JWOC26  |  Karlskrona 29 June – 4 July  Individual SprintThe Individual Sprint kicked off the 2026 Junior World Orienteering Championships with 338 Athletes lined up along with and 98 team officials from 40 countries.  It was a sharp-witted start to the first up race. Several runners were caught out by a tricky initial direction decision straight […]

The NZ team in the sprint faced a very technical start where the tight alleyways, steps and artificial barriers made it difficult to get any rhythm. The courses then opened up with a long 1km route choice leg across town which Laura was very pleased to pick and execute well. Her exceptional 30th placing also […]

“If you want flat terrain – get on the water.” Wellington orienteer Dick Dinsdale summed up the 2026 New Zealand Orienteering Championships before a single control had been punched. The Sprint at Rathkeale College was fast and technical, mixing open grounds with tight bush tracks to finish. Joseph Lynch continued his strong Oceania 2026 form […]

The day before ANZAC weekend brought relentless rain, as dedicated North West orienteers headed out to place controls in conditions that felt closer to muddy wartime trenches than a sporting event. Fortunately, Saturday dawned clear and bright, transforming the landscape into a welcoming arena where the only challenge was navigating the terrain with map in […]

World Orienteering Champs 2025 |  Kuopio, FinlandA very successful WOC from the NZ team with a few NZ records in the history book from the men’s team. It was also exciting to see our junior step up into competing on the world stage.  WOC Qualification rounds: Zefa the boss, Tim seals it, Rachel is smooth & […]

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This year the U23 camp, which was a day shorter than in previous years, started on the Sunday evening of 6 December with a brief introductory talk given by Malcolm Ingham. This gives the rationale for the camp and emphasised the big step required to go from successful junior orienteering in New Zealand/ Australia to […]

Not many countries around the world could have a gathering this big and also safely accommodate them to participate in intensive sport coaching. In NZ, we are lucky enough for 2020 to have ended well with 80 orienteering juniors testing their running and map skills in hot weather on a variety of terrain in the […]

As a nation-wide event to celebrate high competition in a friendly environment Nationals 2020 ticked all the boxes. It was a very rocky journey to the start line for this event due to the global pandemic. After every successful event there are key learnings. The organisers will do a thorough debrief over the coming weeks […]