Member news & views | JULY 2022 Contents: Update Notes from the GM View from the Chair Sport World Games Gold! Orienteering and running speed July High-Performance Update John & Val recognised with Caltex Good Sport Award Event reports JWOC 222 Mapping Mapping update MTB orienteering Embargo MTBO champs Coming events Tūāraki and Auckland Regional […]

Coach report  | JWOC 2022 Portugal When the 2022 NZ JWOC Team arrived in Aguiar da Beria, it seemed just like any old JWOC. The older half of the team had been there since Saturday 3rd and so had a day of sprints and a day of forest training under their belts already when I […]

Many thanksWe’d like to acknowledge the enormous contribution to the mapping community from Michael Wood, who stood down from the Mapping Committee at the start of this year. Michael has single handedly carried the Committee for many years. Thankfully, Michael still continues to share his wealth of knowledge with the committee, as well as any technical […]

World medalist orienteer Tim Robertson put in some speed at the New Zealand’s cross country championships this weekend and bagged a bronze podium finish. 
Athletics NZ reported it as “recently minted World Games orienteering sprint gold medallist Tim Robertson executed an impressive display to take a richly-deserved bronze with North Island champion Toby Gualter (Wellington) […]

Following on from the first sprint WOC July has been another month dominated by sprint orienteering at the international level. The devastating forest fires in Portugal reduced JWOC to also being a sprint only event, making it the third JWOC for which NZL athletes have missed out on the full experience. Be that as it […]

Tim Robertson has taken the biggest title yet of his career with a 9 second victory in the World Games sprint, held overnight in Birmingham, Alabama. Following from two JWOC gold medals, a World Universities title, and silver and bronze in the WOC sprint, Tim finally nailed a really big one with a narrow win […]

Labour Weekend – Saturday 22 October to Monday 24 October The North West Orienteering Club (NWOC) is excited to present the Northern Regional champs, with three days of classic Woodhill Forest terrain. Mature plantation forest on sand dunes, intricate contour detail, predominantly fast “white” terrain. Orienteering paradise. Maps include the northern reaches of the 2017 […]

There hasn’t been much time since WOC, but how does preparing for the World Games event differ from your run training for other orienteering events during the European Summer season, such as, the World Orienteering Champs (WOC) and the Orienteering World Cup ?  With only 15 days between my last race at WOC and my […]

The area of Woodhill Forest outlined on the map below is embargoed for all participants in the 2022 Tūāraki North Regional Orienteering Championships. Moreover, the area is all private land and there is no access without the specific written permission of the landowners. The area covers The Hedley Dunes and Karaka Swamp maps (a) north of Hedley […]

Orienteering Bay of Plenty are hosting the NZ MTBO Champs in and around Rotorua on the 19th and 20th November 2022. The following embargo notices apply for the Middle and Long Distance events: Cougar Park, Tokoroa (Long Distance Champs) – the main riding area at Cougar Park is embargoed from 14/07/2022 until 21/11/2022 and may not be visited […]

Alongside the contract to film the New Zealand Secondary School Orienteering Championships, ONZ is happy to announce that Caltex will be providing a ‘Good Sport Award’. We encourage all parents, participants, coaches and managers to submit nominations. The Good Sport Award is to recognise a coaches, managers, students, or teachers who goes above and beyond. […]

We are about to start JWOC, and due to lack of access to forest the event aligns with WOC as it looks to be a sprint only event. Good luck! Here are the full athlete profiles: Katherine Babington Occupation: Full time procrastinator A bit about you: Apart from orienteering, I also have played football for […]

The IOF Council has unanimously decided to add to a Sprint Relay as an official Medal Race at the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2022.  All in all, there will be 3 sprint events for JWOC this week until it is determined if the athletes can go into forest areas.  The new event will be organised […]

At the moment ONZ has no information about the scheduling of the World Schools Orienteering Championships. We expect that the event should have be scheduled for 2023 but neither the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) or the International School Sport Federation (ISF) have any information on their websites and we are waiting on any further information […]

I hope everyone enjoyed watching WOC. The TV coverage was amazing and the view given was probably better than that seen on the ground. As we now turn to JWOC in less than a weeks time, I have confined myself to a general overview. However, QB2022 is not forgotten and there is a brief report […]

Report from Martin Peat in Czechia: A fast and furious start to the mass-start race at Orient Express MTBO kicked off three loops spread over three maps – essentially a one man relay. All the chaos and excitement of a typical relay start but adding speeds of up to 40kph to the mix.  Forest temperatures […]

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For those who have had challenges finding the link to enter the NZSS Champs, please use this link to enter:  https://entero.co.nz/entero.php?eventName=nzssoc2022 A full list of those entered can be found here: https://entero.co.nz/evento.php?eventName=nzssoc2022&ac

Martin Peat has arrived in Europe, and after few travel mishaps he is on his bike riding. Martin reports that racing in Europe got off to a rough start in Czechia with flight delays, a lost bag (fortunately not the bike!). A set of riding kit in my carry-on will do for the week and […]

Member news & views   |   JUNE 2022 Update  Foreword from the GM View from the Chair Sport  NZL British Sprint Champs victories Southern Cross Teams named High Performance update Sports People  WOC Athlete profiles Event Reviews  WOC 2022 Pokapū Regional Championships NSL results after Matariki-O Greig Hamilton on the Berkley Marathon   Coming Events  Entries are about to close for 4 major […]

Piret Klade proved why she deserves the title Queen-of-O in the Hawkes Bay Club after winning W21E grade in all three disciplines (Sprint, Middle and Long distances) at the Pokapu (Central) Champs, held over Matariki weekend. 150 from all over NZ attended this inaugural holiday weekend of competition. The 3-days of events started with a […]

The eight strong New Zealand team for EYOC have assembled in Salgótarján in Hungary – and their first reaction – it’s hot! At nearly 40°, it’s going to be a challenge for the New Zealanders, having just left winter in New Zealand, but they’re up for it, and raring to go! The competition starts on […]

The WOC sprint held in Vejle really was a series of highs and lows for NZL. The morning qualification saw Tim in his, now, usual place up near the top of his qualifying group. Joseph continues what has been a really good first WOC by comfortable qualifying despite a few minor errors. Sadly, Gene made […]

In Vijle, Denmark Tim Robertson, Joseph Lynch, Tommy Hayes, Penelope Salmon and Laura Robertson were New Zealand’s largest representation ever in a World Orienteering Championship sprint final. Route choices have only seconds in difference, so speed and navigation are neck to neck in this world class competition. Tim and Penelope ran through to second place […]

In relation to New Zealand sport this is like Japan challenging South Africa in a rugby final. IOF LIVE commentator Jonas Merz mentions Tim Robertson as a favourite in the men’s individual sprint competition. Tim is in amazing form and his world ranking is phenomenal for New Zealand Sport. Exciting news from Vijle in Denmark […]