Discussion: Canadian Orienteering 2011 Rising Star Award Winners Announced
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May 17, 2011 1:22 AM
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This announcement can be viewed on-line at Orienteering.ca as well.
2011 Rising Stars Award Winners Announced
The Canadian Orienteering Federations’ High Performance Committee has established the Rising Stars Award to support Canada’s most promising young orienteers in their quest for top international results. In 2011 the award is funded 50% by individual donations and 50% by the COF. Award recipients are chosen by a selection committee based equally on:
Financial need
Past performance
Future potential
Contribution to the growth of orienteering in Canada
The growing depth of talent in Canadian Orienteering resulted in an extremely close competition for both the men & the women, and highlighting the contribution of these young athletes to the orienteering community across Canada. The selection committee found the women’s competition was too close to declare an outright winner and a tie was declared. Each winner will receive $1000 to assist with their training and racing expenses.
2011 Rising Stars Winners
Carol Ross: Moncton, NB (GVOC)
Emily Kemp: Ottawa, Ontario (OOC)
Robbie Anderson: Ottawa, Ontario (OOC)
Carol Ross
Carol Ross is the current Canadian Champion in all three disciplines (Sprint, Middle and Long). She has represented Canada at the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) between 2005 and 2008, and has since graduated to the World Championships (WOC) in 2009 – 2010 as well as the World University Games 2010. Her excellent first-leg run at WOC helped Canada to 16th place result. Carol is a graduate student in Mathematics, currently living in France to prepare for WOC 2011. Carol’s contributions to the orienteering community are outstanding. These include being course planner at the 2010 Barebones middle distance WRE event, coaching at the Sass Peepre Junior Camps in 2008 & 2009, attending JWOC 2011 as a volunteer coach, and as organizer of the 2010 Silent Auction HPP fundraiser and a frequent contributor to the HPP blog.
Emily Kemp
Racing at the elite level since the age of 14, Emily Kemp has quickly become one of North America’s best athletes. In 2010 she finished 13th at JWOC, Canada’s highest ever place. Attending university in France and training with the French elite team (known as “le Pole”), she will race not only at JWOC in Poland but also at her first of hopefully many World Championships later this year. Her enthusiasm, good nature, maturity, and dedication are an inspiration to us all – and her youth and generousness acts as a particular inspiration for young athletes across the country.
Robbie Anderson
At the young age of twenty-three Robbie Anderson quickly has made a name for himself in the top ranks of Canadian orienteering in by winning the 2010 National Championships in Sprint, placing second in the Middle, and fourth in the Long distance in his hometown of Ottawa. He built on these results with a 3rd place overall at the US Champs and second at the Golden Leaf Orienteering Festival (GLOF). Robbie represented Canada at the World University Games and also an accomplished ski-orienteer, with the best results of the North American men at the 2011 World Ski-Orienteering Championships in Sweden. Robbie has organized a number of events and training sessions and is a mentor and role model for many of the younger runners in Ottawa’s strong youth program. Robbie recently graduated from Carlton University with High Distinction, and will be attending graduate school in Gothenburg, Sweden in the fall of 2011.
Selection Committee
The selection was made by a panel consisting of: Kitty Jones (Alberta), Hans Fransson (Ontario), and Magnus Johansson (BC). They were unanimous in expressing how difficult the choice was given the depth and quality of all the applications. The competition was extremely close, thanks to the wonderful combinations of talent, promise, and involvement in the community.
One of the committee members summed up their work by saying: “I was very glad to do this. I felt a lot of pride about the applicants and HPP in general, seeing the details of the applications. It was especially awesome to read about their various contributions to the community. I bet more people would be excited about the HPP if they heard about the contributions to O as well as the athletic goals and accomplishments.”
High Performance Committee:
This project is the result of work by the COF High Performance Committee. The HPC works to support Canada’s High Performance athletes through numerous projects and initiatives:
-Fundraising events such as the Silent Auction and the upcoming Sprint Relay at the COCs in Whitehorse
-Providing training opportunities such as the recent HPP Training Camp in Hamilton and the National Summer Training Centre in Whitehorse
-Raising the profile of elite orienteering through, for example, implementing the red group at major competitions, introducing the Canada Cup Elite Series, and maintaining a blog of HPP activities
Get Involved!
You can get involved with Canada’s HPP by showing your support in many ways:
-Recruit new members – encourage young athletes from your club with great potential to strive to become part of the HPP.
-Provide training and competitions: organize local events so that athletes can learn and practice on maps as much as possible. -Mentor young athletes.
-Follow the National Team Blog
-Offer encouragement: post your comments to the national team blog and to the athletes’ profile pages on the COF website.
-Hold a fund raising event in your club
-Donate time: contribute your time to work on COF projects that will impact orienteering across Canada.
-Donate funds: donations to the COF can be targeted to the HPP. All donations to the COF over $10 will get a charitable donation tax receipt.
And finally:
The COF is delighted with the performance of the entire HPP and would like to thank all of the athletes for their dedication, commitment, and involvement in the Canadian Orienteering community.
Talent + Dedication + Support --> Performance + Growth
Canadian Orienteering Federation High Performance Program
2011 Rising Stars Award Winners Announced
The Canadian Orienteering Federations’ High Performance Committee has established the Rising Stars Award to support Canada’s most promising young orienteers in their quest for top international results. In 2011 the award is funded 50% by individual donations and 50% by the COF. Award recipients are chosen by a selection committee based equally on:
Financial need
Past performance
Future potential
Contribution to the growth of orienteering in Canada
The growing depth of talent in Canadian Orienteering resulted in an extremely close competition for both the men & the women, and highlighting the contribution of these young athletes to the orienteering community across Canada. The selection committee found the women’s competition was too close to declare an outright winner and a tie was declared. Each winner will receive $1000 to assist with their training and racing expenses.
2011 Rising Stars Winners
Carol Ross: Moncton, NB (GVOC)
Emily Kemp: Ottawa, Ontario (OOC)
Robbie Anderson: Ottawa, Ontario (OOC)
Carol Ross
Carol Ross is the current Canadian Champion in all three disciplines (Sprint, Middle and Long). She has represented Canada at the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) between 2005 and 2008, and has since graduated to the World Championships (WOC) in 2009 – 2010 as well as the World University Games 2010. Her excellent first-leg run at WOC helped Canada to 16th place result. Carol is a graduate student in Mathematics, currently living in France to prepare for WOC 2011. Carol’s contributions to the orienteering community are outstanding. These include being course planner at the 2010 Barebones middle distance WRE event, coaching at the Sass Peepre Junior Camps in 2008 & 2009, attending JWOC 2011 as a volunteer coach, and as organizer of the 2010 Silent Auction HPP fundraiser and a frequent contributor to the HPP blog.
Emily Kemp
Racing at the elite level since the age of 14, Emily Kemp has quickly become one of North America’s best athletes. In 2010 she finished 13th at JWOC, Canada’s highest ever place. Attending university in France and training with the French elite team (known as “le Pole”), she will race not only at JWOC in Poland but also at her first of hopefully many World Championships later this year. Her enthusiasm, good nature, maturity, and dedication are an inspiration to us all – and her youth and generousness acts as a particular inspiration for young athletes across the country.
Robbie Anderson
At the young age of twenty-three Robbie Anderson quickly has made a name for himself in the top ranks of Canadian orienteering in by winning the 2010 National Championships in Sprint, placing second in the Middle, and fourth in the Long distance in his hometown of Ottawa. He built on these results with a 3rd place overall at the US Champs and second at the Golden Leaf Orienteering Festival (GLOF). Robbie represented Canada at the World University Games and also an accomplished ski-orienteer, with the best results of the North American men at the 2011 World Ski-Orienteering Championships in Sweden. Robbie has organized a number of events and training sessions and is a mentor and role model for many of the younger runners in Ottawa’s strong youth program. Robbie recently graduated from Carlton University with High Distinction, and will be attending graduate school in Gothenburg, Sweden in the fall of 2011.
Selection Committee
The selection was made by a panel consisting of: Kitty Jones (Alberta), Hans Fransson (Ontario), and Magnus Johansson (BC). They were unanimous in expressing how difficult the choice was given the depth and quality of all the applications. The competition was extremely close, thanks to the wonderful combinations of talent, promise, and involvement in the community.
One of the committee members summed up their work by saying: “I was very glad to do this. I felt a lot of pride about the applicants and HPP in general, seeing the details of the applications. It was especially awesome to read about their various contributions to the community. I bet more people would be excited about the HPP if they heard about the contributions to O as well as the athletic goals and accomplishments.”
High Performance Committee:
This project is the result of work by the COF High Performance Committee. The HPC works to support Canada’s High Performance athletes through numerous projects and initiatives:
-Fundraising events such as the Silent Auction and the upcoming Sprint Relay at the COCs in Whitehorse
-Providing training opportunities such as the recent HPP Training Camp in Hamilton and the National Summer Training Centre in Whitehorse
-Raising the profile of elite orienteering through, for example, implementing the red group at major competitions, introducing the Canada Cup Elite Series, and maintaining a blog of HPP activities
Get Involved!
You can get involved with Canada’s HPP by showing your support in many ways:
-Recruit new members – encourage young athletes from your club with great potential to strive to become part of the HPP.
-Provide training and competitions: organize local events so that athletes can learn and practice on maps as much as possible. -Mentor young athletes.
-Follow the National Team Blog
-Offer encouragement: post your comments to the national team blog and to the athletes’ profile pages on the COF website.
-Hold a fund raising event in your club
-Donate time: contribute your time to work on COF projects that will impact orienteering across Canada.
-Donate funds: donations to the COF can be targeted to the HPP. All donations to the COF over $10 will get a charitable donation tax receipt.
And finally:
The COF is delighted with the performance of the entire HPP and would like to thank all of the athletes for their dedication, commitment, and involvement in the Canadian Orienteering community.
Talent + Dedication + Support --> Performance + Growth
Canadian Orienteering Federation High Performance Program
May 17, 2011 1:31 AM
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Here are links to their athlete profiles:
Carol Ross
Emily Kemp
Robbie Anderson
Please follow Team Canada's Blog at:
http://teamcanadaorienteering.blogspot.com/
Carol Ross
Emily Kemp
Robbie Anderson
Please follow Team Canada's Blog at:
http://teamcanadaorienteering.blogspot.com/
May 18, 2011 2:52 PM
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Some comments from the winners. All three are on Attackpoint.
Carol Ross:
It's really exciting to be developing as elite now when there is so much enthusiasm and support for the HPP. Having such great team mates and supporters is part of what makes Canadian orienteering so wonderful. Thanks to the COF and the individuals who made this award possible.
Robbie Anderson:
This summer is shaping up to be a busy one for me with the Yukon [ed. note: Canadian Champs and National Team Training Centre], hopefully WOC, and moving to Sweden on the radar. This award will go a long way in helping me get to events and training around the country and world. Being a member of the HPP has given me great support to pursue my goals, and being part of such a good group of athletes has been really motivating. Thanks to the COF and all those who have supported the HPP. I wish everyone luck with their training and racing this season.
Carol Ross:
It's really exciting to be developing as elite now when there is so much enthusiasm and support for the HPP. Having such great team mates and supporters is part of what makes Canadian orienteering so wonderful. Thanks to the COF and the individuals who made this award possible.
Robbie Anderson:
This summer is shaping up to be a busy one for me with the Yukon [ed. note: Canadian Champs and National Team Training Centre], hopefully WOC, and moving to Sweden on the radar. This award will go a long way in helping me get to events and training around the country and world. Being a member of the HPP has given me great support to pursue my goals, and being part of such a good group of athletes has been really motivating. Thanks to the COF and all those who have supported the HPP. I wish everyone luck with their training and racing this season.
May 18, 2011 5:27 PM
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AZ:
I think it may have not been mentioned, but each of the three winners received not only immortal fame but also a quite tangible $1,000. Congratulations to all three winners, and good luck to all the HPP athletes in what should be a pretty exciting season, including the Whitehorse Training Camp (currently underway), the Canada Cup Elite Series competition, the Canadian Champs in Yukon, and of course the WOC and JWOC.
May 18, 2011 5:30 PM
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How long has the COF set aside funding like this for athletes? Knowing that performance is recognized and rewarded must be seen as an incentive by up and comers?
May 18, 2011 5:56 PM
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This has been a very quick process that was initiated by AZ above, Adrian Zissos, who is a member of the HPP committee. One good idea at the right time and place.
After that, the terms were agreed upon by the HPP, a selection committee struck and athletes invited to apply (the response was excellent). As it's in the first year of existence, there is still some work to be done, but at the end of the day I think it's an important recognition of the hard work of our elites as well as some cold hard cash for their efforts.
Hopefully we won't know the results of the impacts of these awards for many years!
After that, the terms were agreed upon by the HPP, a selection committee struck and athletes invited to apply (the response was excellent). As it's in the first year of existence, there is still some work to be done, but at the end of the day I think it's an important recognition of the hard work of our elites as well as some cold hard cash for their efforts.
Hopefully we won't know the results of the impacts of these awards for many years!
May 18, 2011 8:10 PM
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AZ:
The sign of a great leader, I'm told, is that they get credit for the work other people do ;-) But I can't take credit for this. It is just one of the really good initiatives that have come about through the creation of the COF's High Performance Committee - one of the best and most effective committees I've ever been on. If anyone should take credit it would be Brent L, Magnus, and Charlotte, with help from the other HPC members, me, Eric K, Nevin and Patrick G. And of course the committee wouldn't be effective without all the support it is getting from the HPP athletes themselves and the orienteering community across NA.
May 18, 2011 8:16 PM
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bubo:
...and another sign of a great leader is that - whenever they get credited for something they actually did, they say someone else did it ;) ...
May 18, 2011 8:44 PM
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ONA:
Congrats to the winners and the High Performance Committee for all their hard work and positive thinking and actions!!
May 19, 2011 2:34 AM
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Congratulations to the winners of this award, they are all very deserving. I remember a few years back with the revival of the Canadian JWOC teams that a lot of thought was put into helping promising juniors develop into solid senior team athletes and contributors to the sport.
It is great to see with the creation and development of the High Performance Program that athletes that have demonstrated hard work and dedication have been rewarded with terrific results domestically and abroad. I firmly believe that when the resources are in place to help elite athletes (more training camps, forming training groups, mentoring and coaching, lots of high level competitions) that the whole orienteering community including Masters and recreational athletes benefits. Good work everybody, this is a step in the right direction!
It is great to see with the creation and development of the High Performance Program that athletes that have demonstrated hard work and dedication have been rewarded with terrific results domestically and abroad. I firmly believe that when the resources are in place to help elite athletes (more training camps, forming training groups, mentoring and coaching, lots of high level competitions) that the whole orienteering community including Masters and recreational athletes benefits. Good work everybody, this is a step in the right direction!
May 19, 2011 2:48 AM
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Congratulations to Carol, Emily and Robbie.. Each of you is very deserving of this national distinction. I applaud the COF's HPP for not only acknowledging the accomplishments and promise of each of these athletes, but for awarding them a significant cash prize. This speaks to how seriously the HPP takes its mission of encouraging top performance. It makes the honor mean more. Best wishes to each of your top young athletes.
May 19, 2011 2:59 AM
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Also, the dedication of these athletes is clear--they all have made a substantial commitment to getting better. Hopefully this is an example and encouragement to other runners to follow. It would be great for the American federation to try to do something similar.
May 20, 2011 3:06 PM
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j-man>> I think we made a step forward with the OUSA end-of-the-year awards last year. We did not give away 1000 bucks to the winners, but they (Hannah, Ali, and Sam) did get 500 apiece. If you have suggestions for making the awards program better, I am all ears!
May 20, 2011 3:10 PM
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Congrats to Carol, Robbie and Emily. Very deserving.
A wonderful idea (among many) that the COF HPP has developed here.
A wonderful idea (among many) that the COF HPP has developed here.
May 20, 2011 3:16 PM
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bubo:
BorisGr>> I reacted the same way - of course the OUSA end-of-the-year awards are worthy of being in the same league as the Canadian HPP awards.
Maybe not the same kind of money this year since it was - as I understand it - a rather hasty process getting the thing going. Now there should be more time to advertise and also get sponsors for next (i.e. this) year.
Great ideas both!
Maybe not the same kind of money this year since it was - as I understand it - a rather hasty process getting the thing going. Now there should be more time to advertise and also get sponsors for next (i.e. this) year.
Great ideas both!
May 20, 2011 3:27 PM
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Yep--I completely agree Boris. It is a great move. I had forgotten there was cash involved, and I think that is important.
May 20, 2011 4:53 PM
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>If you have suggestions for making the awards program better, I am all ears!
have the winners' clubs provide a cash match to double the value.
have the winners' clubs provide a cash match to double the value.
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