SA JWOC Team Departs for Denmark

(Thanks to Val, Wilhem & Viv for the Pics)

On Tuesday 21 June, the South African Junior Orienteering team left for JWOC 2010 to be held in Denmark.  The team are (back, left to right): Sarah Pope, Stephanie Courtnage, Salome van Hoepen, Zoe Brentano and Jessica Lund, (front, left to right): Bradley Lund, Michael Crone, JP Sissing and Team Manager Alex Pope.  Coach Nicholas Mulder is already in Europe and will meet up with the team in Aalborg.  The team will have 10 days to familiarise themselves with the terrain in Denmark before competition starts on 5 July.  Keep a look out on the JWOC website for start lists and results.  The team will also try to keep everyone back home informed with regular updates their blog with maps, routes, photos and stories. Find it at http://juniororienteers.blogspot.com

For shorter, more frequent updates you can follow their twitter feed is shown on the blog: http://twitter.com/RSAjuniors

Good luck to you all.  The SA Orienteering community is behind you 100% and look forward to you doing us proud!