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Simon Addison

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Joined February 2007
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Orienteering 14 Jan 2009
New Zealand Awarded 9th World Rogaining Championships

CHEVIOT — The New Zealand Rogaining Association has been awarded the 9th World Rogaining Championships in an announcement from the International Rogaining Federation today.

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Orienteering 22 Jul 2008
Silva NZ Secondary School Championships

The New Zealand Secondary School Orienteering Championships took place in the Waikato over the weekend. 

The event, held in Wharepapa South in rocky farmland terrain, attracted 325 entrants for two days of racing.

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Orienteering 22 Jul 2008
New Zealand Secondary Schools Orienteering Relay Championships

Results from the inter-school relays held on the final day of the Silva New Zealand Secondary School Orienteering Championships in the Waikato.

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Orienteering 22 Jul 2008
Family Affair at NZ Secondary School Orienteering Championships

Scott McDonald and Kate Morrison, both just returned from competing for New Zealand at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Sweden, wasted no time in reasserting their presence on the domestic scene.

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Orienteering 18 Feb 2008
NZ Junior Worlds Team Announced for 2008

The SILVA New Zealand Junior Team to compete at the 2008 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Gothenberg, Sweden on 30 June-6 July 2008, has been announced.

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Orienteering 14 Jan 2008
Bushrangers team for Test Match

Australia will field a team mixed with great experience and youthful enthusiasm next month for the Bushrangers/Pinestars test match.

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Orienteering 11 Jan 2008
One Week to go for Waitangi Entries

There is just one week to go as of today for entries to the Waitangi Summer Carnival for 2008.

Waitangi Summer Carnival 2008

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Orienteering 31 Dec 2007
Orienteering Pinestars announced

The NZ Pinestars Team to compete against the Australian Bushrangers in a Test Match Series at the Waitangi Summer Carnival, 2-10 February 2008, has been announced.

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Orienteering 30 Nov 2007
Pressure Building in O-Max

WELLINGTON — With four out of six O-Max events run in Wellington and the Hutt Valley, a single point separates the top two in both mens and womens categories.

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Orienteering 30 Nov 2007
JWOC Interim Squad & Trials Announced

The New Zealand Orienteering Federation has named the interim squad for the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2008 team. The championships for 2008 move back to Europe, this time to the powerhouse of orienteering being that of Sweden.

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Orienteering 8 Nov 2007
Gelderman teaches a few lessons in Australia

Helensville's Marquita Gelderman has won all three open women's titles on offer at the Australian mountain bike orienteering championships in New South Wales.

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Orienteering 16 Sep 2007
Kerrison dominates Auckland Long Distance Champs

AUCKLAND — Today's Auckland Long Distance Orienteering Champs were held on a map named Pinus Restallis in Woodhill Forest north-west of Auckland city, but there competitors were made to battle through much more than pine alone.

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Orienteering 16 Sep 2007
Auckland Middle Distance Championships

Auckland's top orienteers were to be found in Woodhill Forest on Auckland's West Coast today for the first day of the Auckland Orienteering Championships. Today's Middle had a winning time of roughly 30 minutes for most grades, and saw a good turnout from both Auckland residents and out of towners. This event is the kick-off of a new season of events, and this year is the first of the regional championships held from Spring to Autumn.

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Orienteering 26 Aug 2007
Forne top Kiwi in Sprint Final

Chris Forne (PAPO) placed 28th in the sprint distance final at the World Orienteering Championships.  Joining Forne in the final was Ross Morrison (Hawkes Bay) who ended up placing 42nd out of the field of 45.

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Orienteering 26 Aug 2007
NZ 22nd in World Orienteering Champs relay

The New Zealand team finished off the pace in the men's relay at the World Orienteering Championships in Ukraine.

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Orienteering 24 Aug 2007
Robinson strong in long distance final.

Tania Robinson (Counties Manukau), once again confirmed that she is the most consistent New Zealand orienteer on the world stage, when she placed 23rd in the long distance final at the World Orienteering Championships in Ukraine.

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Orienteering 22 Aug 2007
36th and 37th for Kiwis in Middle Final

Tania Robinson (Counties Manukau) placed 36th in the womans final for the middle distance, whilst Ross Morrison (Hawke's Bay) placed 37th in the mens final.

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Orienteering 21 Aug 2007
Middle Qualification adds another two finalists

Ross Morrison (Hawkes Bay) and Tania Robinson (Counties Manukau) have both qualified for the middle distance final at the World Orienteering Championships.

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Orienteering 20 Aug 2007
Two Kiwis into Long Distance Final at WOC

Tania Robinson (Counties Manukau) has comfortably qualified for the long distance final at the World Orienteering Championships in Ukraine. Joining Robinson in the finals from NZ will be Chris Forne (PAPO).

Tania Robinson

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Orienteering 19 Aug 2007
Morrison and Forne into Sprint Final at WOC

Ross Morrison (Hawke's Bay) and Chris Forne (PAPO) have both qualified for the Sprint Final at the World Orienteering Championships in Ukraine.

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Orienteering 7 Aug 2007
NZ National Squad

The reselected NZ Orienteering National Squad has been announced. Changes to the squad include the additions of Tane Cambridge and Martin Peat.

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Orienteering 2 Aug 2007
2008 Waitangi Summer Carnival Announced

Head organisers Greg Flynn and Simon Addison are proud to announce that a 2008 version of the highly successful 'Waitangi' Orienteering Event will take place.

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Orienteering 1 Aug 2007
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.

Greta Knarston

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Orienteering 25 Jul 2007
NZ Pinestars Test Team Announced

The New Zealand "Pinestars" team that is to contest a test match against Australia in early October has been announced by the New Zealand Orienteering Federation.

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Orienteering 23 Jul 2007
Elite orienteering photo system for Maptalk

A new feature has been created for maptalk, to help with the promotion of orienteering in New Zealand.

Maptalk

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Orienteering 17 Jul 2007
Dravitzki second in Australian Championships

Karl Dravitzki (Taranaki) produced a strong performance at the Australian Championships in the long distance, placing second behind Dave Shepherd of Australia.

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Orienteering 15 Jul 2007
Strong performances in JWOC relay

Thomas Reynolds (North West) was the best of the New Zealanders in the relay at the Junior World Championships, coming in on the first leg in 5th place.

Thomas Reynolds

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Orienteering 12 Jul 2007
Berthelsen bags another top-20 for NZ

Tineke Berthelsen (Hamilton) has joined the top-20 party here at JWOC.

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Orienteering 12 Jul 2007
Lundanes wins second gold as Lonnkvist blitzes field

Olav Lundanes (Norway) took his second gold medal of the Junior World Championships when he took out the middle distance race on Thursday.

Olav Lundanes

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Orienteering 11 Jul 2007
Berthelsen and Ingham lead the way

Tineke Berthelsen (Hamilton) and Lizzie Ingham (Wellington) have both produced stunning runs in the middle qualifier at JWOC, placing 2nd and 3rd respectively in their heats and putting both through to a great starting position in the A-final which is to be held on Thursday.

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Orienteering 11 Jul 2007
World champion misses out on middle final

World long distance champion Siri Ulvestad was the main casualty in qualifying from the JWOC middle distance on Wednesday.

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Orienteering 10 Jul 2007
NZ team hopeful for middle distance at JWOC

Following on from a succesful start to the JWOC week the NZ team will be looking to do well and get as many people qualified for the A-final as possible in tomorrows qualifying races.

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Orienteering 9 Jul 2007
Knarston brilliant in long distance

Greta Knarston (Counties Manukau) has had a very strong performance at the JWOC long distance to place 16th, earning herself her second top-20 result in just as many days.

Greta Knarston

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Orienteering 9 Jul 2007
Norwegian double double in the JWOC long distance

Norway dominated the long distance event at today's Junior World Championships, taking first and second in both events.

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Orienteering 8 Jul 2007
Strong performances by NZ team at JWOC sprint

Today the New Zealand JWOC team had its best ever single day performance in the history of JWOC.

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Orienteering 8 Jul 2007
Kerrison places well at NSW championships

Neil Kerrison (Taranaki) produced a strong second place performance at the NSW Championships, held approximately 80km out of Dubbo.

Neil Kerrison

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Orienteering 8 Jul 2007
Kral, Svensson take first honours at JWOC

The first medals of the JWOC week have been decided, with golds to Vojtech Kral (Czech Republic) and Eva Svensson (Sweden).

Eva Svensson

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Orienteering 22 Jun 2007
NZ JWOC team departs NZ

The majority of the NZ Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) team departed New Zealand today, on their way to a week long training camp in Queensland.

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Orienteering 12 Jun 2007
Piha rogaine attracts 380

AUCKLAND — Saturdays Lactic Turkey 5th annual Piha Rogaine saw 130 teams of 2-5 people competed in the 3 or 6 hour rogaine in the bush-clad Waitakere Ranges west of Auckland.

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Orienteering 11 Jun 2007
NZ team for Junior World Orienteering Champs change

The New Zealand team to compete at this year's junior world orienteering championships (JWOC) has had a change due to the withdrawl of Amber Morrison (Hawke's Bay) due to injury.

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Orienteering 11 Jun 2007
NZ team for World Orienteering Champs finalised

The New Zealand team to compete at this year's world orienteering championships have been confirmed by the NZ Orienteering Federation.

Ross Morrison

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