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Toby 75th in World Cup 1 Long Distance
By Malcolm Ingham - 28 Apr 2023 - News Item

Toby Scott has finished 75th out of a field of near 130 in the first race of the 2023 IOF World Cup – a long distance held in Ostfold, Norway. The men’s course of 15 k with 660 m of climb featured a classic mix of leg length in rolling forest. Toby had a relatively […]

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World Cup 1 starts Thursday night
By Malcolm Ingham - 25 Apr 2023 - News Item

The first round of the 2023 IOF World Cup starts on Thursday night NZ time in Norway with a long distance race. The races are based around Ostfold where WOC 2019 was held. With Tim Robertson out through injury, Toby Scott will be the sole Kiwi in both the long and middle distance (Saturday). First […]

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World Cup Round 1 – Selection Notice
By Malcolm Ingham - 31 Jan 2023 - News Item

The first round of the 2023 IOF World Cup will be held in Ostfold, Norway from 26-30 April 2023, and will consist of an middle distance, long distance and relay. New Zealand is entitled to enter up to 4 men and 4 women. Selection will be based on known form . All athletes interested in selection for […]

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Oceania Middle – another WOC place for Lizzie, 4 Kiwis on the elite podium
By Malcolm Ingham - 11 Jan 2023 - News Item

The intricate tin mining terrain at Hunt Tin Mine presented a very different challenge for today’s Oceania Middle Distance, but yielded the best results of the week for the small NZL contingent. Lizzie Ingham again led the way with a 2 minute win in W21E to gain a personal place in the WOC middle distance […]

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Oceania Long Distance – Lizzie wins personal place for WOC2023
By Malcolm Ingham - 9 Jan 2023 - News Item

NZL had mixed results in the Oceania Long Distance held on Bells Marsh, St Helens – a mixture of steep rock strewn slopes interspersed with very green gullies. Lizzie Ingham again led the way with an impressive 13 minute winning margin in W21E in a time of 84:35 for just over 9k. As Oceania Champion […]

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Oceania Sprint – Lizzie Ingham wins W21E
By Malcolm Ingham - 7 Jan 2023 - News Item

The Oceania Sprint Champs for 2023 was held today at University of Tasmania, Launceston campus, venue for a World Cup sprint in 2015. Lizzie Ingham took the W21E title in a time of 16:26 with a clear margin of 70 seconds ahead of second placed Caitlin Young. Kaia Joergensen was 4th in W21E another 23 […]

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Zefa Fa’avae stars in JWOC Middle
By Malcolm Ingham - 5 Nov 2022 - News Item

Zefa Fa’avae has produced New Zealand’s best result in a JWOC middle distance for 6 years, finishing 17th in the latest edition, run in Portugal overnight. This was the first time that the JWOC middle distance has been run as a straight final without qualification and Zefa’s time of 26:38 was just over 2 and […]

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HP News #94 – October 2022
By Malcolm Ingham - 1 Nov 2022 - News Item

Although October has been relatively quiet on the competitive front, at least between the final round of the World Cup at the beginning of the month and Labour Weekend, it has seen quite a bit of behind-the-scenes activity. There was a long HP Zoom meeting involving 30-40 people at which Florian Schneider talked through his […]

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2023 Oceania ANZ Challenge Selection Availability Notice
ANZ Challenge – Selection Availability Announcement
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 21 Oct 2022 - News Item

Selection Announcement – Availability ANZ Challenge (Oceania Championships) Tasmania, 6 – 12 January 2023 Saturday 7 January Oceania Sprint Championships Monday 9 January Oceania Long Championships Wednesday 11 January Oceania Middle Championships Thursday 12 January Oceania Relay Championships Australia New Zealand Challenge. For 2023, New Zealand will challenge Australia in the 4 Oceania Championships races, in […]

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Tim Robertson finishes 10th overall in WC
By Malcolm Ingham - 4 Oct 2022 - News Item

Tim Robertson has finished in an excellent 10th place overall after the final round of the 2022 IOF World Cup in Switzerland. With finishes of 36th in the middle distance and 45th in the long, Tim added another 5 points to the 160 he gained from his sprint performances in Round 1. Overall winner was […]

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World Cup Round 3 this weekend
By Malcolm Ingham - 29 Sep 2022 - News Item

The final round of the IOF World Cup takes place at Davos Klosters in Switzerland this weekend. NZL will be represented by Tim Robertson and Toby Scott. Although they may manage to co-opt a third runner for Saturday’s relay, as an unofficial team, their real focus will be on the Middle distance on Sunday and […]

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ONZ 2022 Under 23 HP Camp
By Malcolm Ingham - 7 Sep 2022 - News Item

The Under 23 HP Camp is aimed at athletes in the 17-23 age range who have serious ambition to represent New Zealand on the international stage (e.g. JWOC, WUOC, WOC) over the next few years. It is designed to help prepare athletes physically, technically and psychologically and involves both physical and technical training as well […]

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Tim Robertson NZL - Gold Medal at World Games 2022
Tim Robertson wins World Games sprint
By Malcolm Ingham - 16 Jul 2022 - News Item

Tim Robertson has taken the biggest title yet of his career with a 9 second victory in the World Games sprint, held overnight in Birmingham, Alabama. Following from two JWOC gold medals, a World Universities title, and silver and bronze in the WOC sprint, Tim finally nailed a really big one with a narrow win […]

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WOC Report #6: Highs and lows at the sprint
By Malcolm Ingham - 1 Jul 2022 - News Item

The WOC sprint held in Vejle really was a series of highs and lows for NZL. The morning qualification saw Tim in his, now, usual place up near the top of his qualifying group. Joseph continues what has been a really good first WOC by comfortable qualifying despite a few minor errors. Sadly, Gene made […]

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WOC Report #5: Agony and ecstasy at the KO Sprint
By Malcolm Ingham - 29 Jun 2022 - News Item

A long day with many ups and downs ended with Tim, having led for much of the race, taking 4th place in the Men’s KO Final as Matthias Kyburz became the first ever World KO Sprint Champion. In a final which, like both the quarter-finals and semi-finals, had no forking, Tim had the courage to […]

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WOC Report #4: Ready for a Knock-out
By Malcolm Ingham - 28 Jun 2022 - News Item

After what for most has been a rest day we are now primed and ready for Tuesday’s first ever WOC Knock-out Sprint in Fredericia. No news yet on Laura, but Lizzie was the only one to do some gentle sprint training today as she travelled in pouring rain to Haderslev to do her first post-Covid […]

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WOC Report #3: Disappointment at sprint relay
By Malcolm Ingham - 27 Jun 2022 - News Item

After all the preparation Team NZL suffered more bad luck in Sunday’s WOC sprint relay being disqualified for a mis-punch on the first leg. Amid the disappointment it is worth noting that the without this the team would have placed 12th, equaling the previous best performance at a WOC sprint relay. Add in the absence […]

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NOL Final Results (and brief WOC update)
By Malcolm Ingham - 26 Jun 2022 - News Item

Despite the slight distraction of the first WOC race this evening in Denmark, here are the final leading positions in the NOL following Sunday’s middle distance at Matariki-O. The relatively small field, given the absence of many of the top athletes at WOC, and some having departed, or being in the throes of departure for […]

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WOC Report #2: Accreditation and sprint relay selection
By Malcolm Ingham - 25 Jun 2022 - News Item

With the late night Thursday arrival of Tim, Anna and John at their accommodation some 10 minutes drive from Norup, the New Zealand team for WOC is now fully assembled. Even with the absence of Laura, still stranded in the UK still waiting for her residency to come through, without which she cannot leave the […]

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WOC Report #1: NZL settle in as Covid strikes
By Malcolm Ingham - 23 Jun 2022 - News Item

After what has thus far been a long but promising build-up to the first ever sprint-only WOC, with less than a week to go Covid has reared its ugly head. After running at Jukola in Finland at the weekend, and feeling a ticklish throat on Monday, Lizzie tested positive on Tuesday morning. While her symptoms […]

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Close tussles in NOL as Matariki draws near
By Malcolm Ingham - 12 Jun 2022 - News Item

Following 3 days of Queen’s Birthday it is unfortunately apparent that the outcomes of the 21E classes in the National Orienteering League, with 8 out of 13 races to count, are likely to be affected by the clash of the final round at Matariki Weekend with WOC in Denmark. Nevertheless there are some close races […]

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NZL win British Sprint Relay Champs
By Malcolm Ingham - 12 Jun 2022 - News Item

A New Zealand team of Lizzie Ingham, Joseph Lynch, Tommy Hayes and Penelope Salmon has won the British Sprint Relay Championships in Leeds overnight. Although running against club based teams this is a solid build-up for WOC, with the second placed team FVO containing 3 British internationals. One concern however is that Lizzie, after arriving […]

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NOL Round 4: Race Review
By Duncan Morrison - 9 Jun 2022 - News Item

Matt Ogden’s return to competitive racing was very much a ruling performance – dominating the men’s elite class throughout the terrain races of the Queen’s Birthday Orienteering weekend in the Manawatu. It wasn’t just Elizabeth’s Jubilee that was celebrated in style, with Ogden recognizing a milestone of his own (10 years since NZ’s first ever […]

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NOL Round 4: Preview
By Duncan Morrison - 2 Jun 2022 - News Item

A top-class weekend of orienteering awaits for those heading to the Manawatu for Queens Birthday Orienteering, doubling as round 4 for the National Orienteering League (NOL). 2 middles, a long and a sprint await, with traditional Manawatu orienteering conditions promised, providing testing orienteering challenges for all. The busy weekend schedule begins at an absolute Palmerston […]

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WC Sprint Relay – combined N team shine!
By Malcolm Ingham - 30 May 2022 - News Item

An excellent sprint relay in Boras ended with the combined team of the Netherlands (Eef van Dongen) and NZL (Tim, Joseph and Penelope) finishing a creditable 18th in the large field of 54 teams. Given that there were 4 Swedish teams, 4 Norwegian and 3 Swiss teams ahead of them, this is a wonderful result. […]

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Another silver for Tim in KO sprint!
By Malcolm Ingham - 29 May 2022 - News Item

Tim Robertson has produced another silver medal performance in the knock-out sprint at the orienteering World Cup held overnight in Boras Sweden. With qualification perhaps the hardest part of the KO sprint at this level, Tim had hearts in mouths in the morning qualification heats where, with only the top 12 to qualify, he finished […]

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Tim takes silver in World Cup sprint
By Malcolm Ingham - 27 May 2022 - News Item

Tim Robertson has taken second place in the Orienteering World Cup sprint race held overnight in Boras, Sweden. Ranked 8th in the world going into the race, Tim finished 6 seconds behind Kasper Fosser of Norway the 2021 WOC silver medallist. In the leafy suburbs of Boras, Tim, after a steady start, led from control […]

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Change of heart revitalises top orienteer (Newsroom)
Change of heart revitalises top orienteer (Newsroom)
By Joolz Moore (ONZ Editor) - 20 May 2022 - Blog Post

Cardiac arrest and open heart surgery haven’t slowed down top Kiwi orienteer Lizzie Ingham, who’s on her way to her yet another world championship, Merryn Anderson writes.

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Selection call – NZL Pinestars v AUS Bushrangers
By Malcolm Ingham - 10 May 2022 - News Item

UPDATE 29/5/22 – Due to Australia being unable to field a team, this event is no longer taking place It has been confirmed that the Australian Bushrangers will send a small team to Queen’s Birthday 2022. This will consist of 3 M21E, 3 W21E and 2 M20E. Those interested in being selected for the New […]

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High Performance News #88 – April 2022
By Malcolm Ingham - 2 May 2022 - News Item

April was always going to be dominated by the ONZ Championships and these turned out to be exceptional in both organization and the racing on offer. The hardy and keen also enjoyed to further days of top sprint racing in Nelson and Blenheim as part of the National Sprint League. Now that the dust has […]

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