Jukola/Venla

[Big Jon]

Skotlanti 50 is the cream of Scottish M50s (and a bit older) - a team that many club M21 teams would struggle to match..... now there's a challenge!

PS I'm not old enough yet to play in this team!!

[Spookster]

Eight British teams are registered so far for 2010 Jukola/Venla, including three from SYO.

There didn't appear to be Mens Vets, Mens Short or Ad Hoc classes, so we've entered the Open.

[mharky]

Spookster - Skotlandi 50 is a team of over 50's.

Is the pun deliberate?

In Finnish:
50 = viisikymmentä
whisky = viski

viisi... kymmentae

[graeme]

There didn't appear to be Mens Vets, Mens Short or Ad Hoc classes, so we've entered the Open.

and I hope you wrote to the organisers explaining that's why nobody will come to their relay.
Always good to share best UK practice with these silly foreigners.

[Big Jon]

There didn't appear to be Mens Vets, Mens Short or Ad Hoc classes, so we've entered the Open. [/quote]

you forgot "short vets open", "very short vets", "slightly taller vets", "shorts and vests" and all the other meaningless classes that exist.........

[DJM]

In reply to Spookster's comment on a different thread

but we're arriving on Wednesday, for a bit of intensive pre-race training

there's a couple of interesting diversions on the Thursday worth considering, both near to the Jukola venue:

Firstly, there's the fourth race in this year's World Cup at Tuusala. Should be an interesting spectacle as it's due to consist of a mixed Sprint and Middle distance format, with a map change in the arena and a change of map scale and map standard to boot. More details will follow at http://nordicorienteeringtour.ikk.no/, especially when Bulletin 3 is published (due very soon!).

Secondly, there's a public Middle Distance race after the World Cup race, also at Tuusala, starting at 1700, which a number of the SLOW team plan to enter. The details of this have only recently been published in English and are available at http://kotisivukone.fi/files/tvv.kotisivukone.com/Suunnistus/Kilpailut/WOC_Kansalliset_2010/mc_national_invitation_2010.pdf.

Tuusala is about 40 km from the Jukola Event Centre at Kytäjä.

[Adrian]

Live video and tracking on at the moment from the spring relay in Norway http://bit.ly/aVfoq0

[distracted]

Looks like there are 10 British teams for Jukola and 7 in Venla registered so far - almost as many as currently entered for the Harvester! Anyone else up for the challenge?

[eddie]

good stuff from those who have entered. if the rumours are that SYO1 are packed full of starlets i expect them to be in the distance but the rest of the GBR teams should have a right old tussle.

Be very afraid of NOPE team banter 1 we have Steven Clelland.

[Slowtochide]

After a gap of one year SLOW is returning with one team in the Jukola and one in the Venla. We won't win (infact, given the age profile of the teams our target will be to make the top half of the field) but that's not the point is it? I'm angling for first leg - should be about the same madness as the start of the National Cross Country Championships.
Looking forward to sitting in the sauna with a beer after my run.

[Domhnull Mor]

Any girls / ladies out there that would like a competitive run in the Venla relay but don't yet have anything fixed up, my club (Ärla IF) are looking for a runner (possibly 2) for their first team. PM me if you're interested.

Donald

[distracted]

Line-ups are starting to appear - looks like there'll be a good battle for the leading British team. How many places will Jamie make up before he gets to the start kite?

63 Scotland 1 GBR
1 Mark Nixon
2 Duncan Coombs
3 Douglas Tullie
4 Hector Haines
5 Murray Strain
6 Alasdair McLeod
7 Oleg Chepelin

1110 South Yorkshire 1 GBR
1 Jamie Stevenson
2 Matthew Crane
3 Oliver Johnson
4 Neil Northrop
5 Ralph Street
6 Robert Baker
7 Graham Gristwood

[Jethro]

Scottish "Auld men's" team also registered.

219 Skotlanti 50 1
1 Martin Dean
2 Roger Coombs
3 Steve Barrett
4 Rob Bloor
5 Graham McIntyre
6 Donald Petrie
7 John Tullie

The big questions are, who is going to win the battle of the Coombs and how long can we stay in front of SYO!

[Gross]

SYO team looks good for a top result.... not sure what best result from a UK team is but 44th in 1993 or 4 by GB rings a bell....

[gg]

SYO have also negotiated a start spot in the front 3 rows, so probably until the clear units?