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Winter 2011/12 Issue 20 - Winter 2011/12 FOR JUNIOR ORIENTEERS Cover Photo: Corinna Howorth taking part in a club training session. Credit: Daniel Vernon training session. Cover Photo: Corinna Howorth taking part in a club Inside this Issue: Peter Palmer Relays British Schools Orienteering Championships British Schools Score Championships Future Champions Cup More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3) www.britishorienteering.org.uk/page/ozone British Photos by Rob Lines Schools Score Championships The British Schools Score Championships (BSSC) were held at Beaulieu Estate in the New Forest, Hampshire. Over 300 children from across the UK took part in the event and had fun finding as many orienteering controls as they could over the set time that was allowed. One school even travelled across the sea from The week before half term we put Jersey. Their teacher Jon Hales explains, “We on a course around the school decided to bring a small team over to BSSC and site and invited parents to join we were really impressed with the courses as they in. Seven parents attended who had some nice controls and were a good challenge. after some reservation thoroughly Although each of our boys did make a little mistake enjoyed the experience and here and there, they finished the day wanting to do indeed were more competitive more orienteering in the UK which is all I could have than some of the children! asked for.” The pupils were travel further afield to take part in the School League The Upper Secondary Boys category St Andrews School from Halstead, Essex won extremely successful in the BSSC. events. A number have now joined the club as local was won by Torquay Boys Grammar gold in both the boys’ and girls’ teams and pupils What do you put this down to? junior members. We’re now trying to persuade the School. Olivia Baldwin, Joshua Buist, Georgia Gower and The kids enthusiasm, guidance of the teacher, parents that orienteering is not a spectator sport and Teacher Steve Perrelle explains how they teach Jonathan Quinn also won individual medals. Many good parental support, experience built up over a they should join in to! orienteering at their school. “As a school we have two of the pupils from St Andrews attend their local year with support given before and after runs at weekly training nights throughout the spring, summer Community O project which is supported by Essex events, topped off by the practice given in the last What do you enjoy most about and autumn: one for the year 7’s being introduced coaching orienteering? Stragglers Orienteering Society (SOS) and two SOS couple of club meetings before the Championships. into the sport and another for the older established coaches, Julie Laver and Nancy Powell-Davies. The kids’ enthusiasm and runners. Fortunately we have the use of school mini Are any of the children taking part helping more people to buses so we can head out to more challenging areas Julie explains, “The PE teacher at St Andrews in local SOS events? enjoy our sport. to try and keep it interesting. In winter with the dark Primary school is very enthusiastic and she had There are a regular group who come along to our evenings we keep things going with a single weekly started bringing some of her pupils to our events. local SOS events and some who are prepared to meeting with a break either side of Christmas. We The teacher was not an orienteer and did not know have tried ‘Urban O’, circuit training sessions and how to improve the skills of her obviously keen some night orienteering is also planned. pupils, so we stepped in to help. We now have approximately 25 year 4 - 7 pupils from the primary From its foundation the school school and adjacent secondary school attend the club was supported by Devon club night. Orienteering Club so nearly all our pupils end up joining and running What sort of coaching sessions for the Devon team. There is a very have you been running each week? strong team spirit strengthened by We spent the first few weeks concentrating on score the social side of trips away to the style running to prepare for the British Schools JK, British Champs, Yvette Baker Score Championships in addition to some skills and British Schools Championships. games and practice runs each week. You don’t need to encourage the children to run their best as it’s second nature to them. However the school club has only been in existence for three years so we still have a long way to go and hopefully we will improve our performances even further. When the children are asked what they like about The Lower Secondary Boys orienteering, one of our pupils James said, “The Results category was won by Torquay challenge. It’s up to you to look after yourself and The Primary Girls and Boys Boys Grammar School. normally at school you can’t do anything adventurous categories were won by St by yourself!” The Upper Secondary Andrews Primary, Halstead, Girls category was won by Essex. Another pupil Oli enjoys, “The trips away; heading over Kenilworth School. to Northern Ireland for the JK last year was great.” The Middle Prep Girls and The Upper Secondary Boys Boys categories were won by category was won by Torquay Thanks to all involved in organising such a great Barnardiston Hall Prep School. Boys Grammar School. Championships. Full results and photos can be The Lower Secondary Girls found at www.bsoa.org category was won by King Henry VIII Senior School. Ozone Issue 20 03 AIRE won the Joan George Trophy Lakeland won the Peter Palmer Trophy PETER PALMER TROPHYPhotos by Rob Lines This year the Peter Palmer morning terrain sessions. Add to It’s never pleasant to win on Our younger Lakeland team were The winners of the Joan George Haines on an orange course who Trophy was won by that two more nights of running someone else’s disqualification, competing over the same course Trophy were AIRE. Ozone caught up had a really fast run and maintained training (we’re lucky to have several and we did spend an uncomfortable in the ‘Joan George’ trophy event with their second leg runner Beth 11th place. Lucy handed over to Lakeland OC. Ozone caught coaches ‘double qualified’ in ‘O’ and hour while the OD appeal was for teams with a total age under Woodley. Laura King who had a fantastic run up with Team Manager Athletics), beginners coaching in considered; commiserations to OD. 90 years. Sadly however we and caught up over 15 minutes Selwyn Wright to find out Kendal and our new ‘Navnights’ for mis-punched ourselves on leg “The relay started at 4.45 am and on the team in front of us, putting more about their success. families, and you can see why the 2 but the team rallied strongly Florence Haines was our first leg us in first place out of the teams club is beginning to nose its way with all members (Angus Dobson, runner. I cheered in Florence at the competing for the Joan George Credit Lakeland OC have been working into the reckoning for junior and Katie Wright, Hannah Cleary- spectator control and got ready trophy. hard to develop Junior Talent within indeed open age events! Hughes, James Allison and Will for the hand-over when she came the club for several years now. Rigg) producing strong and into the finish in 12th place after Joe Woodley was our last runner Ulverston Victoria High School After achieving second place in the accurate running. With these two a good run. I was next leg runner and brought the team back in 10th under Clare Evans guidance has Yvette Baker Trophy earlier in the performances there’s a bright and took the first couple of controls place overall and 1st in the Joan long been the focus for Lakeland year we were hoping for a good future indeed for LOC juniors. quite slowly as it took a while to George trophy. Everyone in our Juniors and we still have on result at the Peter Palmers. The get used to the urban terrain made team did really well and we were average 8 coaches working with 50 event was held on the MOD base at Here in Lakeland the message is up of army hangars and barracks. delighted to win the Joan George Stafford, with fairly straightforward the same from coach and athlete My course had two butterfly loops trophy for AIRE. children every Wednesday evening. Patrick Rigg finished leg 5 just a in. We were sprint terrain – lots of controls, ‘You put the effort in – you get the and I ended up getting to most However it is no longer the only minute and a half behind SYO with settling back plenty of buildings and not a reward out’. parts of the map. I didn’t make any As I was cheering Joe in at the string to our bow; Heather Burrows OD, apparently in the clear four to await the contour in sight. big mistakes apart finish, a lady who was watching runs the Talent Squad on Thursday minutes ahead. next finisher from approaching teams finish asked which club I was evenings and Carol McNeill’s when Nevertheless we weren’t quite a control from the from. I told her that we were from coaching team organises Saturday These positions remained to the prepared for Matt Penellum wrong direction as I AIRE and enquired which team she first spectator control on the final storming in to the first changeover got confused with the was supporting.
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