BRITISH
SCHOOLS ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONS 2008
BRGS Year 13 boys team
retained their British Schools title at the British Schools Championship.
The competition was held at Hawley and Hornley, near Farnborough,
and more that 1000 pupils competed in a weekend
packed full of fun and orienteering.
The year 13 team of Liam Taylor, Alex Willis and Stephen
Horrocks once again left the opposition trailing to win the competition
for the second successive year.
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Also
in the medals were the Year Nine girls with Lucy
Horrocks, Evie McDermott and Heather
Cudworth, who finished in third position. Sophie
was also part of the Year 11 girls team, who finished
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There was also a presentation
to BRGS teacher Tom
Gray, who received
a special award for his long service to schools’ orienteering.
Another satisfying moment for Tom was when the boys
received the mounted brass compass trophy for being national
champions as, 40 years ago, Tom competed for the same trophy
when he was a student at Dunfermline High School and his team
was narrowly beaten by Alloa Academy.
read Blueprint Article
read
Rossendale Free Press article
Sophie
Horrocks, 11N, has been selected
to represent England at the World Schools Orienteering Championships
at Madrid.
Sophie, 16, earned her trip to Spain at Easter by coming second
in a world championship qualifying event at the British Schools
Championship, near Farnborough. Tom Gray said: ‘Sophie
has got to the top of the tree in schools orienteering in just
four years
and is certainly one
to watch for in British junior squads. She has a lot of backing
and encouragement from her parents and there are three members
of the family who are all quite accomplished orienteers. Next
year could well be boosted
into the British junior squad.’
read
Lancashire Evening Telegraph article
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 The
British Orienteering Federation Official Site.
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