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2013 Jamie Stevenson Trophy - now 6 wins in a row
Well done to all 37 Maroc juniors that turned out to represent their club. There were podium results from Frances Sealy (1st girls yellow), Matthew Gooch (2nd boys orange), Jennifer Ricketts (2nd girls green), Josh Dudley (2nd boys green), Abigail Mason (3rd girls light green), Jake Chapman (3rd boys light green).
More photos in the MAROC 2013 gallery.
MAROC at Jukola 2013
No club team at Jukola 2013 but plenty of interest with four MAROC participants at Jukola / Venla. Helen Palmer (Lillomarka 1), and Rhona MacMillan (Konnerud 3) are running in the afternoons womens Venla relay and Duncan Coombs (Tyrving 2) and Jon Musgrave (Scotland) in the Jukola relay that starts at 2100 UK time on Saturday night. See how they get on by following the internet coverage (including live tracking and TV feed) at the WorldofO website.
Permanent Orienteering Courses
Please note that all of our permanent orienteering courses were damaged in the storms of 2021-22 and are not currently available.
Can’t wait until the next event? Or would you like some more practice to climb up those results lists? Have a go at one of our semi-permanent courses in Deeside. Currently in 4 areas, there are suggested courses of short, medium and long at each. Controls will be moved once or twice a year so you can go back and have a different challenge. 3 of the courses are now also equipped with QR codes and you can use your mobile phone instead of a paper map.
Scottish Championships 2013
A lower than normal contingent of Maroc members made the long journey south into Galloway for the Scottish Champs recently but the level of successful results was not depleted. Perhaps it was the thought of another long
journey - the JK and the British Champs being in so far south this year - or exam fever but it must have been the lowest turnout at a Scottish Champs for some time.
(See the gallery for more photos).
2013 Forest Sprint Series
Latest Series scores and positions and results of races 1 to 6.
Race 6 organiser Josh Dudley clinched the overall series title with young Joe Wright in second and Drew Tivendale 3rd. Your prizes will be delivered in due course!!
Thanks to all who took part this year - a total of 90 completed at least one run. Special thanks to all the organisers. Suggestions for improvements for next years series to me please. Thanks
Roger
Top result for Andrew and Ali in Highlander
Andrew McMurtrie and Ali Robertson (GRAMP) ran themselves into a really high quality 3rd place in the B class of the Highlander Mountain Marathon at Creag Meagaidh last weekend. In 3rd place after Day 1 they succeeded in holding things together through a particularly tough Day 2. Esther and Dan Gooch finished 12th in the same class whislt Roger and Kirsty Coombs were 21st in the largest C class. Read more for additional photos.
Coaching Camp selection for Jenny
Congratulations to Jennifer Ricketts who has been selected for the British Orienteering Federation Talent Development Coaching Camp this coming summer. It’s very well deserved based on the hard work Jenny has put in over the past few years and in particular her outstanding results this season including 1st JK, 1st British Sprints and 2nd British Middle Champs in W16.
Busy time for MAROC Elites
Junior success has become the norm in the MAROC world so it’s good to be able to report on senior club members also competing at the sharp end.
Helen Palmer and Duncan Coombs have both been chosen for the pool of athletes from which the GB team for the World Championships 2013 will be selected and with John Rocke recently having moved to Aberdeen and joined MAROC things are looking up on the senior front. Read on for more on their plans and photos.
World Schools Championships 2013
The Junior Girls Team (Megan Ricketts, Abi Mason, Rosie Getliff, Katie Skinner and Amy Hamilton) won Team Bronze and Abi Mason picked up two silver medals in the Middle and Long races at the World Schools Championships recentlyin Portugal. Great results all.
Full results including full details of all MAROC athletes competing for Banchory and Aboyne Academies can be found on the championship web site.
Also more information on the Banchory Schools Orienteering Club site.
More MAROC success at 2013 British Sprint Championships
Jenny Ricketts followed up her JK successes with another top level podium result in winning W16 at the BOC Sprints at Loughborough University on 20th April. Jake (M14) and Alastair Chapman (M12) and Rhona MacMillan (W18) were 2nd in their classes.