Orienteering Federation of South Africa

Junior World Champs in Switzerland

The Junior World Orienteering Championships kicks off this weekend. 6 South Africans will be sprinting through the old town of Scuol on Sunday. On Monday they will move to the Engadin Valley where they will tackle the Long distance event. On Wednesday the team will take part in the Middle Qualification race followed by the Middle Final on Thursday. The last race of the week is the 3 person forest Relay on Friday.

While Timothy Chambers and Roark Robinson will be competing in their last JWOC, Christie Courtnage, Kirsten Chambers, Carl Holmes and Andries Swart will be running in national colours for the first time. We wish the team and their support crew in Switzerland all the best for the competition week.

To follow the team’s progess visit the JWOC website. Live results are expected for all races.

 

Juniors in Switzerland

 

World Orienteering Day 2016

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11 May 2016 was the first-ever World Orienteering Day.  South Africa contributed to the setting of a new world record. Globally over 250 000 participants took part at one of 2013 registered locations in 81 countries and territories.

In South Africa we had 14 registered locations and 1124 people taking part.  For more details about the activities in South Africa information check out the dedicated page on this website or go directly to the World Orienteering Day website.

 

SA JWOC TEAM 2016 KITTED OUT FOR JWOC

JWOC 2016 BagsThe Juniors to represent SA at the Junior World Orienteering Championships – to be held in Scuol in Switzerland – received their kit at a ‘ceremony’ on Sunday.

Seen here with the President of the SA Orienteering Federation – Garry Morrison – are Kirsten Chambers, Carl Holmes and Christie Courtnage (not present are Roarke Robinson, Andries Swart and Timothy Chambers).

 We look forward to their continued good results in Sabie at the GOC Championships and wish them well in their final weeks of training                                                                                                                                             before taking on the U20 World at JWOC 2016

2016 WOC Team

It is with great pleasure that the SAOF Selection Committee announces that Nicolas Mulder has been selected to represent South Africa at WOC in 2016

SAOF signs national Code of Conduct

During the national Sports Indaba in November 2011 the National Sport and Recreation Plan was adopted. One outcome that has now been implemented was the development of a code of conduct to which all National Federations are signatories.  This SAOF has signed this code of conduct.

The purpose of this code of conduct is to articulate the acceptable standard of behavior expected of a member of a national sporting body.  It represents a formal statement of the values and ethical standards that guide individuals in sport.  It further outlines a set of principles and norms to which sporting people can be held accountable by National Federation when representing South Africa at any sporting event.

This therefore now forms part of the SAOF’s policies which can be viewed on the Policies section.

Management Team for JWOC 2016

The SAOF wishes to invite interested parties to make application be part of the management/coaching staff accompanying the Junior team to JWOC in 2016.  As this is an unpaid position SAOF is not issuing a document stipulating responsibilities, qualifications and skills required. Instead, this is an open invitation to any interested parties. Ideally the team should be accompanied by both a manager (responsible for logical arrangements beforehand and at the event) and a qualified coach.  Applications should be addressed to the selection committee, selection_committee@orienteering.co.za . The application should stipulate what responsibilities the party wishes to assume , include a motivation as to why they believe they are suitably qualified to fulfil such a position, and should be submitted by no later than 27 February 2016.

2016 JWOC Team

It is with great pleasure that the SAOF Selection Committee announces that the team that will represent South Africa at JWOC in 2016 is (in alphabetical order) :

Kirsten Chambers, Timothy Chambers, Christie Courtnage, Carl Holmes, Andries Swart and Roark Robinson

We congratulate them and wish them all the best in their training over the next few months as they prepare for this important competition

Kind regards,

Tania Wimberley

Chair – SAOF Selection Committee

selection_committee@orienteering.co.za

Setting the SAOF 2020 Strategy

The SAOF invites all members to contribute to setting our Strategy for the next 5 years.  We would like all interested parties to join us to explore ways to move towards establishing Orienteering in South Africa as a vibrant, growing sport for all.  The session will be held at SASCOC House in Johannesburg on January 16, 2016.  Please download the event details here.StrategyLogo_wide-600x195More information about our current strategy can be found in our Expansion Plan.  Members are encouraged to read these pages and our more detailed Development Plan. Whilst much progress has been made in implementing this plan, it is time to learn from what has worked and what has not worked.

Further information can be found in the SAOF’s Annual Reports over the past few years.  In particular it is clear that despite our efforts, club membership and participation levels have remained largely static.  It is time to adapt our approach. It is time to find new ways to work together to achieve our vision of Growth, Development Excellence.

Garry Morrison

President

South African Orienteering Federation.