2025 High Performance Squads

The SAOF Selection Committee is pleased to announce the selection of the following athletes into the High Performance squads for 2025.

Senior Squad: James Hancock, Carl Holmes, Bradley Lund, Sarah Wimberley.

Junior Squad: Shelby Dos Santos, Cameron Morrison, Connor Morrison, Tristan Babcock.

Youth Squad: Piper De Klerk, Danika Gwilliam, Vusi Dlamini, Jenna Pirow, Arwen Terblanche, Abigail Hughes, Catherine Limpitlaw, Rhys Jones., Rebecca Botha.

The Selection Committee and SAOF High Performance manager wish the athletes well in their pursuit of their performance goals in 2025.

SAOF National Squad Applications Open

National Senior and Junior Squads

The SAOF is pleased to announce that the window for applications to the 2025 Senior or Junior National Squads is now open.  The application form is included in the appendix of the 2025 Seasonal Policy lined below. The closing date for applications is the 8th December 2024.

More details around the selection process and the requirements for National Team selection are contained in the two documents below.

SAOF 2025 Seasonal Policy

SAOF 2025 Selection Policy

Youth and Development Squads

The SAOF’s selection committee will also select younger orienteers for the Youth Squad.  Selection is by invitation only.

Development athletes may put forward their names for consideration via the SAOF’s VP Development.

More detail around the selection process and what the athletes can expect are contained in the two documents attached above.

SAOF bound by IOF Code of Ethics

The IOF has a Code of Ethics aimed at preserving the integrity and reputation of the IOF and IOF events. The code applies to all federations (full or provisional members) as well as to the IOF Council and all elected, appointed or contracted IOF employees, volunteers and organizing committees for IOF events, including their officials and volunteers. The Code also applies to officials and volunteers at IOF- sanctioned member events, athletes, coaches, trainers, doctors, team staff, team officials, all other persons claiming or seeking standing as present or prospective participants in any IOF activity.

The IOF Ethics Panel is an independent judicial body in the IOF consisting of up to five members that are appointed by the General Assembly. 

IOF’s basic Fair Play E-learning Course

The IOF has launched a new basic Fair Play E-learning course on their e-learning platform: https://education.orienteering.sport/

The course is free to everyone and consists of 14 different lessons with text and video clips – all with a short quiz in the end. It is a great opportunity to update the knowledge on key fair play issues before, during and after a race for everyone.

The course is useful for orienteers of all ages. It is particularly recommended for youths and juniors with ambitions of participating in international events.

Feel free to explore the other E-learning courses available.

Watch JWOC and WOC live

The Junior World Orienteering Championships start on Monday, 1 July in Pilsen, Czech Republic.

The World Orienteering Championships start on Friday 12 July in Edinburgh, Scotland.

You can watch all of the races or selected races on the IOF’s live stream TV platform. There is a small cost to watch the live stream. Details can be found here. https://tv.orienteering.sport/

You can follow the JWOC Instagram account here.

Orienteering World Cup Round 1

The Orienteering World Cup round 1 is this weekend in Olten Switzerland. You can follow the liver results and watch the races on streaming. Full details at https://orienteering.sport/…/orienteering…/welcome/

The Orienteering World Cup Round 1 in Switzerland begins on Friday and we hope you will help us promote the event and all the live services on the IOF homepage.

The TV broadcast with English and French commentary is available on our streaming platform IOF TV: https://tv.orienteering.sport/

Start lists, live results and GPS-tracking are available at IOF LIVE:


Timezone:
The Event local time zone is CEST (UTC +2). All printed times in IOF LIVE pages are CEST (UTC +2).

World Cup Round 1 program

Friday, May 24th
14.00 Knock-Out Sprint Qualification begin

Saturday, May 25th
10.00 Knock-Out Sprint quarter finals begin
12.00-14.00 IOF TV broadcast
12.09 Knock-Out Sprint semi-finals begin
13.27 Knock-Out Sprint finals begin

Sunday, May 26th
12.03 Sprint final first start
12.10 – 14.40 IOF TV Broadcast 

Price (IOF TV):
9 EUR for one competition, 30 EUR for all four competitions from World Cup Round 1 and 2. Round 2 takes place in Genoa, Italy next weekend. Followers can purchase tickets in advance and the purchase is done on https://tv.orienteering.sport/. It is not possible to transfer the user accounts from the former IOF LIVE-accounts, so it is necessary to create a new account.

JWOC and WOC 2024 SELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT

WOC

The SAOF is pleased to announce the following selections of athletes to represent South Africa at WOC in Scotland in July.

Men:  Bradley Lund.

Women:  Sarah Wimberley

The 2024 WOC is a Sprint championship and will take place in Edinburgh from 11 to 16 July.  We wish the Senior SA team all the best in Scotland.

JWOC

The SAOF is pleased to announce the following selection of athletes to represent South Africa at JWOC in Czechia in July.

Men:  Cameron Morrison.

JWOC 2024 will take place around the city of Pilsen from 30 June to 7 July.  We wish the Junior SA team all the best in the Czech Republic.

2024 HIGH PERFORMANCE SQUADS

The SAOF Selection Committee is pleased to announce the selection of the following athletes into the High Performance squads for 2024.

Senior Squad: Matthew Dos Santos, James Hancock, Carl Holmes, Bradley Lund, Alex Puntigam, Sarah Wimberley.

Junior Squad: Tristan Babcock, Shelby Dos Santos, Cameron Morrison, Matthew Venter-Clelland, Oliver Venter-Clelland.

Youth Squad: Bailie De Klerk, Marcel De Klerk, Piper De Klerk, Danika Gwilliam.

In addition the Selection Committee and National Coach have agreed to invite Kotaro Kamijukkoku (Japan) to join the squad in their activities.

The Selection Committee and SAOF High Performance manager wish the athletes well in their pursuit of their performance goals in 2024.

National Senior and Junior Squads

The SAOF is pleased to announce that the window for applications to the 2024 Senior or Junior National Squads is now open.  The application form is included in the appendix of the 2024 Seasonal Policy lined below. The closing date for applications is the 14th January 2024.

More details around the selection process and the requirements for National Team selection are contained in the two documents below.

SAOF 2024 Seasonal Policy

SAOF 2024 Selection Policy

Youth and Development Squads

The SAOF’s selection committee will also select younger orienteers for the Youth Squad.  Selection is by invitation only.

Development athletes may put forward their names for consideration via the SAOF’s VP Development.

More detail around the selection process and what the athletes can expect are contained in the two documents attached above.

SAOF National Squad Applications Open

National Senior and Junior Squads

The SAOF is pleased to announce that the window for applications to the 2024 Senior or Junior National Squads is now open.  The application form is included in the appendix of the 2024 Seasonal Policy lined below. The closing date for applications is the 14th January 2024.

More details around the selection process and the requirements for National Team selection are contained in the two documents below.

SAOF 2024 Seasonal Policy

SAOF 2024 Selection Policy

Youth and Development Squads

The SAOF’s selection committee will also select younger orienteers for the Youth Squad.  Selection is by invitation only.

Development athletes may put forward their names for consideration via the SAOF’s VP Development.

More detail around the selection process and what the athletes can expect are contained in the two documents attached above.