Oceania Sprint Knockout  | Sat 24 JanuaryIt was a flying start for the kiwis escaping NZ fickle summer weather for some warm sprint urban running in the NSW coastal area. The morning’s knockout qualification and quarter final sprints were based at St Peters College, Tuggerah, and the afternoon venue for the knockout semi-final and the […]

Coaches in orienteering are leaders in developing our sport; they mentor, motivate, and pull a whole lot of their own experiences together to share. Orienteering coaches play a unique role as connectors and ambassadors, bringing inspiration, expertise, and humility to the sport. Here’s what Tane Cambridge, Nathan Borton, Briana Stevens, Gene Beveridge, Llew McGivern & Jean […]

Matt Ogden’s feedback:Looking back on the many nationals I’ve taken part in, I’m always impressed by the variety of terrain and the quality of the events — a testament to the beautiful country we call home and the passionate, highly capable orienteering community we’re part of. Sprint: NZOC2025 Christchurch was awesome. An iconic sprint in […]

Briana StevenBrian was in the schools team for three years, 2015-2017, so she has run in a few states. She has also achieved a good number of podiums over the years . Although she feels that best position she won she wasn’t actually on the podium, because she was beaten by three other NZ junior girls, […]

Congratulations to our award winners this year. Here is the list of those announced at the prizegiving evening during the 2024 New Zealand Orienteering championships in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty this year.  Life Membership  |   Malcolm Ingham (RK)  Services to ONZ Award   |  Peter Swanson (OBOP)  Administrator of the Year Award  | Lisa Mead (NW) For her tireless work […]

Over the past 10 months I was very fortunate to receive the opportunity to go to the University of California, Berkeley to complete my Masters of Engineering and while the study experience sounded amazing there was one big question on my mind: What about going orienteering??? I knew the orienteering scene was a bit smaller […]

Joseph Lynch, Matt Ogden and Lizzie Ingham have taken the honours over the first two days of the Not Oceania Championships in Canterbury. Joseph and Lizzie were the winners in Monday’s sprint at Rangiora High School. Joseph finished 45 seconds ahead of Gene Beveridge with Matt a further 20 seconds back. For Gene this was […]