The Junior World Orienteering championships was held in Baia Mare, Romania between the 30th-8th July this year. I was selected for the Great Britain team off a series of selection races in the spring in the Lake District, as one of 6 girls in the W20 team. JWOC was an amazing week of races, getting to compete at a very high level amongst the best athletes in the world was good international racing experience for future years.
I competed in 5 disciplines: Sprint, Mixed Sprint Relay, Middle Distance, Long Distance and Forest Relay. I had mixed feelings on my results from the races and I was disappointed with some of my performances personally, but very pleased with others. I learnt so many skills surrounding racing in international technical terrains under pressure. As I was two years young in the age category, I will hopefully be able to use these skills for races in the future.
I am very grateful to the Jack Bloor Memorial fund for their support towards this competition, which made this racing experience possible.
Jack Bloor Race & Fund 