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This is the latest in our series introducing you to the dedicated individuals who manage our sport in NSW.
Name: Justin Stafford (NCN). Joined the Board: April 2024.
Justin is an avid and moderately competitive orienteer and the newly appointed president of NCN. He actively participates in NCN bush and street series, as well as CCN, state and national events along with his family of four. He sets for NCN and CCN.
In his professional life, Justin is the CEO and Co-Founder of Blueshift, a tech company that has grown significantly over the past 20+ years, now employing over 40 staff.
Beyond the world of technology and orienteering, Justin has a strong commitment to community service. He has served on various boards within the SDA church, including two 4-year terms on the NNSW Conference which has a turnover of $20M. Currently, he is the chair of the ADRA Op Shop in Morisset, leading a dedicated team of 160 volunteers and managing a turnover of $1.2M. Additionally, Justin is an active board member of the SDA NNSW Aged Care.
Justin joined the board to contribute more effectively to the development and governance of orienteering in the region and is looking forward to working with the team.
Name - Richard Morris (BN).
Joined the Board: March 2024
Richard has recently joined the Board as a Director and is keen to contribute to oversight of the sport in NSW, especially its future strategic direction.
Richard is a member of Bennelong Northside Orienteers (BN) and has been orienteering on and off for over 40 years. He has been a keen participant in Sydney Summer Series and Metroleague events and in more recent years has begun re-engaging in State League and national events.
Outside of orienteering Richard keeps fit by running and dabbling in plenty of other sports, rides motorbikes and builds and fixes things. He works for investment manager Perpetual in an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) role.
On Saturday, 18 May at the 2024 NOL presentation dinner in Canberra, we had the opportunity to celebrate the winners of each class.
The fourth round of the 2024 National League, supported by Wildfire Sports and Trek, concluded yesterday. This race was a relay held on the Awoonga map north of Canberra near the southern end of Lake George. Classic spur gully terrain with some interesting route choices was on offer.
In the Senior Women’s division first place was taken out by the Canberra Cockatoos by a comfortable 20-minute margin from the Victoria Viking and the Tassie Foresters.
In the Senior Men’s division in was the NSW Stingers who had a good win ahead of 2 teams from the Canberra Cockatoos. The Tassie Foresters were 4th team across the line and thus 3rd in the team competition.
In both the Junior Women’s and Junior Men’s division it was a quinella by the NSW Stingers to complete a great day out for the Stingers. Their Junior Women’s team had a solid win over the Canberra Cockatoos and the Victoria Vikings. Their Junior Men’s team had a resounding victory over the Canberra Cockatoos with other teams not completing the course.
The National League team competition now takes a break until the Australian Championships week while our national teams head off to Europe for the World Championships, Junior World Championships and University World Championships over the European summer.
Orienteering Australia extends a sincere thank you to the organising team for putting on a great relay event and to Orienteering ACT for hosting a super weekend of racing.
Thanks to OA & Mike Dowling for photos.
