Thanks to all the juniors who competed at the JIRCS this weekend and all the coaches and helpers who supported them.

Overall SCOA finished 6th out of 12. In the Individual competition SCOA was 8th overall, but in the relays we came 4th overall, a fantastic result. We were also 6th in the boys and girls competitions. Detailed results are can be found at: http://nwoa.org.uk/nwjs/jircs/Results.html

Peter Bray won the M18 race and the SCOA boys relay team of Peter, Dane & Tim, finished second, after being 9th at the end of the second leg.

A special mention should go to Peter Bray and James Averell as this will be the last year they can compete at the JIRCS.

Photos have been uploaded to:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigb/sets/72157627109281316/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbooth/sets/72157627112801466/

The Southern Championships were run at the Interland competition was held at Egypt Wood and Burnham Beeches on Sunday, 22nd February 2009.

There were championship wins for several squaddies and helpers - Megan Bett (SN, W12A), Mark Salmon (TVOC, M18A), Jane Morgan (SOC, W45L), Roger Thetford (TVOC, M45L), Roger Baker (TVOC, M75L) and recent squad member Anne Edwards (TVOC and OUOC, W20E).

Wow!! Excellent squad results at last weekend's British Orienteering Championships, held at Hampton Ridge in the New Forest.

Our squad's new British champions are Fiona Bunn (W10A), Tim Morgan (M12A), Katherine Bett (W14A), Alex Moore (M18S) and Jane Morgan (W45L). Peter Bray also had a great run to come in 2nd on M16A.

Well done to everybody who competed.

The Interland competition was held at Egypt Wood and Burnham Beeches on Sunday, 22nd February 2009. The Interland brings teams together from England, Belgium (both Flemish and Walloons) and The Netherlands to this annual international competition.

Well done to all those who went to the JIRC in Yorkshire this weekend. We might not have won, but there were some good solid performances and none of you let yourselves down. Next year, we hope that there will be a full team, so that the results should be even better.

For those who have not yet found the full results, they are at http://www.cix.co.uk/~neper/jirc08/index.htm

Well done to all those who competed in this weekend's British Orienteering Championships at Culbin Forest in Moray, Scotland. Particular mention of Jane who won her class - well done!

Results, with routegadget maps and routes can be found at: http://www.boc2008.co.uk/

Well done to all those juniors who came up to Yorkshire last weekend to run in the Championships.

Everybody did well, and there were some outstanding runs from several juniors. As a small region, we may not always be able to win, but we can certainly compete with the best of them.

I have put a few photos of squad members and helpers from the British Relays and the JK Sprint on my orienteering photo stream. I've not put them here to save server space. Let me know if you would like a higher quality copy of any of them.

Tim

Saturday 5th May 2007 was the British Champs on Pwll Du, Blenavon, South Wales and the weather was as hot as the competition over testing, intricate terrain. All squad members who competed seemed to do well. We also had podiums with Anne winning W18L, and also from our coach/helpers with Roger T winning M45L, Roger B winning M75L and Carol coming 3rd on W50L. Well done everybody!

Squad members were to the fore at the JK international event in the sunny Forest of Dean on 7th and 8th April 2007.

Podium places were gained by Thomas [2nd, M12B], Tamsin [1st, W14B], Peter [2nd, M14A] and Anne [1st, W18L], together with several creditable performances from other squad members. Well done to all the squad members who took part!