Orienteer of the Year
Current OY Leaderboard: https://oypoints.papo.org.nz/leagues/PAPO
Each year the club has an Orienteer of the Year (OY) competition across all the grades and levels. The OY series is planned to be made up of 8 diverse events, with the top 6 scores counting towards total OY points.
- Four Classic orienteering events.
- A night orienteering event.
- A double sprint day.
- A score/rogaine event.
- A MTBO event.
The OY rules and points calculations were updated in late 2021 following a two-year trial of this format for the OY series.
The OY events for 2026 are:
- OY1: 22-Feb-2026 | Orton Bradley OY
- OY2: 19-Apr-2026 | Butlers Bush OY
- OY3: 24-May-2026 | Woodend OY
- OY4: 23-Aug-2026 | Double sprint OY. University of Canterbury
- OY5: 18-Oct-2026 | Waikuku OY
- OY6: 13-Nov-2026 | MTBO OY. Hanmer Springs
- OY7: 14-Nov-2026 | Night OY. Boyle River
There will be no score/rogaine OY in 2026, there will be a public rogaine held alongside the NZSS rogaine (Port Hills) on 19-July.
OY Leaderboard
The OY points will be published after each event showing the running total as the year progresses.
Current OY Leaderboard: https://oypoints.papo.org.nz/leagues/PAPO
This includes OY points results since 2020.
OY points 2008-2019
Prior to 2020, the OY series consisted of 6 classic orienteering events only.
| 2019 | 2019 OY results (pdf) |
| 2018 | 2018 OY results (pdf) |
| 2017 | 2017 OY results (pdf) |
| 2016 | 2016 OY results (pdf) |
| 2015 | 2015 OY results (pdf) |
| 2014 | 2014 OY results (pdf) |
| 2013 | 2013 OY results (pdf) |
| 2012 | 2012 OY results (pdf) |
| 2011 | 2011 OY results (pdf) |
| 2010 | 2010 OY results (pdf) |
| 2009 | 2009 OY results (pdf) |
| 2008 | 2008 OY results (pdf) |
OY points calculation overview
There are 12 OY grades in the OY competition:
| Red Long Female | Red Long Male |
| Red Medium Female | Red Medium Male |
| Red Short Female | Red Short Male |
| Orange Female | Orange Male |
| Yellow Female | Yellow Male |
| White Female | White Male |
Main rules
- The first place runner in each grade gets 25 points.
- Other runners are awarded points based on their time behind the winner.
Calculated as 25 * (winning time / competitors time). - Each competitor's top 6 scores from the series of 8 events are added to get the OY series score.
Other rules
- A minimum of 15 points is awarded where the calculation would result in a score of less than 15. A mis-punch gets 10 points.
- If you run an event in a different grade to your usual OY grade, you will also receive 10 points for a lower grade or 15 points for a higher grade.
- Planners and controllers of OY events get 25 points for that event.
- See OY rules (updated 2021) for the full rules and details of calculations used for the score event.