The 2026 European Youth Orienteering Champs saw sixteen young New Zealand athletes traveling to Nova Gorcia, Slovenia. The competition took place from 25th to 27th June. The team was coached by Kieren Woods and managed by Sonja Herrmann and, Kevin and Clodagh Hoare. We arrived two days before the competition in order to adjust to […]

UPDATE 13 April 2026 – With not approaches to the Convenor of Selectors, all teams have been finalised barring any late withdrawals. UPDATE 8 April 2026 – The EYOC Team has been updated as both Charlie Milne and Emily Reeves are not able to attend. Reserves Josie Hua (W16) and Arya Chebbi have been promoted […]

The European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) 2026 will be held in Brno, Czechia from 17th -21st July 2025. EYOC will consist of a Long distance race, an Individual Sprint, and a Forest Relay.  This position would suit someone who intends to travel to the event. ONZ has not allocated a budget to this role so applicants would be required to cover all their […]

UPDATE 28/3/26 – The WUOC and EYOC Teams have been finalised. The JWOC Women’s Team is currently subject to an appeal so remains provisional while the JWOC Men’s Team has been finalised. UPDATE 23/3/26 – In accordance with the ONZ Team Selections Appeals Policy, the convenor of selectors was contacted to discuss team selection within 48hrs […]

There will be four competition classes during the trial weekend. Competitors will be divided into classes according to their gender and age.To facilitate trialling for multiple teams; WUOC, JWOC and EYOC U18 have been combined into one class per gender (Men and Women).• M16 Men born in 2010 or later• W16 Men born in 2010 […]

The European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) 2026 are scheduled to be held in Nova Gorica, Slovenia from 25-27 June 2026. EYOC will consist of individual Sprint and Long distance races, and a Forest Relay. Classes are: New Zealand is entitled to enter up to 4 athletes in each class. Selection Criteria As per the Orienteering […]

2026 WOC, JWOC, WUOC and EYOC Team Trial Dates Details of the 2026 team selection trials for the World Orienteering Championships (WOC), Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC), World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) and European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) are as follows: WOC Trials For New Zealand-based athletes: For overseas-based athletes: EYOC / JWOC / WUOC Trials First […]

The 2025 edition of European Youth Orienteering Champs took the NZ Team to the Czech Republic and the Moravian Karst area north of Brno. A committed support crew were there to help Jenni and Carsten, who ably managed and coached the team so soon after their WOC commitments. While we could have expected temperatures up […]

Update – Adam Landels has been confirmed as a member of the 2025 EYOC Team Update – 4:29pm on Tue 11 Feb – addition of Adam Landels into a vacant M16 slot. As with other selections, if no approaches are made to the Senior election Convenor within 48 hrs of this update, the Adam Landels […]

JWOC 2025 ONZ is pleased to finalise the JWOC Team: The Orienteering New Zealand Senior Selection Panel has named the following team to attend the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) in Trentino, Italy 26th June – 3rd July. Men Sam Carryer (Auckland) Riley Croxford (Tasman) Felix Hunt (Canterbury) Jacob Knoef (Canterbury) Jake McLellan (Wellington) Eddie Swain (Tasman) […]

Thank you to everyone for your patience. We know there were a number of families wanting to purchase flights but in the efforts of getting things correct, and against the backdrop of last year’s appeal, ONZ’s Executive Committee sort additional information from the convenor of selectors before teams were named. At the bottom of this […]

The European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) 2025 will be held in Brno, Czechia from 17th -21st July 2025. EYOC will consist of a Long distance race, an Individual Sprint, and a Forest Relay. Age classes are W16, M16, W18, M18. New Zealand is allowed to enter 4 athletes in each class This position would suit someone who intends to […]

Updated 2 Jan 2025 with Google Sign-up Form The European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) 2025 will be held in Brno, Czechia from 17th -21st July 2025. EYOC will consist of a Long distance race, an Individual Sprint, and a Forest Relay. Age classes are W16, M16, W18, M18. New Zealand is allowed to enter 4 athletes […]

From June 22nd to 24th, fourteen young New Zealand athletes travelled to Poland to participate in the European Youth Orienteering Championships. On Saturday, June 22nd, the competition kicked off with the long-distance event. Rachel Baker and Tide Fa’avae both achieved commendable results, placing 18th and 20th respectively in the W18 category. Eddie Swain led the […]

Please note that attendance is conditional on team members being financial members of a club affiliated to Orienteering New Zealand and having no outstanding debts to Orienteering New Zealand. Team management will be announced as soon as they are confirmed by ONZ’s Board. The Orienteering New Zealand Senior Selection Panel has named the following team […]

Orienteering New Zealand is inviting expressions of interest for the following manager positions: EYOC 2024 – 21–24 June   Szcsecin, PolandWUOC – 1-5 August, Bankso, Bulgaria These positions would suit someone who intends to travel to the event. ONZ has not allocated a budget to these roles so applicants would be required to cover all their own costs in […]

The European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) 2024 will be held in Szcsecin, Poland from 21-24 June 2024. EYOC will consist of individual sprint and long distance races, and a forest relay. Classes are M-18, W-18, M-16 and W-16. New Zealand is allowed up to 4 athletes in each class. Selection Criteria As per the Orienteering […]

European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC)For the first time in many years ONZ has selected a team to attend the EYOC which are taking place in Bulgaria. The event categories are 14-16 and 16-18  and will be attended by a number of our younger JWOC athletes. The team selected to attend is: Boys 16-18yrs  Felix Hunt […]