2006 Superseries Competitors

This list starts with those in the top part of the 2005 Superseries or NZ Ranking List (as at 3 Jul 05); other competitors will be added as their participation becomes known. Photos by Rob Crawford (Actionshotz), Mick Finn, Nic Gorman, Andrew McCarthy, Michael Wood. Information was last updated on 7 Feb 06.

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Competitors Women	SS 2005 Pl /NZ Rank Age/Club	Other Information
	Tania Robinson SS1=/NZ1 34yrs/CMOC	Legend of NZ orienteering with 16 NZ elite titles to her credit and reliably in the 20's whenever she competes internationally; which is a little less often since becoming a mum. Missed three rounds of the 2004 series and still finished fourth! Top equal in 2005, and grabbed second-best-ever NZ WOC placing of 16th in Japan 2005. Was also a member of both of NZ's 9th-placing relay teams, in 1997 and 2005. Robinson is a graphic designer and lives in Henderson, Auckland.
	Rachel Smith SS1=/NZ2 29yrs/PAPO	Consistently good from junior days in Dunedin from where she won 4 NZ titles in W20. Has represented NZ at elite level from 1997 as a 20-year-old. NZ MTB-Orienteering Champion in 2000 and 01. Since finishing an environmental degree at Lincoln, Smith has flitted between Christchurch, Wellington and since Easter 2004 Sweden, but has fetched up in Auckland. Third-best-ever NZ WOC placing of 21st in Japan 2005 and anchored NZ's equal-best WOC relay placing of 9th.
	Rebecca Smith SS3/NZ7 29yrs/TOC	Consistently good from junior days in Dunedin and represented NZ at JWOC in 1997. Third placed in the tough 2003 long-distance NZ championship. Smith has spent time training with a Swedish club and completed a design degree in Auckland before spending 2005 working at OPC near Turangi. In 2006 is back in Auckland doing postgrad design study helped by a PM's Athlete scholarship. Finalist in the WOC long distance Japan 2005.
	Sara Wallen SS4/NZ6 30yrs/PAPO	Swedish orienteer who has made her home in Christchurch. Good 2005 result from only some rounds; also an accomplished adventure racer. Fifth place in the 2005 Southern Traverse, and received an award for outstanding navigation.
	Penny Kane SS5=/NZ4 25yrs/PAPO	The 2002 and 2003 NZ Champion in the long distance is in line for more NZ titles. She has overseas experience including JWOC in 2001. Kane is studying to be a doctor through Otago University, but since 2004 is studying and living in Christchurch. WOC team in Japan 2005, helped NZ to its equal-best 9th relay placing. Recipient of PM's Athlete Scholarship 2003-2006.
	Claire Paterson SS5=/NZ5 22yrs/RKOC	Even while a junior, selected for the NZ team at the 2003 and 2004 World Champs where she performed creditably; also for Japan 2005. Studying at Albany, where she received a PM's Athlete Scholarship 2005-2006.
	Lara Prince SS7/NZ9 24yrs/PAPO	With two endurance athlete parents Prince is tough and strong in spite of a small frame which sees her asked for ID in the pub sometimes! Took up orienteering in late teens but is as fast to learn as she is on her feet. JWOC experience and now several years in senior ranks. Prince studied part of her degree in Uppsala and completed it at Canterbury. Recipient of PM's Athlete Scholarship 2003 and 2004. Working as a lawyer in Oamaru.
	Marquita Gelderman SS8/NZ3 39yrs/NWOC	Supremely capable navigator whose elite career was cut short by cruciate ligament rupture in 1997. Against the odds has returned to competition, and in 2002 won the NZ middle and sprint championships, and W35 at the World Masters Champs. She can still be assured of placing any time she chooses to run W21E in NZ. What's more she can ride a bike - 4th place in World Middle-distance MTBO Champs 2005! Trained as a vet, Gelderman has a macadamia nut business near Helensville.
	Piret Klade SS9/NZ12 23yrs/RK	Former Estonian JWOC team member, worked in New Zealand during 2005. Since returned home to resume studies.
	Lizzie Ingham SS10/NZ- 18yrs/WOC	Top NZ junior woman at the 2005 JWOC. And still some years to go as a junior. Ranked #2 in W18, and named by SPARC as "Future Orienteering Champion" in 2005. Student at Samuel Marsden College, Wellington.
	Lise Moen SS13/NZ14 ??yrs/NWOC	Former member Development Squad.
	Kate Bodger SS15=/NZ- 24yrs/PAPO	Another product of the Canterbury endurance athlete circle (maybe its the smog!!) The "find" of 2002, but has been concentrating on studies lately. Bodger is doing a PhD at Canterbury University. Recipient of PM's Athlete Scholarship 2003.
	Emily Wall SS15=/NZ16 22yrs/PAPO	Yet another product of the Canterbury endurance athlete circle (that smog again!!) Extremely strong, with navigational experience will go far.
	Yvette Baker SS17/NZ-	Top British orienteer who married a kiwi and moved to Wellington in early 2005. Gold medallist in the world short distance in 1999, now an "occasional orienteer".
	Jenni Adams SS19=/NZ10 36yrs/PAPO	A former Rhodes Scholar, Adams chose Sweden for her post-doctoral work and lived in Uppsala for several years, so very experienced in a variety of terrains. Tireless coach in Christchurch and even set the opening event of the 2003 series. On leave from her position as senior lecturer at the University of Canterbury and living in Denmark and Sweden with partner Carsten Jorgensen, but returned for for Oceania and to show off baby Kaia.
	Amber Morrison SS-/NZ8 19yrs/HBOC	Outstanding junior who has been selected for NZ test teams against Australia. Struggled with a stress fracture in 2005 which put paid to gaining Swedish experience while au pairing for Jenni Adams and Carsten Jorgensen. Still has injury problems but has shown her potential with some extremely competitive runs

Competitors Men	SS 2005 Pl /NZ Rank Age/Club	Other Information
	Chris Forne SS1/NZ1 30yrs/PAPO	We used to say, "if he just got serious!" Well he has. The electrical engineering student ran so well in 2003 that he was selected for that year's World Champs without even being in the national squad! There he finished an amazing 30th in the sprint; was the only kiwi male to qualify for the long final; and finished a sound 44th. In Japan 2005 he went even better: 27th (sprint) and 28th (long). Based in Christchurch, where he is into the endurance thing including rogaines. Recipient of the PM's athlete scholarship for 2004-2006.
	Karl Dravitzki SS2/NZ6 28yrs/EgOC	From a well-known Taranaki running family and part of a strong group of juniors in the late 90's. Ran one of NZ's best JWOC races in the 1998 relay in France, and won the 2002 Superseries; but sat out the 2003 series after surgery. Results started coming back - middle-distance NZ champion in 2004, sprint champion 2005, and selection for WOC in Japan where an excellent 31st in the middle resulted. Holds the NZ k-rate record (4.33 in the Auckland MAPsport Park Race in 2001). Is a dairy farmer in Taranaki.
	Neil Kerrison SS3/NZ7 29yrs/EgOC	From tiny Mahoenui in the King Country, better known for the Piopio orienteering maps nearby. For many years a "bridesmaid", he won the Wellington Classic Champs in 2001 and showed his fitness with a win in the 2002 Hawkes Bay 12hr Rogaine. Then returned from OOE in 2003 to all but win the Auckland Championship - only Jorgensen was faster! WOC selection 2005. One of the instigators of the first Superseries, Kerrison is a business management graduate living in Auckland, and coaches the Development Squad.
	Darren Ashmore SS4/NZ3 34yrs/TOC	School teacher who worked in Auckland intermediate schools as an orienteering consultant, now an instructor at the Outdoor Pursuits Centre, Turangi. Spent time living and training with a Swedish club. 4 NZ long-distance and two middle titles to his credit, including the double in 2000. Sat out the 2005 nationals to ensure recovery from injury, selected for WOC where he scored 35th sprint, 34th middle.
	Brent Edwards SS5/NZ9 28yrs/CMOC	Grew up in Tauranga, part of that strong group who went through junior ranks in the late 90s. Solid performer but hadn't really sparked as a senior. Until 2005, when he took time out of his career as a policeman, raised his game, and was selected for WOC in Japan.
	Mark Lawson SS6/NZ4 42yrs/NWOC	Took up orienteering in his 30's and is pushing the younger NZ men hard; look at his Superseries results and NZ ranking. Big OOE in 2003 has filled out his experience. Fourth in the Long NZ Champs that year, second in Hawkes Bay 2005. A marine engineer by training but lives on a macadamia orchard near Helensville.
	Jamie Stewart SS7/NZ8 26yrs/PAPO	Attended JWOC in 2001 but then took time off top competition; briefly served as Coaching Director. Back into the fray in 2005 culminating in selection for WOC in Japan. Joined Aaron Prince's team at the last minute for the 2005 Southern Traverse, and came third!! Doing postgraduate legal study in Christchurch, with the help of a PM's Athlete scholarship.
	Rob Jessop SS8/NZ5 38yrs/AOC,PAPO	"Elder statesman" of the national squad who has had a long international career; coming back "from the wilderness" in 2003 to win both the long and middle-distance NZ championships, and the Superseries. Still extremely competitive, 1 second off second place in the Long NZ Championship 2005. NZ's best course planner at the concept level, ahead of its time ran the 1995 Auckland Short-O Champs on campus and park terrain. Works for an environmental consultancy in Christchurch.
	Aaron Prince SS9/NZ10 27yrs/PAPO	Brother to Lara so has those same athletic genes. Like Lara took up orienteering relatively late and progressed rapidly. In 2003 was a postie in Stockholm but returned to NZ in time for the Southern 6-day Outstanding adventure racer, second in the 2004 Southern Traverse, 3rd in 2005 which was the World Championship!
	Bill Edwards SS10/NZ11 39yrs/OHV	Represented Ireland three times at WOC before marrying a kiwi and coming to NZ in 2001. Still competitive at elite level, 5th in M35 at the 2002 World Masters Championship. Selected again for Ireland in 2003 after winning the Irish Champs in M21E, and the British Champs and Scottish 6-day in M35!, Top Irish male in world ranking table. Is a software engineer who tele-commutes for a UK firm while living in Lower Hutt.
	James Bradshaw SS11/NZ12 24yrs/WOC	Has come up through the school-club-D Squad system. JWOC in 2001 and 02, sport science course in 2002. Wellington background but studying in Auckland, where he received a PM's Athlete Scholarship in 2005.
	Greg Flynn SS12/NZ14 24yrs/HOC	A strong junior winning three national titles in M16 (and the West Australian one as well!) Ran in JWOC in 2001 and 2002, in the latter in Spain finishing 21st in the middle distance. Has had a number of jobs to support orienteering travel, now studying at Albany, where he received a PM's Athlete Scholarship in 2005. Coming back after a period of injury, masterminded the Waitangi 2006 Superseries round.
	Michael Smithson SS13/NZ15 24yrs/PAPO	New senior who is making his way quietly and effectively into elite ranks. Watch this orienteer! Mechanical engineering graduate in Christchurch, has taken himself off to Europe and Japan to further his experience.
	Bryn Davies SS14/NZ17 23yrs/RKOC	Davies represented NZ at JWOC in Spain in 2002 and Estonia 2003. Now making the difficult step to the senior ranks. Started orienteering in Palmerston North, currently working as a builder in Wellington.
	Carsten Jorgensen SS20/NZ2 36yrs/PAPO	Top world-ranked orienteer who lives part of the year in NZ but is still in the Danish national team. Fourth in the 2003 world champs in the classic distance. Also a top cross-country and track runner, and his 1996 record for the Holdsworth-Jumbo Trail Race in the Tararuas has not been beaten. Usually lives in Christchurch with partner Jenni Adams but currently in Denmark and Sweden for a couple of years.
	Ross Morrison SS21/NZ- 21yrs/HBOC	Astonishing technical ability from an early age combined with running speed have given amazing results from this young Havelock North orienteer. Attended JWOC in 2002 but a mystery illness has prevented him from training properly since then. Nevertheless he ran well in the 2005 JWOC: 10th in sprint, 51st in the long. Began an engineering degree at Canterbury University in 2003, currently earning money in Wellington.
	Alistair Cory-Wright SS22=/NZ13 40yrs/PAPO	Another "Elder statesman" of the Squad whose rapidly greying hair should not be read as indication of reduced speed. 7th in the 2002 superseries (from only 5 races counting); 12th M35 in 2002 World Masters. Dabbles in Multisport and Adventure Racing, like 3rd in the 2-day Coast to Coast 2003! Looking to keep the youngsters in their place. Auckland born, lives in Chch and is a Health Project Manager.
	Martin Peat SS24/NZ19 21yrs/CMOC	One of the top juniors of 2005 (top-ranked M20), attended JWOC in Switzerland: 56th in the long distance. Breaking into senior ranks during the 2006 series.
	Michael Adams SS28=/NZ16 30yrs/PAPO	Perennial globetrotter and student, Adams shows flashes of brilliance from time to time. Between finishing off a masterate he has been working in theatre management in Christchurch (and often on tour round New Zealand!). Moved mid-2005 to Auckland
	Tim Renton SS30/NZ20 23yrs/AOC	Former NZ JWOC team member making the difficult transition to the elite ranks. Puts up some long times but has stickability:-))
	Jeff Greenwood SS31/NZ- 43yrs/AOC	Top vet (NZ's top-ranked M40) who came into the sport after his prime years; getting some competition that's missing from his own age group!
	Keith Agmen SS32=/NZ- 23yrs/PAPO	Promising junior held back by sickness. Hopefully coming right as he enters senior ranks. Nelson-raised, has completed an engineering degree in Christchurch.
	Andrew McCarthy SS35=/NZ18 25yrs/OHV	Former JWOC representative who had an unfortunate first year as a senior: broke a leg at the 2002 national relays! And he did the other one in Australia in 2004! Pity, as he's been climbing up the rankings and has some good mountain-running results. Completed a business degree and Teaching Diploma at Victoria University and is teaching in Wellington. NZOF Councillor for the WOA region.

Teams	SS 2005 Pl	Other Information
	MacNut Northerners SS1	Consists of orienteers belonging to clubs north of Lake Taupo in the North Island, greatest strength in Auckland. Wrested the lead from Bivouac in the last event of the 2005 series. Supporter MacNut grows and markets macadamia nuts near the famous Woodhill forest.
	Bivouac Southerly Storm SS2	Consists of orienteers belonging to clubs in the South Island, greatest strength in Christchurch. Supporter Bivouac is an outdoor equipment retailer. Winner of the team competition since its inception until 2005 when it narrowly lost to MacNut. Team Captain: Chris Forne.
	Herd Homes Central Magic SS3	Consists of orienteers belonging to clubs south of Lake Taupo in the North Island, with strengths all over including some "expats" living in Auckland. Supporter Herd Homes markets agricultural buildings particularly for dairy cows. Team Captain: James Bradshaw.

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