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Ben Kyd invited to join North West Junior Squad
Congratulations to Ben Kyd (M16) who has been invited to join the North West Junior Squad following the recent 'NWJS newbie day'. He joins fellow MDOC junior, Dom Wathey (M14), who has been a member of the Squad since last year.
You can read more about the NWJS on the NWOA website ...
Wins for 6 MDOC members at NW Sprint Championships
This year's North-West Sprint Orienteering Championships took place last Sunday, 16th June, as part of SELOC's Horwich Festival of Racing. It was a 2 part sprint with the times for each part added together for the final result.
MDOC juniors tie for 1st place in Yvette Baker Trophy heat
Congratulations to all the juniors who took part in last Saturdays NW Heat for the Yvette Baker Trophy at Aitken Wood, organised by PFO. The team, consisting mainly of students from Fallibroome Academy, tied for 1st place with WCOC on 890 points and so gained a place in the Final. A fantastic achievement!
The Final will take place on Sunday 7th July at Sandringham. We wish them all the very best of luck.
JK selected for the 2019 World Trail Orienteering Championships
British Orienteering has just announced the team for the 2019 World Trail Orienteering Championships (WTOC) in Portugal and MDOC's John Kewley (JK) has been selected for both PreO and TempO disciplines (this is the 11 year in succession that JK has been selected for WTOC). He'll be looking for a good performance in the PreO to ensure selection for the TrailO Relay which is the discipline that GB (with JK on anchor leg) won Bronze in last year's European Trail Orienteering Championships in Slovakia.
Participant Satisfaction Survey
MDOC are pleased to announce that over the coming months we will be working with British Orienteering on an event participant satisfaction initiative to develop our understanding of the participant experience at club events ...