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Jenny and Rhona selected for EYOC 2013
Congratulations to Jenny Ricketts and Rhona McMillan who have both been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Youth Orienteering Championships, being held in Foz do Arelho, Portugal from 23rd – 28th October 2013. Both throughly deserved their selections after a string of great results this year.
Great results for Rhona at O-Ringen 2013
Rhona achieved a top 20 place overall (18th) in the D18 Elite category. This is despite a rather poor start to the week when she was 51st on day 1 but consistent performances thereafter delivered an excellent overall result. Rhona’s best result was In Thursday’s middle distance race where she was 7th, just 2:30 behind the winner (who incidentally won silver at JWOC this year).
2013 Summer Holiday Orienteering
Have your kids got a sense of adventure? Who love to learn new skills, make friends and enjoy having fun in the fresh air?
Learn how to map read, navigate and problem solve in a fun and social environment, whilst walking, jogging or running.
Summer Orienteering Flier and Application Form
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.
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.
Club coaches needed
We are currently needing more club coaches to help at our regular training sessions. To qualify as a UKCC Level 1 coach you need to be able to complete Light Green courses at a certain standard and then attend a 3 day course (usually at the National Centre, Glenmore Lodge) which includes assessment.
The courses are intensive but very worthwhile and good fun.
Further details are available at
http://www.scottish-orienteering.org/natcen/page/national-centre-course-schedule
Maroc covers all cost of the course – in return for expecting qualified coaches to plan at least 2 training sessions a year for 2 years (mentoring and help is available).
If you are interested please check out the SOA site or speak to any of the existing club coaches.
Jon Musgrave
Festive Frolics
Juniors got into the festive spirit with their training session at Potarch which involved a mass start pairs race for elves and their reindeer. The usual map and compass challenges were interspersed with a sprinkling of carrots, red noses, Christmas carols and lots of chocolates. Read more for photos.
Talent Squad Winter Weekend at Tomintoul
A plentiful supply of snow, clear blue skies and a warm comfortable cottage with sauna and hot tub provided the setting for the latest training weekend away for MAROCs Talent Squad. Seven athletes and three coaches made the most of the opportunity and put in some quality training sessions and made the most of the superb hill conditions. Read more for photos.
MAROC success at BSOC 2012
Congratulations to all the MAROC athletes on their successes at the British Schools Championships held last weekend in Delamere Forest. Joseph Wright (Year 7) was the only Scots winner (Year 7) as he led Banchory to 2nd team in the Large Secondary category. He was backed up by Frances Wright, runnerup in Y13 and Sasha Chepelin (GRAMP) 3rd in Y11. Josh Dudley produced Aboyne Academy’s best result whan he finished 2nd in Y12. Read on for more.