Devon Orienteer Newsletter July 2017
The latest edition of the Club newsletter (July 2017) is now available here. This edition contains an interesting article on the early days of the club, as well as a report on orienteering at the World Masters in New Zealand.
Devon League 2016-17
...and the winners are....
The Devon League Table can be seen below, following the final event of the 2016-17 season at Haldon, together with a list of first male and female finishers on each course plus additional commentary. Well done to everyone - all 424 of you - who took part in the League this year!
Devon Juniors selected to represent the South-West!
Congratulations to the nine Devon juniors selected to represent the South-West in the national Junior Inter-Regional Championships (JIRCs) in Guildford over the 23rd - 24th September. They are part of a team of 24 (12 male and 12 female) selected from across the South-West region to compete over two days of competition against eleven other regional teams.
SW Sprint Champions 2017
Congratulations to the following members of the club who won their respective classes at the SW Sprint champs at Blandford Forum last Sunday...
M14 Fraser Dixon
M16 Reuben Vasey
M18 Harry Fox
M35 Ben Chesters
M70 Tom Lillicrap
Full results at www.wimborne-orienteers.co.uk
Harry McMurtrie selected for National Junior elite training in Sweden
Following in the footsteps of Devon Juniors Ellie Stone and Grey Grierson, Harry McMurtrie (M18) has been selected to participate in this year’s national junior elite training and racing camp in Stockholm, Sweden in August. Harry is one of 18 juniors (nine male and nine female) to be selected from across the country, based on their results at national events this season. Well done Harry!
Flurry Grierson
Scotland Summer Talent Camp
Further good news of Flurry Grierson's orienteering progress! After competing in the selection races over the year, he has been selected for this year's Talent Camp and the Pre-Junior World Orienteering Championships 2018 camp, taking place this summer in Scotland.