JWOC Bulgaria

[Tatty]

Oops! Sorry Adam, you were on my crib heart, but forgot to include you.

[afterthought]

Middle Qualifier online results:
WQ1- Katie 16th, Rhona 31st (was 14th at timing point 3.)
WQ2- Zoe 4th, Julie 19th.
WQ3- Lucy 9th, Tamsin 13th.
MQ1- Sasha 13th, Ciaran 25th.
MQ2- Aidan 15th, Chris 33rd.
MQ3- Oliver 34th, Adam 36th.

I believe it is top 20 each heat to the A final tomorrow, which will have a 2 minute start interval.

[Tatty]

One in the eye for the selectors then So 2 of the girls who were not good enough to be selected - Tamsin and Katie - have made the final, whereas 4 of the boys who were considered good enough didn't make it!

[graeme]

Ah, but the boys are generally a smaller percentage behind the winners time, and we all know that's what matters - right?

To be fair, it does mean the boys ran pretty well.

[Strider]

One in the eye for the selectors then So 2 of the girls who were not good enough to be selected - Tamsin and Katie - have made the final, whereas 4 of the boys who were considered good enough didn't make it!

Or, equally, you can look at the Long results and say they were vindicated…

[afterthought]

Good luck to the runners for the finals tomorrow.

More than half into the A finals: may be it was the best day yet for the team, overall. Well done those who made it, possibly one or two were smart and got a bit of help at the end from a faster orienteer starting behind them. Bad luck to those who didn't, we can see they all gave it a good shot. Rhona as noted was doing well until time loss at the end. Ciaran looks to have missed because of one control, and Chris because of two. And whilst neither Olly nor Adam had a good run, taking the better time from them for each leg (basically Olly for the first half and Adam for the second half) gives a comfortable 10th place!

Edit: typo corrected.

[maprun]

Zoe 3rd, with only 10 still to finish and only one of those quicker to the first radio control!

[JennyJ]

Absolutely fantastic results today - especially well done to Zoe!

[afterthought]

Zoe on the podium in 6th, and the other four women in the A final 11th, 27th, 30th, 35th. Cor. Well done.

[afterthought]

Maybe the selectors picked the team for the middle and relay rather than the long (if there were close decisions.)

Looking forward to tomorrow's relays.

[maprun]

Only GB, Switzerland and Finland with four girls in the top 30 and only GB and Switzerland with five in the top 35. Great performance by the girls.

So pleased the girls proved the selectors got it right in the end!

[BenM]

Just had a chance to catchup... some fantastic results today, serious strength in depth from the girls, bodes well for the two girls relay teams, and possibly the best ever GB performance from a first year 18?

[RS]

Girls2 having a good run. Poss podium if Tamsin can pull it out of the bag? Boys1 also doing well. Boys2 2 secs behind 1 - a tow maybe?

[maprun]

Zoe having a strong run closing in on Tamsin on last leg for 10th place. Invisible Czech runner between them in 11th.

[maprun]

GB2 finishing in 10th, third best second team, less than 4 mins off a podium place! Zoe gains 8 places and 5 mins to finish 11th for GB1.