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News & Blog Posts - High-performance, Selection
Below are the most recent News/Blog posts that have been tagged "High-performance, Selection". To view all news or blog posts start at the homepage.
News Items
Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – April 2018 - this issue includes: View from the Chair; Team Staff Vacancies; Senior Selector and Technical Convenor Appointed; HP Update; Event Liaison Update; ONZ Annual Awards; World Orienteering Day; Sport and Recreation Awards; ONZ Policy Updates; IOF Council Nominations; Vacancies: NZ Team Coach and Manager – Southern Cross Challenge 2018 - Orienteering NZ invites applications for the NZ Team Coach and NZ Team Manager for the Southern Cross Challenge 2018.
Selection Announcement – WORLD UNIVERSITY ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 - The World University Orienteering Championships 2018 will be held in Kuortane, Finland from 17-21 July 2018. Men Jonty Oram (AOC) Tim Robertson (OHV) Kieran Woods (AOC) Women Marina Comeskey (WOC) Tegan Knightbridge (NWOC) Heidi Stolberger (NWOC)
High Performance News #39 – March 2018 - Although the early part of March kept many of riveted watching the unfolding drama of Godzone2018, there has been very little orienteering activity until the ONZ Championships over Easter. With Easter overhanging March into April, I have left this issue until completion of competition and selection or partial selection of JWOC, WOC and WUOC teams, […] Selection Announcement – JUNIOR WORLD ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 - The Junior World Orienteering Championships 2018 will be held in Kecskemet, Hungary from 8-15 July 2018. The initial athletes selected are listed below. Four further athletes (2 men, 2 women) will be selected following the trials in Canterbury on 5 & 6 May. Men : Cameron de L’Isle (NWOC) Max Griffiths (NWOC) Joe Lynch (Wellington) […] Selection Announcement – ANZ MTBO Challenge - New Zealand Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships, 24-27 April in Alexandra, Central Otago. The confirmed New Zealand Team to compete in the ANZ MTBO Challenge competition at the New Zealand MTBO Championships are: M21 Tom Spencer Dunedin Conal Boland-Bristow PAPO Chris Forne PAPO Nick Hann – Reserve PAPO M40 Brent Simpson Taranaki Peter Swanson BOP Liam […] HP News #38 – February 2018 - February usually brings about a pick-up of activity. This year, with no Waitangi sprints, SOW being at the end of January, and no opportunity to build a camp around these events seems to be the exception. Nevertheless there are many out there training diligently with an eye on Easter and beyond, competing overseas, or flying […] Selection Announcement – MTBO World Championships - MOUNTAIN BIKE ORIENTEERING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 Waldviertel, Austria 5-13 August 2018 The confirmed riders selected to represent NZ at the 2018 MTBO World Championships and Junior World Championships are: Tom Spencer – M21E – Dunedin Conal Boland-Bristow – M21E – PAPO Georgia Skelton – W20 (Junior) – CMOC Selection Notice – IOF World Cup Round 1 - The first round of the 2018 IOF World Cup will be held in association with the European Orienteering Championships in Ticino, Switzerland from 6-13 May 2018. All orienteers interested in selection for this event should contact the Convenor of Selectors Al Cory-Wright (jean.al@xtra.co.nz) by Monday 26 February 2018. Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – January/February 2018 - in this Issue: View from the Chair; 2018 Council Elections Results; JWOC Coach Vacancies; High Performance Update; Event Liaison Update; NZ Annual Awards Nominations Open; Parks Week; ONZ Policy Updates;Blog Posts
JWOC2017 Blog – European Youth Orienteering Champs in Slovakia - As part of their JWOC campaign, Jenna Tidswell, Danielle Goodall and Katie Cory-Wright have been competing in the European Youth Orienteering Champs in Slovakia this weekend. 
ONZ Mapping Committee – Advice to Mappers for Changes to our Maps - Advice for NZ mappers regarding the changeover to the new IOF ISOM2017 mapping specification for standard orienteering events.
IOF Newsletter – May 2017 published - How to follow World Cup Round 1; Leho: World Orienteering Day and World Cup; WOC 2017: Time to suit up again; MTBO World Cup 2017: Who will be this year’s winners? Clare Durand: “I’m the only serious Trail Orienteer within a three hour drive”
Orienteering in focus in seven big European cities; Walking through footmarks of the past with Gytis Juska; Successful event in Malaysia
Havelock North High students representing NZ in chosen sports (Stuff Article) - Havelock North High School students Georgia Hulls and Jenna Tidswell are no strangers to representing their country in their respective sports, and both are soon to do it again.
Gene Beveridge Blog – 3 Out Of 3 - Gene Beveridge reflects on winning his A-goal race, Oceania Orienteering Champs Long Distance.
Gene Beveridge VLOG #5 – WOC – Comments from the Swedish Forest and EXTREME ROCKS - Gene updates us on the NZ team in preparation for World Orienteering Championships in Sweden while taking a map walk through the Swedish Forest.
Update from the New Zealand WOC Team - Update from the New Zealand WOC team on their training in Sweden. Looking forward to following the live coverage and GPS tracking starting this Saturday!
Follow the WOC Team - Half of the NZ WOC team is already in Europe with the other half arriving soon. Follow their training and racing throughout this month by subscribing to Gene's YouTube Channel and Website for news and updates.
Gene Beveridge Blog: Success with New Training Strategies - The Australia-New Zealand Elite Test Match over the long Queen’s Birthday weekend has given me a chance to gauge my fitness at this clear midpoint in this training block...In reply to the Board on JWOC and Schools Eligibility - In reply to the Board on the rationale for the exclusion of JWOC members from the New Zealand Secondary Schools Team Edit 2/05/2016 Subsequent to publication it has come to my attention that the proposal to exclude JWOC runners from the Schools Team was actually included as a recommendation as part of the High […]
