National Squads

The Junior and Senior National Squads are made up of the country’s top performing orienteers. The Youth National Squad targets promising youngsters with the potential to do well at Junior level.  Members of the Junior and Senior Teams are selected from the Squads to represent South Africa internationally at the World Orienteering Championships, World Cup and World Games.

Members of the 2011 Youth National Squad are:

Girls (in no particular order):

  • Laura Troost, Cian Oldknow

Boys (in no particular order):

  • Roark Robinson, Timothy Chambers

Members of the 2011 Junior National Squad are:

Junior Team Manager: Not yet appointed
Junior Coach: Not yet appointed

Women (in no particular order):

  • Sarah Pope, Salome Van Hoepen, Stephanie Courtnage, Jessica Hemer, Jessica Lund

Men (in no particular order):

  • Bradley Lund, JP Sissing,  Anthony Stott

Members of the 2011 Senior National Squad are:

Women (in no particular order):

  • Cindy van Zyl, Tania Wimberley, Margaret Archibald, Zoe Brentano

Men (in no particular order):

  • Martin Kleynhans, Nico van Hoepen, Nicholas Mulder, Garry Morrison, Jeremy Green, Alex Pope, Cobus van Zyl, Colin Dutkiewicz, Michael Crone

These Squad members attend training sessions and workshops held to develop their skills and to advance the level of orienteering in South Africa.

Further information on the National Squads, eligibility, selection and responsibilities is available in this document: