WELL DONE CENTRAL DISTRICTS
Congratulations to Hamilton, Rotorua and Taupo.  None of them big clubs but they successfully hosted an excellent Nationals 2001.  Great weather, scenic event centres, first-class maps and smooth organisation, all rewarded with exciting racing.

NZOF EXECUTIVE
The Annual General Meeting held at Rotorua on Saturday 14 April re-elected Rob Crawford (WACO) for a second term as President and elected Pamela Morrison (Hawkes Bay OC) to the new position of Vice-President.  Along with the General Manager, the President and Vice-President now constitute the NZOF Executive within the NZOF Council.

ANNUAL AWARDS
The following recipients of NZOF Annual Awards were announced at the AGM.
Silva Award for services to NZ orienteering:  Colin Tait (Wairarapa OC), see separate article in this issue.

Silva Award for outstanding international performance in 2000: Bunny Rathbone (Dunedin OC) for 1st  in W65A at the World Maters Orienteering Championships.

Silva Administrator of the year: Bruce Collins (Dunedin OC), NZOF Treasurer to April then NZOF Secretary to December.

Silva Club Growth Award: Kapiti-Havoc, with affiliated membership growth in 2000 of 120%.

Coach of the year: Ray Pratt (PAPO), for the second year in the last three.

Magazine of the year: Contour Lines (PAPO), edited by Jan Davies.

President’s Award: Initiated by President Rob Crawford, as part of the International Year of the Volunteers, to mark outstanding volunteer contribution at club level, the award is a framed colour portrait of former world champion Jorgen Martensson in competition mode.  The inaugural presentation was a joint one, the recipients being Joanna Stewart (Auckland OC) and Geoff Morrison (Hawkes Bay OC).

The Brighouse Trophy for most consistent performance in the national and four area championships: Derek Morrison (Hawkes Bay).  Derek won M50 in four of the championships, only failing in the Central Districts event when he placed 2nd.  Derek’s daughter Amber was runner-up and son Ross was 3rd equal with Royce Mills, Darren Ashmore and Peter Watson.

AGM REMITS
The AGM voted in some significant changes to the way the NZOF has been funded in recent years.

Remit 1 that event levies move from a percent to a per-head basis was not accepted.  An amendment that the percentage levy increase from 10% to 25% was passed instead.  The meeting then decided (remit 2) that this should be introduced from 1st August this year rather than waiting till 1st January 2002.

Remit 3 that clubs be affiliated to NZOF instead of individual members was passed.  The result is that as from 2002, there will be no distinction between affiliated and social members, all members will be affiliated to the NZOF by virtue of their club affiliation.

Remit 4 that the timing of the national championships be decided by the host club(s) was not accepted, however remit 5 that only NZ citizens or those with permanent residency can win NZ titles was adopted.

VACANCIES
Applications are invited for the following NZOF vacancies:

Media Officer.  A fax machine is provided.  Interested persons should contact the NZOF President or General Manager.

ANZ Team Manager for the ANZ Challenge to be held in the Manawatu, January 2002.  Applications close 31 May.

National Orienteering Squad Manager, and
National Orienteering Squad Coaching Coordinator.
These are two-year appointments through to WOC 2003.  Current squad manager Rob Crawford will not be re-applying.  Applications close 31 July.

Job Descriptions for the above four positions are available from the General Manager.

The previously advertised position of Development Officer is now to be funded on a project basis, see the paragraph immediately following for further explanation.

NZOF DEVELOPMENT FUNDING
Future development spending will be on a project basis.  The NZOF Council has identified four priorities for development spending, viz, permanent courses, successful clubs mentoring neighbouring clubs, generic promotional material (including web resources) and orienteering in schools.  However, clubs, after considering the report on Best Practices (sent to all clubs as well as being available on the website www.nzorienteering.com) are also invited to initiate their own development projects and apply for funding accordingly.   More detailed guidelines on project applications are currently being prepared.

TEAM FOR WOC
The following team has been announced for the World Orienteering Championships, Finland 28 July - 5 August:
Men: Greg Barbour (Holland), Rob Jessop (Auckland), Alistair Landels (Sweden),
Mark Lawson (Auckland),  Jason Markham (Christchurch), Aaron Prince
(Christchurch).   Non-travelling reserve: Michal Glowacki (Norway).
Women: Jenni Adams (Christchurch),  Tania Robinson (Auckland),  Rachel Smith
(Christchurch),  Antonia Wood (Hutt Valley).

TEAM FOR JWOC
The team for the Junior World Orienteering Championships, Hungary 9-15 July is:
Men: James Bradshaw (Wellington),  Greg Flynn (Morrinsville),  Andrew McCarthy
(Hutt Valley),  David Stewart (Auckland).
Women: Lara Prince (Christchurch).