CONGRATULATIONS
Well done to our NZ Orienteering Team who conquered Australia in the
recent challenge, winning both Individual and Relay events, 14-9 and 13-10
respectively. Our thanks also to the clubs in the lower North Island
who successfully organised the various events, especially Alan Horn and
the Wellington club, and to John Doolan for stepping in at short notice
to act as Team Manager.
APPOINTMENTS
NZOF is pleased to announce the following appointments:
Jan Davies (PAPO), Coaching Director,
Lindsay & Evlynn Smith (Dunedin), Editors, “New Zealand Orienteering”,
Ray Pratt (PAPO), Coaching Coordinator Development Squad,
Royce Mills (Red Kiwis), Technical Committee,
Terje Moen (North West), Technical Committee,
Annie Sanderson (Egmont), JWOC 2002 Manager
Jan Davies contact details are:
1305 Tram Road, R D 1, Rangiora
phone (03) 312 6475
email jan.ian@clear.net.nz
VACANCIES
The following vacancy remains outstanding.
Development Squad Manager.
Those interested in this position should contact the General Manager
for a job description.
PRIME MINISTER’S SCHOLARSHIPS
The NZOF Council congratulates the following on the award of sports
scholarships for 2002: Stuart Barr (Wellington), Lisa Frith (North
West), Rachel Smith (PAPO) and Rebecca Smith (Auckland).
NZOF MEMBERSHIP
Total membership (social and affiliated) for 2001 increased for the
third successive year and has now reached 1572. As from 1 January
of this year, all club members will be full members of NZOF upon their
club affiliating.
SUBSCRIBING TO “NZ ORIENTEERING”
Clubs are asked to encourage members to subscribe to the national magazine.
If your club intends to make subscription optional the subscription for
four issues is $12, plus an extra $1.20 per issue to have it direct mailed
to each member. An all-up annual subscription fee of $16.80.
No subscriptions, no magazine.
COACHING BONANZA
The 2002 National Championships, as was the case this year, will be
followed by a Coaching Bonanza, to be held in conjunction with two days
of events at Naseby organised by Dunedin’s YODA. Orienteers are invited
to make a full week of their southern adventure: Nationals at Easter, Coaching
Bonanza during the week and the South Island Championships at Southland
on the following weekend.
NATIONAL SQUAD
The squad for 2002 is as follows:
Elite, A, and B categories have been discontinued.
WOMEN
Jenni Adams (PAPO), Melissa Edwards (WACO), Lisa Frith (NW), Marquita Gelderman (NW), Tania Robinson (CM), Rachael Smith (PAPO), Rebecca Smith (Auckland) and Antonia Wood (HV).MEN
Michael Adams (PAPO), Darren Ashmore (Auckland), Greg Barbour (Egmont – overseas), Stuart Barr (Wellington), Alistair Cory-Wright (PAPO), Karl Dravitzki (Egmont), Brent Edwards (Counties-Manukau), Greg Flynn (WACO), Michal Glowacki (WACO – overseas), Robert Jessop (Auckland), Neil Kerrison (Egmont), Alistair Landels (Auckland – overseas), Mark Lawson (NW), Jason Markham (PAPO), Aaron Prince (PAPO), James Stewart (PAPO) and Phil Wood (WACO).
DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
Those invited to join the Squad for 2002 are as follows:
MEN
Keith Agmen (TOPS), James Bradshaw (Wellington), Bryn Davies (Red Kiwis), Robert Holdaway (Marlborough), Chris Ingham (Wellington), Dion Kennedy (Southland), Douglas Kwan (Auckland), Andrew McCarthy (Hutt Valley), Ross Morrison (Hawkes Bay), Todd Oates (Hawkes Bay), Martin Peat (Counties-Manukau), Tim Renton (Auckland), Michael Smithson (PAPO), David Stewart (Auckland), Bryan Stokes (PAPO), Michael Tagg (Dunedin), Ciaran Thayer (Dunedin), and Andrew Thompson (Wellington).WOMEN
Kate Bodger (PAPO), Marijke Currie (Auckland), Victoria Glover (Wellington), Amy Holden (Wellington), Penny Kane (Dunedin), Lise Moen (North West), Fiona Monks (Dunedin), Claire Paterson (Red Kiwis), Lara Prince (PAPO), Natalie Rouse (Counties-Manukau) and Jayne Shuker (Counties-Manukau).
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The 2002 Annual General Meeting of the NZOF will be held in conjunction
with the National Championships on Good Friday, 29 March at Tekapo.
Nominations for President and Vice-President are invited. The incumbents are seeking re-election.
Clubs are also invited to make nominations for the following awards: Silva Service Award (for outstanding long-term services to orienteering by an individual), Silva Performance Award (for achievement by an individual in international competition in 2001) and the Silva Administrator Award (for outstanding achievement in administration by an individual in 2001).
Two remits to be discussed at the AGM have been received as follows:
1. The Taupo Orienteering Club proposes that Rule 2 of the Travel Equalisation
Rules be amended to read;
“2. For the AGM, all clubs must participate in the equalisation of
travel costs. For other seminars, costs will be shared by those clubs
with members present.”
Explanation: Under the present Rule 2, clubs which do not have
a delegate at and do not appoint a proxy to, the AGM are exempt from the
equalisation of travel costs. This can act as a disincentive for
clubs (especially those close to the AGM venue) to attend the AGM. The
adoption of this remit would make it an incentive for clubs to have a delegate
at the AGM.
2. The NZOF Rogaine Committee proposes that the Policy on Event Levies
be qualified as follows:
That the NZOF recognises that rogaining has a number of differences
from traditional orienteering including lower expectations of the national
federation; and that the event levy for rogaines be half of the level applied
for traditional orienteering, which on current rates will be 12.5 percent.
The remit to take effect from 1 May 2002.
Explanation:
Definition of a rogaine: An event conducted under the NZ Rogaining
Rules, when they are formed. Until then for practical purposes this
means an endurance event of three hours or longer exclusively for teams
of 2-5 persons, where teams navigate between fixed points on a given map
and members travel together as a team at all times.
Derivation of the "half" factor: Rogainers do not receive or wish to receive the services of the NZOF coaching system, national team and squad selection, and a number of smaller items of NZOF expenditure. We think that these make up about 50% of NZOF expenditure although it is impossible to be precise about the calculation.
Consequence of Existing Levy: The majority of rogaine participants are "pay and play". Orienteering has nurtured rogaining in its early years in NZ but this market could easily be served by a separate body or by private individuals, and there are examples of that already. Orienteering will benefit to keep rogaining "in the fold".
Other relevant principles: