WOC Final Selection Races for GB Team

[afterthought]

Yes, very tough for whoever misses out having worked and invested so much. It can be particularly hard in our sport because it is so much a game of mistakes.

There is a moving piece by Riina on her blog today:
http://riinakuuselo.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/a-broken-dream.html

[Supersaint82]

Team announced here: http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/index.php?pg=1&action=news&id=Mjc2Nw==&rtn=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5icml0aXNob3JpZW50ZWVyaW5nLm9yZy51ay8=

[Tatty]

Team announced
Men
Sprint Scott, Kris, Murray
middle Hector, Mark
Long Ralph, Matthew
relay Murray, mark, Ralph
women
sprint Tess, Sarah
Middle Tess, Hollie, Claire
long cat, Helen
relay Hollie, Cat, Claire

[mharky]

People should read this carefully before commenting:

...no athlete has been asked to compete in more than two disciplines in total and no athlete expected to run the Long final has been asked to run another individual discipline; this decision has been taken to help the selected athletes achieve their best possible performances during the week.

[AndyC]

That leaves an interesting loophole/insult of someone being selected for the Long and another "discipline" on the basis that they won't qualify for the final

[Tatty]

CongratulAtions to all those selected. A couple of surprises there. Not a full complement in Long and Middle - or we're GBR limited?

[Homer]

and no GG

[frostbite]

Not a full complement in Long and Middle - or we're GBR limited?

Bulletin 3 says
"Participation
All competitors represent a Federation. Each Federation may enter a team of up to 14
competitors – up to 7 women and 7 men and an unlimited number of team officials.
In each qualification race, every Federation may enter up to 3 women and 3 men and,
in addition, the current World Champions for the distance may be entered by their
Federation(s) provided they are members of the Federation’s team.
In the final, only the competitors placed number 15 and better in each qualification
race heat may participate.
In the Relay, each Federation may enter one women’s team and one men’s team, each
consisting of 3 team members."

So we could have had 3 in the long if we wanted, but have chosen not to.

[madmike]

Team announced
Men
Sprint Scott, Kris, Murray
middle Hector, Mark
Long Ralph, Matthew
relay Murray, mark, Ralph
women
sprint Tess, Sarah
Middle Tess, Hollie, Claire
long cat, Helen
relay Hollie, Cat, Claire

Looks logical enough but as they have selected only 6 woman (and definitely our best 6 imho) why not take someone like Charlotte or Bex for experience as there is a spare long slot.

Men was always going to be difficult for the selectors as there were (at least) 10 strong candidates for 7 places. Hard on Tully and Smithard but unfortunately someone had to miss out. I presume GG is not back to full fitness?

[Kitch]

People should read this carefully before commenting:

...no athlete has been asked to compete in more than two disciplines in total and no athlete expected to run the Long final has been asked to run another individual discipline; this decision has been taken to help the selected athletes achieve their best possible performances during the week.

excellent !

[JK]

I believe from 2014 we could well only have 2 in each event if our rankings don't improve, but this is an opportunity for getting points so I am puzzled why we don't have a full complement.

interesting:

no athlete has been asked to compete in more than two disciplines in total and no athlete expected to run the Long final has been asked to run another individual discipline

@AndyC:

That leaves an interesting loophole/insult of someone being selected for the Long and another "discipline" on the basis that they won't qualify for the final

I don't see anyone having been selected for Long and another discipline.

Which means ...

Reading between the lines [usually a bad plan] ...

That maybe we will see one of the Middle guys having a jog round the Long qualifier.

It also leaves the door open for one of the Sprinters or someone who doesn't qualify in Long having a go in the Middle.

[Kitch]

Actually it means they expect all 4 of the Long runners to make the final.

[afterthought]

Congratulations and best wishes for the week to all those selected. Come on you guys and gals! Thankyou to the selectors for doing a difficult job, in my view, well.

I am very much looking forward to following the competition online. The recent coverage of the Nordic Tour and Jukola were great. I expect we will have a new thread then, but would now be a good time to mention, before any moans, that 10 Euros for GPS, video and commentary is a good thing!

http://www.woc2013.fi/ssl/woc.nsf/sp?Open&cid=content5ED001

[frog]

Congratulations to all those selected, comiserations to those who narrowly missed it.
Look forward to watching it on computer.

[Rich R]

Looks logical enough but as they have selected only 6 woman (and definitely our best 6 imho) why not take someone like Charlotte or Bex for experience as there is a spare long slot.

I believe from 2014 we could well only have 2 in each event if our rankings don't improve, but this is an opportunity for getting points so I am puzzled why we don't have a full complement...

...That maybe we will see one of the Middle guys having a jog round the Long qualifier...

...It also leaves the door open for one of the Sprinters or someone who doesn't qualify in Long having a go in the Middle.

From what I understand, for the points scoring for more places in future years it is better to have two people that both qualify than two that do and one that doesn't. This explains all of the above.

Well done to all those selected. The Selectors had a tough job this year not helped by the WOC program but I think the selectors have made good decisions.