OV 2014 Yearbook

yearbook Orienteering Victoria/ 2014

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President’s Report

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President’s ‘Pics’

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Hosting the Danes

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MTBO Jnr. Worlds

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MTBO World Champs

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Who is going orienteering?

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MelBushO

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Still going strong in Bendigo

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Vic Nuggets results

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Australian School Champs

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Park and Street

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2014 Award Winners

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Promotion & Development

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2014 Results

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Notes on Finances

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Financial Report

Cover photograph: Peter Cusworth at the World Masters MTBO The 2014 Orienteering Victoria Yearbook has been designed by Dion Keech

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President's report There has been a lot to be positive about in Victorian orienteering in 2014 W ORDS B RUC E A RTH UR

There has been a lot to be positive about in Victorian orienteering in 2014.

We continue to deliver a huge program of over 400 top quality orienteering events for our members to enjoy. We have focussed our strategy around participation, and we are starting to see some real benefits of this in our development series.

We have also made it easier for members to join us. Like a lot of other sports though, there continues to be challenges ahead for us to grow and remain vibrant in a changing recreational environment.

Our strategy is based around the number 5. There are 5 goals, and they all have a 5 in them! We want 5 new families to join us each year. We aim to grow participation by 5% each year (without running more events). There should be 5 runners in each age class at all of our championship events in 5 years.

We will introduce 5 new organisers, coaches or event advisers each year to spread the workload. Finally, we aim to target 5 series for development each year.

Orienteering Victoria and our clubs already do a huge amount of activity each year. Our challenge is to test all of our activities against these strategic goals to see how well they contribute.

Something we need to get better at is potentially stopping some activities that do not contribute to our goals.

We are already doing well with some of our participation initiatives. Sprint into Spring is particularly popular with our younger members and those that enjoy detailed navigation but don’t have a lot of time. MelBushO is also a great way to introduce newcomers. Our MelBushO series is expanding further in 2015 in line with our strategy.

Championships. Over 2000 kids competed in these championships, which included Secondary Schools, MTBO and two Primary Schools Championships. We are now looking at the government’s new Active Schools program.

Park & Street Orienteering continued to be extremely popular throughout the whole year. Our many regular members and casual participants enjoy the simplicity of these events which are easily accessible.

2014 was successful for our high performance athletes, with major success by Jenny Bourne at the World Masters in Brazil, WOC representation by Jasmine Neve and Christopher Naunton, JWOC representation by Lanita Steer, Asha Steer and Matt Doyle, National League team success for our Elite Women, Angus Robinson finished in the top 10 at the Mountain Bike Orienteering Junior World Championships and Carolyn Jackson won triple gold at the World Masters MTBO Champs.

Orienteering Victoria continues to contribute at the national level, with Craig Feuerherdt and Blair Trewin on the Orienteering Australia Board. Blair is also a member of the International Orienteering Federation Foot-O Commission.

Planning is well underway for the 2015 Australian Championship Carnival in the Ballarat region, with Mark Valentine (EU) leading our organising committee. This carnival promises to be a showcase of our new technology, and will also introduce a Park & Street event and a Schools Sprint Championship. We hope that this will give all members many reasons to be involved in this exciting carnival.

Orienteering Victoria continued to provide opportunities for kids to be involved in schools events and Schools

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Main: Lanita Steer represented Australia at JWOC Left from top: Craig Feuerherdt, Orienteering Australia Board, Jasmine Neve represented Australia at WOC and Bruce Arthur, VOA president

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Hosting the Danes 3 Danish boys provide a positive role model to aspiring young Victorian orienteers WORDS SUE GUINANE

An email circulated to MFR last June from two 20 year-old Danish orienteers looking for families to stay with in Melbourne.

By observing the amount and types of trainings required to achieve these goals, Patrick saw how committed and focussed an elite orienteer needs to be to achieve these successes.

Without giving it too much thought, other than thinking it could be an interesting experience as well as a way for us to contribute to the wider orienteering community, we offered to be a host family. The Dalheim family also volunteered. We each have two teenagers and were happy to welcome an older “brother” into our families.

Thor was always very generous with his time and expertise, helping Patrick with a detailed, practical Training Plan, setting him specific practice courses and inviting him to join in with their training and trips. As a result, Patrick has seen his orienteering really improve over the last six months.

A couple of emails and Skype calls later we had sorted out a few ground rules and randomly decided who would stay with who. Thor would be with us and Jakob would stay with the Dalheims. Then they happened to mention a third friend, Eskil, would also be coming so he ended up staying with the Key family. This worked out really well. Once Warren had set them up with bicycles they were easily able to get themselves around between the three homes.

The boys arrived in September in time for the Australian Champs in WA and we farewelled them six months later with a few tears (at least from the “mums” and “dads”). In between they seemed to have a wonderful time combining training, travel, orienteering, improving their English and having fun.

But what was it like for us?

It was a really positive experience. The boys were so friendly and easily slotted in as members of our families so it was little extra effort, although they did eat quite a lot  Our son, Patrick who is 16 years old with a goal of going to JWOC, found Thor to be a wonderful, positive role model. He was inspired by the results Thor has already achieved such as being in top 10 at JWOC.

Patrick is also now considering doing a similar type of exchange to Europe, possibly Scandinavia, one day.

But it wasn’t just Patrick who benefited by having Thor around.

Rebecca’s enthusiasm for sprint orienteering grew, especially with the “sibling” rivalry for the Sprint into Spring green sprinter’s jersey giving her that extra incentive as well as being a positive distraction from the VCE. I think the Victorian orienteering community also benefited greatly from having the Danes around. We have updated maps of Melbourne Uni and La Trobe Uni campuses.

Docklands has now been mapped as well as new street-o maps in Bulleen and Ballarat. Many Victorian orienteers, young and old, found the training sessions the boys ran after each “Sprint into Spring” event very informative. I saw how much effort they willingly put into each of these tasks. It was also good to hear them always be openly appreciative of the work volunteers do in running events.

They were positive role models for our younger orienteers in many ways. Thank you Thor, Jakob and Eskil.

So if the opportunity comes up please consider offering to be a host family for a young overseas orienteer. It’s a wonderful way to contribute to the orienteering community and brings much personal enjoyment as well.

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Jakob at the finish of the 2014 Australian champs race in Western Australia

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MTBO junior world champs Rising MTBO star Angus Robinson snares a top 10 result at the Junior world MTBO champs WO RDS ANGUS ROBINSON

Victorian Junior members Angus Robinson and Tim Jackson represented Australia in the Junior World Mountain Bike Orienteering (MTBO) Championships held August 26-31 in Bialystok, Poland.

Angus, in his second year on the team, had outstanding results finishing 10th in the Sprint, 19th in the Middle and 16th in the Long. Tim's solid results put him in the middle of the field.

Conditions were mixed, with heavy rain during the Sprint; cold, mud and sand in the Middle; and a very tiring hilly 35km in the Long.

Also held at the same time were the Masters and Open Championships. In the Masters Carolyn Jackson had triple Gold medal success in W50 and Peter Cusworth 7th, Bronze and Bronze in M60 - fantastic results. Carolyn also teamed with

Victorian Alex Randall to win the Masters category in the unofficial Mixed Sprint Relay which preceded the official races.

Alex, who now qualifies as a “master", had his final appearance representing Australia in the Open mens category and had finishes mid field.

Alex, who now qualifies as a “master", had his final appearance representing Australia in the Open mens category and had finishes mid field. The team stayed in a rustic log cabin style house with a handy covered verandah for eating out and drying clothes. In between events they enjoyed sightseeing and sampling the local cuisine and happily found the price of food was about a third of that in Australia.

Angus Robinson had an excellent World junior Champs with one top ten and two top 20 results

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MTBO world champs Victorians feature at the world MTBO champs in elite, junior and masters ranks W ORDS PETER CUSWORT H

The 2014 World MTBO Championships carnival included championships for Elite, Junior and Masters plus a round of the European Youth Cup. On championship days, the start lists stretched out for most of the day.

A number of Victorians featured in the Australian team: Alex Randall (YV) in the Seniors, and Angus Robinson (BK) and Tim Jackson (MF) in the Juniors.

Piotr Czajkowski (MF) was appointed coach and his Polish connection was a real asset to the team’s stay. There were five Aussies competing in the World Masters, amongst them two Vics: Carolyn Jackson in W50 and myself in M60.

The Championships were held at Białystok (pronounced: byäwi-stôk), which is about 200km east of Warsaw and not far from the Belarus border. The training camp, held the week before the champs, gave everyone ample opportunity to practise riding and competing in terrain quite similar to the champs. There were several Sprint, Middle and Long Distance training days and as the week progressed, the intensity rose as did the number of competitors.

Competition kicked off with an unofficial Mixed Sprint Relay.

Each team had one male and one female who each had to complete two legs. Carolyn Jackson teamed up with Alex Randall in the Masters (40 plus) class. They both rode really well and took out the Gold medal over some other impressive teams.

The next day saw the start of the official events with the Sprint being held right in Białystok. The venue was a city park with trees, lawns and many paths. Competitors then had to use a bridge to cross over a multi-laned freeway into a more heavily treed bushland park with masses of very minor tracks, many with lots of fallen trees across them. MTBO rules in Poland, as with most Europeans countries, permit cross country riding, so

many routes involved competitors “cutting through” rather than using the mapped tracks only.

We woke up to cold, grey skies and rain and this persisted throughout the day making riding and jumping logs quite treacherous. On the plus side, the organisers were quite pleased as it meant we were less likely to encounter any locals out in the park. Of the team members, Angus Robinson had the best result coming in 10th, only 1:44 down on gold.

There were 27 controls on the M20 course (31 on M21) and similar on other courses, so as well as negotiating the conditions and navigation, just keeping track of what control you were up to, was quite a challenge as the control lines crisscrossed over your map. Carolyn Jackson had a great ride, carefully negotiating the tricky conditions to take out a win in W50 by 1:45, and thereby taking the first step in defending the three titles she won in Portugal last year.

The Middle Distance race was back in the forest. The country in this area is reasonably flat, but most courses could be described as undulating. Personally I found the forest riding most enjoyable, with a multitude of varying track options through forests of birch and pine, all of which was very very green. Most courses in the Middle Distance race had routes where shortcutting through the bush was probably the fastest way, even though it may have meant running with your bike as it was not quite rideable. Thinking in this way is quite different for us Aussie MTBOers, with riders needing to utilise more typical foot O techniques to get the best results. Angus Robinson had another good ride to finish best of the Aussie team in 19th place.

Carolyn Jackson was really showing her class with a commanding victory in W50 with a 5:36 margin to second place. Despite feeling off-colour during the training week, she was showing no mercy to her rivals.

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Carolyn Jackson won all three W50 titles for the second year running plus a 4th gold in the mixed relay

After a tentative ride in the Sprint, I had a much better ride to finish third in M60.

For the Long Distance event, the course setters had got creative to get the best out of the map and included multiple loops through a common spectator control which was next to the finish shute. Courses also had “A” and “B” variations so that consecutive riders were on different sequences of the loops, and all of these things added considerably to the complexity of the event requiring utmost concentration throughout.

Angus Robinson rode well again with another top 20 finish coming home in 17th place.

Alex Randall had his best ride of the carnival with 36th place in what was his final individual event in the Elite World Champs after riding at the very first World Champs in 2002.

Carolyn Jackson continued her winning ways to complete her successful defence of all three W50 titles taking out the Long Distance by over 10 minutes! A remarkable achievement over a quality and experienced field. Add the gold from the Mixed Relay, and an impressive haul of 4 gold medals to take home.

After an early mistake, I had a solid ride to get back into the medals to finish with my second Bronze for the Champs.

Personally I found the forests in Poland great fun to ride (except for the nettles!) and the courses were some of the best I’ve ever done. Challenging and demanding, but rewarding to complete.

2014 World Masters MTBO Champs – Middle Distance route taken by Peter Cusworth M60 My route shown in orange highlight.

First 3 controls were fairly straightforward. I could have chosen a slightly better approach to C3 from the east, but not much in it I think.

3 to 4: In hindsight going around to 4 in a loop to the west would have been best, but I headed around in a loop to the east thinking it was better tracks all of the way. It was only when committed to this approach that I realised the track to the east of the control had an out of bounds section and didn't quite go through to the main track junction. This out of bounds area was actually open farmland with no fences. There was an official situated there to make sure competitors did not transgress.

Instead I had to head cross country through the forest. For us Aussies, it really feels like you are doing the wrong thing, but

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here, as in most of Europe, you are allowed to. Most was unrideable so I ran with my bike.

4 to 5: I retraced my route from 4 across country to the eastwest track. It would have been better, and a shorter distance, to head a little north along the edge of the out of bounds area to the main angled track. I approached 5 cross country from the north. By now you could see bike tracks from other competitors and was rideable to the control.

5 to 6: I retraced my steps cross country to the north then on to the main tracks for a long leg of power riding to 6. Heard later that some people had headed south cross country from 5, but seemed like too far to risk meeting up with the end of the track for me.

6 to 7: Rode south from 6 around the corner to the dead-end, then cut through a short section of forest to the junction south of the control, then just a few metres north to the control. Had no problems with this short leg, but I was annoyed to find I lost around 15 seconds to the fastest riders. I should not have ridden to the end of the track but instead should have cut through earlier so that I came out on the track north of the control. A foot O type technique of “aiming off� that we don't get to practice in Aussie MTBO.

7 to 8: I decided to play safe and ride around, south, east then north into the control. Rob Garden (NZ) headed cross country basically east from the end of the eastern track leaving 7. He was a little quicker than I on this leg, although he did admit to being worried at times as he made his way across as to whether he'd correctly find the track with the control on it.

8 to 11: No probs here. Just rode the tracks.

11 to 12: My biggest mistake. I missed a little link track just after leaving 11. In typical MTBO fashion, it can take a little time to realise you are heading in the wrong direction when going downhill fast. I figured out where I was when I swept through the next 2 junctions and continued on to 12.

12 to finish: No probs with the rest and rode pretty strongly and staying on track. A number of people had trouble finding the correct junction north of 15 and lost time, but worked OK for me.

Really happy to come in third in M60 and another bronze, but as usual, some regrets the little mistakes cost an even better placing.

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Who is coming orienteering?

The tables in the Performance Statistics, show that there were 5 schools championship events in 2014 with 1918 entrants.

Let’s look at the other 306 events we ran last year. There were 22,699 entrants in these events. And that’s from 2,696 different people.

Some people went to a lot of events! The top four participants who all attended more than 140 events in the year were Debbie Dodd, Peter Yeates, Mike Hubbert and Kevin Maloney! And 62 people competed in all three disciplines: Bush, Urban, and MTBO. But nearly half of the individuals competing last year only came to one event!

That’s 700 people at Park/Street, 394 at Bush, and 74 at MTBO. So let’s get our thinking hats on. What do we need to do to make our sport more attractive? To create repeat attendees who will contribute to the viability of the future of orienteering in Victoria?

(Of course better data collection will help – getting full names/ year of birth/gender for all participants will greatly increase our reporting capabilities! Maybe our one-offs aren’t as high as it seems?)

by Kathy Liley

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ORIENTEERING VICTORIA PERFORMANCE STATISTICS Membership Details Year 2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Total memberships

282

304

325

315

318

306

323

338

303

290

303

299

Family

98

105

110

113

114

114

117

120

129

114

112

114

Senior

158

175

180

163

165

165

180

189

165

167

179

158

Junior

14

13

12

15

10

7

3

5

9

9

12

9

Casual

490

742

964

Individuals

549

513

487

StreetO Registrations

4348

4193

4834

Associate (schools)

12

11

14

18

20

20

23

23

23

22

23

Registered Officials

n/a

n/a

n/a

9

6

0

0

1

1

1

0

24

Total individuals

479

502

550

525

540

529

538

553

5387

5448

6499

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Events Held Year 2003 Day Events

56

55

59

22

12

56

76

45

95

110

118

107

Evening Events

105

122

122

122

123

135

135

172

192

200

189

178

Schools Champs

4

4

4

4

3

5

5

5

5

5

4

5

Local Club Events

27

38

41

48

58

35

76

72

82

84

94

97

Ski-O

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MTBO

14

17

18

19

24

26

22

23

27

30

21

17

6

6

RadiO

10

Event Participation Year 2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Day Events 8558

4865

4852

3819

1693

5546

6,841

4,113

7208

8479

7769

8694

Easter

2566

Evening Events 11519

12825

12514

13015

13780

13,960

14,021

15,288

14938

14821

14226

13180

School Champs* 1928

2130

2540

1718

1565

2,553

1,753

2,239

2050

2225

1785

1918

Local Club Events 1021

1344

1422

2880

3825

1,494

3,992

4,413

4223

4432

5954

6490

Ski-O

39

25

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MTBO

843

1769

1117

1230

1660

1737

1311

1,657

1653

1252

1078

778

59

73

RadiO

150

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MelbushO: 4 years down the track No other series attracts so many beginners, and they thoroughly enjoy themselves!

W ORDS DEBBIE DODD

Before MelbushO began in 2011, we had “Sunday Specials”, “Come and Try”, and various other Sunday events at venues like Wellington Chase, Cardinia, Christmas Hills, Westerfolds, or Brimbank.

Interest had fallen away amongst regular orienteers who preferred more technical bush and were willing to travel. This left a gap for Melbourne based newcomers looking for something local. The success of the Bendigo Saturday series, and the advent of electronic timing, led driving force Ruth Goddard to start up a small series of “near Melbourne bush events”. A grant was received to kick start the series, which paid for a website, flyers, and equipment.

With Sportident, smaller areas of bush or park could be used to set interesting line courses. Plenty Gorge Park was reopened to orienteering, providing several potential new venues. Other areas that had fallen into disuse could be remapped and rejuvenated.

In the planning phase, we had expectations of 25-50 participants, with no way of predicting the eventual outcome.

In 2011 there were three events, organised by Yarra Valley (2) and Dandenong Ranges (1), at Plenty Gorge, Plenty South and Christmas Hills. The first event drew 108 (luckily Ruth had enough maps!) The other two had 70 each, making an average of 80 for the first year. Right from the start, the events attracted a high proportion of newcomers and families, who found out about MelBushO from family and friends, or the website.

In 2012, the fixture expanded to 7 events, and more clubs were involved, with BK, NE, MFR and TK joining the program.

New or revisited venues included Eaglemont, Wellington Chase, Warrandyte Common, Woodlands, and You Yangs.

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Eaglemont was an instant hit with 160 participants (and is still the most popular venue). Attendances ranged from 94 to 160, with an average of 116.

The program remained at 7 events in 2013, at Woodlands, Cardinia, Yarrambat, Eaglemont, Wellington Chase, Plenty Gorge and Candlebark Park. Numbers ranged from 99 to 149, and the average grew again to 125.

An extra event was added in 2014, as was a new map at Pound Bend. With booming attendances, registration and results were simplified with the introduction of OLynx Touch (a touch screen interface for registration which does away with paper entry forms). The lowest attendance was 123, and Eltham and Eaglemont drew 167 and 170. The average had now reached 138 – way beyond the 25-50 we originally hoped and planned for!

All indications are that MelbushO will continue to grow in 2015 and beyond (the first two events at Brimbank Park and Wellington Chase had 158 and 162 entries). There are 10 events, with several clubs offering to organise two. New venues include Brimbank Park, Emerald Lake, Hawkestowe Park, Yarra Bend, and Mt Lofty – orienteers who have been around for a while will no doubt enjoy revisits to areas that have been out of use for some time.

enjoy themselves. There’s no better place to be than sitting at the finish, seeing the mud on gumboots and the grins on faces as they punch the last control, hand in their SI stick and ask “when’s the next one?”

A number of people have made MelbushO their main orienteering experience, thanks to the convenience of the locations, the family-friendly atmosphere, and the electronic timing systems. For regular orienteers, they have an opportunity to compete on bush maps, in a program that fills the gaps between State series. Good quality courses can be set on “low-tech” terrain. Aspiring junior squad members gain extra practice leading up to selection races and national competitions.

For clubs, MelbushO is a perfect way to introduce their members to bush course setting, mapping, and organising, as well as participating and helping out when it’s their “turn”. It’s also highly satisfying and rewarding to run events that are well attended and enjoyed – which is why the program has been able to expand. We look forward to seeing where it’s at in another 4 years’ time!

MelbushO is a success on many levels. Newcomers turn up in droves, and they bring their kids, and tell their friends. No other series attracts so many beginners, and they thoroughly

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Still going strong ‘Classic’ orienteering Bendigo style

WO RDS RICHA RD GOONAN

With a mix of spur gully terrain, goldmining, and a touch of granite, the Bendigo region offers orienteers a great range of challenges. Throw in a variety of event formats and you couldn’t really ask for more; but wait - Bendigo Orienteers have innovation in their sights.

Bendigo Orienteers’ local events calendar provided a diverse showcase of orienteering opportunities throughout the 2014 season which included the Bush Classic Series, Bendigo ToDay, Bendigo Rocks, Golden Sandshoe, Ironman Sprint, Bendigo Night Champs, Twilight Score Events, Chicken and Champagne, Club Relays, Ian’s Birthday Micro-sprint, Space Racing and the Bendigo Primary Schools Champs. From wet rainy days on Sedgwick, subtle gully spur terrain at Lyell Forrest, and technical granite navigation on Mt Korong, the regular Saturday events have attracted a keen following with enthusiastic competition between both local and regional participants across all courses.

Apart from the renowned ‘Bush Classic’ events Bendigo’s well known for, if you want something a little different, try the Ironman Sprint - it’s one of the most exciting formats with three short rounds of head to head racing! And then there is the Club Relay where you won’t know who your team mates are until the results are announced? An unusual novelty for orienteering was the 2014 RE-running of the men’s elite course from the 1996 Victorian Championship on the Kangaroo Gully map, after more than almost two decades both the map and course remain exceptional. The inaugural Bendigo Night Champs was one of the coldest nights of the year, but it didn’t take long to warm up! Live video streaming and online results were accompanied by a big warm campfire for the intrepid competitors. On a more serious note, Bendigo Orienteers also hosted the Victorian Middle Distance Championship at Kooyoora along with the Eureka Orienteers

Ultra-Long event. The opportunity to run over 20km around Kooyoora was seemingly an attractive proposition with a strong field competing for ultra-long glory (and prizes). The busy year was capped off with Bendigo Orienteers also contributing to organisation of the Warm-Up for Tassie events held prior to Oceania/World Cup Round 1 in early January.

All these events would not be possible without the fantastic support of the club members and participants who generously contributed their time and effort to plan, organise, run, and enjoy these events – Thank you all.

Bendigo Orienteers were proud to support a great bunch of local juniors as Victorian Schools Orienteering Team representatives at the Australian Championships carnival in Western Australia. The opportunity for these young athletes to

BGO primary schools champs winners -Jack Wigney and Serryn Eenjes

experience a major carnival is an important step in their development. Achieving strong junior participation in local orienteering, and seeing this through to schools team representation reflects the dedicated efforts in particular of Peter Creely and the volunteers who have contributed to the

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Mens UltraLong start at Kooyoora

clubs Space Racing program. Bendigo Orienteers also recognise and thank these families who bring new enthusiasm to the sport.

Looking forward, as one of seven final recipients to share in funding through the VicHealth Physical Activity Innovation Challenge, Bendigo Orienteers are developing an orienteering based activity program called ‘Go Explore It’. The activity program will run over several weeks with the aim of engaging a broad cross-section of the community to participate in outdoor physical activity. Trials of the concept are currently being undertaken in several primary schools in Bendigo & Heathcote. These trials will be further expanded in the coming months before being offered to the wider community in the second half of the year.

The ‘Go Explore It’ initiative dovetails with the comprehensive events calendar and Space Racing programs currently being run by Bendigo Orienteers. Along-side traditional

orienteering, new approaches to promoting the sport are being developed. Make sure you plan a trip to Bendigo for some of our great (new and traditional) orienteering on offer again this year!

Ultra-Long route analysis: this long leg at the closing stages of the event at Kooyoora decided the result

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The men’s elite course from the 1996 Victorian Championships

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Victorian Nuggets CO MP ILE D BY BR UCE A RTH UR

The Victorian Nuggets’ placings in the 2014 National Orienteering League were: Senior Men: 2nd Senior Women: 1st Junior Men: 2nd Junior Women: 3rd Individual top-10 placegetters were: Senior Men Bryan Keely (5th), Chris Naunton (5th), Bruce Arthur (8th) Senior Women Jasmine Neve (3rd), Aislinn Prendergast (7th), Clare Brownridge (9th) Junior Men Matt Doyle (1st) Junior Women Lanita Steer (4th), Asha Steer (5th) The winning Senior Women team was also represented by Laurina Neumann, Mary Fleming, Clare Baker, Natasha Key, Lanita Steer, Niina Kauto, Asha Steer, and Ilka Barr Managers: Kathryn Preston and Bruce Arthur

Matt Doyle

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Australian Schools champs

Aston Key

Victoria placed 5th in the 2014 Australian Schools Orienteering Championships, held at Peterdine, WA, on 1-2 October. Victorians who placed in the individual top 10 were: Senior Boys: Matt Doyle (1st), Louis Cameron (8th), Senior Girls: Asha Steer (6th), Leisha Maggs (10th) & Junior Boys: Aston Key (1st), Jimmy Cameron (10th). Matt Doyle and Aston Key were selected in the Australian Schools honour team.

Asha Steer

Caitlyn Steer

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Clockwise from top left: Lachlan Cherry Jimmy Cameron, Glenn James, Max Dalheim, Louis Cameron & Sarah Davies

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Park & Street Another very full year zipped by for park and street orienteering WO RDS DE B BI E D OD D/ M AR G I FR EE MA NT LE

2014 began with the second Southern summer series, this time expanding from 5 to 10 weeks, taking in both Casey and Kingston, and using some new maps of Mordialloc, Chelsea and Edithvale.

Attendances held steady at an average 75 through the 10 weeks, and the series attracted approx 70 newcomers, about 20 of whom did more than one event. Grant funding has finished for this project, but the Southern Summer Series will continue to incorporate a short series of events “down south” in January. The Surf Coast series also did well again with an average attendance of 43 over the four events.

The Park and Street Championship shifted to February, and was hosted wonderfully by Bayside Kangaroos. Held on a Tuesday on the Kensington map, Bryan Ackerley’s courses really tested the thinking ability of the finalists, not just their speed. Once again the qualifying races were hotly contested as people sought finals berths, and 81 competitors took to the intricate street network. Bruce Arthur and Rachel Johnson retained their overall titles with repeat victories. The other Champions for 2014 were Tim Wardrop, Ted van Geldermalsen, Tim Hatley, Lanita Steer, Angus Robinson, Janine Steer, Carolyn Jackson, Peter Kempster, Phil Torode, Jo Torr, Bernie Hollaway, Prue Dobbin, Barry Giles, and Gwennyth Baker. The Park and Street Championship is a wonderful opportunity for competitors in each series to test their mettle head to head, and this year included finalists from Geelong and Macedon, as well as each of the Melbourne series. Thanks go to Ray Howe and the organising team. There is now a Past Champions Honour Board on the Orienteering Victoria website, and we look forward to the list growing.

As we transitioned from Summer Series to Winter Series, Wednesday nights were restructured, moving from the

traditional three series of 10 events, to two series of 15 events, and dubbed the Autumn Classic and the Spring Carnival. We hoped that by “eliminating” the Iceberg series, the weather would stay warmer, but couldn’t quite swing that one! On Saturdays, B and C course were merged. Both changes were made to provide deeper competition with more people able to reach the minimum number of qualifying events, and both changes achieved that aim.

We also saw a change to the Fixtures team, with long term lynchpin Marta Salek stepping down. Christine Palmer quickly volunteered to come on board and is now part of the small group that puts together a program of close to 200 events each year. Our heartfelt thanks go to Marta for the fantastic job she did for many years.

The Millennium Club welcomed five new Associate members (500 events) during 2014. Five members upgraded to Companion membership (750 events), and Bruce Paterson achieved the ultimate accolade of Legend membership when he completed his 1000th Street-O event at Notting Hill in November and was subsequently presented with a “1000” badge, TMC keyring and a framed certificate of achievement to commemorate the occasion.

2014 TMC achievers were: LEGEND Membership: Bruce Paterson COMPANION Membership: Reg Saunders, Paul Leicester, Ted van Geldermalsen, Rachel Johnson, Phil Torode ASSOCIATE Membership: Colin Pearce, Bernie Hollaway, Annie Hollaway, Suzanne O’Callaghan, Brett Sparks Two more Legends pushed their participation to beyond 1500 events since the turn of the millennium. Debbie Dodd and Geoff Hudson joined Mike Hubbert in achieving this

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outstanding level of participation in Melbourne Park & Street Orienteering over the past 15 years.

THE 2014 MEFTY Award (most events for the year) went to Debbie Dodd with 144 events attended in the Street-O year.

Mike Hubbert was second with 138 events and Peter Yeates third with 135 events. Thanks once again to Ray Howe for maintaining all of the participation statistics for these awards.

The 2014 Course Setter of the Year, adjudged by Legend Bruce Paterson, was Judi Herkes, for her Glengala event. Judi received a Park and Street season ticket.

SPRINT INTO SPRING Before we knew it, Spring had rolled around, and with it, our second series of Sprint Into Spring. The 2014 program included new maps at Newport Lakes, Ruffey Lake, Edgewater, Parade College, and Eltham Lower. Our mapping team did a fantastic job providing the foundation for another wonderful series. Grant funding again paid for mapping, as well as marketing and promotion, but pressure was on to grow participation against already very healthy numbers.

The organising team again consisted of Debbie Dodd, Margi Freemantle, Ted van Geldermalsen, Geoff Adams, Ian Dodd,

Warwick Davis and Shane Mallia, with new members Sheila Colls and Warwick Williams. Building on standards set the previous year, the successful format was retained. We improved technology by adopting Olynx Touch for registration, doing away with paper entry forms, and we had a better grasp on the budget. Once again the support from all clubs involved was amazing.

Promotion was again largely via social media, including the website and Facebook. We knew we were in for a great series when attendance at the first race smashed 2013’s record, and it grew from there. The average attendance was 132, up almost 30% from 2013. Sprint Into Spring is definitely here to stay! The most satisfying aspect was the mix of competitors – the Who’s Who of Australian sprinting took part, with many using the series as a tuneup for the upcoming Oceania Championships. The junior contingent was again very strong, and it was great to see their skills develop as they moved up from course 3 to course 2. Park and Street regulars came along in droves, and this was another group who showed improving results. Once again, there were also plenty of newcomers and families who enjoyed the safe environment and exciting atmosphere.

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Sprint Into Spring’s finale was the Victorian Sprint Distance Championships, which took place on a new, and complex, map of Deakin University prepared by Greg Tamblyn and Geoff Adams. Matt King set the courses, and Bayside Kangaroos organised the event. The race drew a record attendance of 140 competitors, all well and truly ready to race after the previous weeks.

Congratulations to our Sprint Distance champions Natasha Key and Jakob Edsen; and to Sprint Into Spring series Yellow Jersey winners Natasha and Jakob, Mason Arthur and Anne Arthur, and Torren Arthur and Mariann Fossum. Green jerseys went to Thor Norskov, Debbie Dodd and Claire Adams, and Polkadot jerseys were won by Eskil Schoning, Anne Robinson, and Magnus Fossum.

ready with a solution to any glitches. We also recognise the efforts of the clubs, the course setters, the mappers, the equipment bringers, and the control collectors – the joy of orienteering is that everyone pitches in and makes it work.

We hope you all had a great 2014, and will continue to support and enjoy urban orienteering for many years to come.

Attendances: note Summer Series attendances are for Oct

Sprint orienteering in Victoria is flourishing, with exciting plans for Sprint Into Spring 2015, which will showcase the

2014-Mar 2015.

Monday Winter – avg 50 Tuesday Winter – avg 55 Wednesday Winter – avg 90 Saturday Winter – avg 60 Total 255 per week course setting talents of our Junior Squad; and a Sprint Carnival scheduled for March 2016 which will incorporate National Orienteering League competition. Stay tuned!

The success of Park and Street Orienteering relies heavily on the many volunteers who devote their time to the wide range of tasks involved. Particular thanks goes to Series Coordinators Annie Hollaway, Ian Dodd, Ken Moore, Ewen Templeton, Simon St Hill, John and Jenny Sheahan, Allan Miller/Noel McVey, Alan Cooke, and John and Lois Ewels. Our scorers were Ray Howe, Finlay Stuart, Bridget Walker, Andrew Baker, Mark Besley, Simon St Hill, and Lyn and Derek Green. Catering was provided by Bernie Shuttleworth, Lauris Stirling, Ilze Yeates, Jenny Sheahan and Phil Giddings. Vic Sedunary and Tina Smith continued to keep a steady hand on the finances, and Finlay Stuart kept the website humming along all year, always

Monday Summer – avg 70 Tuesday Summer – avg 90 Wednesday Summer – avg 145 Thursday Summer – avg 60 Geelong Summer – avg 50 Macedon Summer – ave 15 Surf Coast Summer – avg 40 Total 470 per week

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australian

MTBO championships

2015

Anglesea, VIC

2015 AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN BIKE ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS NATIONAL MTBO SERIES #3 IOF WORLD RANKING EVENT AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND MTBO CHALLENGE On Victoria’s Surf Coast at Anglesea and Torquay

Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November 2015 plus warm-up event at the You Yangs, Friday 6th.

ausmtbochamps.com

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2014 Award winners CO MP ILE D BY BR UCE A RTH UR

Rockhopper Club Trophy Bendigo orienteers Rockhopper Junior Awards Lanita Steer and Matt Doyle OV Services Award Ruth Goddard President’s Award Debbie Dodd Course Setter of the Year Geoff Lawford Vic Bush State Series 4 - Eureka Challenge - Glenluce South Event Management of the Year Chris Naunton - Bendigo Night Orienteering Championships

Course Setter of the Year, Geoff Lawford tells us a bit of a short story about the long legs and the course (pictured opposite) : CONTROL 1. I was attracted to this leg because it was very long and I liked the fact that it was the first leg so the competitors didn’t have any time before they started the leg to actually plan how to do it. They had to stand there at the start to work it out if they had the courage and as everyone watched. I also liked the fact that you had to commit to one of at least two widely varying routes right at the start of the leg (using one of three possible exits from the start) – so there was a lot of pressure at the start. And I liked it that even after committing left or right from the start there were still major choices that needed to be made along the leg, for instance whether to go wider to a road, where to cut corners, how high to climb and where to leave tracks and head more directly to the control. I also liked it that

finding the control was not easy. I am not sure which was the fastest route – if I had of been sure I would have moved the control until I wasn’t!

CONTROL 10. I liked this leg because again I thought there were multiple route choices. I thought the three main routes were (a) by road to the left, (b) by small track to the right, and (c) by a more direct route through the bush via saddles and along long gullies or spurs. My feeling was that the more direct route was quicker - which I liked given that it required a little more navigational skill. But I liked the fact that it was tempting to take on less risk and go wide along either the road or track – and I liked it that it was hard to decide.

As for the rest of the course I wanted to use the more detailed parts of the map to test navigation. And at the same time I wanted to include route choice problems where possible – though on a smaller scale. And I wanted to make everyone dizzy!

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Clockwise from top: Nicky Stevens at the Easter Carnival, Ewen Templeton at the Aus Champs Sprint in WA, David Jaffe showing his punching style, Don Fell studying his map carefully & Ian Baker contemplating how to get out of a ditch Middle: Mason Arthur takes Ted van Geldermalsen on a corner at the Aus Champs Sprint in WA (all photos Steve Bird)

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Clockwise from top left: David Brownridge hot on the heels of Todd Neve at the Vic Champs, Kooyoora, Martin Steer, Judi Herkes in the finish chute, Patrick Jaffe carefully studying his map, brothers Luke and Lachlan Feuerherdt at the Vic Champs, Kooyoora & Rebecca Jaffe Middle: Jenny Sheahan (all photos Steve Bird)

yearbook Orienteering Victoria/ 2014

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Dr Blake’s Mystery tour Something for everyone in Ballarat this spring W ORDS MAR K HENNE SSE Y

“An enjoyable and satisfying nine-day carnival which attracts a large number of participants of a wide range of ages and abilities from Victoria and interstate, and sends them home happy and enthused about urban and bush orienteering” A carnival for all. Responding to your feedback, Orienteering Victoria brings a feast of competitive and social events to satisfy urban and bush regulars and their partners, as well as elites and emerging juniors.

This year’s national championships carnival builds on the best of previous carnivals while adding new features, especially for non-elite orienteers and their partners. We have planned the carnival so that everyone can have fun and challenge in equal measures.

Urban orienteers are warmly welcomed to be part of the national carnival for the first time. In addition to Friday’s Australian Sprint Championship, urban orienteers can enjoy the Street Orienteering Challenge on Thursday afternoon, and Monday afternoon’s (non-competitive) gallop on the Schools Sprint courses at Mount Helen Campus of Federation University. And if you are game, have a crack at an easy bush course at the Relays on Sunday.

Club orienteers can choose from 9 events in 9 days. You (and your partner) can walk or jog Thursday’s street O challenge while enjoying the Dr Blake scenery of old Ballarat, to give your legs a rest before the final weekend. The bush championship events will provide very tricky navigation in relatively open runnable eucalypt forest terrain. The challenge lies in extensive gold diggings areas with lots of point features and a few “handrail” features. The other events are more relaxed but no less enjoyable.

Elite orienteers will get three World Ranking Events and five National Orienteering League Events, all within about 1.5 hours of Melbourne International Airport. We have deployed our best course setters – Russell Bulman, Geoff and Ian Lawford, Ian Dodd, Rob Plowright and Judi Herkes – to make the best of our superb terrain. They are overseen by the dream team of Barry McCrae, Warwick Williams, Ted van Geldermalsen, Blair Trewin, Chris Norwood and Kathy Liley.

The middle distance NOL double-header on the first weekend is designed to allow recovery in time for the following week’s events.

Partners’ program – the non-orienteer in your life need not fear boredom, with the rich cultural and social opportunities that Ballarat offers. Dr Blake Walks and the Dr Blake Tribute

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Dinner can be pre-booked on Eventor, and are expected to sell out early. Then there are the famous Ballarat tourist attractions.

Sovereign Hill immerses you in the 1850s, such that it is a shock afterwards to emerge into the car park and awake from the reverie. It is historically authentic – no tacky theme park, this one. Throw in the new Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka, the Gold Museum, the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, the Botanic Gardens and Lake Wendouree, among others. All of these are within about a km or two walk from central Ballarat.

And if you take the carnival bus to events, your partner can use the car to explore further afield. On your chosen rest days you could visit the Great Ocean Road or the Grampians, or Melbourne. In the meantime, enjoy gourmet food and fine coffee in sophisticated Ballarat.

Eastwood Leisure Complex – the heart of the 2015 Carnival, and starting point for the StreetO Challenge

Travel – All events are an easy half hour or so drive on good roads from central Ballarat, and under 2 hours from Melbourne and Bendigo. Ballarat trains leave Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station (in Spencer Street) every hour or so from about 7 am; allow about 85 minutes travel. Carnival buses (from central Ballarat) can be booked and pre-paid to all events which are not served by local public transport.

All events (except schools events) are open to all orienteers, via Eventor.

Date

Events

Status Location Travel time Saturday 26 Victorian Middle NOL Creswick 20 mins September, Distance Championship Forest pm Sunday 27 Australian Middle WRE + Creswick 20 mins September Distance Championship NOL Forest Monday 28 Australian Schools ASSOC Mt Helen 10 min September Sprint Championship Campus Tuesday 29 Australian Schools Long ASSOC Sandon 40 mins September Distance Championship Tuesday 29 Midweek public race #1 Public Sandon 40 mins September event Wednesday Australian Schools ASSOC Sandon 40 mins 30 September Relay Championship Wednesday Midweek public race #2 Public Sandon 40 mins 30 September event Thursday 1 Ballarat StreetO Public Eastwood 5 min October, pm Challenge event Street Friday 2 Australian Sprint WRE + St 5 mins October, pm Championship NOL Patrick’s College Saturday 3 Australian Long WRE + Creswick 20 mins October Distance Championship NOL Forest Sunday 4 Australian Relay NOL Borhoney 30 mins October Championship Ghurk

Accommodation will be at a premium, especially with AFL football finals and Ballarat’s Royal South Street Eisteddfod happening – book early. Creswick, Daylesford and Hepburn Springs are options.

Entries- Early bird entries close soon (30 June). Read the instructions in Eventor before choosing your events and services. You can add extra events or services at standard prices until 31 August. No entries are available after that date.

Dr Blake Mysteries – the producers of this popular ABC television series set in Ballarat have kindly allowed us to use images from the show. Immerse yourself in the timeless elegance of Ballarat this spring.

Further information: www.eventor.orienteering.asn.au, http://www.ozchamps2015.com.au, www.visitballarat.com.au

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2014 Victorian MTBO Report The year in review for MTBO WO RDS PET ER CUSWORTH – VI CT ORI AN MT BO COORD INATOR

We had four Summer 75 (minute score) events on the program but the event at Emerald (BK) had to be cancelled due to a Total Fire Ban being declared over the whole of Victoria that day.

The other events were at Lysterfield (BK), You Yangs (NE) and Eltham North (YV). We had good attendances at all of these with Eltham North attracting over 70.

We again utilised Geoff Hudson's electronic timing system which makes life much easier for both competitors and organisers.

Dandenong Ranges ran a successful DuO event at Warburton.

The first time we've run one on that map and it proved most suitable. It was a very hot day day though that contributed a few DNS's but we still had around 70 competitors.

There were 5 rounds of the Vic MTBO Series spread from March to September with events at Muckleford (YV), Creswick (NE), Linton (EU), Ballan (BK) and Woodlands (TK/BK). Attendances were in the 60s for 3 events, but the 2 winter events dropped off to mid 50s.

The year concluded with two consecutive double-header weekends of events in November for the Victorian Championships. Around 10 kiwis made the trip over to join us for these events.

The first weekend saw Eureka run the Victorian Sprint Championship at Bristol Hill, Maryborough. This map had been used before, but is very hard to master with its intricate track network and open areas and again managed to truly test riders. The next day Nillumbik Emus ran a 3 hour Ultra event on the combined Mosquito Flat / Bull Gully Wells maps.

the Sunday the Long Champs were organised by Bayside Kangaroos at Stanley.

Three Victorians were selected in the team to contest the World Championships in Poland – Alex Randall (YV) in Elite and Angus Robinson (BK) and Tim Jackson (BK) in Juniors. Another Victoria, Piotr Czajkowski, was this year's team coach.

These championships was to be Alex Randall's final year of competing at the Worlds. He competed in the first in 2002 and over the next 12 years has been to a total of 10 World Champs with so many world class performances over that 12 year period.

Angus Robinson rode really well over the week to finish with one top ten plus two top 20 finishes.

The World Masters MTBO Champs were held at the same carnival with Sprint, Middle and Long races contested plus an unofficial Mixed Relay. Carolyn Jackson (BK) performed brilliantly again comprehensively winning all 3 Gold Medals in W50 and defending the three titles she won the year before in Portugal. Added to that, she teamed with Alex Randall to also take out the Mixed Relay in the M/W40 class.

Peter Cusworth (BK) also had a good carnival winning two bronze medals for the Middle and Long races in M60.

Victoria again took OA State Plaque award for best state performance at the Australian Champs Carnival in Alice Springs.

Thanks again to our small band of MTBO enthusiasts organise these events for the rest of us to enjoy.

The following weekend saw the Middle Distance Champs, organised by Albury/Wodonga, on a new map at Eldorado. On

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Promotion & Development The year in review for the promotion and development of orienteering in Victoria WO RDS & PHOTOGRAPHS PETA WHITFORD

2014 has seen the continued development of programs funded through SRV, the steady growth of participation in Victorian Schools Championships, and evidence that Clubs are using the on-line ‘Club Help’ self-evaluation system.

The main achievement was the implementation of the new membership system, combining both Orienteering Victoria and Club memberships into one membership, with membership costs being reduced and the Australian Orienteer magazine now being an optional extra.

Working With Children Checks The Department of Justice continues to service the needs of WWCC with good organization, simple registration and easy updating. By the end of 2014, 120 orienteers had current WWC’s and 15 orienteers were Registered Teachers.

Sport and Recreation Victoria (SRV) Projects This year is just over the half way mark of the three years of current funding. The grant is spread over three years - 201213 = $40,000, 2013 – 14 = $25,000, 2014 – 15 = $40,000 and enables Orienteering Victoria to run programs to increase participation, improve its membership,

system and numbers, to offer coaching and controlling courses, first aid, Si and Eventor training.

Participation The Communications and Media Officer, Dennis Mews, continued to develop projects to help orienteering to grow.

The weekly-e-bulletin – now an entrenched regular communication system to the membership - was moved out of his portfolio and offered as a casual job – and taken up by Rebecca Jaffe. It continues to be the main source of regular orienteering information to members. Dennis focused his attention on many other areas of development Data Collection A realization that clubs did not collect participation data in a systematic way during 2014 led to the evolution of a data collection strategy for 2015. In particular, gathering contact details for the large number of spontaneous newcomers needed to be prioritized.

MelBushO The Melbourne Bush O series has been consistently successful in attracting newcomers. The series is successful because it is local to large areas of population, has entry-on-the-day and is technically undemanding. It was suggested that clubs be encouraged to stage more of these events – 10 are planned for 2015.

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Westgarth PS students

Organisers

Coaching and Officiating

Clubs are encouraged to train up new organisers to stage MelBushO events, since they are relatively simple in format.

Coaching - January to December 2014 – 25 Teachers attended Level 0 Coaching courses.

Publicity Booklet

Club Capacity Building

A “Bush Orienteering in Victoria” booklet was designed in 2014 to showcase the sport to newcomers. This was well received.

10 of the 11 orienteering clubs have registered and used the Club Help system. A one day ‘Event Administration Made Easy” workshop was held in March 2014, and attended by 16 people. The session included SportIdent and Eventor training.

WinBack • WinBack campaign was begun to follow up membership lapses. This is ongoing.

• Development of permanent courses. The permanent course at Westerfolds Park has received many new visitors with schools, outdoor educators, commercial operators, SES using the facility for navigation training.

Orienteering Victoria has been researching a number of Smartphone Orienteering System Apps with a view to either building its own or buying into an existing system.

Membership The proposed change to the membership structure was approved at the October 2014 OV Council meeting, and is ready to be implemented for the 2015 membership year.

Course setting and mapping /ocad skills These continue to be successfully run through the clubs on a 1:1 mentoring system. 10 orienteers have upgraded their skills using Ocad for map drawing and Condes for course setting. Three x one day series of course setting sessions held in May, attended by 20 orienteers.

Educational Activity Sessions The ‘user pays’ educational program continues with many committed schools making regular bookings and there are always a few new schools coming on board, for ‘extension activity sessions’ run in Parkland and Bushland areas close to Melbourne. Use of the permanent courses at Brimbank Park, Cardinia Reservoir Park, Westerfolds Park and the You Yangs Regional Park continue to have increased numbers of school students using them for navigational activities. My thanks to

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Carl Stemp, Judi Herkes, Rob Edmonds, Paul Elam and Pam King for their continuing assistance to the schools program.

Summary of sessions/courses • Primary School Sessions sessions , 16 schools)

: 1455 students (17

• Secondary School Sessions sessions, 30 schools)

: 3657 students (59

School results : • 1st Scotch 1179 pts, • 2nd Camberwell GS 754 pts and • 3rd Trinity Grammar 245.

The Victorian Primary Schools Orienteering Championships

• Mapping of Schools: 5 maps.

The Eastern Zone Championships were held at Westerfolds Park with 737 students from 17 schools.

• Teachers' Professional Development Courses : (1 course) 20 Teachers, 5 individuals

•1st Westgarth Primary School 289 pts,

• These courses are run either through ACHPER or on an individual school basis.

•2nd Glen Katherine PS 275 pts,

• Tertiary Sessions:100 students (3 sessions)

• 3rd Trinity Grammar 125 pts.

The Western Zone Championships were held at Brimbank Park– with 565 students from 15 schools.

• 1st Macedon Primary School 402 pts, • 2nd Braemar College 130 pts, • 3rd Toorak College 120 pts.

The Bendigo Championships (organised by the Bendigo Orienteering Club) – 279 students

Competitive Orienteering Programs for school aged children 2014

• 1st Eaglehawk Primary School

Thanks to Orienteering Service of Australia (OSoA), under new owners Ralph and Sandy Koch, for its continued support of Schools Orienteering, with the provision of awards and results display slats for the various schools championships. 2014 saw the continued use of electronic timing at all 4 schools championships.

Feedback from teachers who have attended the events is that they are very supportive of the new systems, despite some students overusing their cards and being dnf’d because of running out of memory on the card to show they completed their course. The teachers’ comments “They will learn quickly to use the cards correctly, they use similar systems in many aspects of their school learning”.

The Inter School Street Orienteering Challenge Jon Gordon was employed as the pivotal person for schools and school students at the Eastern Summer Series Park and Street Orienteering Schools Challenge. He has created some new systems set up on his iPad to expedite results. Thanks for a job well done. Average weekly participation = 62 student, up from 44 in 2013.

Westgarth PS with trophy

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• 2nd Girton Grammar Aitken College student at last control

• 3rd Malmsbury Primary School The Victorian Secondary Schools Orienteering Championships Held in May at Hawkstowe Park, Plenty Gorge, 349 students representing 24 schools competed.

• Champion School - Braemar College • Best Government School – Melbourne High School • Best Boys School –Trinity Grammar • Best Girls School – Lowther Hall • Best co-educational school – Braemar College • Best medium size school ( 16 – 30 students) – Macedon Grammar • Best small size school (1 – 15 students) – Trinity Grammar Victorian Schools Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships The 10th MTBO championship was held at the Woodlands Historic Park, 178 students from 12 schools took part.

The course was set by the 2013 Schools MTBO champion and Australia’s top junior MTBO rider Angus Robinson.

Results1

Balwyn High School

113

2

Braemar College

74

3

Woodleigh

56

4

Viewbank College

27

5

Bendigo Senior Secondary College

24

6

St Patrick's College

15

7

Creek Street Christian College

8

8

Maiden Gully PS

0

Victorian Secondary Schools Orienteering Team The Victorian Team competed in the Australian Schools Orienteering Championship (ASOC) in Western Australia during the September / October school holidays. The competition also includes the “Southern Cross Junior Challenge” which provides competition for teams from all states and territories and New Zealand.

• Team Managers - Philippa Lohmeyer-Collins and husband Stephen, Team Coach - Steve Bird.

The following students had outstanding results and were named in the 2014 Australian Schools Honour Team • Matthew Doyle (Senior Boys) The Kilmore International School • and Aston Key (Junior Boys ) Kew High School.

The team expenses were assisted by: • the successful applications by individual team members for the Local Sporting Champions grant of $500 (from Australian Sports Commission) • the ongoing fundraising at events by the Junior Squad • financial assistance from Orienteering Victoria and students’ schools

Thanks go to the following orienteers who volunteered to assist with the Victorian Team:

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2014 ASOC Points table Individual

ACT

NSW

VIC

QLD

SA

WA

TAS

Senior Boys

3

4

7

5

2

1

6

Senior Girls

2

4

5

6

3

0

7

Junior Boys

6

5

7

4

3

2

1

Junior Girls

7

2

1

5

4

3

6

Total Points (Individual)

18

15

20

20

12

6

20

Place Day 1

4th

5th

1st

1st

6th

7th

1st

Relay

ACT

NSW

VIC

QLD

SA

WA

TAS

Senior Boys

6

5

4

3

0

0

7

Senior Girls

0

5

4

6

0

0

7

Junior Boys

6

7

5

3

4

0

2

Junior Girls

7

2

0

6

5

3

4

Total Points (Relay)

19

19

13

18

11

3

20

Overall Points

37

34

33

38

21

9

40

rd 3

th 4

th 5

nd 2

th 6

th 7

1st

ACT

NSW

VIC

QLD

SA

WA

TAS

Place

Scoring System The first team in each class scores 7 points, second 6 points etc., down to seventh position, which scores 1 point. Composite or Ad Hoc teams do not score points.

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Southern Cross Junior Challenge Individual

ACT

NSW

VIC

QLD

SA

WA

TAS

NZ

Senior Boys

3

4

7

5

2

1

6

8

Senior Girls

2

4

5

6

3

0

7

8

Junior Boys

6

5

7

4

3

2

1

8

Junior Girls

7

2

1

5

4

3

6

8

Total Points (Individual)

18

15

20

20

12

6

20

32

Place day 1

5th

6th

nd 2

2nd

7th

8th

2nd

1st

Relay

ACT

NSW

VIC

QLD

SA

WA

TAS

NZ

Senior Boys

6

5

4

3

0

0

7

8

Senior Girls

0

5

4

6

0

0

7

8

Junior Boys

6

8

5

3

4

0

2

7

Junior Girls

7

2

0

6

5

3

4

8

Total Points (Relay)

19

20

13

18

9

3

20

31

Overall Points

37

35

33

38

21

9

40

63

Place

4

5

6

3

7

8

th

nd 2

1st

ACT

NSW

VIC

QLD

SA

WA

TAS

NZ

th

th

th

rd

th

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VICTORIAN FOOT-O Results 2014 Victorian Long Distance Orienteering Championships The 2014 Victorian Long Distance Orienteering Championships took place at Kangaroo Crossing on 23 March for elite classes, and at Kooyoora on 31 August for all other classes. Victorian resident champions were: M21E M17-20E M10A M12A M14A M16A M35A M40A M45A M50A M55A M60A M65A M70A

Max Neve Matt Doyle Ryan Cates Solomon Cameron Glenn James Aston Key Craig Feuerherdt Bruce Arthur Rob Lewis Tim Hatley Warren Key Ted van Geldermalsen Leigh Privett Peter Prime

M80A M17-20A

John Dempster Peter Collins

M55+AS Long Open B

Peter Yeates Raelee Eenjes

W21E W17-20E W10A W12A W14A

Jasmine Neve Asha Steer Emma Cates Caitlyn Steer Sarah Davies

W35A W40A W45A W50A W55A W60A W65A W70A W75A W80A W17-20AS W45-54AS W55+AS

Liliia Glushchenko Natasha Key Nicola Dalheim Prue Dobbin Sue Key Laurie Niven Kathy Liley Sylvia Murphy Helen Alexander Sue Healy Rebecca Jaffe Kathryn Tarr Philippa Lohmeyer-Collins

2014 Victorian Middle Distance Championships The 2014 Victorian Middle Distance Orienteering Championships took place at Kooyoora on 30 August. Victorian resident champions were: M21E M17-20E M10A M12A M14A M16A M35A M40A M45A M50A

Bryan Keely Matt Doyle Ryan Cates Jack Wigney Glenn James Patrick Jaffe Craig Feuerherdt Chris Godfred-Spenning Martin Steer Tim Hatley

W21E W17-20E W10A W12A W14A

Clare Brownridge Lanita Steer Eleanor Williams Caitlyn Steer Karina Cherry

W35A W40A W45A W50A

Liliia Glushchenko Hania Lada Anitra Dowling Janine Steer

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VICTORIAN FOOT-O Results M55A M60A M65A M70A M75A M80A Short Open B

Warwick Davis Ted van Geldermalsen Barry McCrae Peter Galvin John Sheahan John Dempster Mariann Fossum

W55A W60A W65A W70A W75A W80A

Julie Flynn Fiona Fell Libby Meeking Dale Ann Gordon Helen Alexander Joyce Rowlands

2014 Victorian Sprint Orienteering Championships The 2014 Victorian Sprint Distance Orienteering Championships took place at Deakin University, Geelong on 30 November.

Victorian resident champions were: M21A M10A M12A M16A M17-20A M35-44A M45-54A M55A M60A M65A M70A M75A

Bryan Keely Torren Arthur Mason Arthur Aston Key Matt Doyle Rob Baker Martin Steer Ian Dodd Chris Norwood Peter Dalwood Barry Giles Ian Baker

W21A W10A W12A W14A W17-20A W35-44A W45-54A W55A W60A W65A W70A W75A

Natasha Key Sophie Arthur Caitlyn Steer Sarah Davies Lanita Steer Rachel Johnson Janine Steer Heather Leslie Pamela King Libby Meeking Judi Herkes Helen Alexander

2014 victorian State Series Champions The State Series winners in 2014 were as follows: Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4 Course 5 Course 6 Course 7 Course 8

Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men

Bruce Arthur Tim Hatley Martin Steer Peter Prime Peter Yeates Charles Zerafa Solomon Cameron Torren Arthur

Women Women Women Women Women Women Women Women

Jasmine Neve Laurina Neumann/ Lanita Steer (equal) Carolyn Jackson Helen Edmonds Judi Herkes Leone Carberry Caitlyn Steer Sophie Arthur

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VICTORIAN FOOT-O Results National teams in 2014 The following Victorians were members of Australian national orienteering teams which competed in 2014: World Orienteering Championships (Italy, July): Jasmine Neve, Chris Naunton Junior World Orienteering Championships (Bulgaria, July): Lanita Steer, Asha Steer, Matt Doyle World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships (Poland, August): Alex Randall Junior World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships (Poland, August): Angus Robinson

NATIONAL FOOT-O Results 2014 Australian Long Distance Orienteering Championships - Victorian place getters The 2014 Australian Long Distance Orienteering Championships were held at Clackline, WA, on 4 October. Victorian placegetters were: 1st: Lanita Steer (W17-20E), Matt Doyle (M17-20E), Natasha Key (W40A), Torren Arthur (M10A), Patrick Jaffe (M16A), Peter Collins (M17-20A), Bruce Arthur (M40A), Jim Russell (M50A), Warren Key (M55A), Ted van Geldermalsen (M60A), Ryan Davies (M Junior B) 2nd: Asha Steer (W16A*), Carolyn Jackson (W55A), Sheila Colls (W55+AS), Louis Cameron (M17-20A), Geoff Lawford (M55A), Roch Prendergast (M60A), Sophie Arthur (M/W10N) 3rd: Aislinn Prendergast (W21E*), Emma Cates (W10A), Sequoia Weitman (W17-20A), Judi Herkes (W70A), Helen Alexander (W75A), Anne Arthur (W35-44AS) (* - Australian resident champion) Victoria were placed 2nd in the Orienteering Australia Shield for interstate team competition.

2014 Australian Middle Distance Orienteering Championships - Victorian place getters The 2014 Australian Middle Distance Orienteering Championships were held at Toodyay, WA, on 28 September. Victorian placegetters were: 1st: Matt Doyle (M17-20E), Natasha Key (W40A), Judi Herkes (W70A), Helen Alexander (W75A), Torren Arthur (M10A), Aston Key (M14A), Peter Collins (M17-20A), Tim Hatley (M50A), Warren Key (M55A), Ted van Geldermalsen (M60A), Alex Tarr (M70A), Patrick Bradfield Smith (M Junior B) 2nd: Sequoia Weitman (W17-20A), Melissa Gangemi (W21A), Carolyn Jackson (W55A), Mason Arthur (M12A), Louis Cameron (M17-20A), Roch Prendergast (M60A), Milla Key (M/W10N) 3rd: Emma Cates (W10A), Asha Steer (W16A), Libby Meeking (W65A), Geoff Lawford (M55A)

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NATIONAL FOOT-O Results 2014 Australian Sprint Distance Orienteering Championships - Victorian place getters The 2014 Australian Sprint Distance Orienteering Championships were held at Curtin University, WA, on 29 September. Victorian placegetters were: 1st: Libby Meeking (W65A), Torren Arthur (M10A), Peter Collins (M17-20A), Warren Key (M55A) 2nd: Melissa Gangemi (W21A), Carolyn Jackson (W55A), Helen Alexander (W75A), Mason Arthur (M12A), Aston Key (M14A), Tim Wardrop (M35A), Tim Hatley (M50A), Geoff Lawford (M55A), Alex Tarr (M70A), Henk de Jong (M Open B) 3rd: Asha Steer (W16A), Anne Arthur (W40A), Louis Cameron (M17-20A), John Sheahan (M75A)

2014 Australian Relay Championships - Victorian place getters The 2014 Australian Relays were held at Clackline, WA, on 5 October. Victorian teams to place were: 1st: W65A (Judi Herkes, Kathy Liley, Libby Meeking), M55A (Geoff Lawford, Warwick Davis, Warren Key), M/W12A (Mason Arthur, Jensen Key, Torren Arthur) 2nd: M21E* (Matt Doyle, Bruce Arthur, Bryan Keely), M45A* (Bruce Paterson, Ted van Geldermalsen, Tim Hatley) 3rd: W21E (Aislinn Prendergast, Laurina Neumann, Clare Brownridge), W17-20E (Lanita Steer, Leisha Maggs, Asha Steer), W55A (Margi Freemantle, Philippa Lohmeyer-Collins, Helen Alexander) (* - Australian resident champions) Victoria were placed 1st in the Xanthorrhoea Trophy for interstate team competition.

2014 Australian Schools Championships - Victorian place getters Victoria placed 5th in the 2014 Australian Schools Orienteering Championships, held at Peterdine, WA, on 1-2 October.

Victorians who placed in the individual top 10 were: Senior Boys: Matt Doyle (1st), Louis Cameron (8th) Senior Girls: Asha Steer (6th), Leisha Maggs (10th) Junior Boys: Aston Key (1st), Jimmy Cameron (10th) Matt Doyle and Aston Key were selected in the Australian Schools honour team.

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NATIONAL FOOT-O Results 2014 Australian Easter 3 Days - Victorian place getters The 2014 Australian 3-Days were held at Rylstone, NSW, from 18-21 April. Victorian placegetters were: 1st: Matt Doyle (M17-20E), Torren Arthur (M10A), Peter Collins (M17-20A), Jim Russell (M50A), Geoff Lawford (M55A), Alex Tarr (M70A), Barry McCrae (M55+AS), Elizabeth Hatley (W45B) 2nd: Lanita Steer (W17-20E), Mason Arthur (M12A), Timothy Jackson (M17-20A), Tim Dent (M70A), John Dempster (M80A), Jenny Bourne (W55A), Judi Herkes (W70A), Joyce Rowlands (W80A), Anne Arthur (W35-44AS), Nicola Stevens (W45-54AS) 3rd: Ted van Geldermalsen (M60A), Graeme Cadman (M80A), Carolyn Jackson (W55A), Janet Tarr (W70A) The following Victorian clubs were placed in the top ten of the Club Championship conducted in conjunction with the Australian 3-Days: 5th

Yarra Valley

8th

Melbourne Forest Racers

MTBO Results 2014 World MTBO Elite Championship, 24-31 August 2014, BIALYSTOK, POLAND 10th

M-20 Sprint-Distance

Angus Robinson (BK)

rd

M-20 Sprint-Distance

Tim Jackson (MF)

th

75

M21- Sprint-Distance

Alex Randall (YV)

17th

M-20 Long-Distance

Angus Robinson (BK)

41st

M-20 Long-Distance

Tim Jackson (MF)

th

M21- Long-Distance

Alex Randall (YV)

th

19

M-20 Middle-Distance

Angus Robinson (BK)

39th

M-20 Middle-Distance

Tim Jackson (MF)

69th

M21- Middle-Distance

Alex Randall (YV)

mp

M-20 Boys Relay Team

Angus Robinson (Vic), Tim Jackson (Vic), Karl Withers (Qld)

mp

M21- Men Relay Team

Chris Firman (Qld), Carolyn Jackson (Vic), Alex Randall (Vic)

33

36

2014 World MTBO MASTERS Championship, 24-31 August 2014, BIALYSTOK, POLAND 1st

W50- Sprint-Distance

Carolyn Jackson (MF)

1st

W50- Middle-Distance

Carolyn Jackson (MF)

1st

W50- Long-Distance

Carolyn Jackson (MF)

7th

M60- Sprint-Distance

Peter Cusworth (BK)

3rd

M60- Middle-Distance

Peter Cusworth (BK)

3rd

M60- Long-Distance

Peter Cusworth (BK)

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MTBO Results 2014 Australian Sprint MTBO Championship – 16 JUNE 2014 – ALICE SPRINGS, NT 1st 2nd

M-14 Harrison Keeble (EU), M-20 Angus Robinson (BK), W60- Carolyn Cusworth (BK), M60- Peter Cusworth (BK), M70- Keith Wade (TK), W70- Dale Ann Gordon (EU) M-20 Tim Jackson (MF), W21- Carolyn Jackson (MF), W60- Kathy Liley (YV),

3rd

W70- Jenny Sheahan (BK), M70- Blake Gordon (EU)

2014 Australian LONG MTBO Championship – 15 JUNE 2014 – ALICE SPRINGS, NT 1st 2nd

M-14 Harrison Keeble (EU), M-20 Angus Robinson (BK), M60- Peter Cusworth (BK), W60- Kathy Liley (YV) M-20 Tim Jackson (MF), W21- Carolyn Jackson (MF), M21- Alex Randall (YV) , M70- Keith Wade (TK)

3rd

M70- Blake Gordon (EU), W70- Dale Ann Gordon (EU)

2014 Australian MIDDLE MTBO Championship – 14 JUNE 2014 – ALICE SPRINGS, NT 1st 2nd 3rd

M-14 Harrison Keeble (EU), M-20 Tim Jackson (MF), M21- Alex Randall (YV), W60- Kathy Liley (YV), W70- Dale Ann Gordon (EU) M-20 Angus Robinson (BK), W21- Carolyn Jackson (MF), W60- Carolyn Cusworth (BK), M70- Blake Gordon (EU) W70- Jenny Sheahan (BK), M70- Keith Wade (TK)

2014 Victorian Middle MTBO Championship – 8 November 2014 – Eldorado, Vic 1st 2nd 3rd

M-16 Declan Dickson (EU), M-20 Tim Jackson (MF), M21- Alex Randall (YV), M40- Matt Flower (AW), M60- Rick Armstrong (AW), W40- Monica Dickson (EU), W60- Peta Whitford (YV) M-20 Angus Robinson (BK), M70- Blake Gordon (EU), W21- Carolyn Jackson (MF), W50- Prue Dobbin (BK), W50- Helen Edmonds (NE) M50 Bruce Paterson (BK), M70- Keith Wade (TK), W50- Heather Leslie (BK)

2014 Victorian Long MTBO Champs – 9 November 2014 – Stanley, Vic 1st

2nd 3rd

M-16 Declan Dickson (EU), M-20 Angus Robinson (BK), M21- Alex Randall (YV), M40- Dion Keech (MF) , M60- Leigh Privett (AW), M70- Keith Wade (TK), W40- Monica Dickson (EU), W60- Peta Whitford (YV), W80- Joyce Rowlands (NE) M-20 Tim Jackson (MF), W21- Christine Raviart (BK), M40- Matthew Flower (AW), W50- Heather Leslie (BK), W60- Kathy Liley (YV), M70- Blake Gordon (EU), M80- Graeme Cadman (YV) M21- Andrew Rowan (BK), M50- Peter Cusworth (BK), M70- John Chellew (BG), W60- Helen Edmonds (NE)

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MTBO Results 2014 Victorian Sprint MTBO Champs – 2 Nov 2014 – Bristol Hill, Maryborough, Vic 1st

M-12 Magnus Fossum (BK), M-16 Declan Dickson (EU), M-20 Angus Robinson (BK), M21- Andrew Rowan (BK), M40- Dion Keech (MF), M50- Tim Hatley (BK), M70- Keith Wade (TK), W40- Monica Dickson (EU), W60- Kathy Liley (YV), W70- Dale Ann Gordon (EU)

2nd

M-16 Even Fossum (BK), M-20 Tim Jackson (MF), M40- Shane Hill (-V), M60- Mark Valentine (EU), W21Carolyn Jackson (MF), W40- Lillia Glushchenko (BK), W60- Peta Whitford (YV)

3rd

M21- Tom Lothian (BK), M40- Tony Keeble (EU), M50- Peter Cusworth (BK), M60- Peter Hill (-V), M70- John Sheahan (BK), W21- Kate Gavens (BK), W50- Heather Leslie (BK), W60- Carolyn Cusworth (BK), W70- Jenny Sheahan (BK)

2014 National MTBO Elite and Masters Series – 3 Rounds (Qld, NT, WA) 4th

M21- Team

Alex Randall

17 pts

nd

W21- Team

Carolyn Jackson

49 pts

st

M-20 Team

Tim Jackson, Angus Robinson

70 pts

W-20 Team

No riders from Victoria

1

M/W21-, M/W-20

Victorian MTBO Elite Nuggets

136 pts

2nd

M40- Team

T. Keeble, G. Robinson

26 pts

th

M50- Team

B. Paterson, B. Vandendool, J. Gavens

37 pts

st

1

M60- Team

62 pts

1st

M70- Team

P. Cusworth, P. Hill, R. Armstrong, L. Privett, G Wallis, I. Mack K. Wade, B. Gordon, J. Sheahan

W40- Team

No competitors from Victoria

0 pts

2 1 0

st

4

none 1st

0 pts

45 pts

W50- Team

H. Leslie, P. Dobbin, L Randall

43 pts

st

W60- Team

K. Liley, C Cusworth

43 pts

st

1

W70- Team

D. Gordon, J. Sheahan

25 pts

1st

M/W Masters Team

Victorian MTBO Masters Nuggets

281 pts

1

2014 National MTBO Elite Series –Individual Top 15 Riders – 3 Rounds (Qld,NT,WA) M21-E W21-E M-20E W-20E

2nd Alex Randall (YV) 123 1st Carolyn Jackson (MF) 147 1st Tim Jackson (MF) 147, 2nd Angus Robinson (BK) 144.

None

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MTBO Results 2014 Victorian MTBO Series Winners – over 5 rounds (best 3 to count) M-12 M-14 M-16

Jack Wigney (BG) 300 Harrison Keeble (EU) 189 Declan Dickson (EU) 298

Open 1 Open 2

Alex Randall (YV) None qualified

Open 3

Stuart Vanderpol (BK) 177

M-20 M 21M40M50M60M70M80-

Tim Jackson (MF) Alex Randall (YV)

Open 4 W21-

Pierre Brokner (BK) 284 Christine Raviart (BK) 261

W40W50W60W70W80-

Monica Dickson (EU) Prue Dobbin (BK) Peta Whitford (YV) Dale Ann Gordon (EU) Joyce Rowlands (NE)

300 300

Anthony Jones (BK) 290 Peter Cusworth (BK) 297 Keith Wade (TK) 295 Blake Gordon (EU) 297 Graeme Cadman (YV) 194

300

280 278 297 271 289

2014 National MTBO Junior and Masters Series – Individual Top 15 Riders M-14

1st Harrison Keeble (EU) 90, 2nd Iyke Martin-Gordon (EU) 60

M40-

4th Tony Keeble (EU) 64, 13th Geoff Robinson (BK) 43

M50-

5th Bruce Paterson (BK) 113, 7th Bill Vandendool (MF) 92, 20th John Gavens (BK) 25

M60M70-

1st Peter Cusworth (BK) 142, 5th Peter Hill (-V) 76, 11th tie Rick Armstrong (AW) 59, 11th tie Leigh Privett (AW) 59, 17th Graham Wallis (DR) 46, 18th Ian Mack (BK) 44 2nd Blake Gordon (EU) 135, 3rd Keith Wade (TK) 81, 5th John Sheahan (BK) 63.

W50-

1st Heather Leslie (BK) 116, 10th Prue Dobbin (BK) 50, 16th Liz Randall (YV) 19

W60-

1st Kathy Liley (YV) 147, 3rd Carolyn Cusworth (BK) 57

W70-

1st Dale Ann Gordon (EU) 84, 4th Jenny Sheahan (BK) 48.

2014 OA State Plaque – Top State Teams – at Australian MTBO Championships NT 1st

Victorian MTBO Nuggets – 139 points

2nd

NSW MTBO Stingers – 86 points

3rd

QLD MTBO Storm – 47 points

2014 Oceania AUS/NZL MTBO Challenge at Australian MTBO Championships NT Australia defeated New Zealand (the 2nd AUS/NZL competition in 2014)

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Notes on finances WOR D S RU TH G OD DA RD, V OA TRE A S URE R

The general income (as opposed to grants for special projects or entry income) for Orienteering Victoria is from three sources – memberships, club affiliation and event levies. In 2014 memberships (including the compulsory magazine) were about $6,600 less than in 2013. Club affiliation was $6,618 and event levies $52,400 (half of which is paid to Orienteering Australia as levies and affiliation fee). 2014 was the year a major decision was made regarding memberships, club affiliations and levies to begin in 2015. This mix will change in 2015 with hopefully the same total income of $85,000.

It was a year without a major carnival and the extra income which comes from levies on the events.

2014 was a year in which there was a loss. Although the reports show a surplus of $5,000 there is about $30,000 in unspent grant money.

Orienteering Australia are also changing their charges for affiliation and public liability to reflect participation. This will be introduced gradually but will affect Victoria where there are high participation rates.

Reserves provide a good cushion for loss. The reserves are rather high for a non-profit association and should be reduced.

It is a little dangerous to continually have a loss in yearly running costs and use the reserves to meet the difference.

Bookkeeping processes continue to evolve and be honed to be more efficient and follow good accounting principles. As ever Ian Dodd assists, now largely from his home as our accounting package is online and he can log in there. Many thanks to him.

Club treasurers do not have to handle the event income on the whole. Pre-entries for major events are made via Eventor into the Orienteering Victoria account, or for park/street income is handled by their treasurer Vic Sedunary. I would like to thank all those who work with money and I appreciate their cooperation and the questions they ask.

The audit this year was thorough with a new accountant but not more costly.

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION Registered Association A0001254U ABN 85 554 483 914

SPECIAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION FINANCIAL REPORT CONTENTS

Committee of Management’s Declaration Committee of Management’s Report Statement Of Comprehensive Income Statement Of Changes in Equity Statement Of Financial Position Statement Of Cash Flows Note to the Financial Statements Detailed Statement of Income and Expenditure Independent Audit Report

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENTS’ DECLARATION The Committee of Management (the Board of the Association) has determined that the Association is not a reporting entity. The Committee of Management have determined that this special purpose financial report should be prepared in accordance with the accounting policies outlined in Note 1 to the financial statements.

The Committee of Management of the Association declare that: 1.

The financial statements and notes, as set out herein, present fairly the financial position of the Victorian Orienteering Association as at 31 December 2014, and of its performance for the year ended on that date, in accordance with the accounting policies described in Note 1 to the financial statements.

2.

In the Committee of Management’s opinion there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Victorian Orienteering Association will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board of the Victorian Orienteering Association and is signed of behalf of the Board by:

………………………………

President

………………………………

Treasurer Dated: April 2015

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENTS’ REPORT The Board members submit the financial report of Victorian Orienteering Association for the financial year ended 31 December 2014.

Committee Members The names of committee members throughout the year and at the date of this report are: Bruce Arthur Ruth Goddard Don Fell Carl Dalheim Craig Feuerherdt Mark Hennessy Principal Activities The principal activities of the association during the financial year were to provide sporting and social facilities to members of the association.

Significant Changes No significant change in the nature of these activities occurred during the year.

Operating Result The surplus after providing for income tax amounted to $4,910 (last year deficit $13,788).

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the members of the committee.

………………………………

President

………………………………

Treasurer Dated: April 2015

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION

Statement of Comprehensive Income For the year ended 31 December 2014 This Year 2014

Note $ Revenue from ordinary activities Interest received

Expenses from ordinary activities Operating Surplus (Deficit) for the year before Income Tax Income Tax expense Net Operating Surplus (Deficit) from ordinary activities after tax

1

Last Year 2013 $

$

$

200,230

274,615

7,339

9,496

207,569

284,110

202,659

297,899

4,910

(13,788)

0

0

4,910

(13,788)

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Statement of Changes in Equity [Members' Funds] As at 31 December 2014

Note

Retained Surpluses as at 1 January

This Year 2014 $ $

Last Year 2013 $ $

270,279

282,307

4,910

(13,788)

7,655

1,760

282,843

270,279

Net Operating Surplus (Deficit) from ordinary activities after tax Transfers (to) from Reserves

Retained Surpluses as at 31 December

8

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Statement of Financial Position As at 31 December 2014 This Year 2014

Note $ ASSETS Current Assets Cash Inventories Term Deposits Other Current Assets Total Current Assets Fixed Assets Office Equipment SI Equipment Training Equipment Photographic Equipment Total Fixed Assets

2 3 4 5

108,229 2,099 203,769 1,250

6 6 6 6

7

TOTAL LIABILITIES NET ASSETS Represented by: MEMBERS' FUNDS Development Fund reserve Retained Surpluses TOTAL MEMBERS' FUNDS

301,324 1,863 0 825 315,347

1,131 7,039 0 461

TOTAL ASSETS LIABILITIES Current Liabilities Payables Total Current Liabilities

$

Last Year 2013 $ $

8

304,012

146 6,082 0 604 8,631

6,832

323,978

310,844

25,520

17,295 25,520

17,295

25,520

17,295

298,458

293,549

15,615 282,843

23,270 270,279

298,458

293,549

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Statement of Cash Flows For the year ended 31 December 2014 Note Cash flows from operating activities Receipts Events Members Affiliated Clubs Government Grants Interest Club Memberships Schools Teams trust account net receipts GST refunded by the Australian Taxation Office Payments Suppliers [including GST] & Employees Event Outgoings GST paid to the Australian Taxation Office Returns to clubs Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

Proceeds from sale of equipment [excluding GST] Payments Purchase of investments Purchase of plant and equipment [excluding GST] Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities Cash flows from financing activities Net increase (decrease) in cash held Cash at the beginning of the financial year 9(a)

Last Year 2013 $ $

168,927 26,548 7,280 63,250 7,339 301

224,335 32,267 7,535 78,870 9,496 1,340

970

(1,475)

9,654

15,042

(187,892) (25,812)

(232,622) (83,437)

(19,165) (36,393)

(34,048) (62,884)

9(b)

Cash flows from investing activities Receipts Proceeds from sale of investments

Cash at the end of the financial year

This Year 2014 $ $

15,006

(45,581)

0

0

0

0

(203,769)

0

(4,332)

(7,020) (208,101)

(7,020)

0

0

(193,095)

(52,601)

301,324

353,925

108,229

301,324

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies The following explains the significant accounting policies that have been adopted in the preparation of the financial statements. (a) Compliance with Australian Accounting Standards, the Association’s constitution and legislative requirements This financial report is a special purpose financial report prepared in order to satisfy the financial reporting requirements of the Associations Incorporation Act of Victoria. The committee has determined that the association is not a reporting entity.

The financial report has been prepared on a cash basis and is based on historic costs and does not take into account changing money values or, except where specifically stated, current valuations of noncurrent assets. Unless otherwise stated, such accounting policies were adopted in the preceding accounting period. (b) Cash Basis The financial statements of the Association have been prepared on a cash basis, except for GST and payroll expenses which have been accrued where they reflect a liability incurred or credit receivable as a direct result of a payment already made or income already received. (c) Taxation Income Tax The Association’s income is exempt for income tax purposes either due to the principal of mutuality or as a cultural, sporting or charity under the Income Tax Legislation.

Goods and Services Tax (GST) Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable from the Tax Office. In these circumstances, the GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of an item of the expense. Receivables and payables in the assets and liabilities statement are shown inclusive of GST. (d) Revenue Revenue from the rendering of services and the sale of goods to members is recognised on a cash receipts basis. Receipts for services not performed at balance date are recognised as unearned income. Interest revenue is recognised on a cash receipts basis. (e) Inventories Stocks of goods held for resale are recorded at average cost. (f) Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE) Leasehold improvements and office equipment are carried at cost less, where applicable, any accumulated depreciation.

The depreciable amount of all PPE is depreciated over the useful lives of the assets to the association commencing from the time the asset is held ready for use.

Leasehold improvements are amortised over the shorter of either the unexpired period of the lease or the estimated useful lives of the improvements.

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 (g) Impairment of Assets At the end of each reporting period, the entity reviews the carrying values of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have been impaired. If such an indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset, being the higher of the asset’s fair value less costs to sell and value in use, is compared to the asset’s carrying value. Any excess of the asset’s carrying value over its recoverable amount is expensed to the income statement. (h) Employee Benefits Provision is made for the association’s liability for employee benefits arising from services rendered by employees to the end of the reporting period. Employee benefits have been measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liability is settled. (i) Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand, deposits held at call with banks, and other shortterm highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

2014 $

2013 $

8,511 99,718 0 108,229

5,061 296,148 115 301,324

2,099

1,863

203,769

0

0 1,250 0 1,250

0 0 825 825

2. Cash Westpac Main Account ING Investment Account Cash on hand

3. Inventories SI Cards 4. Term Deposits Term Deposits (maturing in less than 12 months) 5. Other Current Assets Bonds and Deposits Paid Overpayments Funds in transit

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 2014 $

2013 $

2,824 1,693 1,131

3,114 2,968 146

SI Trailer SI Trailer Lid - at Cost Less: Accumulated Depreciation SI Trailer at WDV

818 818 0

818 818 0

SI Equipment SI Equipment - at Cost Less: Accumulated Depreciation SI Equipment at WDV

25,533 18,494 7,039

22,646 16,564 6,082

Training Equipment Training Equipment - at Cost Less: Accumulated Depreciation Training Equipment at WDV

2,424 2,424 0

2,424 2,424 0

Photographic Equipment Photographic Equipment - at Cost Less: Accumulated Depreciation Photographic Equipment at WDV

1,435 974 461

1,435 831 604

3,489 20 3,666 1,524 10,590 6,231 25,520

2,595 238 5,189 0 9,621 (348) 17,295

23,270 (7,655) 15,615

25,030 (1,760) 23,270

6. Plant and Equipment (i) Office Equipment Office Equipment - at Cost Less: Accumulated Depreciation Office Equipment at WDV (ii)

(iii)

(iv)

7. Payables Net GST payable (refundable) Unpaid Wages PAYG Withheld Superannuation Payable Schools Teams funds held on trust Owing to Clubs

8. Reserves Rockhopper & World Masters Legacy Fund Opening balance Transfers to (from) Reserve Closing balance

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 2014 $

2013 $

6. Cash Flow Information (a) Reconciliation of Cash For the purpose of the Statement of Cash Flows, cash includes cash on hand and in banks. Cash at the end of the reporting period as shown in the Statement of Cash Flows is reconciled to the related item in the Statement of Financial Position as follows: Cash (Note 2)

108,229

301,324

(b) Reconciliation of Net cash provided by operating activities to Operating Surplus (Deficit) from ordinary activities after tax Operating Surplus (Deficit) from ordinary activities after tax

4,910

(13,788)

Add/(Less) Non cash amounts included in Operating Surplus: Depreciation

2,533

2,495

(236) (425) 8,224

635 (825) (34,098)

Changes in Assets & Liabilities: Decrease (Increase) in Inventories Decrease (Increase) in Other Current Assets Increase (Decrease) in Payables Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

15,006

(45,581)

7. Contingent Liabilities At the date of these statements, there are no known contingent liabilities of the association.

8. Grant Acquittals The Association has agreements with grant providers to expend or acquit grant funds on approved projects or return unspent grant monies. As at the end of the year the following amounts remained to be acquitted: Grant

Amount Received

Amounts Acquitted

Unacquitted

Sport & Recreation Victoria 2014/15 40,000

13,000

27,000

Australian Sports Commission (Sprints) 17,500

12,500

5,000 32,000

[Last year: 21,029]

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Detailed Statement of Income and Expenditure For the year ended 31 December 2014 This Year 2014 $ $ Income Event Entry Fees Member Subscriptions Magazine Subscriptions Club Affiliation Fees Government Grants Event Levies Merchandise Sales Promotion & Development Sundry Receipts Interest received Total Income Less: Cost Of Sales SI Card Stock depletion Event Costs Promotion & Development Training Courses Total Cost Of Sales

13,302 21,070 1,282 6,618 57,500 52,400 1,783 45,877 399 7,339 207,569

1,493 23,466 9,886 0

Gross Surplus (Deficit) Expenditure Audit Fees Bank/Merchant Fees & Charges Control Card Printing Depreciation of Equipment Employee Travel Claims Equipment Maintenance - Non SI Equipment Maintenance - SI Fixtures Printing General Equipment Grant Disbursement Insurance Levies & Affiliation Fees - OA Meeting & Board Reimbursements Membership Fees - Non OA Office Periodical - "Australian Orienteer" Periodical - "Orienteer Victoria" Periodical Postage Promotion & Development Software Licences & Maintenance

Last Year 2013 $ $

1,900 3,129 3,442 2,533 7,124 352 479 3,419 334 3,150 3,745 28,700 712 605 6,920 7,449 3,687 1,511 19,329 1,790

49,641 27,670 0 6,850 68,700 67,745 1,664 46,685 5,661 9,496 284,110

1,455 69,150 7,640 0 34,844

78,245

172,725

205,866

1,900 1,530 4,647 2,495 8,125 884 48 3,317 5,104 26,445 4,332 34,797 1,704 473 9,789 7,874 1,921 1,453 22,421 5,455 Y E A R B O O K O R I E N T E E R I N G VI C T O RIA 2014 / 62

Detailed Statement of Income and Expenditure For the year ended 31 December 2014 Note

Superannuation Wages - Casual Staff Wages - Permanent Staff Websites WorkCover Premiums Total Expenditure

This Year 2014 $ $

Last Year 2013 $ $

7,492 8,275 50,437 511 788

7,983 13,765 52,203 612 377 167,815

219,654

4,910

(13,788)

0

0

4,910

(13,788)

Operating Surplus (Deficit) for the year before Income Less: Income Tax Expense Net Operating Surplus

1

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OFFICERS FOR 2014 The Board President

Bruce Arthur

Vice-President

Craig Feuerherdt/ David Jaffe

Vice-President

Mark Hennessy (part year)

Secretary

Carl Dalheim

Treasurer

Ruth Goddard

Staff Promotion and Development Officer/ Office & Administration

Peta Whitford

Assistants

Carl Stemp, Malcolm Owen, Judi Herkes, Paul Elam, Rob Edmonds

Media and Publicity

Dennis Mews

Other Officers Chair – Bush sub-committee

Mark Hennessy

Chair – Urban sub-committee

Margi Freemantle, Debbie Dodd

Chair – MTBO sub-committee

Peter Cusworth

Chair – SportIdent sub-committee

Ian Dodd

Coaching Co-ordinator

Jim Russell

Junior Squad Co-ordinator

Nicola and Carl Dalheim

Fixtures

Laurie Niven and Mark Hennessy

Membership Secretary

Rob Edmonds

Statistician

Kath Liley

Rockhopper, State Series Statistics

Jim Russell, Ian Dodd

National League Manager

Bruce Arthur & Kathryn Ewels

Selector

Ted van Geldermalsen and Margi Freemantle

Yearbook Editor

Dion Keech

E-bulletin Editor

Rebecca Jaffe

Equipment

John Sheahan

SI Manager

Ian Dodd

Park & Street Results

Finlay Stuart

Web Site Editors

Debbie Dodd, Ian Dodd, Bruce Arthur, Don Fell, Peter Cusworth

Schools Team Manager

Philippa Lohmeyer-Collins

Schools Team Coach

Steve Bird

Schools Team Selection Panel

Nicky Stevens, Steve Bird, Peta Whitford

Auditor

George Zarpalas

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Orienteering Victoria would like to thank the following sponsors for their support

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