Category: Junior Squad

The Scottish team for the Ward Junior Home Internationals – which takes place on 12-13^th October in Ireland – has been selected, with the following names set to represent Scotland.

The 2019 Junior World Orienteering Championships finished in the best possible way last weekend with the girls taking Great Britain’s first ever JWOC gold medal. 

It was another tricky day in the forests of Denmark, but three Scots performed well enough in the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) middle qualifier to make it into tomorrow’s final.

While Grace Molloy has been grabbing the headlines for her medal winning performances, Claire Ward gives us an insight into all the action from Junior World Orienteering Championships in Denmark. Lots of positive performances from the Scottish athletes, with more to come!

Six Scottish juniors have headed to Denmark for the Junior World Orienteering Championships which start this Sunday.

Alice Wilson (Clyde), Lizzie Stansfield (FVO) , Rachel Brown (ESOC) and Matthew Gooch (MAROC) represented Scotland on the last weekend in June as the first junior international orienteering competition of the year took place in Belarus.

In early May the Scotland team headed to the World Schools Championships Orienteering in Otepää, Estonia, and you can now read the full, detailed reports written by Angus Ivory and Iris MacMillan.

Last year – with the kind support of Tulloch Homes – we launched our Young Orienteer of the Year Award and for 2019 this has been awarded jointly to James Hammond (FVO) and Oscar Shepherd (INVOC).

Last week the World School Championships in Orienteering took place in Otepaa, Estonia. The team had a fantastic week, with some really solid results that bode well for the future, especially as many of the youngsters are in the younger year of the 2-year age category.

Were you a good girl or boy last year? Did Santa bring you a shiny new GPS watch? Do you now have an old watch lurking unused at the back of the drawer? If so – would you consider donating it to support orienteering development in East Lothian Schools?
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