Nice victory in the long distance at Norgescup World Ran...

Watching out for ??????... easterorienteering at Herrest...

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That`s the equipment for putting out permanent controls?...

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Welcome spring! Organising WREs, first O-Competitions, t...

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NZ Queens Birthday weekend

Entries are now open for the NZ QB weekend on the 1-3rd June, 4 races in 3 days Queen’s Birthday 2019 – Entries are OPEN
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National Orienteering League Round 1

There was some exciting racing at Hill End last weekend for the first round of NOL 2019 with a relay and a long distance race. Some things stayed the same and others were new. Victorian and Canberra C ...
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Silva Medal 2019

Silva Medal 2019 The Silva Medal is awarded to the Australian orienteer who best performs relative to their class in specified events. Points are awarded for Days 1, 2 and 3 of the Australian 3-Days C ...
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OA Head Coach Decision Postponed

With the 1st two National League events looming next weekend, processes already underway for athletes competing in the first two rounds, and after giving consideration to not causing any disruption to ...
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Orienteering Australia appoints Director, High Performance

Orienteering Australia is pleased to announce that at its March Board meeting, Stephen Craig was appointed as Director, High Performance. Steve started orienteering in Sydney in 1982, did orienteering ...
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Late nominations for WOC and JWOC

Nominations for WOC and JWOC teams were due by last Friday but we will accept late nominations until midnight on Sunday 24 March Eastern Australia time. Nominations can be made here.
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National Selection Panels for 2019

A few new appointments have been made to the senior and junior selection panels for 2019. The senior panel is: Ian Prosser (HP Administrator, non-voting chair) Jim Russell (Head Coach) Tracy Bluett Br ...
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2019 Squads

Squads for 2019 have been named, you can find them HERE. Squads will be revised after Easter 2019 in WA Congratulations to all involved
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Orienteering Australia – Head Coach

Orienteering Australia plans to fill the Head Coach position for the 2019-2020 period. This position is responsible for leading the performance programs of Australian orienteering, from World Champion ...
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2019 WOC, JWOC and Bushrangers nominations and selection crit...

Selection criteria documents for 2019 WOC, JWOC and Bushrangers teams can be found at: WOC JWOC Bushrangers   Nominations are also open for these teams using the online form found here. Jim R ...
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Ups and Downs

“Experiencing life’s ups and downs has really helped shape me into the artist that I am today”-DarudeThe last few days have been almost as much of a rollercoaster as the strip of roa ...
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Sprint final

What an exciting day. People running every where, wet cobble stones, possibility for collision. The sprint final had it all. The arena was the same as yesterdays qual but with a much more complicated ...
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3 are in!

Today was the sprint qual and the first race for WOC. The weather was not kind and at points it was pouring which meant for a very slippery course. Simon, Belinda and Brodie ran hard and only just mis ...
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Thankyou

Tomorrow WOC begins and our sprinters are ready for the qualification. The race starts from 1pm with the girls running first and the boys after. Before WOC begins we would like to say a big thank you ...
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2.5m, no wait 5m, no wait 2.5m

Arrival of the final bulletin for a World Championships is like awaiting the federal budget, there is a lot of hype beforehand and then once its released no one really understands it and there are ple ...
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Team accommodation!

Today the Australians arrived at their WOC accommodation. We are staying at a house outside of the town of Puhja (poo jar) which is close to a number of competition maps. Our house includes two suanas ...
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Athlete profile- Bridget

Name: Bridget AndersonNick name: here are the various names people have given me in my life: biddy, chops, stumps, budgie, bridgo, tegdirb, bridgididge, Richard, Pricard, and birdshit.Age: 28Number of ...
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Estonian culture

Hello again!As it was St Johns day in Estonia today we are going to introduce you to some of the quirky culture of Estonia.On the 22nd of June Estonian people celebrate St Johns eve which is like thei ...
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Quiz for the day

How many pieces of fruit are in the bowl?Bonus question. Where is the team sitting?
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Training Camp - Sprint Training

Storks nest - no room for shoe rackSprint Training near the BorderTraining camp digsForgot to include the photo of the team house -from the outside. Very nice and much more spacious than the special p ...
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Henry and o bags?

Hello again!Today we have a quiz for you. Can you correctly name the o-bag to the person in the house.Your options are Simon, Bridget, Henry, Belinda, Krystal and Jim.Write your answer in the comments ...
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Training Camp - Day 1

Into the forestSo weve been checking out what low visibility means by Estonian standards... it looks a bitlike this...Estonian forestThe area wason a map called Paidapalun, south of where the ...
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We are in Estonia!

Hello everyone! The Aussies have arrived in Estonia. We are currently on our training camp in a small BnB farm called Hallivarku which we just learnt means Grey Hill. We have seen no grey or hills yet ...
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WOC 2017 Estonia

The countdown to WOC has started...Boomerangs team members have started to arrive at the team training camp near Tartu,to commence final preparations for the World Orienteering Championships. All the ...
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