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 […]

Event details:29 June individual Sprint: Trossö in Karlskrona. 30 June Sprint Relay. Trossö in Karlskrona. Mixed four-member team relay, the first and last legs are women’s legs. 1 July Long DIstance Augerum. Varied vegetation, from beech forest with fast runnability to areas with coniferous forest3 July Middle Distance event Bussevik. Countryside, mainly forest (pine, oak, beech) with a few small areas of […]

Update 29/3/26 – The Senior Selection Panel has approved the addition of Zefa Fa’avae and Felix Hunt to the team. The Orienteering New Zealand Senior Selection Panel has named the following athletes to attend Round 2 of the Orienteering World Cup in Skara-Lidköping, Sweden from 28-31 May 2026. Women Rachel Baker, Wellington Georgia Lindroos, Auckland […]

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 […]