Junior World Orienteering Championships European Youth Orienteering Championships Junior Inter Regional Championships
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Cover Photo: Adam Potter competing at the Junior Inter Regional Champs. Photo by Rob Lines competing at the Junior Inter Regional Champs. Cover Photo: Adam Potter Issue 19 - Autumn 2011 FOR JUNIOR ORIENTEERS Inside this Issue: Junior World Orienteering Championships European Youth Orienteering Championships Junior Inter Regional Championships More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3) www.britishorienteering.org.uk/page/ozone Sprint Final Results Men Women 1 Lucas Basset FRA 00:15:07 1 Ida Bobach DEN 00:14:29 2 Andreu Blanes SPA 00:15:17 2 Emma Klingenberg DEN 00:14:31 Solid Results for Team 3 Florian Howald SWI 00:15:19 3 Tereza Novotná CZE 00:14:41 17 Kristian Jones 00:16:04 16 Julia Blomquist 00:16:00 26 Peter Hodkinson 00:16:20 20 Mairead Rocke 00:16:07 GB at JWOC 2011 42 Jamie Stevenson 00:16:41 21 Rebecca Harding 00:16:09 53 Matthew Halliday 00:16:54 33 Charlotte Watson 00:16:31 Report by Jason Inman (Lead Coach), Photos by David Rollins (TM/Coach) 77 Alan Cherry 00:17:26 40 Zoe Harding 00:16:39 87 Jonathan Crickmore 00:17:38 81 Lucy Butt 00:18:01 The 2011 Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) were held in Wejherowo, Northern Poland. Preparations began 150 finishers 129 finishers in August 2010 when most of the team spent a week in Poland getting used to the terrain, maps, planning styles, culture, Long Final Results standard of accommodation and food. This camp proved an invaluable preparation tool for the 2011 team, one which has Men Women unfortunately had to be cut from the JWOC 2012 programme. 1 Yngve Skogstad NOR 01:08:49 1 Ida Bobach DEN 00:55:23 2 Robert Merl AUS 01:10:23 2 Emma Klingenberg DEN 00:56:51 A pre-JWOC camp was held in Macclesfield in Harding both in the top 40 and Jamie 3 Lucas Basset FRA 01:10:36 3 Tove Alexandersson SWE 00:57:37 June, working on discipline-specific training Stevenson, despite a whole season 17 Kristian Jones 01:17:39 14 Mairead Rocke 01:03:52 ably planned by Tom Fellbaum of MDOC and banned from sprinting due to shin 26 Peter Hodkinson 01:18:26 15 Julia Blomquist 01:03:54 Iain Stamp of WCH. On the Friday Iain staged splints, managing 42nd after a recent 42 Alan Cherry 01:20:16 40 Rebecca Harding 01:08:05 a Middle race qualifier and final on Cannock all-clear from the physio. Chase and on the Saturday, Tom planned several 59 Jonathan Crickmore 01:24:00 43 Charlotte Watson 01:09:00 short Relay sessions (mass start and chasing Long Distance Race Sprint map extract 62 Jamie Stevenson 01:24:15 85 Zoe Harding 01:18:50 start) before the team took part in MDOC’s The Long distance race took place 101 Matthew Halliday 01:36:15 92 Lucy Butt 01:20:58 Middle distance event. On the Sunday Tom’s in the runnable beech forest that is 148 finishers 129 finishers new map of Macclesfield Town was used for a characteristic of northern Poland. Middle A Final Results prologue and chasing Sprint event where the Team GB were “well-chuffed” to Men Women JWOC team were able to really open up and bring home some very solid results 1 Robert Merl AUS 00:25:43 1 Ida Bobach DEN 00:23:10 show the locals how it’s done. on what proved to be tough and hilly courses with some interesting route Back row: Rebecca Harding, Lucy Butt, Mairead Rocke, 2 Dmitry Nakonechnyy RUS 00:25:43 2 Tove Alexandersson SWE 00:23:44 Sprint Distance Race choice legs. Three excellent top 20 Julie Blomqvist, Charlotte Watson, Zoe Harding 3 Topias Tiainen FIN 00:25:43 3 Emma Klingenberg DEN 00:24:16 As always the Junior World Champs began with the results came from Mairead Rocke Front row: Alan Cherry, Jonathan Crickmore, Peter 40 Matthew Halliday 00:29:59 16 Rebecca Harding 00:27:23 Hodkinson, Matt Halliday, Jamie Stevenson, Kris Jones Sprint race which was held in Lebork. This was on (14th), Julia Blomquist (15th ) and Kris 45 Alan Cherry 00:30:52 20 Julia Blomquist 00:27:31 a brand new map and the races were 20% forest Jones (17th); all major improvements 48 Jonathan Crickmore 00:31:18 21 Mairead Rocke 00:29:55 and 80% urban. Kris Jones, JWOC Silver Medallist on their 2010 performances. Peter 49 Kristian Jones 00:32:01 43 Charlotte Watson 00:30:11 from 2010 was Team GB’s main medal hope in Hodkinson finished at the back of .Blomquist, 8 seconds behind in 20th and Mairead 60 finishers 59 finishers this race. Unfortunately, Kris couldn’t replicate a tight pack in 26th but only 47 seconds down Rocke in 21st. All four men failed to run cleanly last year’s performance, being caught out twice by on Kris and Alan Cherry running in his first JWOC enough to break into the top spots with Matt Relay Results dead-end alleyways in the latter part of the course. achieved his best individual run of the week in 42nd. Halliday recording the best result in 40th. Men Women Kris finished in 17th place, 57 seconds off Gold, with Matt Halliday suffered a real misfortune due to 1 Poland 01:53:33 1 Sweden 01:42:32 Peter Hodkinson 16 seconds behind him in 26th. inconsistencies in the start officials’ understanding In the Relays things proved very fast and furious 2 Sweden 01:53:36 2 Czech Republic 01:48:51 Team GB’s highest of the rules after he lost his dibber in the pre-start with a relatively flat forest around the assembly Mairead Rocke had very strong performances in 3 Czech Republic 01:54:47 3 Denmark 01:48:57 result came from area. Matt would have achieved a top 30 result if arena producing sub 4 minute kilometres. On the all of her races. 9 Great Britain 01:57:09 11 Great Britain 01:56:34 Julia Blomquist his actual time had been allowed to stand. women’s first leg, 2nd team Charlotte Watson had who finished a fantastic run to send Lucy Butt out with some 16th, and this was In the Middle qualification races Team GB achieved very classy athletes. Rebecca Harding didn’t have backed up by good 4 men and 4 women through to the A final, a solid such a great start, and despite Julia Blomquist and performances from representation. Peter Hodkinson learnt a valuable Mairead Rocke both racing well the women could “I’d like to thank Team Manager/Coach Mairead Rocke in lesson though, as he failed to qualify by 44 seconds only manage 11th. In the men, Kris Jones proved 20th and Rebecca because of “racing too conservatively”. again that he’s a reliable first leg runner to come Dave Rollins, Coach Jess Halliday and Harding in 21st. It back only 52 seconds down, but the highlight of the Physio Dave Sprot for providing excellent was great to see In the Middle distance final, courses offered a day was Alan Cherry for the 2nd team, coming back support to the athletes both throughout W18s Charlotte fast start with some trickier low visibility short only 28 seconds down! Matt Halliday ran a solid the week and during their preparation.” Watson and Zoe legs towards the end. Our best result came from 2nd leg to keep Team GB in the fight for a podium Rebecca Harding in 16th, closely followed by Julia but unfortunately Peter Hodkinson couldn’t maintain the position and the lads had to settle for 9th, two Alan Cherry was running minutes off the podium. in his first JWOC. This was another successful JWOC for Team GB, finishing 8th Nation. Although we didn’t quite accomplish the individual results of 2010 (Ralph Street 7th in the Middle and Kris Jones Silver in the Sprint), we saw more athletes attain a higher spread of results; 4 athletes achieved top 20s and 7 athletes achieved top 40s. Most notable athlete of the week was Julia Blomquist who achieved a top 20 in all three individual disciplines. Despite this, Julia still wasn’t pleased with the technical cleanliness of any race and like many members of the team she’s very keen to improve on her results next year Kris Jones competing Julia Blomqvist was our top in the Relay. performer in the Sprint. and beyond. Middle map extract Jonathan Crickmore in action. Report By Adam Bartlett, Carl Edmonds and Junior InterKatrin Harding / Photos by Rob Lines Regional ❝ ChampionshipsThis year’s Junior Inter Regional Championships (JIRCs) were hosted by the North West Orienteering ❝ juniors came together to compete in the event. Association, with events being held in the South Lakes. Twelve regional teams and a total of 195 The North West won the Adam Bartlett (LOC) reports, “Saturday’s Individual race was organised by LOC, and was held individual team trophy. on the sand dunes of Haverigg in hot and sunny weather. The area is a long narrow strip of sand dunes, which resulted in fast winning times. Courses were visible from the assembly, giving a great view for spectators as competitors disappeared and reappeared, as they zigzagged their way through the dunes.” As this was my last appearance at and were held in the pine forest the JIRCs it was fantastic to be on of Simpson Ground which was a the winning side again and to have complete contrast to the previous Carl Edmonds (LOC) continues, “The the best results for the boys being; contributed towards the win.