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ONZ invites applications for 2021 Junior Camp Manager & Head Coach

11 Jul 2021 By Christo Peters

The 2021 Junior camp is open to all secondary school (Year 9-13) members that are regularly running orange or red courses. There is no cap on numbers to it is quite possible that numbers may well exceed previous years when a maximum of 80 participants were able to attend. If this is the case in […]. Read More...

Tim and Toby in Middle Distance Final as Matthias Kyburz put Swiss on the board

07 Jul 2021 By Malcolm Ingham

Tim Robertson and Toby Scott both qualified comfortably for the WOC Middle Distance Final in the Czech Republic overnight. Tim was 14th in Heat A and Toby an impressive 11th in Heat C. The qualification races which started with 5 or 6 controls on a steep rocky hillside before moving into easier running terrain and […]. Read More...

Sprint bronze for Tim in Terezin!

04 Jul 2021 By Malcolm Ingham

Tim Robertson has done it again – producing another great race to take 3rd place in the WOC2021 Sprint held in Terezin, Czech Republic overnight! The race took in town streets, made more complex by the insertion of multiple barriers, and then the highly complex fortifications at the edge of town with multiple tunnels and […]. Read More...

Waterproof Paper discussion June 2020

15 Jul 2021 By Russell Higham (ONZ Events Liaison)

A Paper on Paper (feedback appreciated) Michael Croxford A recent discussion between a group of mappers, event organisers and competitors in New Zealand regarding paper has produced some technical advice for clubs when considering which paper to use for events big and small. The main piece of advice is horses for courses. If you are […]

JWOC experience

03 Jun 2021 By Joolz

The 2021 NZ JWOC team, as with last year, are unable to travel overseas to compete due to COVID19. The focus for the team is instead Queen’s Birthday. The JWOC team will stay together and the manager/coach duo of Sarah Stewart and Matt Ogden along with the PAPO event organising team will aim to provide […]

My view of the 2021 MTBO Champs: Still learning nav at bottom end of the results

30 Apr 2021 By Joolz Moore (ONZ Editor)

I was invited onto the NZ Mountain Bike Orienteering (MTBO) committee over a year ago now. It really was a surprise since I manage to consistently hover on the lower edge of the results table, but I am what you call a keen enthusiast. This year at the MTBO Champs there was a really good […]