NEW TROPHY
Thanks go to Hamilton Club President, Ingrid Perols, for her initiative in organising a perpetual trophy for our premier inter-club competition; the national mixed long relays.  The trophy has been donated by The Centre for Sport and Exercise Science at the Waikato Institute of Technology in Hamilton with the inaugural winners being the 2001 champions, Hawkes Bay.

VACANCIES
Applications are invited for the following vacancies (see also separate advertisement in this issue):

Media Officer
The primary role of the Media Officer is to foster and promote orienteering through the various forms of media in NZ.  Direct expenses are reimbursed within the approved budget and a fax machine is provided.  Interested persons should contact the NZOF President or General Manager.

ANZ Challenge Team Manager
A team manager is required for the Australia-New Zealand Challenge to be held in the Manawatu over the period 15/16 January 2002 (see July issue of New Zealand ORIENTEERING).  Since the date and venue of the Challenge were not included in the May issue of New Zealand ORIENTEERING, the date for applications has been extended to 31 July.

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.

EVENT LEVIES
Clubs are reminded that as a result of remits passed at this year’s AGM, event levies will increase from 10 to 25 percent as from 1st August.  Clubs will therefore be asked to make event levy returns up to 31 July (and not the normal date of 20 July).  A special event levy form for this purpose has been sent to all treasurers.

The policy on event levies is as follows:
Orienteering events are defined as events that require entrants to navigate using a map.  It does not include fun runs and training events (where an NZOF approved instructor is involved in coaching).  However it does include:
Ÿ All schools events run by an orienteering club, or club member.
Ÿ All events run by individuals (affiliated members of a club) who would expect NZOF to cover their public liability insurance requirements.
Ÿ Entry fees from local/social members and the general public.
Ÿ Events run by groups such as National Orienteering Squad, Development squad etc
Money collected for such items as food, drinks, clothing, etc is not deemed to be event fees.
Some Clubs do not charge event fees to club members (or charge very reduced fees) and in this case NZOF asks that an honesty system prevail in that an estimated equivalent levy is returned.

DEVELOPMENT FUNDING
Following the adoption of the report on Best practices, the NZOF Council decided that, for the time being, future development spending would be on a project basis.  Detailed guidelines on project applications have now been sent to all clubs and NZOF officers, and are also included in the July issue of New Zealand ORIENTEERING.

ELITE EVENTS PROJECT
After calling for comment, the International Orienteering Federation (IOF)’s Elite Events Project Group has produced its Final Report containing recommendations for the future of international elite competition.  The project recommends a competition format suitable for the Olympic Games and also makes recommendations for World Championships and World Cup races aimed at increasing the worldwide profile of orienteering.  The Final Report, available on www.nzorienteering.com, will be discussed at an Extraordinary General Assembly of the IOF in Tampere, Finland on 3 August.  President Rob Crawford will represent New Zealand.

In its submission, the NZOF Council agreed that the main discipline for Orienteering should be a format suitable for events such as the Olympics or World Games.  It expressed concern, however, that the new discipline, a sprint format similar to Park Orienteering, was being added without appropriate thought as to consequences outside of gaining entry to Olympic Games.  The Final Report, however, expresses the view that participation in the Olympic Games is of such high value for orienteering that any suggested adjustments are both relevant and necessary.

The New Zealand submission also strongly disagreed, primarily for financial reasons, that the World championships be held annually (instead of every two years as at present) and also disagreed with qualification for the championships being held separately from the championships themselves.   The Final Report makes concessions on the qualification system, recommending, for the time being, that qualification for 50 percent of places be held in conjunction with the World Championships.  No concession, however, has been made regarding the championships being held every year, despite several national federations expressing concern.  The NZOF Council intends to continue to lobby against this change at the Extraordinary General Assembly.

NATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT SQUAD UPDATES
Following are the updated lists for the National and Development Orienteering Squads. Changes are highlighted in italics.

NATIONAL ORIENTEERING SQUAD
Women
Elite: Jenni Adams, Tania Robinson, Antonia Wood
A: Rachel Smith, Rebecca Smith (moves up from B)
B: Melissa Edwards, Madeleine Collins (new), Lisa Frith (new)
Men
Elite: Darren Ashmore, Greg Barbour, Alistair Landels
A: Mark Lawson, Aaron Prince, Rob Jessop (new), Jason Markham (moves up from B), Phil Wood
(moves up from B)
B: Michael Adams, Stu Barr, Shaun Collins, Alistair Cory-Wright, Brent Edwards, Michal Glowacki,
Neil Kerrison, Jamie Stewart, Karl Dravitski (moves down from A).

DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
Women
Victoria Glover, Amy Holden, Penny Kane, Lise Moen, Fiona Monks, Claire Paterson, Lara Prince.
Men
James Bradshaw, Bryn Davies, Greg Flynn, Robert Holdaway, Chris Ingham, Douglas Kwan, Andrew McCarthy, Todd Oates, David Stewart, Andrew Thompson, Keith Agmen (new).