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Compass Point - Orienteering New Zeland's Member Newsletter
ONZ Compass Point – July 2020
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 8 Jul 2020 - News Item

Subscribe to Compass Point Emails or update your preferences July 2020 – GM’s Foreword Hi all, Welcome to another issue of Compass Point. Since our last newsletter most club events have been able to be run as normal. Like other organisations we have faced a number of rescheduling challenges. Despite this, I am pleased to […]

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Orienteering NZ Compass Point – May 2019
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 27 May 2019 - News Item

May Update e-Newsletter from ONZ including: Have Your Say – Major Events; Vacancies; View from the Chairs; 2019 AGM & Club Forum; New Council Members; New Life Members; Event Liaison Update; High Performance Update; and other news…

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Tim Robertson won silver in the World Orienteering Championship sprint in Latvia (NZ Herald)
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 6 Aug 2018 - Blog Post

Kiwi orienteering star Tim Robertson claimed New Zealand’s first ever medal at a World Orienteering Championships on Sunday in Latvia. In a historic performance in which the 22-year-old led at every split time, Robertson was ahead by 0.7 seconds at the final pre-warning before being edged out of the gold medal by Switzerland’s Daniel Hubmann by a slim 1.1 seconds to take silver.

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Latvia 2018 – #3 Tim takes silver in WOC sprint
By Malcolm Ingham - 5 Aug 2018 - News Item

On a  wet afternoon in Riga Old Town, Tim Robertson has produced a stunning performance to win New Zealand’s first ever medal at a World Orienteering Championships. Leading at every split time, and by 0.7s at the final pre-warning Tim was edged out of the gold medal by Switzerland’s Daniel Hubmann by a mere 1.1s.

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Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – July 2018
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 28 Jul 2018 - News Item

In this issue: View from the Chair; ONZ Policy Updates; Team Staff Vacancy – Pinestars Manager; Introducing the Council – Alison Comer; HP Update; Event Liaison Update; WANTED: Quality areas for NZ Champs; Active NZ Participation Survey Results; STILL LOST: National Championship Trophies;

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Gold for Tim Robertson at World University Championships
By Malcolm Ingham - 20 Jul 2018 - News Item

A day after finishing 11th in the middle distance, Tim Robertson has won gold in the sprint event at the World University Championships in Finland. Tim’s margin of victory was 7.9 seconds over Trond Einar Moen Pedersli of Norway, with Henry McNulty of Australia taking the bronze. Outside WOC and World Cup races the WUOC […]

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Good start to the summer at WMOC2018, now for JWOC
By Malcolm Ingham - 9 Jul 2018 - News Item

NZL has started the season of IOF World Championships with a gold medal as Gillian Ingham has taken out the W60 Sprint title at the World Masters Championships in Copenhagen. Gillian, having finished 2nd in her qualifying heat yesterday, won by 2 seconds from a Swiss runner and another 10 s ahead of a 3rd placed Hungarian.

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Five Medals for NZ’s Marquita and Rob at World Masters MTBO Champs 2017
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 10 Aug 2017 - News Item

Marquita Gelderman (North West) achieved three gold medals in the Sprint, Middle and Long Distance events at the World Masters Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships 2017 held in France 29th July – 5th August 2017.

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JWOC2017 Blog – JWOC 2017 Sprint Maps and Results (World of O)
By NZ JWOC Team - 13 Jul 2017 - Blog Post

In the men’s class New Zealand’s Tommy Hayes showed yet again that New Zealand is a top Sprint nations -taking the Silver medal only 8 seconds behind Ojanaho.

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Oh so close – JWOC Sprint silver for Tommy
By Malcolm Ingham - 13 Jul 2017 - News Item

Tommy Hayes has won NZL’s 4th JWOC sprint medal in 5 years with a wonderful run in today’s race in Tampere. For a long time it looked as if Tommy was going to follow Matt Ogden and Tim Robertson as a JWOC champion, only to be pipped almost at the very end by Oli Ojanaho […]

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Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – July 2015
By Catriona McBean - 28 Jul 2015 - News Item

President’s Rant – July 2015 Not surprisingly July has seen our young junior athletes taking all our attention. During the early part of the month, I’m sure that most of us were actively following JWOC from Norway with no indication of what was about to unfold. It’s hard to find the appropriate superlatives to acclaim […]

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JWOC Sprint – GOLD again for Tim Robertson
By Malcolm Ingham - 6 Jul 2015 - News Item

Tim Robertson has pulled off back to back gold medals in the JWOC sprint with a start to finish victory in Rauland Norway. Tim’s 14:31 was 3 seconds ahead of Aleksi Niemi of Finland, with Lithuanian Algirdas Bartkevicius in 3rd! Shamus Morrison and Devon Beckman also had excellent runs coming in 30th and 32nd in […]

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Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – April 2015
By Catriona McBean - 30 Apr 2015 - News Item

News and Updates From Orienteering NZ – So as Simon signs out, I guess that it is an opportunity for me to give you some idea of my thoughts and intentions going forward. After a few years as President of Wellington Orienteering Club…

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Orienteering NZ September Newsletter
Orienteering NZ Update for August/September 2014
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 15 Sep 2014 - News Item

The Orienteering New Zealand Update Newsletter for August-September 2014 is available for download now!

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Successful World MTBO Championships – Three Gold Medals
By Simon Addison - 3 Sep 2014 - News Item

The 2014 World MTBO Championships were a highly successful event for New Zealand, with Marquita Gelderman winning gold in both the Sprint and Middle Distance in W40 and Tim Robertson winning gold in the Middle Distance in M20 (Juniors) in addition to a silver in the Sprint Distance in M20. The first day of competition […]

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NZ Team JWOC2014 Sprint Medal
JWOC Sprint
By Anna Robertson - 26 Jul 2014 - Blog Post

The athletes were quarantined in the Samakov Arena – a large complex with several levels. The warm up area was inside on the basement floor and the prestart was also inside the building. The athletes could hear the thunder outside and the earlier runners had the advantage of dry conditions. The heavy rain had spectators […]

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Tim Robertson 2014 JWOC Sprint Champion
JWOC Sprint Gold Medal – Tim Robertson
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 23 Jul 2014 - News Item

Download the Orienteering NZ Media Release: Robertson Wins Gold – Media Release 23 July 2014 Thunderstorms did not prevent Tim Robertson from backing up his 2013 Bronze medal with a 2014 JWOC Gold medal in Samokov, Bulgaria   News Articles: International Orienteering Federation: Junior World Orienteering Championships: Sprint golds to New Zealand and Sweden International Orienteering […]

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Sprint Medals - Piotr Parfianowicz Poland, Tim Robertson New Zealand, Anton Johanson Sweden
Sprint Gold Medal – Tim Robertson
By Anna Robertson - 23 Jul 2014 - Blog Post

Download the OreinteeringNZ Media Release: Robertson Wins Gold – Media Release 23 July 2014 Thunderstorms did not prevent Tim Robertson from backing up his 2013 Bronze medal with a 2014 JWOC Gold medal in Samokov, Bulgaria   Download the OrienteeringNZ Media Release: Robertson Wins Gold – Media Release 23 July 2014

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Orienteering NZ Prizegiving – Award Winners
By Simon Addison - 29 Apr 2014 - News Item

Silva Service to NZ Orienteering Derek Morrison (Hawke’s Bay) has received the Silva Service to NZ Orienteering, joining a highly prestigious list of recipients before him.  The award is our premier service award, honoring an individual who has contributed in a most deserving manner to the development of orienteering in New Zealand.  Derek has been […]

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Tim Robertson wins Wellington College Sport Premier Award
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 2 Feb 2014 - News Item

  Tim Robertson (Hutt Valley) has had a sensational year, representing New Zealand at both the Junior World Orienteering Championships (“JWOC”) and also the World Orienteering Championships (“WOC”). Tim was recently awarded the Young Sportsman of the Year award at the Wellington College Sports Awards.  This award recognised the amazing year that Tim had for […]

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