prepared.
The perfect way to extend your stay!
MELBOURNE CITY RACE WEEKEND 2022
Enter now via Eventor – entries close in early October. Keep up with all the Race news at www.melbournecityrace.com.au
Debbie Dodd (DRV) - Melbourne City Race Director Melbourne skyline from
Mapper and course planner: Damian Spencer. Race 2 – Tatterson Park (Saturday afternoon)
Race 3 – Melbourne City Race at Williamstown (Sunday morning) Pick up your map and set off on a voyage of discovery, taking in the wonderful seaside sights, sounds (and smells) of the historic township of Williamstown, in Melbourne’s inner west. The 2022 Melbourne City Race will be an incredible mix of urban navigation, coastal scenery, maritime history, and the bustling village atmosphere that the area is famous for. The new colour map will take in everything from Point Gellibrand to Jawbone Sanctuary, including The Strand, the piers, the Timeball Tower, the Botanic Gardens, and Williamstown Beach. Mapper and course planner: Ricky Thackray. Choose any of the five courses on offer – Long Hard, Medium Hard, Short Hard, Moderate, or Easy. The arena is easily accessible via a short train trip from the CBD by train, or a quick drive over the West Gate Bridge. There is plenty of parking, and toilets near the arena. Afterwards, enjoy the local Sunday market, grab lunch in one of the numerous cafes or pubs, visit Scienceworks, hit the beach, ride the Bay Trail, try some ship spotting, or just soak up the spectacular views across Hobsons Bay. And don’t forget to stick around for our amazing random prize draw!
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Race 1 – Waverley Stadum (Saturday morning)
Mapper: Fredrik Johansson; Course planner: Toby Cooper. Choose any of the three courses on offer for these two events. A car is strongly recommended, as public transport to the southeast suburbs is limited.
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A short distance south lies a fascinating pocket of woodlands and wetlands, sporting pavilions, a unique bug themed playground, and safe, quiet streets linked by pocket parks and chains of lakes. But the main attraction is the notorious “tree maze”. The format will pit you against your rivals head to head, in a demanding test of complex park racing.
A new urban map featuring the famous Waverley Park, this is a must for sports history buffs, and fans of complex Sprint courses. The oval and stadium are heritage listed. “Arctic Park” was home to AFL teams Hawthorn and St Kilda during the 1990s. It played host to some of the biggest names in rock & roll, and World Series Cricket day night matches were held there in the heady days of the Packer led rebellion. Nowadays it’s a compact residential area with numerous narrow streets and small open spaces, with the famous stadium as its centrepiece – just made for Sprint orienteering!
Coming to the AUS Championships in Victoria? Looking for an add on to your orienteering holiday? Look no further!
This will be followed by another edition of the Hobart Shorts in and around Hobart from January 15 to 18.
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The 2023 Oceania Championships will be held in Tasmania from January 7 to 12.
Camping There will be low cost camping available at the Pyengana Recreation Reserve approximately 15 minutes drive west of the Oceania event areas and 30 minutes drive from St Helens. The Pyengana Recreation Reserve is located in the picturesque Pyengana valley Home of the Pub In The Paddock and the Pyengana Dairy CampingCompany.will be available from January 7 until January 13. There will be options to stay longer if you wish to explore the Bay of Fires area after the carnival.
The Long Distance and Middle Distance events feature new maps and new terrain for orienteering produced by the late Rob Plowright, one of orienteering’s finest mappers. We are pleased to advise that entries are now open in Eventor, including the ability to book Oceania specific camping located in the beautiful Pyengana valley 20 minutes west of the main competition entre of St Helens. Camping is quite close to the venue of the Oceania Long Distance and Middle Distance competitions. To keep up to date with all the news about Oceania 2023 regularly check the Oceania 2023 website and follow us on GetFacebook.onboard and book your accommodation now. The East Coast of Tasmania is a popular summer holiday destination and accommodation can be hard to come by if you leave it to the last minute. We look forward to seeing you next January.
Note that there are limited shopping facilities at Pyengana with the closest supermarket shopping, banking, fuel, etc. being in St Helens. Also note that there is currently Optus and Vodaphone mobile coverage in Pyengana – but not BookingsTelstra. will be available through Eventor.
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The program is: Jan 7, Sprint Distance, Launceston Jan 9, Long Distance, St Helens Jan 11, Middle Distance, St Helens Jan 12, Relay, St Helens
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The cost will be $10 per night for adults and $5 per night for juniors (under 21), Family rate $20 per night. Facilities include exclusive use of the hall, a children’s playground, hot showers ($2 fee applies), netball/tennis court and lots of open area for other activities. This fee will be forwarded to the Pyengana Recreation Ground Committee to cover the donation they expect from visitors.
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2023 Easter Carnival But why the frog? TEXT - VALERIE BARKER.PHOTOS - ANN SCOWN Lakeside. Rock cliff. Boulder Field. 38 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER SEPTEMBER 2022
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Groups from the broader south eastern region, including the NSW Far South Coast and Victorian High Country, traditionally travelled to or through the area as guests of the Ngarigo people for a variety of reasons including trade and social interaction. We acknowledge the Indigenous peoples of this area and pay our respects to their elders past present and emerging. In the same spirit we welcome orienteers from all over Australia as our guests in this beautiful and iconic region; come to enjoy four days of magnificent Orienteering, social interaction, and exploration of the wealth of historical, environmental and geographical treasures that are abundant here. You might like to visit Dalgety, named in 1903 as the site of Australia’s capital city (until NSW argued that it was too close to Melbourne); try Australian schnapps from locally sourced fruit at the Wildbrumby Distillery (Jindabyne); stroll around the dam walls of Lake Jindabyne; explore the huge range of mountain biking trails and terrain on Thredbo’s famous mountain trails; find out the history of the ‘Nimmity Bell’ at Nimmitabel; and visit the Snowy Hydro Visitor Centre in Cooma, where you can explore the Snowy Mountains and the mighty Snowy Scheme (now in a new phase with the Snowy 2.0 project)
Picture yourselves in the beautiful Snowy Monaro region in April 2023: autumnal colourings abound, the air is crisp and clear, and you are spoilt for choice of activities during the hours when you are not part of the exciting Easter 2023 Australian 3 Days Carnival being brought to you by Orienteering TheACT.Snowy Monaro region is a significant tourism destination that attracts large numbers of visitors each year for recreation and holiday activities snow sports during the winter and activities such as orienteering, mountain biking, fishing, hiking and camping during the non snow season months. The visitor economy assets for the region range from the sweeping Monaro plains, the iconic Snowy River, pristine lakes and waterways, Kosciuszko National Park, ski resorts and townships such as Jindabyne, Nimmitabel, Berridale and Lake Buckenderra. Acknowledging Country Archaeological surveys reveal a long and rich cultural history with aboriginal significant sites throughout the region. The Monaro was heavily impacted by colonisation and many of the original Ngarigo people now live outside the area. Despite this, Ngarigo people maintain strong spiritual and cultural connections to the high country and to other groups in this Country, such as Walgalu in the north west, Ngunnawal in the north east, including the ACT, and Bidhawal in the south around Delegate.
Corroboree Frogs are Australia’s most iconic amphibian species and amongst the most visually spectacular frogs in the world. They can be readily distinguished by the bold yellow and black longitudinal stripes on their top, sides and legs, with the belly marbled black, white and yellow. But they are tiny, just 2.5 – 3cm in length (about the size of a paper clip) and 3 grams in weight. The Southern Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) is found only within the Mount Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains of NSW at heights of 1300 to 1760 metres above sea level, and is one of Australia’s most critically endangered species. An iconic species in an iconic landscape symbolises Easter 2023.
While you may not see the rare and elusive little frog, you can certainly enjoy the spirit of the traditional indigenous corroboree a festivity with songs and symbolic dances by which the Australian aborigines celebrate events of importance. We are so pleased to be offering you the opportunity to experience this wonderful alpine landscape from the rich perspective of Orienteering. Start your planning to join us in 2023 now! Accommodation will be centred on Cooma and Jindabyne, but the buzz of Snowy 2.0 and the wealth of attractions in the region means accommodation options will be limited if left too late to organise. We highly recommend that you also try the other small townships and villages in the region as well Lake Buckenderra, Nimmitabel, Berridale, Dalgety for all motel and camping options.
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Join Orienteering ACT at Easter 2023 as we host a fun filled Carnival of events in the corroboree frog country of alpine NSW. Open farmland. Big Black Blob. Fallen trees - tricky.
with a virtual flight in the state of the art immersive theatre, with its 14m wide screen and floor projections. The Orienteering events will be centred on Jindabyne, Nimmitabel and near Lake Buckenderra; these three venues and Cooma are all within 30 45 minutes drive of each other, which will maximise the time you have not only at each event but in exploring the region later. But why the frog?
World Cup Round 1-KO Sprint Final-Tim Robertson.
The world orienteering elite return to the forest at EOC. Following a northern spring and early summer with the focus on Sprint competitions at the World Cup Round 1 in Sweden and WOC in Denmark, it was time to return to the forest for the European Orienteering Championships in Estonia. The championships also served as Round 2 in the Orienteering World AsCup.with many other competitions, the EOC in Estonia was originally scheduled for 2020 but postponed due to the corona pandemic. So finally, the rather flat forest terrain in Northeastern Estonia with very varied runnability was ready to welcome around 300 athletes from around the world. It was the first EOC forest competitions since the 2018 Championships, and the flat and often dense and “bushy” Estonian terrain outside Rakvere seemed to be a perfect match for the Nordic teams in particular. But it turned out that none of the runners could claim to have a perfect race in the tricky terrain with very low visibility in some parts. All competition days used different parts of the same terrain, which had typical moraine features (eskers, kames, drumlins) with a height difference of 20 30 metres. There were many hillocks and depressions with depths and heights up to 10 metres, with varied vegetation including large marshes and areas of low visibility. Australia had just two representatives at Round 1 in Sweden, but for Round 2 in Estonia we fielded a team of 12. Tim Robertson was New Zealand’s stand out sprinter in Sweden, but he didn’t enter the events in Estonia.
World Cup Round 2 - Long Distance - Brodie Nankervis.
World Cup Round 2 - Long Distance - Emily Sorensen.
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World Cup Round 2 Middle Distance Final - Aston Key.
Round 1, Sweden, results SPRINT – Women (3.9km) Place Name Time Diff 66 Penelope Salmon NZ 18:51 +3:01 99 Olivia Sprod AUS 21:23 +5:33 SPRINT – Men (4.3km) 2 Tim Robertson NZ 15:46 +0:06 30 Aston Key AUS 16:51 +1:11 81 Joseph Lynch NZ 18:00 +2:20 KO Sprint – Men (2.0km) 2 Tim Robertson NZ 7:22 +0:01 Round 2, Estonia, results LONG DISTANCE – Men (17.3km) Place Name Time Diff 57 Toby Scott NZ 2:11:43 +32:25 65 Angus Haines AUS 2:15:10 +35:52 83 Aston Key AUS 2:26:00 +46:42 97 Brodie Nankervis AUS 2:44:41 +1:05:23 98 Ewan Shingler AUS 2:45:11 +1:05:53 100 Alastair George AUS 2:46:36 +1:07:18 LONG DISTANCE – Women (12.9km) 77 Emily Sorensen AUS 2:30:29 +1:00:37 79 Briana Steven NZ 2:33:34 +1:03:42 Caitlin Young AUS mp An astonishing 19 men and 8 women mispunched in the Long Distance races. MIDDLE DISTANCE Qualifying – Men (4.7km) Place Name Time Diff 6 Aston Key AUS 31:20 +1:25 26 Alastair George AUS 35:44 +6:19 41 Toby Scott NZ 51:59 +22:34 Angus Haines AUS mp 33 Brodie Nankervis AUS 38:53 +10:07 44 Tristan Miller AUS 49:45 +20:59 38 Ewan Shingler AUS 42:33 +12:38 MIDDLE DISTANCE Qual – Women (4.2km) 31 Olivia Sprod AUS 54:47 +23:02 Mikayla Cooper AUS mp 34 Michele Dawson AUS 52:59 +22:01 35 Julia Gannon AUS 54:49 +23:51 27 Briana Steven NZ 48:20 +17:45 33 Emily Sorensen AUS 57:50 +27:15 36 Caitlin Young AUS 1:01:36 +31:01 MIDDLE DISTANCE A Final – Men (6.3km) 32 Aston Key AUS 42:13 +6:33 MIDDLE DISTANCE B Final – Men (5.9km) 9 Alastair George AUS 40:54 +3:47 19 Toby Scott NZ 42:11 +5:04 29 Brodie Nankervis AUS 44:01 +6:54 44 Angus Haines AUS 49:48 +12:41 52 Ewan Shingler AUS 51:11 +14:04 59 Tristan Miller AUS 56:38 +19:31 MIDDLE DISTANCE B Final – Women (5.4km) 26 Caitlin Young AUS 57:44 +16:47 28 Michele Dawson AUS 59:28 +18:31 33 Olivia Sprod AUS 1:01:37 +20:40 35 Briana Steven NZ 1:03:31 +22:34 37 Emily Sorensen AUS 1:03:45 +22:48 40 Mikayla Cooper AUS 1:07:43 +26:46 44 Julia Gannon AUS 1:26:41 +45:44 RELAY – Men (6.5km) Pll Name Leg L pl Leg diff Time 30 Australia 1 2:09:50 Aston Key 36:55 7 +0:36 36:55 Brodie Nankervis 47:50 37 +13:32 1:24:45 Alastair George 45:05 33 +11:02 2:09:50 43 Australia 2 2:57:34 Angus Haines 37:46 13 +1:27 37:46 Ewan Shingler 1:06:19 46 +32:01 1:44:05 Tristan Miller 1:13:29 43 +39:26 2:57:34 RELAY – Women (5.5km) 32 Australia 2 3:05:03 Emily Sorensen 1:03:25 36 +25:30 1:03:25 Mikayla Cooper 55:16 37 +19:08 1:58:41 Julia Gannon 1:06:22 32 +32:00 3:05:03 --- Australia 1 mp PÕLULA Scale Contours1:100005m World Cup Round 2 Estonia Middle Distance Final Aston Key route SEPTEMBER 2022 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER 41
SPORTHOWwww.sportintegrity.gov.auwww.sportintegrity.gov.auYOURLOOKSAFTERKIDS
Orienteering Australia has recently adopted the National Integrity Framework which came into effect on 06 July 2022. This is an important and great step forward for our sport in providing a safer and more inclusive environment for our participants whilst enabling all integrity related complaints to be handled consistently and independently by Sport Integrity Australia. The Framework is a streamlined suite of policies that sets out the broad expectations for the conduct of all participants in our sport. These expectations relate to safeguarding children, member protection, competition manipulation, and the misuse of drugs and Themedicines.National Integrity Framework policies can be found on the Orienteering Australia website. I strongly encourage you to provide a direct link to these policies on your State Association and Club websites. NATIONAL FRAMEWORKINTEGRITY GET EDUCATED! Complaint Process Fact Sheets Child Safeguarding Policy COMPLAINTS UNDERSTANDINGPROCESS:FAIRPROCESSCOMPLAINTS ALTERNATIVEPROCESS:DISPUTERESOLUTION Complaint Process in 5 steps STEPS IN COMPLAINTS HANDLING from people involved STEP COMPLAINTS PROCESS: STEP BY STEP STEP Making Complaint National Integrity Framework Policy Fact Sheets for Children & Young Adults YOUR RIGHTS at sport Some important rights SPORTHOWwww.sportintegrity.gov.auYOURLOOKSAFTERYOUHow you should be treated and what to do if you feel unsafe How should you expect to be treated? what’s best for you. www.sportintegrity.gov.auwww.sportintegrity.gov.au How your sport LOOKS AFTER ALL ITS PARTICIPANTS is welcoming, respectful and kind. www.sportintegrity.gov.au Protecting your sport from the IMPROPER USE OF DRUGS MEDICINEAND convicted illegal drug activities. they do, they injections How we keep your competition FAIR AND HONEST What is sports wagering? What does competition result they want, the hope of making money on
National Integrity Framework Policy FactMEMBERSheetsPROTECTIONPOLICY Who does this Policy apply to? AL INTEGRITY FRAMEWORK IMPROPER USE OF DRUGS AND MEDICINE POLICYCOMPLAINTS, DISPUTES AND DISCIPLINE POLICY What issues will Sport Integrity Overview Prohibited Conduct COMPETITION MANIPULATION AND SPORT WAGERING POLICY Prohibited Conduct FOR MORE INFORMATION Please visit our website sportintegrity.gov.au, contact us at education@sportintegrity.gov.au, or phone 1300 027 232 eLearning course: National Integrity Framework eLearning course: Competition Manipulation and Sports Betting eLearning course: Child Safeguarding in Sport National Integrity Framework Video Resources To access the resources, go to sportintegrity.gov.au To access elearning, go to https://elearning.sportintegrity.gov.au NATIONAL INTEGRITY FRAMEWORK Andrew Shipton National Integrity and Complaints Manager, Orienteering integrity@orienteering.asn.auAustralia 42 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER SEPTEMBER 2022
How you should be treated and what to do if you don’t feel safe aged Child Safeguarding Policy. How should you be treated? should feel safe, included and happy. that hurts you is www.sportintegrity.gov.au Hey kids! Learn about YOUR RIGHTS at sport This information is for children All people, including children, have human need and that help us have good life. special rights under the help you grow up safe and healthy. right to be safe, and to feel right to be treated fairly, or where you are from. kindness. That includes you! will help you with the next steps feeling you might need to talk to someone else.
3. Improper Use of Drugs & Medicines Policy
The National Integrity Framework is designed to keep sport safe and fair. It was developed by the independent government agency Sport Integrity Australia, whose role is to keep all Australian sports safe and fair, and then adopted by Orienteering Australia. The Framework is essentially a set of rules that people need to follow when it comes to their behaviour and conduct while participating in Orienteering.
4. Competition Manipulation and Sports Wagering Policy
What is the National Integrity Framework?
The six policies which make up the National Integrity Framework are:
2. Member Protection Policy
6. Complaints, Disputes and Disciplines Policy
In the past, complaints about someone’s behaviour were managed by Orienteering Australia, or a state Orienteering organisation. Under the National Integrity Framework, Sport Integrity Australia will review all Complaints about behaviour which might be considered Prohibited Conduct in one of the six policies. Sport Integrity Australia will also make the decision about any sanction to be imposed. This means the handling of integrity issues is done independent of Orienteering Australia, which reduces the risk of any perceived conflict of interest and allows Orienteering Australia to focus its time and efforts on running the sport.
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The Complaints, Disputes and Disciplines Policy explains how people who have breached a National Integrity Framework policy are held accountable for doing the wrong thing.
THE NATIONAL INTEGRITY FRAMEWORK
Orienteering Australia has adopted a new suite of integrity policies that apply to all members, and a new way to manage complaints in Orienteering called the National Integrity Framework. This fact sheet will help you understand what the National Integrity Framework is, how it works, and what it means for you.
5. National Integrity Framework
These policies outline what types of behaviour are unacceptable in Orienteering – these behaviours are called Prohibited Conduct. Prohibited Conduct is an action that is a breach of a policy – for example, bullying is Prohibited Conduct under the Member Protection Policy
1. Child Safeguarding Policy
Any person or organisation who breaches a policy may be sanctioned. A sanction could range from mandatory education all the way up to a ban from participating in Orienteering.
There is a chance that Orienteering will be in the Commonwealth Games in 2026 when they return to Victoria and focus on regional locations like Bendigo and Ballarat. Orienteering Australia with Orienteering Victoria have been preparing an Expression of Interest along with a range of other sports. Our understanding is that 16 sports are “locked in” for 2026 but there are 5 sport spots up for grabs. A working party has been beavering away to create a submission that will appeal. The decision is taken by a combination of the overall Commonwealth Games Federation, Commonwealth Games Australia and the Victorian Government. In theory the international federation should submit the bid but the IOF don’t really understand the Commonwealth Games which are unknown in Scandinavia. After the EOI process, some sports will be invited for further discussions before final selection. So the first job is to make the Theshortlist.strength of the Orienteering bid is that we can help showcase the landmarks and tourist sites which we hope will appeal to the Victorian Government. Other strengths are that we don’t need a stadium or facility (low cost) and have recent proven experience in running world class events in Australia. Orienteering also ticks the box of having athletes that are “world class” given team GB, NZ and Australia’s performance in recent World Championships, World Cups and JWOCs. We have also mobilised strong support from
The bid is to run three Sprint formats similar to the 2022 WOC. There will be an Individual, a Knock Out Sprint and Mixed Relay for elites. If the bid gets shortlisted, we may then discuss the potential to have more public races (after the elite events) and to make this a potential point of difference from the many sports that can’t offer participation (Wrestling anyone?). Other formats were considered but the committee believed these formats would have most spectator appeal and appeal to the decision makers. The bid team is also creating a video to showcase how these events work. If the bid gets approved it will be thanks to the work of people like Troy De Haas, Toph Naunton and Clare Hawthorne who have worked with the writers of this article to finesse the bid. 2026 could be an exciting year but we are an outside shot so let’s cross those fingers. David Jaffe, Vice President Orienteering Victoria Arpad Kocsik, General Manager, Orienteering Australia Japan, Masters
Immediately, we all understood he had astonishingly mistaken our simple desk and laptop setup for the federal election polling booth situated elsewhere within the school. Respectfully, our laughter was somehow suppressed until I’d ushered him in the right direction.
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The event has been rescheduled to May 2027 which means there will be two World Masters Games events within a timeframe of two years. Another World Masters Games event will take place in 2025 in Taipei & New Taipei city.
onOrienteeringYoutube Two videos for your attention and youtu.be/qUYc0Ve6z_Yyoutu.be/knv6Ov0WDdYpromotion:
Quote of the Year 2022 Comm Games Gold medallist Australian Jemima Montag related how she recently said: “I’ve just been talking to a man named Bruce. I’ve no idea who he is but he seems to know a lot about Athletics.” That man was TV broadcaster Bruce McAvaney.
One Saturday in late May during the Newcastle SOS event at Callaghan Wallsend Campus, a fellow with very little spoken English presented at the rego desk. He was not dressed in sports gear and his chosen footwear was Ugg boots which was surprising given the very wet conditions. Nevertheless without judgement Alistair greeted him and asked if he had “pre registered” to which he answered in the affirmative and offered his name. Somehow he did not appear on the entry list, so due to the significant language barrier he was added to the “warm up” course and given a map, an SI stick and a very quick intro to orienteering, hoping the man would get the Heidea.soon after headed out onto the course returning about ten minutes later with about half the course completed.
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After a pause and with an increasingly puzzled look on his face he asked “the yellow and white forms?”
local councils and have a positive relationship with traditional owners of the land thanks to the Bendigo club. The weaknesses of the bid are that those reviewing may not understand our sport and the fact that of the 40 plus Commonwealth nations, many have no active Orienteering community. Those who watched the Games will have seen that this lack of Commonwealth “spread” is true of many sports but those already included don’t have to meet the criteria in the same way as applicants.
Orienteering Australia applies for Commonwealth Games in 2026
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I cannot fathom what this man, someone that I assume had never before voted in this country, thought about this incident. He must have thought our election process was quite bizarre and not overly democratic with strange hoops to jump through before you were given a ballot form. There’s a fair chance he still has no idea that he had even competed in an orienteering event. Let’s hope he at least picked a winner at the booth. from Geoff Peel
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Content & Purpose In any discussion about communication, the issue of what we are trying to communicate and why is one of the first to address. The factors associated with communicating information about upcoming activities, reporting past activities, promotion, producing a record for reference purposes, entertaining, coaching, updating on technical matters, maintaining connection across States etc., are many and varied.
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The recent email from OA with a survey re The Australian Orienteer was sent out, one assumes, to provide information that can be used to make decisions about the future of our national magazine. It comes following appeals for well over a year to find a replacement for Michael Hubbert as Editor. I suspect that filling roles relating to communication is an issue at many levels of orienteering in Australia. Certainly, in WA, the role of Communication Convenor has been the most difficult position to fill on the OWA Council. At least in WA, this appears to be due to the increasing breadth of the role and the feeling by many that they don’t have the skills to “cover it all” even if they are willing to take on part of the job. So, what are we trying to tackle?
Audience We also need to consider the group with whom we are trying to communicate. Are we writing to communicate with members? If so, are they new or old members and what is their age? If we are writing for the purpose of promotion, careful thought has to be given to the nature of the group we are trying to attract. Possible participants in the sport and possible sponsors need very different information and approaches. Media A major issue in trying to attract a member into a communication role is the vast array of media now available and the speed with which they are changing. Gone are the days of typing out a newsletter for our members that covered everything and was read by all. Printed material is now much more professionally produced and digital media go far beyond web pages and emails. Few people are experienced and comfortable with the full range of media.
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JANET FLETCHER (ORIENTEERING WA)
The WA Experience Over the years OWA has moved from a monthly printed newsletter, to a quarterly one, to a Yearbook. This has occurred as members found that the time, effort and cost required to produce a monthly newsletter was unsustainable, yet a quarterly newsletter could not provide information about upcoming events in a timely fashion, and, although it could provide excellent photos from past events, the accompanying text was “old-hat”. Our weekly E-News, which had existed for some time, consequently expanded in size. It still didn’t allow for lengthier reports or provide a permanent record of such matters as our champions, volunteers of the year, etc. In 2021 we produced our first Yearbook – a high quality production which met some of the functions not met by our E-News. This production still required a lot of time and work from an editorial team. As we struggle to find the best way of meeting our communication needs, we have had a communication team in which different people with different skills have been responsible for E-News, website, Facebook and Yearbook. All we need now is a Communications convenor to determine which content is best communicated via which medium and in what order if multiple media are used, and ensuring that important messages don’t fall between the cracks – a do-able job?
Fit Which medium is most suitable in terms of purpose and audience probably poses the most problems. Some information that we may want to reach all our members may never be read by our younger members if it is in hard copy, or even in E-News. Many older members like to have a hard copy newsletter or magazine on the table to read over breakfast, or in the car to jog the memory about directions. Younger members often prefer Facebook or other social on-line media. Time and effort, both to produce and consume content, are also factors in our fast-paced, time-poor times.
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