The team for the Junior World Orienteering Championships has been announced today and is available in the British Teams section of the website.

The Junior World Orienteering Championships are being held this year in Gothenburg, Sweden from June 29 to July 6. Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected in the British Team.

The athletes were selected based on their outstanding results at the Future Champions Cup Final and results in the Future Champions Cup series. Five athletes in the team: Anne Edwards, Hector Haines, Hollie Orr, John Rocke and Douglas Tullie; have competed at least once before at the Junior World Championships whilst the rest of the team will be making their debut this year.

Junior Squad manager Gareth Candy has been particularly impressed with the consistently good performances of some of the younger team members throughout the season, "The future of British Orienteering looks particularly bright with two very talented 17 year olds, Matt Halliday and Julia Blomquist, and three very talented 18 year olds, Alice Butt, Hazel Wright and Ralph Street, in the team." He added "selections were very tight this year with several outstanding, talented athletes just missing our on selection but I'm confident that they will continue on despite this disappointment and claim their opportunity at a later date."

Congratulations to all athletes selected in the team and good luck in Gothenburg!

Selections for the August pre-JWOC2009 training camp in Italy were also announced and are available here along with the full JWOC team (including reserves).

Younger athletes eligible for both were selected for either the pre-JWOC2009 training camp or the Uppsala Summer Training Camp depending on which was determined to be most appropriate for their level of development and experience.

Gareth Candy

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Martin Ward, David May and Ed Nicholas have succesfully been elected as members of the British Orienteering Board of Directors.

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