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ONZ High Performance News #104 – August 2023
World Cup 2023 | Czechia round 2
Oceania Sprint Champs 2024 | Ready for action
Proposed National Code of Conduct
Junior Camp Applications now open!
U23 Camp Applications now open!
ONZ High Performance News #103 – July 2023
ONZ Survey| We want your feedback!
JWOC achieves NZ record-beating results in Romainia
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2023 Nationals | Hawkes Bay
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Club colours | Big little stories for our 50th
NZ Orienteering Quiz – August 2023
An Invitation to NSW Middle/Long O Champs
View from the Chair – July 2023

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WANTED - O STORIES! Have you got a good throwback

WANTED - O STORIES! Have you got a good throwback story? Maybe a yarn about the best ever podium placing? Share some high/low points...or something funny that happened? Maybe you have a great map that you have run on, or perhaps you have a recommendation of the most amazing and far flung place to orienteer ... everyone has a story!

This is a call for you to send your O stories to us in video format.

To celebrate Orienteering NZ's 50th this year we will have a Saturday night presentation at Nationals. We'll compile all the videos you send- we'd love a range from all ages and stages, so ask all your family members!

Send to Editor@orienteering.org.nz by the end of September, so we can compile them in October.

#journal #storytime #diary #orienteeringstories #realOstories #EveryoneHasAStory #sportstory

YOUTH SUMMER O CAMP FOR SCHOOL YEARS 5-8 A parent

YOUTH SUMMER O CAMP FOR SCHOOL YEARS 5-8 A parent-led 3 day residential orienteering training camp at the start of the summer holiday hosted by Peninsula and Plains Orienteers parents.
WHO? All keen primary school orienteers, of any level / experience, up to and including yr 8
WHEN? Starting ~5pm Friday 15th December, ending ~3pm, Sunday 17th December (exact times TBA)
WHERE? Accommodation at Spencer Park (Top10 holiday camp) with training events at Spencer Park, Craigieburn Valley and Woodend.
COST? Small costs ~ $100 including accommodation, transport, maps, coaching and food. Pricing kept low thanks to PAPO, and the parent volunteers we rely on.
WHAT NOW? Email juniorocamp@gmail.com to register your interest and find out more.
All parents will be expected to help out in some way, i.e with catering, transport, or as helpers to lead at the camp in various ways.

#Ocamp #SummerOcamp #oreinteeringcamp

BRINGING HOME THE BANNER - AUSSIE MTBO CHAMPS Ea

BRINGING HOME THE BANNER - AUSSIE MTBO CHAMPS
Early results in the champs showed that the two teams were fairly evenly matched in the 2023 Australia v’s NZ challenge! It was all square at 8-8 after two events. AUS and NZL took one each of the last two events. Within many categories the event was decided by a few minutes and some just seconds. In M21 it was within a minute and for M70 it was 25 seconds!
Final outcome after the final long event - it was an 18-14 victory to NZL, so the banner is back in NZ.
Peter Swanson sums it up: "It was definitely a great area for a long and lovely mix of fast long legs, with very tight technical sections, especially at beginning and end of the courses. The single track was challenging to ride fast, quite rocky and less flowy in parts. You had to watch for sharp rocks too (I punctured 20 mins from end, so became a running race at that point). It is worth adding that there was a great atmosphere and vibe amongst the kiwi’s; a very positive, encouraging, in a competitive team environment. We have come away with a lot of enthusiasm to translate this into more events in NZ"

📷 Craig Steffens, Michael S, Steve Pyatt

#MTBO #MTBorienteering #NZMTBO #NZMTBorienteering #NZMTBriding #mtbqld

THE AUSTRALIAN MTBO CHAMPS & NZ CHALLENGE continue

THE AUSTRALIAN MTBO CHAMPS & NZ CHALLENGE continued yesterday with many NZ riders riding exceptionally well. Several riders gained double top podium placings: Georgia Whitla, Pete Swanson, Marquita Gelderman & Deb Bain all placed first in both the sprint and middle events. And female NZ riders were strong in both events taking out the top 3 podium places in W40 and the top 2 in W50.

THE SPRINT was on two educational campuses riding around on pathways and connecting roads between buildings with a one-way internal ring road, sport fields, car parks including dirt roads & tracks and some open grassy areas with scattered trees that you could ride through. The map was three single sided A4 maps, stapled together with a common control point where you changed to the next map.

M21 1st Martin Peat (CMOC)
W21 2nd Georgia Whitla (NOC) only 25 sec behind Maya Bennet (Yarra Valley OC)
M40 1st Pete Swanson (OBOP)
W40 1st Marquita Gelderman (NWOC), 2nd Tui Hanbrook +3.33 (OBOP), 3rd Nicola Mitchell +3.56 (OHV)
M50 1st Greg Barbour
W50 1st Deb Bain (PAPO), 2nd Sally Dickson +1.52 (PAPO)
M60 1st David King (Wellington)
M70 1st Joe Sherrif (Otago), 3rd Michael Wood (OHV)
M14 2nd Sherlock Drew (OHV)

THE MIDDLE distance followed in the afternoon in the Scribbly Gums Conservation Area with a network of open fire breaks and single track in mildly undulating natural bushland with hard-packed and dry trails.

M21 1st Patrick Higgins (NOC), Tim Farrant +3.10 (Peninsula and Plains Orienteers)
W21 2nd Georgia Whitla (NOC) , 3rd Rachael Drew +7.43 (OHV)
M40 1st Pete Swanson (OOBOP), 2nd Liam Drew +0.26 (OHV)
W40 1st Marquita Gelderman (NWOC), 2nd Tui Hanbrook +6.22 (OBOP), 3rd Nicola Mitchell +10.25 (OHV)
M50 2nd Greg Barbour
W50 1st Deb Bain (PAPO), 2nd Sally Dickson +3.53 (PAPO)
M60 1st Rob Garden (NWOC)

M70 2nd Joe Sherrif +1:59 (Otago), 3rd Michael Wood +3:32 behind Peter Cusworth (Bayside Kangaroos Orienteers)
M14 1st Sherlock Drew , Nixon Drew (OHV)

Wish them all good nav on the long event trails today.

📷 Glen Warner, Sally Dickson
#MTBO #MTBorienteering #NZMTBO #NZMTBorienteering #NZMTBriding #mtbqld

AUSTRALIAN MTBO CHAMPS - MASS START The first of t

AUSTRALIAN MTBO CHAMPS - MASS START
The first of the Aussie MTBO champ events started yesterday Friday 8 Sept, and will finish on Sunday 10 Sept. All events are hosted by the Queensland’s inaugral MTB Orienteering club - Multi Terrain Bike Orienteers. The Aussie MTBO champ long event is today and the middle and sprint are tomorrow on Sunday. Ride on!

M21A 1st Tim Farrrant (Peninsula and Plains Orienteers)
W21A 2nd Georgia Whitla (Nelson OC) only 26 secs behind winner by Australian rider Marina Iskhakova (Red Roos)

W40 2nd Tui Hambrook (Orienteering Bay of Plenty) 3rd Nicola Mitchell (Orienteering Hutt Valley)
W60 1st Deb Bain (Peninsula and Plains Orienteers)
M60 1st Dave King (Wellington OC)

#MTBO #MTBorienteering #NZMTBO #NZMTBorienteering #NZMTBriding #mtbqld

NZ RIDERS STRONG IN NSW MTBO CHAMPS Last weekend'

NZ RIDERS STRONG IN NSW MTBO CHAMPS Last weekend's events started on Saturday afternoon and were the perfect warm-up for the Aussie champs.

NSW MTBO CHAMPS - LONG DISTANCE | MTB trails of Kalateenee State Forest
Rachel Drew took the win in the W21A (Hutt Valley O) and only 56 seconds behind Georgia Whitla in second place (Nelson OC)
M21A 2nd Patrick Higgins (Nelson OC), 3rd Tim Farrant (Peninsula and Plains Orienteers

NSW MTBO CHAMPS - MIDDLE DISTANCE
Sunday morning was further north to Jacks Ridge Mountain Bike Park at Nambucca.Georgia Whitla (Nelson OC) successful in the W21A, with Marquita (North WestOC) only 6min 85 sec behind in second place
M21A Patrick Higgins (Nelson OC), Martin Peat 3rd (Counties Manukau OC)

NSW MTBO CHAMPS - SPRINT
The NSW champ sprint event was set on a campus with options of stair route choices for the adventurous riders
Georgia Whitla (Nelson OC) won the W21A, with Marquita 2.24 behind in second place

Photos: Adam Lloyd, Newcastle Orienteering Club
#MTBO #MTBorienteering #NZMTBO #NZMTBorienteering

2023 ONZ JUNIOR CAMP - REGISTER BY 30 SEPT With T

2023 ONZ JUNIOR CAMP - REGISTER BY 30 SEPT With Tim Robertson and Emma Bjessmo as head coaches, the ONZ Junior camp will be an inspiring finish to the year.
The camp is open to year 9 to 13 students running at a high orange or red level course. The camp is from 14-19 Dec 2023 at the Woodend Christian Camp in Christchurch. Fees set at $630 per person (but may be reduced).
This new website links to the registration form, and it will be the place to check-in for future updates and details.
https://www.oevents.nz/onzjuniorcamp/

#juniorcamp #sportcamp

ONZ HIGH PERFORMANCE U23 CAMP - Applications are o

ONZ HIGH PERFORMANCE U23 CAMP - Applications are open!
This camp is aimed at athletes in the 17-23 age range who have serious ambition to represent New Zealand on the international stage (e.g. JWOC, WUOC, WOC) over the next few years. It is designed to help prepare athletes physically, technically and psychologically and involves both physical and technical training as well as evening sessions which both review the days training and include discussion of relevant topics. Numbers will be limited to a maximum of 35.
Details:
https://www.orienteering.org.nz/news/u23-camp-applications-now-open/

#HPcamp #highperformance

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