A reminder to enter for the NOL presentation dinner on Saturday, 18 May at NOL Round 4 in Canberra. We will be celebrating the winners of the individual competition as well as having a great time including a few fun awards. Parents, family and friends are all welcome and encouraged to attend. You can enter here, entries close Sunday 12th May! All photos taken by Kelvin Meng (Instagram @photography_in_situ). The post 2024 NOL Presentation Dinner Registration first appeared on Orienteering Australia ..read more

OA is reopening nominations to represent Australia at the 3rd and 4th round of the Orienteering World Cup: Round 3 (European Orienteering Champs – Forest). 17-20 August. Mór, Hungary. IOF Eventor Round 4 (Forest and Sprint). 27-29 September. Kuopio, Finland. IOF Eventor Team size will be determined by the number of nominations, with a maximum of 4 runners in each race for each gender. More details on selection criteria can be found in the Other Teams Selection Criteria document. Serena Doyle from Jiří ČECH Athletes who have previously nominated are as ..read more

Orienteering Australia is pleased to announce the team for the Junior World Championship to be held in Plzen, Czechia from June 30-July 7 2024. Australia has a unique and outstanding history of participation and success at JWOC and we have no doubt this year’s team will continue that great tradition. The Junior World Championships is a great opportunity to demonstrate abilities at the highest level and a major step on the pathway to senior competition.  Selection of the team was once again very closely fought and congratulations to everyone who participated in the trial process. To those ..read more

For this month’s athlete interview, we’ve decided to go back and interview another one of our great coaches in Australia and find out a little bit more about their journey and also how they’re giving back to the sport now. I am lucky to be joined by Rachel West, who is the current coaching convener and NOL/High Performance coordinator in WA, and she has been heavily involved in coaching and high performance in WA for the last five years. She is one of our most dedicated volunteers across the entire country, so it’s great to have her on. She’s also competed in the National League over many ye ..read more

We are back in March for the athlete interview and this month we’re going back in time a little bit and chatting to one of Australia’s all-time greats Rob Walter. Rob was part of the Australian team who came 6th in the World Champs Relay in Finland in 2001. He also had an individual 5th place at World Cup in 2000 when it was in Canberra and a multitude of other results as well. So I’m really excited to talk to Rob, and he’s going to go over some of his experiences racing at the highest level few years ago. Thanks, Rob, for coming along. No worries Brodie. Well, I thought maybe let’s just sta ..read more

Athlete Representatives to the IOF Athletes’ Advisory Groups for the new two-year term 2024-2026 have been elected. The elected IOF Athlete Representatives represent the voice and interests of athletes and are part of consultation and decision-making processes within the IOF organisation. Empowerment of athletes is a key element in the development of international orienteering. There is one Athlete Advisory Group (AAG) for each discipline with a minimum of 4 members and a maximum of 6 members. The groups must have one or more members from outside Europe and at least two of each gender. Major ..read more

Photo by David George. Euan Best last year’s winner at start flag Day 2, 3-Days championships this year. The Silva Medal is awarded to the Australian orienteer who best performs relative to their class in specified events. Points are awarded for Days 1, 2 and 3 of the Australian 3-Days Championship; the Australian Championships, Oceania Championships, and Asia Pacific Championships (Sprint, Middle and Long); and any State Championship conducted at the 3-Days Carnival and the Australian Championships Carnival and the Asia Pacific Orienteering Championships or Oceania Championships (when c ..read more

Congratulations to the 2024 Hall of Fame inductees. Established in 2016, the Orienteering Australia Hall of Fame is the crowning achievement of a sporting career in orienteering in Australia and represents the highest level of peer recognition for an individual’s contribution to Australian orienteering. A General Member is someone who has demonstrated excellence and outstanding achievement in roles supportive to orienteering participants (administration, coaching/training, event organisation, mapping, and officiating). 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees – General Members Bob Allison – Australi ..read more

At the recent Australian 3-Days Championships held in South Australia over the Easter period, Orienteering Australia (OA) announced a range of annual awards in addition to announcing the OA Athlete of the Year in Brodie Nankervis (TAS). The awards were presented by Hugh Cameron (OA Hall of Fame General Division member, former OA Board member, and former IOF Vice President) along with current OA Board member Clare Hawthorne (Director, Performance and Coaching). Congratulations to the following worthy recipients: The SILVA Award for Services to Orienteering – Peter Effeney (QLD). The SILVA Med ..read more

OA is reopening nominations to represent Australia in the Bushrangers team which will compete against the New Zealand Pinestars at the Kings Birthday competition in New Zealand from June 1st-3rd, 2024. This competition will be the first round of the Australia vs. New Zealand challenge in 2024. More details about the race can be found on the event website. Team size will be determined by the number of nominations, with a maximum of 6 runners in each category (junior men, junior women, open men, open women). More details on selection criteria can be found in the Other Teams Selection Criteria d ..read more