World Schools Selections

[RJ]

The selections for the various teams for the World Schools' O Champs, being held in April 2008 near Edinburgh, are on the http://www.bsoa.org website.

Congratulations to Ulverston Victoria High School..... three school teams. Outstanding.... as usual! Ulverston show total commitment year after year.... 71 pupils made the long, long journey to Dorset for the selection races.

[Big Jon]

Interesting selections - no Scots in the teams... - Is it a "British" team or is it an "English" team?

[distracted]

In the past there have been separate England and Scotland teams, so I'd guess that's the case this year too...

[Rookie]

I think the team is English [and Welsh? One of the senior boys select is I think] Schools (doesn't matter where you are from, just where you go to school), something to do with Scotland having a different educational system maybe, but being selected by the BSOA I can see the confusion.

Nice one Ulverston, having both junior teams is a good sign for the future

[SIman]

I believe there was a Scottish selection race at Faskally on Sunday, but I don't know any details.

[awk]

The situation has for some years been that the BSOA is an English team, although Welsh juniors are allowed in it by special arrangement. For the past 2 or 3 World Schools Champs, the Scottish have sent a separate team. I can't remember the precise reasons, beyond that it is simply due to the rules of the ISSF and is nothing to do with the Brits!

[Paul Frost]

A blatant plug, but I have just put the website for the World Schools Championships (Edinburgh 2008) online.
There will be some more photographs of the areas and a location map added in the next few days.
Visit the site now, www.wsco2008.org.uk

[Rookie]

"blatant plug" - helps to get the link right! this one works
http://www.wsco2008.org.uk/

Not a very exotic location for the kids to go to this year!

[EddieH]

Are the captions right?

"Typical plantation" appears to be grass

[Paul Frost]

Eddie is quite right, the labels have now been adjusted.
I think I should have stayed off the computer today!

[Gross]

Good to see Devilla being used for an International Again..... think the last time was EuroMeeting in 1972.....

[MarkM]

Any idea where to find Scottish team selections. I haven't received results from the selection race yet and I was a competitor