August began with the second round of the IOF World Cup in Czechia. Following on only a couple of weeks after WOC, this saw the best sprint relay result that NZL has ever achieved, another podium finish for Tim Robertson, and some other solid performances. There is now a bit of a gap in the […]

In general, June heralds the start of the major European events that New Zealand sends full representative teams to. The first of these, as a precursor to JWOC, was the European Youth Champs, an event which is increasingly being used to build-up to the subsequent M/W20 World Championships. Just over the horizon is also WOC […]

As we move into autumn, March has seen the season move into full swing with 2 National Sprint League races in Taupo, followed the next weekend by the first series of JWOC trials. The latter saw some intense competition among a healthily large field vying for places in the team for Romania. Meanwhile, intense preparations […]

February has been dominated by the weather. Firstly, the repercussions of the massive flooding in Auckland over its anniversary weekend, followed almost immediately by Cyclone Gabrielle. While it seems that only a few orienteers may have been directly impacted by these events, and our hearts go out to them, one consequence, as you will by […]

Another year over, more or less, finishing with the Under 23 HP Camp and some excellent news regarding Prime Minister’s Scholarships – perhaps a sign that we are finally making headway with being recognized as high level sport. Also another recognition for Tim Robertson, being selected in the NZ team for the World Cross-country Championships. […]

The highlight of November has been the rescheduled JWOC forest races in Portugal. Although only 2 of the original New Zealand team made the return trip to Europe their dedication was rewarded through producing the best Kiwi results for a number of years. Later in the month the final regional championships of the year saw […]