It has been a very busy few days for Maroc Junior Orienteering and we have lots of impressive achievements to celebrate!  Well done to everybody who took part in any of the events.

Scottish Individual Championships at Glen Feardar:

M10B:  Joel Gooch 3rd, Ewan Musgrave 1st
M10A: Matthew Gooch 3rd,
M12B:  Jamie Price 3rd, Leo Thomson 2nd, Luke Graham 1st
W12B: Phoebe Schouton 3rd, Eilidh Campbell 2nd, Kirsty Campbell 1st
M12A: Joe Wright 2nd
W14B: Amy Hamilton 3rd
W14A: Abi Mason 3rd
W16A Bronwyn Matthews 3rd, Jenny Ricketts 1st

Scottish Relay Championships

36- Class: 
Maroc Pumas (Conor Ogg + strays) nc
Maroc Deer (Kirsty Campbell, Jamie Price, John Getliff) mp
Maroc Cheetahs (Orla Thomson, Amber Graham, Alistair Chapman) mp
Maroc Gazelles (Zoe Hutcheon, Phoebe Schouton, Danny Skinner) 10th
Maroc Elk (Iona McBeath, Nina Hutcheon, Amy Hamilton) 5th
Maroc Foxes (Eilidh Campbell, Ewan Musgrave, Katie Skinner)  4th
Maroc Antelopes (Leo Thomson, Luke Graham, Joe Wright) 2nd
Maroc Bison (Matthew Gooch, Cian McBeath, Jake Chapman) 1st

44- Class:
Maroc Hyenas (Rosie Getliff, Megan Ricketts, Megan Getliff)
Maroc Impalas (Abi Mason, Ewan McMillan, Ross McMurtrie) 4th

Handicap 14+
Maroc Kangaroos (Alistair Walker, Jess Mason, Frances Wright) 8th
Maroc Jaguars (Callum Roberts, Evelyn Mason, Jenny Ricketts) 3rd

This was the first time that many of you have entered a relay and it was brilliant to field so many teams - a great effort.
GRAMP have worked out that Orla was unfortunately handed a TD5 map for an adult course,  and have apologized for the confusion. Orla did the right thing and returned to the start after finding the first control!

Scottish Schools Orienteering Festival

On Wednesday,  Schools teams from Banchory and Aboyne traveled to Lanark for the SSOF.  Well done to Aboyne for winning the Academy School category this year,  with Banchory in 2nd place,  and Banchory Primary were also joint 2nd.  There were many team and individual successes in the age classes from both Banchory and Aboyne.  For more details go to
http://www.ssoa.org.uk/results/2012/ or for a report for Banchory Schools go to http://banchoryschoolsorienteering.moonfruit.com/

Scotland Team for the JIRCs

Congratulations to the Maroc Juniors that have been selected to represent Scotland at the Junior Inter Regional Championships at Sandringham on 23rd and 24th June:

At W14:  Abi Mason

At M14:  Ross McMurtrie

At W16:  Evelyn Mason, Bronwyn Matthews, Jenny Ricketts, reserve Megan Getliff

At M18:  Josh Dudley

At W18: Frances Wright, reserve Jessica Mason

Summer Tours:

On the back of good results at the Spring Championship events (eg JK, British  Long, Middle etc)  The following Maroc juniors have earned places on Summer training camps run by the Regional Squad Managers: Ross McMurtrie, Ewan McMillan, Rosie Getliff to Lagganlia

Evelyn Mason and Jenny Ricketts to Kincraig
Frances Wright, Josh Dudley and Rhona McMillan to Stockholm (with Nick Barrable)

Rhona McMillan has earned a place at the Cairngorm Talent Development Coaching Camp run by BO.
Scotjos members will also go on tour to Norway for 2 weeks at the start of the summer and compete at the Sorlandsgalloppen in Kristiansand.

JD2C Competition

The latest tables after 5 events (half way through now) are loaded to the website.  Maroc Class leaders are:

Ewan Musgrave M8 1st

Grant McMurtrie M10 1st

Graeme Campbell M12 1st

Ross McMurtrie M14 1st

Alistair Walker M16 1st

Gemma Collins W8 3rd

Nina Hutcheon W10 1st

Ciara Mellor W12 5th

Katie Skinner W14 2nd

Bronwyn Matthews W16 1st

Participation Badges

I got a bit behind with the participation badges,  but I have updated to the present and the latest listing is on the website.  Congratulations to the following:
For taking part in 5 or more events:
Rachel Salway, Jack Griffin, Leo Thomson, Orla Thomson, Nina Hutcheon, Zoe Hutcheon, Rhona Bowie.
For taking part in 10 or more events:
Graham Salway, Iona McBeath, Cian McBeath, Jamie Price, Ciara Mellor, Daniel Mellor, Eilidh Campbell, Kirsty Campbell, Amber Graham, Luke Graham
For taking part in 25 or more events:
Peter Collins, Danny Skinner, Katy Skinner, Phoebe Schouton
For taking part in 50 or more events:
Robbie Iason, Josh Dudley, Grant McMurtrie, Callum Roberts
For taking part in 100 or more events:
John Getliff, Cara McMurtrie, Ewan McMillan, Megan Getliff, Megan Ricketts, Iain Campbell, Ross McMurtrie

Colour Badges

Congratulations to the following athletes who have recently earned Badges:

White Badge: Cian McBeath, Leo Thomson, Jamie Price, Zoe Hutcheon
White Badge at Gold standard: Nina Hutcheon
Yellow Badge Award at Bronze standard: Iona McBeath, Leo Thomson
Yellow Badge at Silver standard: Ewan Musgrave, Eilidh Campbell
Yellow Badge at Gold standard: Cian McBeath
Orange Badge at Silver standard: Amy Hamilton
Orange Badge at Gold standard: Katie Skinner
Light Green Badge at Iron standard: Robbie Iason
Blue Badge at Gold standard: Alistair Walker

Training Squads

In light of recent results,  the following athletes have moved up Training Squads:

Conor Ogg, Damon Ogg, Nina Hutcheon, Zoe Hutcheon, Jack Griffin, Leo Thomson and Iona McBeath into the Yellow Squad
Eilidh Campbell into the Yellow-Orange Squad
Cian McBeath into the Orange Squad
Amy Hamilton into the Orange-Light Green Squad

Upcoming Events:

The Scottish Junior Team Competition,  the Jamie Stevenson Trophy will take place next Sunday, 17th June,  and Denise will send final details out soon for those that have signed-up.  We have a really good track record with this competition,  but are expecting some stiff competition this year.

Meanwhile, Josh Dudley, Callum Roberts and Rhona McMillan are joining adult club members to travel to Finland for the Jukola relay race the same weekend.  This is the largest relay event in the world that runs through the night and we look forward to a report afterwards,  or you can follow live – see the MAROC website for more.
There will be a Level C District event counting towards Badges and JD2C  at Sluie on Sunday 24th June,  including a BBQ (bring your own food).

Wednesday evenings:  Don’t forget that for some weekly fun get along to the GRAMP Summer Series – Long Medium and Short courses every Wednesday evening throughout the summer – see the GRAMP website for more details http://grampoc.com/
Phew,  there’s certainly a lot going on.  Please forgive me if I have omitted to mention somebody that I should have done! I hope to see some of you at the next few events before the holidays and if not I hope you have a great summer.

Trevor

Share on Facebook

See other entries Categorised under: Schools • News