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May 28th, 2010
| Born |
1992 |
| Hometown |
Moncton, NB |
| Currently living |
Squamish, BC |
| Club |
ONB Falcons and GVOC |
| Occupation |
Student |
| Training log |
Attackpoint |
Career Highlights
- Getting to race at the Junior Worlds has been pretty inspiring.
2011 Highlights
- I was generally pleased with how I did at the Canadian Championships in the Yukon, especially in the middle.
When and how did you get involved with orienteering?
When I was 8, my family decided they wanted orienteering to be one of their main sports. We would go on lots of road trips to Ontario and the north east US to compete in events. It was some of those events that got me hooked.
What do you love most about orienteering?
Orienteering is always a challenge. I also love the feeling of knowing that a control is going to be just over that hill, or on the other side of that boulder, and then actually seeing it!
What is your favourite orienteering discipline, and why?
The middle is my favourite discipline because its still fast paced, but technical. You have to strike a careful balance.
Which orienteering event is always on your calendar?
The Sass Peepre training camp and the COCs. It’s so much fun every year!
Do you have an orienteering idol? If so, who and why?
Ida Bobach. It’s incredible how she is so good at all distances and how driven she is to succeed.
What was the highlight of your 2011 season?
The highlight was getting to spend 8 weeks in the summer orienteering!
What are your 2012 orienteering goals?
To improve upon my results from last year’s JWOC.
What races are on your 2012 calendar?
JWOC in Slovakia and the Canadian Orienteering Championships.
What is your favourite international orienteering location?
Orienteering in Switzerland has been beautiful! It’s also been fun to get to go to Portugal in the middle of winter and orienteer.
When you’re not orienteering, where can we find you?
Studying in Squamish!
May 19th, 2010
Sports Day in Canada is a new national event that celebrates sport at all levels across Canada. Using the model that CBC created for Hockey Day in Canada and building off the momentum of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Sports Day in Canada is an opportunity to showcase all manner of sports, while mobilizing the nation in the power of being active. Sports Day in Canada will be the culmination of a week (September 11-18, 2010) of sporting events and festivals, celebrating grassroots sport stories, engaging citizens in physical activity and rallying local organizations to provide participatory opportunities in communities across Canada.
The Sports Day in Canada Steering Committee is asking all sport organizations, national and provincial sport affiliates, clubs and community organizations to provide information about your existing (or newly proposed) event/activity/programming between July 1 – September 18, 2010 so that it can be included in the Sports Day in Canada inventory and its online directory. The online form must be completed no later than Friday May 28th, 2010.
More information is here.
| Born |
1993 |
| Hometown |
Whitehorse |
| Currently living |
Whitehorse and Ottawa |
| Club |
Yukon Orienteering Association |
| Occupation |
Student |
Career Highlights
- Junior World Championships Middle Qualifier – 27th
2011 Highlights
- Western Canadian Orienteering Championships Middle- 1st
- Western Canadian Orienteering Championships Long – 1st
- Canadian Orienteering Championships Sprint – 1st
- Canadian Orienteering Championships Long – 1st
- Junior World Championships Middle Qualifier – 27th
When and how did you get involved with orienteering?
I have been involved with orienteering for as long as I can remember, going out with my mom before I could read a map by myself. I would say I started orienteering around the age of 5.
What do you love most about orienteering?
I love how different it is from anything else. Instead of having a specific course that must be run, the courses and terrain are all so variable it is always interesting.
What is your favourite orienteering discipline, and why?
I would probably say the middle although each as its pros and cons. I like the middle because its always so technically challenging and usually the person who runs pretty clean does well. It is always a challenge to find a good middle road between pushing yourself physically and not making mistakes.
Which orienteering event is always on your calendar?
Canadian Orienteering Championships. This is a great event, which is always competitive and fun.
Do you have an orienteering idol? If so, who and why?
I do not have a specific idol, however I admired pretty much everyone at JWOC as it gave me a taste of what could be done with orienteering
What was the highlight of your 2011 season?
JWOC Poland 2011. This was an amazing event and truly opened my eyes.
What are your 2012 orienteering goals?
I would really like to go to JWOC 2012 and have great races and improve on last years results.
What races are on your 2012 calendar?
Yukon local races, Yukon Champs, JWOC 2012, COCs
What is your favourite international orienteering location?
I have only orienteered outside of Canada once, and this was in Poland. So although it is my only choice, I really did love the Poland terrain – hilly but really really open with fast running.
When you’re not orienteering, where can we find you?
Skiing. My other life is cross-country skiing, which I have been doing longer than orienteering which is hard to believe! Currently I ski for the Yukon Ski Team, the Carleton University Nordic Ski Team, and am a member of the National Development Team.
May 12th, 2010
Are you planning to attend the orienteering events in Washington, BC and Colorado this June and July? Order your North American Orienteering Festival Travel guide. This is a fundraiser for the junior teams in the US and Canada.
Tired of spending hours poring over books (you’ll need Washington and Colorado in the US and British Columbia in Canada!!) and websites when you travel? Not sure where the supermarkets are? What about the mega-store to buy the socks you left on the bed at home when you packed? Sure, your GPS can give you all the driving routes, but does it include the not-to-be-missed sites along the way? Oh, and there is so much more . . .
Here, the planning is already done for you. And, when you order the NAOF Travel Brochure, you will be supporting the Junior teams of two countries! Cost is only $5. Visit the USOF site for you’ll see the link that will take you to the ordering info.
May 12th, 2010
We hope you like the look and feel of the new COF website as much as we do! We are still working on getting all the content sorted out and up to date, but please do take a look around. A huge thanks to Atom Graphics and Marketing Communication Consultant Brooke Campbell for their great work on the site.
Talent + Dedication + Support = Performance and Growth
This post provides the Canadian Orienteering Community with information about the COF’s new HPP. Please spend a few minutes to read it through – your understanding of the program will help orienteering at all levels right across Canada. Having a strong, well organized, and well supported HPP will reverberate through all levels of orienteering in Canada.
To reach their full potential, Canada’s top young orienteers must be dedicated, talented, and work extremely hard. They also need support and encouragement from their coaches, their friends, families, and the Canadian orienteering community. To build this environment of support the COF has recently created a High Performance Committee (HPC). This committee is responsible for designing and implementing policies and programs that will provide incremental improvements to the environment and performance of top-level orienteering in Canada. These improvements are targeted at the HPP but will directly impact all Canadian orienteers through more exciting racing, more training camps, more high quality events, higher standards of orienteering and event organization, more opportunities and strong, positive role models for young orienteers, more public profile for orienteering, and increased fun for everyone.
Continue reading All about the High Performance Program >
May 6th, 2010
These athletes have been selected to the 2010 national junior team which will compete at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Denmark in July 2010.
Kendra Murray (Whitehorse, YT), Dahria Beatty (Whitehorse, YT) and Molly Kemp (Ottawa, ON) were also selected, but will not be attending JWOC.
The team was selected by National Team Coach Magnus Johansson, former Swedish team member Katarina Smith and former Canadian team member Brian May.
May 4th, 2010
Friday August 20
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Carleton University
Room: Commons 214. In the Residence Commons Building
(the building is coded CO on this map)
Ottawa, Ontario
The AGM is the one time of year when all the members of the COF (the provincial/territorial associations) gather to discuss and decide on the business tasks of the association (such as electing board members, making changes to the constitution, reviewing the financial statements, etc). All are welcome.
2010 AGM documents:
In 2010 we had a review of the financial statements from the previous 3 years. Here are those reports:
The 2009 AGM information is here.
Voting delegates confirmed to date:
| BC |
John Rance |
| Yukon |
Brent Langbakk |
| Alberta |
Don Riddle |
| Saskatchewan |
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| Manitoba |
Jennifer Hamilton |
| Ontario |
Ilona Dobos |
| Quebec |
Michael MacConaill |
| New Brunswick |
Harold McQuade |
| Nova Scotia |
Tony Wheeler |
NOMINATIONS
The position of President and 3 members at large of the Board will be up for election. Charlotte MacNaughton has reached the term limit for President.
No nominations have been received to date.
EVENT BIDS
At the 2010 AGM, we will be accepting bids for the 2012 Canadian ski-orienteering championships and the 2013 Canadian Orienteering Championships. Alberta has submitted a bid for the 2013 COCs as they were awarded the 2012 COCs, but agreed to defer their bid after the Ontario association indicated that they wanted to host in 2012.
MOTIONS
Motion 1
Moved by the COF Board of Directors
That the COF Constitution and by-laws be amended as presented.
Motion 2
Moved by Stig Skarborn and seconded by Heath Johnson
That the COF create a $5,000 “Team Leaders subsidy Assistance” package to offset Team Leader travel expenses for assisting the Canadian junior team at international events. The travel expenses that would be considered eligible for the program are: air fare and accommodations. The amount of individual funding support will be based on the actual and eligible amount of the travel expenses. The total amount of the financial assistance may not exceed $5,000.
The Team Leaders must be approved by the COF and only the qualified “Team Leaders” would be eligible for the assistance. The funding for the program would be supported from the collection of dues from the provincial and territorial clubs.
| Born |
1991 |
| Hometown |
Kishinёv, Moldova |
| Currently living |
Oakville, ON |
| Club |
Golden Horseshoe Orienteering |
| Occupation |
training+ random part-time jobs |
Career Highlights
2011 Highlights
- 4th at US SML Champs Long distance
- 4th at Ontario O Champs Middle distance
- 2nd at Canal Cities Challenge Sprint distance
- 1st at TOC Championships Long distance
When and how did you get involved with orienteering?
3-5 years ago
What do you love most about orienteering?
When everything falls into place in harmony
What is your favourite orienteering discipline, and why?
I like them all equally.
Which orienteering event is always on your calendar?
It’s never definite for me year-to-year
Do you have an orienteering idol? If so, who and why?
I’m my own idol, but I like Guergiou’s approach to technique.
What was the highlight of your 2011 season?
To not get into too much detail – sorting things out and getting back on track
What are your 2012 orienteering goals?
Go to Europe to train/compete.
What races are on your 2012 calendar?
Depends if I got to Europe
What is your favourite international orienteering location?
I hope to find one soon.
When you’re not orienteering, where can we find you?
Training-wise, probably the trails.
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