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jwoc :: classic

As expected the JWOC Long Distance Race was very long, very tough and very steep. And the tropical conditions with the top competitors running in the heat of the day did not make it any easier. The Girls race was a very Scandinavian dominated affair, with Norwegians taking Gold and Silver, a...

jwoc :: middle final*

Anna Persson of Sweden and Fabian Hernter of Swizterland are crowned Junior World Champions of Orienteering in the middle distance. In Switzerland two years ago a Frenchman stormed round the WOC middle distance in a time no one could quite belive, many calling it the best run ever. For a time ...

jwoc :: Jess Halliday

In a series of interviews with the JWOC athletes, we are now with Jess Halliday someone new to the Team this year and who missed out on qualifing for the A final today. [nope]: What is it like at your first JWOC? Jess Halliday: Kinda scary, but once I got a way from the hubbub it is quite a...

mtb-o :: team GBR selection

Team GBR for the 2005 World Mountainbike Orienteering Championships in Slovakia has been selected. Congratulations to the whole team, in particular Helen Winskill who will be competiting in 2 WOC disciplines this year, prehaps she will take up ski-o for 2006... Team GBR: Men Steve Hea...

jwoc :: middle qualification*

It has been a mixed day today, as qualifiers always seem to be. 5 out of 12 British athletes through to the A final. As Mhairi was saying, out there was anyone’s race and so it proved, the fast terrain favouring the runners today giving an interesting set of results. No team was successful in get...

jwoc :: opens today!

JWOC Home Page JWOC Live Site In a few hours teams from the 37 nations will parade around Centro Sportivo, in Tenero South Switzerland, to announce the opening of the 2005 Junior World Championships. The athletes will then have to endure the local mayor giving a 2 paragraph too long speech, t...

jwoc :: champion Scott Fraser

What a day it has been today, we now have (un-official) Junior Sprint World Champion! Congratulations to Scott who ran a great race in a high quality field, holding off a Dane and a Swiss. Not forgetting our Jess with a superb run to get into the top 15. The whole team came along to support th...

jwoc :: cerys manning

In the first of a series of interviews with the JWOC team, we have a freshly dyed, red hair Cerys Manning up to the line to answer questions (if you have any questions you would like asked of the athlete ‘PM Seamus’ or email the team). [nope]: So what’s with the red hair? Cerys Manning: It’...

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