Way back on the 9th July we shared our intention to select a teams for the World Schools Orienteering Championships. At that stage there was no information available despite us reaching out to the international body responsible for the event – the International Schools Federation (ISF).

Over the last two months we have continued to have dialogue with the ISF and School Sport New Zealand but still lacked enough information to select teams – i.e. events on offer and age criteria for participants. Last week we received the first World Schools 2023 bulletin via School Sport NZ and we are now in the process of selecting the schools who can attend. With two of our Junior Selection Panel involved with the Southern Cross Challenge in Australia, this process will be completed in the next week and schools will be contacted to see if they are interested in attending the event. If they are not, their spot will be offered to the next highest qualifying school team on the list.