The
2009 British Schools’ Orienteering Championships
took place at Druridge Bay
Country Park, in Northumberland. Over 1000 pupils made the
journey to enjoy a
weekend packed full of fun and orienteering.
Despite the threat of continued downpours
the weather held for most of the day and everybody was in great
spirits. Many of the courses made use of the coastal sand dunes
which proved very tricky
for some of our younger orienteers!
The training event on Saturday was based at the Woodhorn Mining Museum and after
some high intensity training in the country park the squad were able to see round
this
fascinating centre for the history of the mining industry.
Top performances in the Championships came from Sophie Horrocks in GY12 who was
lying in 3rd place for most of the competition, only to be knocked out of the
top three
by a later finisher. Paul Burdekin did well to finish 10th in BY9 and the team
lost out
on Bronze medals by just one point to Aboyne Acadamy.
Our overall performance was not as good as it has been in previous years but
we have
a young, enthusiastic squad and this year’s experience will stand them
in good stead in
next year’s major events. |
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