THE WARD JUNIOR HOME INTERNATIONAL 2009

Newborough, Wales, 4-6 September 2009.

Summary

This year the Ward Junior Home International was hosted by Eryri Orienteers on Newborough, Anglesey. Pam Chamberlain organised an excellent weekend that was enjoyed by all competitors. Both competitions were held on Newborough Dunes.

The England team had two changes from that originally selected. Peter Bray was unable to compete due to being in New Zealand and Graham Hemingway was also selected for Scotland and chose to take up that option. As a result Jack Benham and Thomas Louth were promoted into the team.

Matthew Halliday and Rebecca Harding acted as team captains for the weekend.

England tied in first place with Scotland on the individual day and won the relay day ensuring overall victory.

Accommodation

Accommodation for all teams was at The Conway Centre, Llanfairpwll, Anglesey. Sleeping accommodation was in dormitories accommodating six team members. All meals were provided by the Conway Centre apart from Sunday lunch which was provided by Eryri Orienteers.

Travelling

All team members travelled to the event by minibus and car.

Prize Giving & Social

This was held at The Conway Centre along with a ceilidh.

Day 1 Individual

The results for the day are attached to this report. England won four of the age categories, Aidan Smith M14, Jonathan Crickmore M16, Charlotte Watson W16 and Mairead Rocke W18. The result could not have been closer with England and Scotland tying for first place with 72 points. The first two athletes from each country count in this part of the competition with points being allocated from 8 to the winner down to 1 for the eighth placed athlete.

Individual Team Results

Men Women Overall

England 38 34 72

Scotland 34 38 72

Wales 23 14 37

Ireland 13 21 34

Day 2 Relay

All eight English teams performed very well on the day with the men’s teams finishing first, third, fourth and seventh with the women finishing first, second, fourth and seventh. The first two team from each country count towards the team results with points decreasing from 16 to 2 in increments of 2.

Relay Team Results

Men Women Overall

England 28 30 58

Scotland 18 22 40

Wales 20 8 28

Ireland 6 12 18

Overall

Men Women Overall

England 66 64 130

Scotland 52 60 112

Wales 43 22 65

Ireland 19 33 52

Acknowledgements

Huge thanks are due to Pam Chamberlain and Eryri Orienteers for staging an excellent weekend.

My thanks also to Pauline Olivant, Nev Myers and Chris Branford, the England adults, for the help and support given to the team over the weekend.

Jeff Butt

England JHI Team Manager

Full team and Individual results can be found via the Eryri website, here

Nearly 150 photos from the weekend can be found on the Flickr website, here

The report was supplied by Brooner/Nopesport.com  for which we are very grateful.