NZ Secondary Schools Team Announced

The NZ Secondary Schools Orienteering Team to compete against the Australian Schools Orienteering Team at the Oceania Championships in ACT, Australia. The event is to take place in early October.

The team features many familiar orienteering names, including four athletes who represented NZ at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in July. These include three senior girls, with the only girl not in the JWOC team this year being Rachel Goodwin, who was in fact the team reserve. Jack Vincent is the only boy in the team who participated at JWOC.

The full team is:


Junior Girls
Jaime Goodwin (Havelock North High School)
Juliana McMillan (Chilton St James School, Lower Hutt)
Erin Paterson (New Plymouth Girls High School)
Laura Robertson (Chilton St James School, Lower Hutt)

Senior Girls
Rachel Goodwin (Iona College, Hawkes Bay)
Greta Knarston (Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland)
Kate Morrison (Napier Girls High School)
Nicola Peat (St Cuthbert's College, Auckland)

Junior Boys
Kyle Higham (Waiopehu College, Levin)
Duncan Morrison (Napier Boys High School)
Matthew Ogden (Massey High School, Auckland)
Brett Sceats (Lindisfarne College, Hastings)

Senior Boys
Jourdan Harvey (Kings College , Auckland)
Scott McDonald (Karamu High School , Hastings)
Toby Scott (Glendowie College, Auckland)
Jack Vincent (Havelock North High School)


Manager: Derek Morrison