ANNUAL REPORT 2018

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(1)ANNUAL REPORT 2018.

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(3) Message from Sport Australia It has been a watershed year for the Australian Sports Commission. We’ve launched a new publicfacing brand - Sport Australia – with a renewed vision for Australia to be the world’s most active sporting nation, known for its integrity, sporting success and world-leading sports industry. This aligns with the Australian Government’s long-term vision for sport in this country, outlined in Sport 2030, released in August 2018 by Minister for Sport Bridget McKenzie. Sport Australia will be central to delivering the priorities outlined in this national sport plan. At the fundamental level, Sport Australia’s focus will be on getting Australians moving through sport and, more broadly, physical activity. We want to inspire and activating people across every age, race, gender, cultural background and physical ability. We will continue to build partnerships in the health and education sectors to ensure physical activity is a national priority. We need to ensure sporting organisations are equipped to make the most of a renewed interest in physical activity, and so we will continue working with sports to improve the workforce capability, governance and partnerships. We want to help sports innovate, connect with existing and new participants in the digital era and provide products that meet current expectations. The AIS is redefining its role too, leading a united and collaborative high performance system for Australian sport. Success will be measured by Australians consistently winning medals at major international events, but also in the national pride and inspiration generated by our athletes. Working in partnerships, the AIS will be focused on doing the big system-level things on the frontiers of ethical sporting performance that no other body is naturally positioned to do. The AIS has launched a new Athlete Wellbeing and Engagement team, focused on supporting athletes to transition through their sporting careers and connect with their communities. We want sporting champions to be positive influences. Australia enjoyed genuine sporting success in 2018. In challenging times, the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games helped restore Australia’s faith in our sports and athletes. Positions on the podium are wonderful to celebrate, but the narrative is incomplete without humility, generosity of spirit, confidence in what our athletes stand for and how they carry themselves. At the Gold Coast Games, we saw the very best in our athletes, and this display of spirit and integrity is sure to give them the best start to their preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We also had some outstanding performances at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Australia equalled its most successful Winter Olympics haul of three medals in PyeongChang, two silvers and one bronze medal matching the result in Sochi 2014. It was also our best result at a Paralympic Winter Games in 16 years. Sport integrity has justifiably gained additional focus in the past year, and is a very important priority for Sport Australia and for Australian sport more generally. We, and everyone involved in sport, owe it to the athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers, fans and the public at large to ensure that Australian sport is fair and clean, and is seen to be fair and clean. We thank all of our partners – including athletes, coaches, board members and administrators – for your effort and contribution to Australian sport, and your enthusiasm for building a more active Australia. We look forward to continued success and progress together.. John Wylie AM Chair Sport Australia.

(4) Orienteering Western Australia. Partners and Supporters 2018.

(5) Contents President’s Report Management and Administration Finance International Relations Technical and Competition Media and Communications Participation and Membership High Performance and Coaching Mountain Bike Orienteering Orienteering Australia Awards Appendix 1 - National Results 2018 Appendix 2 - National Event Organisers 2018 Appendix 3 - National Teams/Squads 2018 Appendix 4 - Office Bearers 2018 Appendix 5 - Financial Report 2018. page. 2 4 7 8 11 15 17 28 32 35 44 49 51 54 55. Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 1.

(6) President’s Report 2. 018 was another positive year for orienteering in Australia. We continue to see strong participation at national and local level, with overall participation up by around 30% since 2011. As in recent years, local events close to where people are have done particularly well, although organising large numbers of moderately-sized events does take a lot of volunteer effort. As a sport, we are continually looking for ways to make the organisation of events easier, even if sometimes external forces push us in the opposite direction. It hasn’t only been the local events which have done well, though; the turnout at the Australian Championships week was well above comparable previous events in South Australia (except for 2002 with its WMOC-related boost). We are also continuing to see activities in new places; two noteworthy examples in the last 12 months have been the establishment of a new club in Port Macquarie, and the local Masters Games kickstarting things in Alice Springs. In some states, we’ve also seen a pleasing rise in locallevel participation in mountain bike orienteering events, which are often the forgotten cousin of the much larger scene on foot. A remaining challenge for us in most states is to get the rising participation in local events to flow on to the next level, with State League or equivalent events often holding ground at best. Better engagement with participants is an important part of strengthening participation; this is something I’ve long admired parkrun for, and in our sport we’ve seen something as simple as a regular weekly e-mail to participants boosting participation in one of the local Melbourne park-street series by a substantial amount. Major events form one of the main features of our sport, and it was once again apparent that people are willing to travel for interesting orienteering experiences, such as the first opportunity for most non-South Australians to experience the terrain around Renmark. These major events do place a large load on the organising state, particularly for the smaller states, but they are greatly appreciated by the broader orienteering community. Something we hope to strengthen over the coming years is giving all orienteers, regardless of their level, the opportunity and support to improve themselves through better coaching at the grassroots level, something which has been rather patchy historically, although some excellent work has been done in a few places. In the last couple of years we’ve seen some good 2 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018. initiatives happening around juniors at both state and national level (including the staging of a large national junior camp in the last couple of years), and I am very excited by the prospects of the talented group currently making its way through the school-aged ranks. A major focus of our junior pathway has been the Australian Schools Championships; whilst it is disappointing that School Sport Australia have taken the decision to no longer include us as one of their recognised sports, the Championships have become strong enough that we are still able to continue them as an Orienteering Australia event without a great deal of change. At the top end of the performance pyramid, Aston Key’s top-ten result at the Junior World Championships reinforced his potential for something special in the near future, whilst Vanessa Round’s career-best result at the World Championships led the Australian women to promotion to the next division. At the organisational level, a major focus for us in the last year has been reassessing our strategic plan from the ground up. This has involved consulting extensively with the states – I have been pleased to have been able to meet, either in person or in teleconference, with every State Association Board in the last year – and has been a slow process, but we hope to have something that can be accepted at the AGM. A major focus of this will be strengthening participation at all levels; not only is this in our interests, but it also forms the primary objective of the National Sports Plan which Sport Australia (the former Australian Sports Commission) are leading the implementation of. Other positive developments in administration include that our financial situation.

(7) has stabilised following the adjustment over the last few years to the loss of government high performance funding, and that the coverage of Eventor is now sufficiently complete that we can finally start to take advantage of its promise to reduce the administrative workload on states, by allowing participation information to be collected centrally.. and Officiating Development. We also welcome Stephen Craig to the Board as Director (High Performance) and look forward to us gaining the benefits of his extensive experience in Swedish orienteering. Blair Trewin President. One of the challenges for many states is an increase in the external regulatory requirements around events, including issues with getting access to land or the conditions around doing so. Whilst many of these decisions are essentially outside our control and we have to manage them as best we can, the work that states do to maintain good relations with relevant agencies at local level is very important. Traditional owners also have an increasing role in most states in decisions around public land, and I was particularly pleased to see that Bendigo Orienteers last year became the first club to reach a memorandum of understanding with the local Aboriginal community. Orienteering in Australia could not function without the enormous amount of work done by many of our people, nearly all of it on a voluntary basis. Without wanting to single too many individuals out, I would especially like to thank two who have stepped down from their OA roles in the last year for their contributions; Craig Feuerherdt, who in his time on the Board was instrumental in leading the Eventor project (among other things), and Barbara Hill, who has done a lot to turn around our coaching ranks in her time as Manager of Coaching. Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 3.

(8) Management and Administration O • •. • •. • •. rienteering Australia (OA) in 2018 was managed and administered by:. Board Meetings. A Board of seven members headed by President Blair Trewin; Part-time paid officers: The Executive Officer, Head Coach and High-Performance Operations Manager, National Mountain Bike Orienteering Manager, Manager of Coaching Development, Manager of Coaching and Officiating Administration, Sporting Schools Coordinator and the Editor of the Australian Orienteer; Part-time contracts for the Editor of the Monthly eNewsletter and the website curator; The 2-day Annual Conference comprising the Board members, delegates from each State and the ACT, and an athlete and a mountain bike orienteering representative, supported by OA paid staff; the Annual General Meeting; Various committees and working groups who assist in implementing the Operational Plan; Additional appointed officers: Public Officer, National Secretary for Schools Orienteering, elite and non-elite rankings officers, and the Badge Scheme Secretary.. The Annual General Meeting was held in April (in Hobart). The Annual Conference was again held in December at the AIS in Canberra with the Board holding monthly meetings by Skype and in person throughout 2018 as follows: January, March, April, May, September, October, November and December. A strategic planning session was also held during the Melbourne Sprint weekend in March.. Membership of the Board There was one change to the Board membership in 2018 with Prue Dobbin (OV) joining the Board as a Director at the 2018 AGM, while continuing to take responsibility for meeting minutes. Board members in 2018 were Blair Trewin, President; Mike Dowling, Director, International; Bruce Bowen Director, Finance; Jenny Casanova, Director, Technical; Craig Feuerherdt, Director, Unspecified Portfolio with responsibility for Media and Communications; Bill Jones remained as Director at Large; Paul Prudhoe (ONSW) remained as Executive Officer. The positions of Director, High Performance and Director, Unspecified Portfolio with particular responsibility for risk management both remained unfilled in 2018.. 4 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018. Board Member Attendance Meeting. 112. 113. AGM. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. Conf. 119. Date. Jan. Mar. Apr. Apr. May. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Dec. Total. B Trewin. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. 10. B Bowen. Y. X. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. 9. J Casanova. Y. Y. X. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. 9. C Feuerherdt. Y. Y. X. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. 9. B Jones. Y. Y. Y. X. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. 9. M Dowling. Y. Y. X. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. 9. P Dobbin. X. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. 9. P Prudhoe. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. 10.

(9) Staffing and Contract Work •. •. •. Paid staff (part-time) were Paul Prudhoe (Executive Officer), Jim Russell (Head Coach), Kay Haarsma (National Mountain Bike Orienteering Coordinator), Ian Prosser (High Performance Administrator – from 19 September), Jim Mackay (Sporting Schools National Coordinator and Manager, Coaching and Officiating Administration). In November 2018 Barbara Hill stood down from the Manager, Coaching Development role. Shane Jenkins was contracted as website curator, Mike Hubbert as Editor, Australian Orienteer, and Linda Burridge (OQ) replaced Rebecca Jaffe as national monthly enews editor. Various people and organisations were contracted by OA and state associations to undertake projects funded by the Sport Australia Participation Grant.. • •. •. Remuneration Range of OA Staff (Includes Superannuation Guarantee Contribution) Range Less than $10K $10K to $20K $20K to $30K. No. of Staff 4 3 0. •. International: Mike Dowling, IOF Vice President, was again elected to the IOF Council. Finance: Bruce Bowen, Director (Finance), provided regular reports to the OA Board on annual expenditure to date, the performance of the calendar budget and the forward budget; led Conference, AGM and Board discussion on budget development in an environment of reduced funding from the Sport Australia; recommended increases in fees and levies to the AGM and Conference which were endorsed; chaired the Audit and Risk Committee; prepared annual accounts for auditing; provided the Sport Australia with audit and acquittal statements and budget figures as requested; and undertook the day to day payment of invoices. High Performance and the Development Pathway: With the position of Director, High Performance on the Board remaining vacant for 2018, Jim Russell as Head Coach and Ian Prosser as HP Admin Support Officer managed the foot orienteering High Performance and Development Pathway program and submitted recommendations to the Board on appointments, selection criteria, funded activities and other aspects of the program. Kay Haarsma as manager of the Mountain Bike Orienteering (MTBO) program did likewise for that program. Ian Prosser was also the OA liaison officer with ASADA on antidoping education and testing. Technical: In 2018 Anna Sheldon continued as Chair, Technical Committee.. Major Board undertakings during 2018 Each of the Portfolio areas of the Board was busy during the year, with the detail documented in the respective Portfolio areas within the Annual Report. •. President: Blair Trewin as President took the lead role in governance reform development, development of a proposal for a national membership model, constitution changes and contributed to the annual Sport Australia request for OA’s performance against the Sport Australia’s Mandatory Governance Principles, and chairing meetings of the Board by Skype and in person, in addition to being a member of the IOF Foot Orienteering Commission and liaising with Orienteering New Zealand on transTasman issues. Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 5.

(10) •. •. Media and Communications: Craig Feuerherdt, Director (Media and Communications), continued in 2018 with the managing and improving of the Eventor system, including undertaking ongoing updates to the website with the assistance of Shane Jenkins, and maintaining the quality online option for publishing of the Australian Orienteer. Special Projects: Position not filled in 2018.. Administration The major administrative tasks during the year included: • • • •. • •. • •. •. Organisation of the annual general meeting and annual meetings of committees during the Easter carnival in Hobart, Tasmania. Organisation of the Annual Conference at the AIS in Canberra in December. Administrative support for regular meetings of the OA Board. Reports and funding submissions to the Sport Australia and contract management with the Sport Australia and state associations for Participation and Sporting Schools projects. National management of the Orienteering Sporting Schools Program. High performance support by the Head Coach, High Performance Administrator, National MTBO Coordinator and other members of the HighPerformance Management Group for the Australian squads and representative teams and for the National Orienteering League program. Coaching and officiating administration by Jim Mackay of the Sport Australia accreditation schemes for coaches, controllers and training curricula. The Executive Officer representing Orienteering Australia at Sport Australia meetings and workshops on Participation, Sporting Schools, the Annual Sports Assessment Review, and CEO Forums. The Sporting Schools National Coordinator represented Orienteering Australia at the quarterly G33 meetings (held via teleconference).. Other notable Topics discussed at Board meetings included: •. Review of State submissions for Sport Australia participation funding (see Membership and Participation section for further detail). 6 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •. Omaps introduction Orienteering Australia Hall of Fame selections Development of a Social Media Policy Strategic Plan update Governance matters Member Protection / Child Protection / Child Safe Sport policies Australian Schools Orienteering Championships post School Sport Australia involvement Australian Sport Foundation donations Sport Australia National Sports Plan / Changes to Future Funding Arrangements Eventor – membership matters, event results and participation statistics Controllers Curricula – need for updating Major Event Manual High Performance (see separate section) IOF Matters Australian Orienteer MTBO. Paul Prudhoe Executive Officer.

(11) Finance T. he accompanying annual accounts for Orienteering Australia Inc. (refer Appendix 5) show a small Profit and Loss surplus of $10,949.27 in 2018. This surplus represents around 3 per cent of 2018 revenue and mainly arose because of one-off factors. One example was that the revenue from the high performance fund-raiser Sprint Canberra – which was received in January 2018 ($10,766) whereas the expenses were incurred in 2017. Another example was that donations received via the Australian Sports Foundation in 2018 ($4045) exceed expenditure ($2246). The detailed accounts also show that the main areas of Orienteering Australia gross expenditure in 2018 were: high performance (26%), the Sport Australia participation grant (17%), the Australian Orienteer magazine (14%) and national administration of the sport (16%). The main sources of Orienteering Australia revenue were: State Registration Fee (27 %), the Sport Australia participation grants (20%) and event levies (19%).. for a smooth transition to a new investment framework from 1 July 2020.” Further details on the funding criteria are expected to be provided before 1 July 2019. At the same time, Sport Australia has also indicated that Orienteering Australia can potentially access a new grant of up to $75,000, for what is referred to as impact funding. Initial advice is that the eligible areas for impact funding need to relate to Governance and Business Operations; Finance; Workforce and Infrastructure. The Board is actively considering the scope of submitting an application for funding a project from this new source in 2019/20 financial year. Bruce Bowen Director, Finance. While Orienteering Australia continued to provide financial support from the Whiteside bequest to enhance the Australian Orienteering Championships carnival ($9,940 in 2018), it should be noted that the remaining available bequest funds are likely to be exhausted within the next three years. The balance sheet shows Orienteering Australia ended 2018 in a strong cash position with around $296,000 as cash in hand; of which around $109,000 were accounted for by an unexpended grant. That is, a sizable portion of cash on hand can only be expended within the conditions set out by the Sport Australia grant. There were also two other conditional funds held in cash on hand, namely; Australian Sports Foundation donations (around $20,000) and the Whiteside bequest (around $26,000). At the time of writing this report it was confirmed that Sport Australia will continue to maintain their recent funding level to Orienteering Australia with a $100,000 grant for 2019/20 financial year. However, it is not clear yet as to what type of activities can be funded by the grant. It had previously been used for projects to increase participation in our sport, but is now being referred to as a ‘core’ funding grant “…to assist build a sustainable organisation and to prepare the organisation. Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 7.

(12) International Relations A. ustralia has continued to make a significant contribution to the activities of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) through representation on Council, Commissions and in the conduct of IOF sanctioned activities.. Council and Commission Membership Michael Dowling (TAS) was re- elected as one of the three IOF Vice Presidents at the 2018 IOF General Assembly in Prague, Czech Republic in October. Blair Trewin (VIC) continues as a member of Foot Commission, Adrian Uppill (SA) as a member of the Map Commission and Barry McCrae (VIC) as a member of the Rules Commission.. IOF General Assembly The IOF General Assembly in Prague, Czech Republic saw Mikko Salonen (FIN) retire as Vice-President along with long serving Council member Maria Silvia Viti (ITA). Former Council member Tatiana Kalenderoglu (RUS) was elected as a new Vice President. Hannu Kottonen (FIN) and Dusan Vystavel (CZE) were elected as Council members. The biennial report of the IOF for the period 2016-2018 was presented to Congress and highlighted several achievements over this two-year period. The Regional and Youth Development Commission (RYDC) continues to focus on developing the global activities of our sport from a strategic perspective and with an aim to engage youth more in our sport. An important initiative in this respect is the growth World Orienteering Day held in May. This was a resounding success in its 3rd edition in 2018 with a total of 81 countries and territories involved in staging 2213 individual events with a world record participation of 358,735 individuals. The World Orienteering day website was a great way to track and view the activities with participating clubs and organisations able to share their stories of the day. In addition, the RYDC have developed and implemented a start-up package to help new countries and regions establish our sport. The IOF continues to make significant progress in developing the broadcast quality of major IOF events for television and online delivery. Progress in this regard was evident in 2018 with the World Championship and 8 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018. all rounds of the World Cup producing live television quality broadcast content. In addition, liveorienteering. com is experiencing significant growth in engagement for online audiences. The IOF has welcomed the membership of Singapore and the return of Venezuela. There are a number of new nations as that are close to being ready for membership of the IOF. The key aim here is to ensure sustainable and realistic orienteering activities in these emerging locations with the support of IOF Regional Coordinators playing a key role in development. There continues to be strong cooperation with the World Military Sport Council (CISM), the International University Sports Federation (FISU), the International World Games Association (IWGA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In addition, the IOF has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the International School Sport Federation (ISF). Significant effort is ongoing in partnership with the French orienteering Federation (FFCO) to seek the inclusion of orienteering into the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic program. At the General Assembly, the IOF adopted a new Strategic Directions of the period 2018- 2022. This establishes the framework for IOF work in this period and is a substantial change from previous strategic directions in format..

(13) VISION Orienteering is the most attractive adventure-based sport for all ages. basis to rule on possible violations of the Code of Ethics in such matters. In addition, the following resolution was passed unanimously:. MISSION Promote the global growth of orienteering and develop competitive and recreational orienteering. The members of the International Orienteering Federation resolve to: •. MAIN GOAL To increase the attractiveness of orienteering: • •. to participants, and to external partners. so as to be included in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.. • •. Uphold the orienteering values of inclusiveness and ethical behaviour by encouraging our own members to show respect for individual differences and preferences. Abide by the IOF Policy on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Abuse and educate our own members about the same. Adhere to the IOF Code of Ethics and embrace the good governance of our sport.. These are underpinned by three values: ethical, sustainable and inclusive. The Activity Plan for the next two year period of IOF work was endorsed by member federations and is broadly structured into four areas related to the main goal and ambition. These are: • • • •. Increase attractiveness to participants (member federations, current and new participants) Increase attractiveness to external partners To be included in the Olympic and Paralympic games Governance. Several changes to the IOF statutes were adopted. The key aspects of these were related to the IOF Code of Ethics, aligning the statutes with the new strategic directions, allowing changes to statutes by a 2/3 majority rather than a previous 3/4 majority and gender composition of the IOF Council requiring that there shall within the IOF Council at all times be a Vice President of each gender, nominations permitting. The proposal for a change to the Junior World Championships program from NOR to include a sprint relay into the program instead of the Middle Distance qualification was endorsed by member federations. The proposal from DEN to not allow nominations for Council or Commissions if your Federation is declared non- compliant with the WADA anti-doping code was endorsed by member federations. The general Assembly adopted the proposal from Council for an IOF Policy on Sexual Harassment and Abuse. This allows the IOF Ethics panel to have a formal Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 9.

(14) IOF Council and Office The IOF Council has met five times in 2018. Once in conjunction with the World Championships in Riga, Latvia in early August, in Warsaw, Poland in January, in Namur, Belgium in April, in Helsinki, Finland in June and in Prague, Czech Republic in October to coincide with the general Assembly. Within the budgetary constraints of the IOF, Council is continuing a significant effort to visit as many member federations as possible with its meetings. Michael Dowling has attended all meetings. Through 2018 all Council members have continued to work in their areas of responsibility and support. Michael Dowling was chair of a review project into the IOF World Ranking System which presented its final report to the October meeting of Council. Michael Dowling has continued to have lead responsibility within Council for the Marketing area of IOF Core Activities and Increased Visibility within the 2017-2018 Activity Plan. In addition, he continued to have a support role in increasing the attractiveness of orienteering to young people within the IOF Activity Plan and is a Council contact for the Foot Commission and the Council contact for the Oceania region up until the General Assembly. Michael Dowling Director, International Relations Vice President, IOF Council. 10 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018.

(15) Technical and Competition T. he Technical and Competition areas for Orienteering Australia fall under the portfolio of the OA Director, Technical, and are overseen through the following committees: • • •. Technical (2018 Chair, Anna Sheldon); Mapping (2018 Chair, Neil Barr); Events (2018 Chair, Greg Hawthorne);. Foot Orienteering Orienteering Australia Rules The 2019 IOF rules were not available until after the 2018 OA Conference; changes relevant to OA rules include:. and through the OA Badge Scheme Secretary John Oliver, and the Manager Coaching and Officiating Development Jim Mackay. Elite rankings are maintained by Bruce Arthur, non-elite rankings by Darryl Erbacher and NOL points by Ian Prosser. The work of the above people and of the committee chairs in 2018 is acknowledged. The Information Technology Committee was disbanded although a working group still exists.. •. Technical. •. The Technical Committee met at the Australian 3-Days in Hobart in March 2018. OA rules and documents referred to below are maintained on the Orienteering Australia web site, either in the Operational Manual or the Technical Pages. Unfortunately no further updates to the technical pages on the OA website have been undertaken in the past year; summaries of technical matters extracted from controllers’ reports and the Event Management documents still need to be uploaded. Organisers, course planners and controllers are encouraged to seek clarification from state and national technical directors regarding the interpretation of the OA rules and appendices and of the NOL Guidelines.. •. •. Minimum control separation in sprints has been increased to 25 metres, and the start triangle is considered a control for the purpose of that rule. 1:15000 is no longer a permissible scale for IOF middle distance or relay events -only 1:10000 (noting that a trial of 1: 10 000 for long race WREs has been permitted by IOF) 2 minutes is now an allowable start interval for long distance WREs Addition of a 3rd dot point to 20.5, allowing interrogation of a control where a competitor’s card has not registered a punch. No decision has been taken to add this to the OA rules as yet.. Other Changes to OA Rules The Australian Relays now have a maximum 40-minute winning time (per competitor) set for all age classes including elites. It was not considered practical to recommend a total time per team. Future demand for a M/W75+ relay class is being considered. The recommendation for Australian Middle Distance Championships will change to recommend 30-35 minutes for most classes above M/W16; however, narrowing the range to 30-35 minutes will make it harder to achieve the ideal winning times for every class running a course because of the diversity of classes on each course. Therefore it is suggested that the fastest class on a course aims for a winning time of approximately 30 minutes At the Australian Long Championships, some courses for older/younger age classes ended up with faster winning times than anticipated. This discussion has prompted revision of the run-rate calculator which is in the appendices of the OA rules; an updated version will be available for 2019, noting that this is only a guide – as is the suggested course-class combination - and that course planners always need to consider the relative physical and technical difficulties of their area.. Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 11.

(16) International Specifications for Orienteering Maps 2017. entry for WREs, but it has not yet been fully determined how this process can become compatible with federations’ own pre-existing entry systems.. The IOF’s forest mapping specifications should be read by all mappers and controllers and course planners, and must be used for international events, e.g. regional championships, World Ranking Events. Also it is expected that Group A (national) events in Australia comply with these standards.. Controlling – Foot Orienteering. States are encouraged to update their existing maps to ISOM 2017 where possible and new maps are being prepared to these specifications. Adrian Uppill has prepared colour copies of a sheet which shows the recommended ISOM symbols and has distributed information about the most significant changes.. •. IOF Control Descriptions 2018 An Australian summary sheet is available from the OA website although there have since been some further small changes by IOF.. National Events 2018 The work of the following OA Level 3 controllers for Group A events is acknowledged from 2018:. • • • •. Vic Sprint NOL races – Geoff Adams, Tim Hatley, Chris Norwood, Ted Van Geldermalsen Australian 3-Days Tasmania - Greg Hawthorne Vic NOL (WOC trial) May 19/20 – Warwick Williams, QLD NOL races Sept 8/9 – Liz Bourne, Anna Sheldon Aust Champs SA – Peter Cutten, Adrian Uppill, Robin Uppill, Jenny Casanova. Controllers’ reports were received following some of these events, but more would be welcomed!. IOF Event Advising. International Orienteering Federation. IOF Event Advisers for World Ranking Events in 2018 were:. IOF Event Advisers are now registered in IOF Eventor and the process of Federations applying to host World Ranking Events is done online. Australia now has 18 foot-O EAs, 4 of whom are Senior Event Advisers, and 1 MTBO EA.. • • • • • •. There is no longer a cap on Federations’ allocations of WREs, and IOF levies are stratified based on attendance. IOF Eventor should ideally be made available for event. Controller Accreditation – Foot Orienteering. Tim Hatley Greg Hawthorne Liz Bourne Anna Sheldon Robin Uppill Jenny Casanova. During 2018 Orienteering Australia became aware that the Australian Sports Commission (now rebadged as Sport Australia) no longer takes responsibility for endorsement of coaching and officiating curricula. Since the content and structure are now neither mandated nor approved by ASC, this presents an opportunity for amending the framework of the materials used, although there is no intention of changing the underlying accreditation requirements/processes. Orienteering Australia intends to formalise the in-house process for revising, approving and uploading our coaching and controlling curricula; a working group will be convened to review levels 1, 2, and 3 of the controllers’ curricula and identify commonalities between them 12 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018.

(17) Accreditations for coaches and controllers are still processed by the Manager Coaching and Officiating Development; Level 3 controllers’ accreditations are first signed off by the OA Director, Technical. Since the end of 2015, the expiry period for all controllers at all levels has been 4 years, however the points for reaccreditation can be accumulated from activities undertaken over the preceding 8 years. Level 3 controllers’ workshops were held in Adelaide in February 2018 and Perth in April 2018, focusing on the number of L3 controllers required by states hosting major championships in 2018/19. These workshops were well attended by L2 and L3 controllers, also by organisers and course planners if they had involvement in the upcoming Australian Championships (SA) and Australian 3-Days (WA) carnivals.. Use of SI Air Technology (SIAC) It is not mandated that SI Air technology be made available to all competitors at Australian carnivals at this point in time; mixed punching systems are permitted provided the opportunity to hire SIAC is available, but given the increasing number of competitors buying their own SI Air Cards this recommendation may change in future.. Results Database Eventor has consistently been used for uploading results from events at all levels, although some states maintain their own results database as well or instead, particularly because Eventor does not routinely provide badge cutoffs (although there is a workaround) or deal easily with the score and/or first-past-the-post format of some park & street series events. The OA website, and many states’ websites, link directly from the home page to Eventor for current results. Provision of splits in Eventor is becoming more common although there is an additional cost.. Information Technology Both the Australian 3-Days and Australian Championships used O-Lynx for live results display; the latter carnival was able to fund this due to the Moira Whiteside bequest through ONSW.. Key Performance Indicators for Technical and Event Management (now known as Organise Events More Efficiently) The revised Orienteering Australia Strategic plan now has a section titled: Organise Events More Efficiently, which has the twin goals of making event management simpler for volunteers and of maintaining technical standards at a national & international level (previously these were separate sections in the OA strategic plan, but have now been merged). These aims may seem somewhat disparate, but are spelled out in more detail as: • • •. Encourage and reward our workforce: volunteers, paid officials, and those who innovate to improve our events; Improve access to and information available about suitable terrain and maps for events and acknowledge our landowners; Maintain technical standards for state and national events and improve our workforce’s capability and capacity to meet them.. Many of the associated KPIs are for internal use only, and relate to maintaining rules and event standards and preparing event management guidelines. Those which have been agreed upon as being reportable to Sport Australia are: • •. Increase number of controllers by 3% by end of 2019 financial year Number of accredited controllers re-accrediting greater than 75% by end of 2019 financial year. Events Committee The Events Committee met at the Australian 3-Days in Hobart. The proposed 2019 NOL schedule was endorsed as prepared by the High Performance Management Group. The Events Committee Chair has provided a proposed schedule of Major Australian Carnivals until 2028, allocating them to states on the rotational basis which has been used previously. IOF Regional Championships are not currently part of this schedule and therefore a host for Oceania 2023 is currently being sought.. Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 13.

(18) Mapping Committee A Lidar workshop was held during the Australian Orienteering Championships in South Australia, partly using funds from a generous donation. Discussion is ongoing regarding implementation of ISOM 2017; there are concerns about its applicability towards some highly detailed maps, e.g. goldmining, granite. A variety of tools are available for compliance checks to ensure that symbols meet minimum specifications, but mappers have differing approaches to dealing with the outcomes of compliance checks and there is not a practical interpretation which can easily be used for all terrain types. Awareness of the impending review of ISSOM means that some mappers will be trialing the 2019 specifications in advance of their formal release, e.g. for the 2019 Australian Sprint Orienteering Championships.. Mountain Bike Orienteering Level 3 controllers for MTBO events in 2018: • • •. Jon Sutcliffe - Victorian Championships Mark Petrie – Australian Championships in Qld. Ann Scown - ACT Championships. 14 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018. No MTBO World Ranking Events were held by Australia in 2018 due to the cost of hosting WREs vs the minimal elite attendance. MTBO-specific controllers’ modules are under current discussion among the MTBO committee, with the intention of having a 2-tiered system rather than 3 as for foot orienteering. The proposed Level 1 curriculum has been agreed; still to be uploaded to the OA website now that it is confirmed ASC no longer signs off on these. The MTBO rules were updated by Kathy Liley in 2018 and have been uploaded to the OA website. Changes mainly reflect changes to the IOF rules, apart from the Australian initiative of allowing a class for e-bikes (currently being trialed). No major MTBO rule changes are anticipated for 2019. Jenny Casanova Director, Technical.

(19) Media and Communications The Australia Orienteer remains the key communication tool of Orienteering Australia (OA). An increasing number of members are choosing to receive the Australian Orienteer in digital form. Digital publishing has also highlighted Australian orienteering across the globe, with more than 3% of readers being international. OA is looking at how it can utilise the result data available in Eventor to improve the efficiency and consistency of statistical reporting. To ensure reporting is accurate, results from events need to be uploaded to Eventor. Some states (such as NSW) have close to 100% of their results uploaded to Eventor and they have been deriving accurate participation statistics for several years. OA encourages all other states and territories to upload their results into Eventor. Eventor will not replace the “complex” scoring systems implemented by some states for various series however, loading basic results (participant name, class, score and/or time) into Eventor will be beneficial at all levels. Maps are a fundamental element of our sport - the equivalent of a tennis court or football ground. Only a few states have a map database, and even then, some of those databases haven’t been maintained. OA believes it is important to have a single, authoritative database containing basic map metadata.. Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 15.

(20) Omaps.net/au was demonstrated at the 2017 OA conference and Orienteering Queensland funded the first year’s licence fee. OA is requesting states and clubs to upload basic information about existing maps. Multiple states have begun doing this. For those states or clubs with an existing database or repository, we are simply requesting some basic information be entered to provide a comprehensive picture of our map assets. This will have multiple benefits including better utilisation of maps and potentially provide the basis for grant applications. The OA web site is well overdue for a revamp. The major limitation to date has been availability of funds to undertake the work. Recent changes in funding from Sport Australia mean that OA is now able to utilise some of the funding for this important piece of work. To this end, a Web Working Group (WWG) will be established to guide the redevelopment work which will be undertaken by a third party developer. The ongoing help of Shane Jenkins (web site) and Jack Dowling and Ian Rathbone (Eventor Working Group) is gratefully acknowledged in helping to keep things on track. On a final note, I will not be renominating as an OA Director at the OA Board at the 2019 AGM. The 6 years since being elected onto the OA Board at the 2013 AGM has shot by. Some massive changes were implemented during that time, not least of which was Eventor. The word Eventor is spoken in many tones and that is not a bad thing. It was a massive to get 7 states and over 50 clubs to list their events in a single calendar - a change that has taken the better part of 5 years. There will always be differences of opinions, but we are a better sport when we work together to deliver national outcomes.. Craig Feuerherdt Director, Media and Communications. 16 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018.

(21) Participation and Membership Participation Development Funding For 2018 the Australian Sports Commission provided $100,000 in funding solely for participation development projects.. Participation Development Projects in 2018 The Participation Projects in 2018 are as listed in Table 1 (Orienteering Participation Projects, 2018), with a total budget of $70,622, compared to the 2017 participation project budget of $200,173. As in 2016 and 2017, the single largest funded project was for the continuation of the Maprun Smartphone orienteering app development by Orienteering Queensland’s Peter Effeney. The project was again awarded $20,000. The app continues to be used by the State Associations for Permanent Courses but is now also used for and continues to be used by a number of orienteering clubs in Great Britain and in the rest of Europe, with demonstration events being held in Belgium and Norway. The 2018 grant supported the consolidation of Maprun as a standard technology for club-based Street-O, Park-O and Urban MTBO, and to mature the support and administration arrangements to a sustainable ongoing model. MapRun was demonstrated to the attendees of the annual OA conference in Canberra with an event conducted at Lotus Bay.. Table 1: Participation Projects, 2018 PROJECT National No National projects undertaken by OA in 2018 New South Wales No funding applications submitted in 2018 Victoria 2018 Saturday Park Series Bendigo Park and Street Series yr 2 Queensland Maprun Smartphone orienteering courses program yr. 3 South Australia Splits Printer, Flags and Cables Project School clusters program continuation for 2018 Western Australia Kenine Hill Project School clusters program continuation for 2018 Tasmania Community Outreach Program Northern Territory No funding applications submitted in 2018 Australian Capital Territory Two New Permanent Courses TOTAL. $. 7250 4500 20000. 1175 7000 2500 7000 9047. 7000 70622. Fewer projects in 2018 than in 2017 focussed on orienteering in schools, with Orienteering South Australia’s two projects and Orienteering Tasmania’s project. The schools-related projects to receive funding were: •. Splits Printer, Flags & Cables Project - promoting participation in junior promotional activities, schools clusters and training events. Mini flags and cables to complete a full kit and enable the use of two kits in different parts of Adelaide.. Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 17.

(22) •. •. School Clusters Project - Orienteering SA had a successful year in 2017 with schools clusters with two clusters taking off well and one working somewhat effectively. As a result of the original clusters project, participants have joined clubs, and attended other events and even joined the OSA junior training squad. Orienteering Tasmania’s (OT) Community Outreach Program - to continue to deliver orienteering activities to people in the community who had not previously tried the sport. This project followed on from the earlier years projects when Orienteering Tasmania delivered follow-up events to schools after Sporting School engagements. This included weekend events, after school events for parents and school fairs. Last year the scope of the program was then expanded to include other activities in the community where it was felt likely that OT could attract people new to orienteering. This included programs in secondary schools, community events such as Hobart City Bush Adventures, Healthy Hobart, the Taste of Tasmania, an ACHPER conference and primary schools not involved in the Sporting Schools program.. For the 2018 program OT proposed to continue this program of outreach and to deliver 20 activities similar to that delivered in 2017. The plan was augmented by creating Maprun courses (where possible) in areas at or near to the location of the activities, and in conjunction with OT’s permanent courses. The other projects focussed on Park and/or Street Series expansion programs, additional permanent courses and regional club support. These projects were:. Park and Street Projects Orienteering Victoria’s (OV) Saturday Park series, a 6 event Melbourne park based orienteering series held on selected Saturdays over the 2018 orienteering winter season. Each event being a score event with controls located within a park environment and will use either an ISOM or ISSOM colour map. The events were to initially use manual punching and moving to either electronic or app-based scoring over time. The series results were posted on the Orienteering Victoria website, and in order to attract regular Park Street participants, points from the series counted towards the broader Saturday Park Street Orienteering 18 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018. series (which uses black and white maps and is mainly based on street maps). OV considered that the desired participation outcomes for this project were to firstly attract participants that currently solely attended the MelBushO series and to provide a pathway for them to become regular orienteers, and to provide a modern easy-to-access format that was attractive to a younger generation. Although the MelBushO series attracts high participation numbers, there was no pathway to enable participants to become active in other events which would further boost their participation. The other OV project listed in table 1 was a previous years Park & Street series project in Bendigo but which had not received its second-year funding. The series comprised of 6 events, with the series based on the regular Bendigo model - electronic timing, selfservice entry/finish but with sufficient assistance for newcomers. Bendigo’s few maps, of sufficient standard, formed the basis of the series, with additional maps being created of suitable areas. While there were 6 events in the series, several of the maps were used multiple times at successive events to a) to assist newcomers become familiar with the concept of orienteering/navigation rather than being overwhelmed with a new location every week and b) reduce the burden on the event organiser by having a common start location..

(23) Permanent Courses. Regional Club Support. Orienteering ACT (OACT) project was to install two new permanent courses at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and Haig Park in Canberra. The permanent courses used the same controls, signage, structure and design as existing physical permanent courses in the ACT [Eddison Park, John Knight Park, Fadden Pines & Weston Park].. OWA’s other project was to support the re-mapping of Kenine Hill in the south of the State. By re-mapping Kenine Hill, OWA were supporting two regional orienteering clubs (SWOT & ADHOC). Kenine Hill is a quality bush / farm area midway between Bunbury and Albany and had been used by the two regional clubs. The area was first mapped in 1987 and the most recent update was in 2009. Site visits showed that further tree planting, clearing and changes to tracks and fences meant that a small field work project was required to bring it back to a useable state.. OACT considered that adding two more sites would increase participation. Additionally, the Tidbinbilla location added a more bush oriented site, as opposed to the urban parklands that the existing permanent courses utilised. Tidbinbilla is a very popular bush picnic, animal sanctuary, and sightseeing area, and as a result a permanent course in the area was expected to be very popular. Haig park is a very central parkland in Canberra, within walking distance from the city centre. Adding a permanent course in Haig park was expected to attract local school groups.. OWA proposed to update the map in 2018 and to use the area in 2019 for its 2-Day WA Classic Event where both regional and metropolitan based orienteers will be likely to attend. The 2 Day event format will offer a friendly camping option on the map and an event format that has proven a popular concept in previous years.. Orienteering Western Australia (OWA) were awarded grants for two projects, one of which was to allow OWA to repackage its Permanent Courses as “Anytime Orienteering”, by updating and developing new Permanent Courses in both Perth and in regional areas, and by developing an on-line system for registration and delivery of the maps, similar to the South Australian system. This objective being to deliver a product with broader appeal, more flexible usage arrangements and ultimately higher usage.. Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 19.

(24) Table 2: Registered Orienteers, 2016 to 2018 2016 Membership Category Full financial Associate School club Other Financial Members Non-members in club events Non-members in corporate/ scout events Permanent course userS TOTAL. NSW. VIC. QLD. WA. SA & NT. TAS. ACT. TOTAL. 1289 175 50 639. 712 1 23 2083. 572 12 10 471. 221 276 130. 391 140 278. 274 732. 474 56 1069. 3933 328 415 5402. 4071. 1892. -. -. -. -. -. 5963. 6224. 2500 7211. 1065. 627. 809. 1006. 1599. 16041. NSW 1290 155 100 704. VIC 672 204 2190 1818. QLD 559 18 25 24 472. WA 300 268. SA & NT 259 154 82. TAS 331 539. ACT 478 7 80 907. TOTAL 3889 538 2395 24 4790. 5994. 2043. -. -. -. -. -. 8037. 8243. 765 6927. 1098. 568. 495. 870. 2918 1472. 19673. NSW 1276 10 905. VIC 639 20. QLD 516 357. WA 266 -. SA & NT 517 5057 94. TAS 290 856. ACT 526 155 1023. TOTAL 4030 5222 3255. 10793. 3180. 313. 789. 1167. 1568. 55. 17865. 444 13428. 1215 5054. 251 1437. 200 1255. 4922 11757. 110 2824. 2868 4627. 10010 40382. 2017 Membership Category Full financial Associate School club Other Financial Members Non-members in club events Non-Members in Corporate/ Scout/School events Permanent Course Users TOTAL. 2018 Membership Category Full Financial (inc. Club & Assoc) School Club members Non-Members in Club Events Non-Members in Corporate/ Scout/School events Permanent Course Users TOTAL. 20 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018.

(25) Table 3: Events and Participants - 2016 to 2018 2016 NSW VIC QLD SA & NT WA TAS ACT Total. Events 334 382 194 103 71 81 112 1,287. Participants Av. per Event 31,661 92.0 28,539 74.7 11,661 60.1 7,337 71.2 4,932 69.5 7,138 88.1 13,807 123.3 105,075 81.6. % 30.1 27.2 11.1 7.0 4.7 6.8 13.1 100. 2017 NSW VIC QLD SA & NT WA TAS ACT Total. Events 448 351 203 105 106 92 108 1,413. Participants Av. per Event 33,778 75.4 25,860 73.7 8,737 43.0 6,517 62.1 7,157 67.5 6,811 74.0 10,662 98.7 99,522 70.4. % 35.5 25.4 8.6 6.4 7.0 6.7 10.5 100. 2018 NSW VIC QLD SA & NT WA TAS ACT Total. Events 268 304 184 94 61 87 110 1,108. Participants Av. per Event 21,497 80.2 22,171 72.9 7,876 42.8 10,012 106.5 3,598 59.0 8,923 102.6 11,690 106.3 85,767 77.4. % 25.1 25.9 9.2 11.7 4.2 10.4 13.6 100. Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 21.

(26) Table 4a: Recruitment and Retention by Year, 2014 to 2018 Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018. Total Members 3,825 4,272 5,297 4,451 4,030. Renewals 2,605 2,983 3,485 3,772 3,226. Renewal % 50.9 78.0 81.6 71.2 76.6. New Members 1,220 1,289 1,812 679 764. New % 23.8 33.7 42.4 12.8 17.9. Lapsed 2,514 842 787 1,525 1,000. Lapsed % 49.1 22.0 18.4 28.8 23.4. Table 4b: Recruitment and Retention by State, 2018 State ACT NSW QLD SA TAS VIC WA OA Total. Members 2017 557 1,287 583 535 333 673 298 4,266. Renewals 2018 418 1,038 434 366 246 539 225 3,266. Renewals % 75.0 80.7 74.4 68.4 73.9 80.1 75.5 76.6. Lapsed 2018 139 249 149 169 87 134 73 1,000. Lapsed % 25.0 19.3 25.6 31.6 26.1 19.9 24.5 23.4. New 2018 108 238 82 151 44 100 41 764. New % 19.4 18.5 14.1 28.2 13.2 14.9 13.8 17.9. Total 2018 526 1,276 516 517 290 639 266 4,030. Source: Eventor club membership database Note: These figures have been compiled from summing figures for each orienteering club in Australia. They should be treated with caution as some orienteers will non-renew with their club and take out membership with another club, either within their state or in another state or in another country.. 22 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018.

(27) Table 5b: Sporting Schools by State, 2018 ASC Reported (Programs) OA Reported (Programs) ASC Reported (Participants) OA Reported (Participants). ACT 62 15 1644 2131. NSW 172 43 4748 4366. NT 1 1 30 30. QLD 45 27 1079 1339. SA 9 6 297 573. TAS 29 8 770 992. VIC 19 24 512 1584. WA 17 13 490 511. Total 354 137 9570 11526. Table 5c: Sporting Schools Participants, 2018 2015 2016 2017 2018. OA Reported ASC Reported Programs Participants Programs Participants 38 1760 69 2275 149 10898 192 6778 167 9682 183 5965 137 11526 354 9570. Sporting Schools Sport Australia’s funding for Sporting Schools continued through 2018 for primary schools nationally and increased slightly for the limited high school coverage. The ratio for primary school student’s participation rates to high school students is approximately 20:1. Applications for funding are regularly over-subscribed every term by about 30%, so the same money is being stretched over more schools.. Sporting Schools Orienteering Participation The ASC supply data every term form their booking system for the number of programs delivered and participants in 2018. 20% of schools still do not use the booking system so the data collected is not complete. Sport Australia update the booking system during school holidays, often changing the ways schools can make bookings, and the terminology used, which makes comparisons with previous years difficult.. For a more accurate comparison, Table 5a also listed OA data which has been collected from orienteering state coordinators of Sporting Schools programs. OA count a program delivered to a school as 1 program, irrespective of how many classes were involved. But the ASC’s booking system also allows for every class in the school to be counted as a separate program. In 2018, the number of programs dropped, but the number of students increased to the highest on record. In 2018, the number of orienteering programs in participating schools as a percentage of all sports, was consistent at about 1 to 1.5% term-by-term nationally, and less than 1% of participants. Sporting Schools website hits for orienteering is about 1% of the total sport’s hits. School’s satisfaction with coaches continues at about 96% to 100% each term, which is consistent with other sports. Follow-on communication between students, parents and local clubs is not so good, varying between 31% and 76%, but slightly improved on 2017.. High Schools Programs For OA to be considered for high school programs by Sport Australia, a national orienteering product has always been important from a marketing and packaging perspective. In 2018, there have been many changes to the packages available for booking throughout 2018. This has occurred for all sports and has provided an opportunity for packages to be more state-relevant. Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 23.

(28) Future Directions Survey. Table 6a: Coach Accreditation by Gender from 2009 Females Dec Mar Mar Mar Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Dec 2018 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2009 Level 1 42 41 44 28 40 51 56 64 55 53 Level 2 11 9 5 3 4 5 12 9 12 12 Level 3 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 TOTAL 57 54 52 34 46 59 71 76 69 68. Level 1. Males Dec Mar Mar Mar Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Dec 2018 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2009 53 55 45 33 67 67 77 85 73 73. Level 2 Level 3 TOTAL. 7 6 66. 9 6 70. 8 5 58. 7 4 44. 6 4 77. 10 6 83. 24 4 105. 26 3 114. 23 3 99. 30 3 106. Sport Australia received input from 26% of Australian primary schools on the value of sport and physical activity in schools, as well as the support, tools and resources needed to increase participation, and initiatives that are working well. Half of respondents believed that half of all students are not meeting the guidelines for physical activity each day. 59% of respondents placed physical activity on the same curriculum level as numeracy and literacy, but only 14% thought this was being achieved. 84% of respondents believed the Sporting Schools program was very important because it provided opportunities for new sports, coaching expertise, funding, teacher development.. Level 0. ACT 11. NSW 227. NT 0. QLD 144. SA 21. TAS 5. VIC 84. WA 30. To encourage more student activity, schools need additional PD, teacher support, assistance connecting to providers, equipment funding, facilities and infrastructure funding. Total 522. Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 TOTAL 1 -3 TOTAL 0-3. 6 0 1 7 18. 16 5 1 22 249. 0 0 0 0 0. 27 3 3 33 177. 19 2 1 22 43. 4 1 2 7 12. 9 1 2 12 96. 14 6 0 20 50. 95 18 10 123 645. Table 6b: Accredited Coaches by State, December 2018. Table 6c: Accredited Coaches by State, March 2017 Level 0. ACT 15. NSW 109. NT 0. QLD 168. SA 18. TAS 15. VIC 61. WA 17. Total 393. Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 TOTAL 1 -3 TOTAL 0-3. 6 1 1 8 23. 7 2 1 10 119. 0 0 0 0 0. 33 2 3 38 206. 16 1 1 18 36. 7 0 2 9 24. 5 1 1 7 68. 15 6 0 21 38. 89 13 9 111 504. 24 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018. Orienteering Workforce, 2018 Coaches. The number of accredited coaches in Australia continued to climb into early 2018 but has plateaued since then. Statistics are now being collected for the end of the calendar year, as you can see in Tables 6a, 6b, 6c and 6d. Trend highlights are the number of Level 3 coaches for both women and men, and Level 2 for women, with the numbers down for Level 1 and Level 2 for men when compared with the highs of 6 years ago. The energy provided by Barbara Hill in her short.

(29) Table 6d: Accredited Coach Totals, 2009 ~ 2018 Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 TOTAL 1 -3 TOTAL 0-3. Dec 2018 522 95 18 10 123 645. Mar 2018 500 96 18 10 124 624. Mar 2017 402 89 13 8 110 512. Mar 2016 215 61 10 7 78 293. Feb 2015 36 107 10 6 123 156. Feb 2014 31 118 15 9 142 173. time in the position of Manager, Coaching Development role is reflected in the numbers below from 2016 to early 2018. Tables 6b and 6c provide some clarity as to where the numbers of coaches have changed at the state level over the last 2 years. For Levels 1-3, Victoria, South Australia and NSW have led the way with improvements. Level 0 is also included as these numbers are also part of Sport Australia’s KPIs, with WA, Vic, SA, NSW showing increases over the last 2 years. The combined coaching levels from 0 to 3 for all Australia, 2009 to 2018 is listed in Table 6d. This shows a more impressive rise of 219% in total coaches between 6 years ago and the end of 2018. The challenge for the states is to move more of the Level 0 coaches on to Level 1 accreditation, and the main issues that many states confront are: • • •. membership options for teachers lack of opportunities for bush orienteering for teachers coaching syllabus for Level 1 does not meet expectations for an easy transition from Level 0 to Level 1. Feb 2013 17 133 36 7 176 103. Feb 2012 12 149 35 6 190 202. Feb 2011 128 35 5 168 -. Dec 2009 125 42 6 174 -. Controllers The number of accredited controllers in Australia has decreased by about 2% in each of the last 2 years. In exmining Table 7a, female controller numbers have been fairly static for the last 4 years, the decrease can be seen in the number of Level 2 male controllers not being renewed recently, and also over the longer term. Positive indicators are the number of IOF Event Advisors remaining relatively high for both women and men, with Level 3 controller numbers improving recently, but still down long-term. Tables 7b and 7c provide some clarity on where the numbers of controllers have changed at the state level over the last 2 years. For all Levels 1-3, Victoria and NSW have led the way with improvements. The total number of controllers overall is still over 20% down from just 4 years ago (Table 7d), with Level 1 showing a fall of nearly 40% over the period. There are signs of recovery in Level 1 numbers in 2018 however. Jim Mackay Manager, Coaching & Officiating. Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 25.

(30) Table 7a: Accredited Controllers by Gender, 2009 ~ 2018 Females Dec 2018 Level 1 12 Level 2 18 Level 3 9 IOF EA 7 TOTAL 46. Dec 2018 Level 1 40 Level 2 60 Level 3 40 IOF EA 11 TOTAL 151. Mar 2018 12 18 7 5 42. Mar 2018 30 68 39 13 150. Mar 2017 13 19 8 4 44. Mar 2017 40 72 38 13 163. NOTE: IOF EA are IOF accredited Event Advisers. 26 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018. Mar 2016 13 14 8 5 40. Feb 2015 16 16 8 4 44. Feb 2014 26 20 10 4 60. Mar 2016 29 62 30 13 134. Males Feb Feb 2015 2014 40 60 62 77 48 48 13 13 163 198. Feb 2013 22 10 2 59. Feb 2012 18 18 9 2 47. Feb 2011 19 25 8 2 55. Dec 2009 20 23 8 2 53. Feb 2013 55 84 48 10 197. Feb 2012 41 53 49 12 155. Feb 2011 59 96 43 11 209. Dec 2009 49 81 34 7 171. 25.

(31) Table 7b: Accredited Controllers by State L1 to 3, Dec 2018 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 TOTAL. ACT 7 10 6 23. NSW 23 21 7 51. NT 0 2 0 2. QLD 8 2 6 16. SA 0. TAS. 8. 13 6 29. 0. 6. 14. VIC 5 6 14 25. WA 9 16 4 29. Table 7c: Accredited Controllers by State L1 to 3, Mar 2017 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 TOTAL. ACT 6 16 6 28. NSW 13 19 7 39. NT 0 2 0 2. QLD 8 4 6 18. SA 0. TAS. 8. 12 6 18. 0. 5. 13. VIC 5 8 13 26. WA 9 17 3 29. Table 7d: Accredited Controller Totals, 2009 ~ 2018 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 IOF EA TOTAL. Dec 2018 52 78 49 18 197. Mar 2018 42 86 46 18 192. Mar 2017 53 91 46 18 208. Mar 2016 42 76 38 18 174. Feb 2015 56 78 56 17 207. Feb 2014 86 97 58 17 258. Feb 2013 80 106 58 12 256. Feb 2012 59 71 58 14 202. Feb 2011 78 122 51 13 264. Dec 2009 69 104 42 9 224. NOTE: IOF EA are IOF accredited Event Advisers. Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 27.

(32) High Performance T. he aim of the High Performance Program is for every junior and senior elite orienteer to realise their potential. The program aims to support athletes in meeting their personal orienteering goals. Giving every orienteer who competes in the 17-20 and 21+ elite classes the opportunity to realise their potential will improve the satisfaction of our participants, and help in retaining them within the sport, thus increasing participation. Elite orienteers usually show long term dedication to the sport. Many continue to be active in the sport, raise families that are active in the sport, and contribute significantly to leading and managing the sport in their masters years. Indeed several of our current elite athletes are already active in coaching and team management and state and national levels. Having a credible pathway to representation at state and national level is critical in the recruitment and retention of young orienteers. Major activities of the High Performance Program are: • • • •. Coordinate and promote the National Orienteering League. Organise and support national teams that represent Australia at major international races. Provide elite athlete support and communication through national squads. Promote coaching of elite orienteers and development of their abilities as athletes.. The High Performance program relies upon cooperation with state associations and clubs in many ways to help deliver the aims of the program. These include: • • • •. Provision of local coaching and training, especially through the highly successful “visiting scholar” program. Coordinating and supporting state NOL teams. Organising NOL events. Providing state assistance to members of national teams.. 28 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018. National Orienteering League The NOL continues to be the foundation of national elite competition. It is very well supported by states and their athletes; produces a close and exciting annual point score and results in high quality events that are enjoyed by other orienteers, including additional interstate competitors. In 2018 there were 17 NOL races held over five rounds and in four states. A feature of the program was four sprint races over two days in Melbourne in March, including a sprint relay. Over 200 athletes competed in NOL races during the year. There were 73 competitors in senior men, 49 in senior women, 59 in junior men and 47 in junior women. Some categories such as the individual senior women and senior men team were closer than normal with the result not decided until the last race. Victoria and the Canberra Cockatoos were the strongest teams. Individual winners were: Senior Men: Simon Uppill Senior Women: Natasha Key Junior Men: Aston Key Junior women: Tara Melhuish. SA VIC VIC ACT.

(33) State Team winners were: Senior Men: Canberra Cockatoos Senior Women: Victoria Nuggets Junior Men: Victoria Nuggets Junior Women: Canberra Cockatoos In 2019 there will be 15 NOL races held over four rounds and conducted by four states.. 2018 World Orienteering Championships The 2018 World Championships (WOC) were held in Latvia. Australia was represented by four women and five women. Jim Russell was team coach and Toph Naunton was team manager. The team was: Natasha Key Belinda Lawford Krystal Neumann Vanessa Round . VIC ACT QLD SA. Matthew Crane Matt Doyle Bryan Keely Aston Key Henry McNulty Brodie Nankervis. ACT ACT VIC VIC WA TAS. This was Matt Doyle’s and Aston Key’s first World Championships.. Australia placed 18th in both the men and women relay classes and 19th in the sprint relay. Our best individual results were Vanessa Round in 23rd place in the middle distance; Natasha Key 35th place in the long distance and Matt Doyle 40th place in the middle distance. The men maintained their position as a second division nation and the women were promoted from third division to second division. This means that we will have two runners in each of the long distance races at WOC 2019. There will be qualifying races for the middle distance so we will have three runners in each class of that discipline.. 2018 World University Orienteering Championships Australia sent a full team to the World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) in Finland coached by Tash Key and managed by Ian Prosser. WUOC is growing as an important and prestigious intermediate championship betweenthe Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) and WOC. This was reflected in our team which was composed of: three juniors attending after JWOC and starting to think about the transition to seniors; seven senior athletes close to being good enough to make our WOC team; and two younger members of our current WOC team. The team was: Michele Dawson Anna Dowling Caroline Pigerre Olivia Sprod Asha Steer Lanita Steer . NSW TAS QLD SA VIC VIC. Andrew Barnett Aidan Dawson Matt Doyle Angus Haines Henry McNulty Toby Wilson . ACT NSW ACT SA WA NSW. A highlight was Henry McNulty’s bronze medal in the Sprint race, behind Tim Robertson’s gold for NZ, making it the first world level podium that the Oceania region has dominated. This was also our first WUOC medal.. Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 29.

(34) 2018 Junior World Orienteering Championships Australia sent a full team to JWOC in Hungary which was conducted in very technical terrain and unusually hot conditions. Brodie Nankervis was team manager and Krystal Neumann was team manager and assistant coach. The team was: Rachel Allen Zoe Dowling Tara Melhuish Zoe Melhuish Caroline Pigerre Asha Steer . TAS TAS ACT ACT QLD VIC. Joseph Dickinson Alistair George Angus Haines Patrick Jaffe Aston Key Patrick Miller . TAS NSW SA VIC VIC ACT. Aston Key placed 9th in the Sprint race, a standout performance, and it was also pleasing to see the depth we had amongst the women with both Tara Melhuish’s 27th place in the Long Distance and the Relay result of 15th being our best for a decade.. There were four new younger athletes in the team and several others in close contention so prospects look good for the next few years.. Australia vs New Zealand Elite Test Matches Two test matches were contested in 2018, at Woodhill Forest in June and at the Australian Championships Carnival in South Australia. Typically the home team wins each age class but Australia won W21E in New Zealand to buck the trend. New Zealand were only able to field a junior team at the Australian Championships and we struggled to field a junior team in New Zealand. Nevertheless the races provide important international experience for emerging athletes. There is a proposal to calculate an overall score for the year across home and away tests to better judge the better team during the year.. European Youth Championships Warren and Tash Key took a group of the younger JWOC athletes to EYOC which is a championship conducted in MW16 and MW18 classes. Aston Key won the M18 Sprint title unofficially as he had done in M16 two years earlier. Zoe Melhuish, Alistair George, Angus Haines, and Patrick Miller also competed.. Park World Tour Brodie Nankervis and Krystal Neumann were invited to attend the Park World Tour events in China in October. This was valuable experience in a new country among some of the best orienteers in the world. The PWT organisers paid for all on-ground costs of the athletes. The final round of the World Cup will be held in China in 2019 and we plan on sending a strong contingent of athletes to compete with the world’s best on neutral terrain and with easier logistics than attending European World Cups.. 30 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018.

(35) National Squads There are 67 athletes in national squads, with 31 senior athletes and 37 junior athletes. They represent all states and territories except NT. Each squad has a coach and they receive regular emails about the High Performance Program. Squad coaches are High Performance Squad: Jim Russell; National Development Squad: Natasha Key; National Junior Squad: Brodie Nankervis; Talented targeted Athletes: Krystal Neumann.. Training Camps A highly successful national junior camp was held in December 2017 in Canberra in collaboration with Orienteering ACT. Brodie Nankervis is organising a similar camp in Ballarat in December 2018 and it is hoped that it will be an annual event. A high altitude physical training camp was held at Falls Creek in January and later that month the High Performance Program organised Sprint Canberra to raise funds for the program and gather together for additional camp activities.. HP Coaching A physical test of two 5 km time trials for men and two 3 km time trial for women was introduced in 2018 for all athletes nominating for world level teams. Squad athletes were also encouraged to undertake these tests. The aim is to physical running ability of athletes in an objective way separate to overall orienteering ability. This will help athletes and coaches develop physical running ability which is crucial for world level competitions. The Head Coach and squad coaches also ensured that all squad athletes have personal coaches and encouraged them to work closely with their coaches to help meet their orienteering goals. Stephen Craig Director, High Performance with assistance from Ian Prosser High Performance Administrator Jim Russell Head Coach Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018 31.

(36) Mountain Bike Orienteering World Championships The World Championships were held this year in Zwettle, Australia Team Members – Glen Charlton (Vic) Ricky Thackray (WA) Joel Young (QLD) Coach- Kay Haarsma (SA) Manager – Natasha Sparg (WA) Ricky Thackray made a return to the team after injury, while Glen Charlton was at his 2nd World Championships and Joel Young was at his first. A major disappointment was that last year’s MTBJWOC silver medallist, Lucy Mackie had a shoulder operation early in 2018 and didn’t compete.. TEAM PERFORMANCES Event Place Time Ricky. Glen. Joel. Preparation The team arrived in Austria 12 days before the first WOC race and had a busy but fruitful preparation. Initially straight into the Austrian Champs at Villach and 3 days training there. Then we went to Bad Voslau for training organized by Tobias Micko, including a sprint event in nearby Vienna. Then onto the host town Zwettl, for the final few days. Additionally, Ricky & Joel had raced the Swedish Mtbo O’Ringen 5 days immediately before arriving in Austria, which had them in racing mode.. Results Ricky Thackray actually rode very well with few navigational errors and was significantly closer to the winner’s percentage wise than previously, despite his mid-50’s placings being similar to previous years. His 1st leg relay ride was a highlight, especially since he had a mechanical in warm-up and only just made the start.. 32 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2018. Relay M21. Sprint 57 Middle 53 Long 58 Mass Start 58 Sprint MP Middle 58 Long DSQ Mass Start 74 Sprint DSQ Middle MP/Mech Long 64 Mass Start 76 Ricky 13. Glen 16. 24:58 93:26 155:12 105:36 103:50 119:52 185:06 127:24. mins behind 4:19 31:12 38:59 24:50 41:36 39:06 68:53 46:38. Joel 16. Overall 14.

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