Juniors
Orienteering throughout the junior years is a great opportunity to build friendships with some fantastic people throughout the country and beyond. If lucky enough to make the New Zealand Junior World Orienteering Championships (“JWOC”) team, then you even get the chance to compete overseas and m...
News & Blog Posts - Juniors
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News Items
Vacancy: Junior Pinestars 2018 Team Manager - Applications are invited for the role of Junior Pinestars 2018 Team Manager. Applications close Friday 13 July 2018.
Juniors Regional Invitation Team invites to be made after NZ Schools Team Announced - Junior orienteers will be invited to join the Regional invitation team traveling to the 2018 Australian Orienteering Championships carnival after the NZ schools team has been posted on the ONZ website.
Selection Notice – New Zealand Secondary Schools Team 2018 - New Zealand Secondary Schools Team 2018 Adelaide and Surrounds, 29 September to 7 October 2018 A New Zealand Secondary Schools Team is to be selected to compete for the Southern Cross Trophy against the six Australian states and the Australian Capital Territory in the 2018 Australian Schools Championships. The championships will be held in and […] Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – October 2017 - in this Issue: View from the Chair; ONZ Committee Vacancies- Round 2; Years 5-8 Orienteering Camp;
2018 Council Elections - Applications Open; High Performance Update; Event Liaison Update; ONZ Policy Updates; Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – September 2017 - in this Issue: View from the Chair; ONZ Committee Vacancies- Round 2; Years 5-8 Orienteering Camp; 2018 Council Elections; Entries for National Championships; High Performance Update; Event Liaison Update;
ONZ Policy Updates
Anti-Match-Fixing and Sports Betting Policy
Orienteering Photos Years 5-8 Orienteering Camp – Registrations Open - The 2017 Years 5-8 Orienteering camp will be held in Rotorua this year from the 19-22 December. Information about the camp including the registration form are available from: http://www.obop.org.nz/junior-camp-2017.html Closing date for registration is 15 November. The camp is limited to 60 participants and registration will close before this date if this limit is reached. […] Junior Camp Update - Hi all junior camp, under 23 camp and coach applicants. We have had over whelming numbers apply this year for all these camps and positions. We are having to leave out nearly 30 applicants for junior camp. We are currently going through a process with regional coaches to decide as fairly as possible who this is and […] Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – July 2017 - in this Issue: View from the Chair; ONZ Committee Vacancies - 10 August deadline; Junior Orienteering Camp - Applications Close 31 July; Coaching Positions for Junior Camp - Applications Close 31 July; High Performance Update; 
Oh so close – JWOC Sprint silver for Tommy - Tommy Hayes has won NZL’s 4th JWOC sprint medal in 5 years with a wonderful run in today’s race in Tampere. For a long time it looked as if Tommy was going to follow Matt Ogden and Tim Robertson as a JWOC champion, only to be pipped almost at the very end by Oli Ojanaho […]
2017 Junior Orienteering Camp and Regional Squads U23 Camp Applications Open - Applications are now available for the 2017 Junior Camp, Under 23/Regional camp, and Junior Camp coaches.Blog Posts
Introducing the New Zealand JWOC Team 2018 - Meet the NZ team heading to the Junior World Orienteering Champs 2018 being held in Kecskemet, Hungary from 8-15 July 2018.
Orienteering: Bay siblings more than ready for worlds (NZ Herald – Hawke’s Bay Today) - If Will Tidswell's dedication is an indicator it's no surprise he will become the youngest Kiwi to compete at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Hungary in July. 
Orienteering Students to Defend North Island Champs Titles (Stuff) - Stuff Article - Pukekohe Intermediate School's best orienteering students are off to the North Island Secondary School Orienteering Championships in Levin this week.
The 26 students will be defending their 2017 titles for best overall boys and best over all school.
Their success was recently honoured with the Junior Team of the Year prize at the Counties Manukau Sport Franklin Junior Sports Awards and Volunteer Recognition Ceremony.
Callum Farmer earns U16 Sportsman of the Year prize at junior sports awards - Navigating unknown fields and running distances of up to 12 kilometres has earned a Pukekohe boy an accolade at this year's Counties Manukau Sport Franklin Junior Sports Awards and Volunteer Recognition Ceremony. Callum Farmer has been orienteering since he was year 7 and now at year 10, Callum is claiming awards and travelling parts of the world for the sport he loves
He claimed the Pak'n Save Pukekohe U16 Sportsman of the Year at the recent awards, which were held in Pukekohe, and said he was proud of his achievement. 
Big chunk of competitors in orienteering event schoolkids (Stuff) - Stuff newspaper article: Schoolchildren were well-represented at a Geraldine orienteering event at the weekend, with one third of the 357 competitors aged 11 to 18.
Event controller Mike Harding said his hope for the Geraldine Rogaine Autumn Muster, held near Woodbury on Sunday, was to get young people interested in orienteering, so he was pleased with the turnout.
"Quite a few families too," he said. Vacancies: Pre-Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) Training Coach and JWOC Coach 2018 - Orienteering NZ is looking for a pre-JWOC Coach to work with those orienteers wishing to trial for JWOC and those selected to better prepare for the event.
In addition, ONZ is asking for applications for the JWOC Coach that will travel with the team to Hungary in July 2018 continuing with training onsite and during JWOC.
JWOC2017 Blog – Long Distance Live Video Feed – 6pm onwards Friday 14 July - The JWOC long distance event is available live online tonight NZ 6pm 14 July 2017 onwards.
JWOC2017 Blog – JWOC 2017 Sprint Maps and Results (World of O) - In the men’s class New Zealand’s Tommy Hayes showed yet again that New Zealand is a top Sprint nations -taking the Silver medal only 8 seconds behind Ojanaho.
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. 
Over 100 competitors compete in SI schools orienteering champs in Nelson (Nelson Mail) - A biting southerly wind tested the participants in the 2017 South Island schools orienteering championships in Nelson at the weekend.
