The ANZ Schools Test Match will be held in Rotorua on 19-20 April 2017.

Selection Criteria

The trials for both Junior and Senior Test teams will be held in the Wellington region on the weekend of 25-26 March 2017.

Trial races will consist of a Sprint distance, a Middle distance and a Long distance. The Sprint and Middle distance races will be held within 20km of central Wellington on Saturday. The Long distance race will be close to Levin on Sunday. These events will be held in conjunction with trials for the JWOC team (see separate notice)

Athletes may be selected for both the ANZ Test Match team and the JWOC team.

The following existing orienteering areas are embargoed from the date of the this notice until the events have been held:

• Whitireia Polytechnic campus
• Waitarere Forest to the south of Waitarere Beach township

All orienteers interested in selection for the 2017 ANZ Schools Test team must register their interest, year of birth, and cell phone number to the Convenor of Selectors Steve Oram (steveoram@gmail.com) by 15 January 2017.

Catriona McBean

General Manager

gm@orienteering.org.nz