Last week we were advised by ASIC that we had met all the requirements in our transition to a company limited by guarantee structure. Orienteering Australia Inc. is now Orienteering Australia Ltd. This transition has taken a number of years to complete and meets a key governance requirement for continued recognition by the Australian Sports Commission (ASC). It helps to ensure that Orienteering Australia continues to be recognised by the ASC as the National Sporting Organisation (NSO) for orienteering in Australia. Operationally little will change in how OA goes about its daily work to promot ..read more

The Alice Springs Masters Games are rapidly approaching, 12 – 19 October 2024, and orienteering is one of the sports on offer. Top End Orienteers (TEO) encourages you to support the Games and the sport of orienteering and get your entries in! TEO’s Lachlan Hallett is one of the course planners. The ASMG is Australia’s longest running Masters Games event. The goal of the Games is to encourage participation in sport throughout life. Competition and camaraderie are equally celebrated. Three events are being organised: Saturday 12/10/24 0800 MTB-O @ Westside ..read more

Over the last week, from 12-16 July, our Aussies traveled to Edinburgh to compete in WOC 2024. The week was filled with events: sprint qualifications, sprint finals, sprint relay, knock-out sprint qualifications, and knock-out sprint finals. OFFICIAL AUSTRALIAN TEAM MEN: Brodie Nankervis, Cooper Horley, Ewan Shingler, Henry McNulty WOMEN: Caitlin Young, Erika Enderby, Mikayla Cooper, Milla Key, Nea Shingler Team Officials: Aston Key, Mary Fleming, Natasha Key Individual Sprint – 12 July The competition began with a qualification sprint, with women racing in three heat ..read more

From 12-16 July, orienteering will take over Edinburgh as the city provides the perfect background for five days of racing. Edinburgh is a city of great sporting traditions and has staged many world-class sporting events in recent times, as well as hosting the world’s biggest arts festival every year. The city is renowned for its unique history, heritage and cultural vibrancy, and the Old Town is one of two World Heritage Sites here. Its narrow lanes and cobbled streets will provide a spectacular backdrop to the Championships and should afford those coming to spectate some stunning vantage ..read more

The 2024 Junior World Orienteering Championships were held in Pilsen, Czech Republic from 30 June – 7 July. The city of Pilsen is the fourth largest city in Czechia. It lies at the confluence of four rivers with lots of water bodies and forests. It was founded in the 13th century, and thanks to that it has a lot of unique monuments. Pilsen is also known worldwide for sport. TEAM The Australian JWOC team consisted of the following: MEN: Alvin Craig, Callum White, Cooper Horley*, Jamie Woolford, Oskar Mella, Owen Radajewski, Sam Woolford *Unfortunately, Cooper Horley was unable to compete as ..read more

Orienteering Australia is saddened to learn of the passing of one of our former Presidents in Bob. Bob was a true icon of our sport. He was a leader, promoter, communicator, manager, organiser, planner, controller, competitor, and mentor. Bob gave so much to our sport as a passionate member of Orienteering ACT and with Orienteering Australia. Bob started orienteering in 1977 and was elected to the ACT Orienteering Association Board in 1986. He remained on the Board or Council for the next 11 years, holding the positions of Publicity Officer, Event Officer club representative. In 1997 he was ..read more

Last weekend (29-30 June 2024) was the WOC 2024 Test Races in Edinburgh where five of our WOC athletes ran in preparation for next week: Mikayla Cooper, Henry McNulty, Brodie Nankervis, Ewan Shingler and Caitlin Young. Angus Haines also competed, getting some training in for World Uni’s in August. Here’s what Mikayla Cooper had to say before the test races: “It will be an exciting opportunity to figure out this different type of sprint maps and a great preamble for WOC!” These races are a chance to simulate their upcoming races, competing on similar terrains with WOC course setters agains ..read more

Last weekend two of our WOC runners, Brodie Nankervis and Ewan Shingler, joined Mary Fleming (team manager and UK local) at the British Sprint Orienteering Championships. Day 1 – 22 June: Mixed Sprint Relay They first competed in the British Mixed Sprint Relay as an unofficial team of Ewan, Brodie, Mary and one of Mary’s UK clubmates Amicia Lee. Leg 1: The team got off to a solid start, with Amicia coming in 7th Leg 2: Ewan had a great run to reel in a few places and finish his leg in 2nd Leg 3: Brodie then hung onto the teams placing and sent Mary out in 2nd Leg 4: Mary had a great run raci ..read more

The European Youth Orienteering Championships were held in Szczecin, Poland from 21-24 June 2024. EYOC is the largest participated competition on the IOF calendar, with 34 nations competing in the European U16’s and U18’s championships. Each nation can have 4 runners in each of the M/W16’s and M/W18’s. We first had Australians run in 2016 and have been competing ever since. Aston Key won M16 in 2016 and M18 in 2018, and it has served all those competing in it as a great first experience into International level racing. In 2024, we had 5 Australians compete. 2024 Australian participants M ..read more

Orienteering Australia is pleased to announce the following athletes have been selected to compete at the World University Orienteering Championships in Bankso, Bulgaria from the 1st to the 5th of August, 2024. Zoe Carter (SA) Mikayla Cooper (TAS) Justine Hobson (ACT) Nea Shingler (NSW) Emily Sorenson (SA) Caitlin Young (ACT) Alastair George (NSW) Angus Haines (SA) Callum White (VIC) Ewan Shingler (NSW) Leith Soden (SA) David Stocks (ACT) Team Leaders: Brodie Nankervis and Mary Fleming OA would like to congratulate all team members on their selection, an amazing achievement, and we w ..read more