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EYOC 2019 Preview

This coming weekend sees the first of the junior international competitions, with European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) taking place in Grodno, Belarus between Thursday 27th June and Sunday 30th June. 

There is a team of 9 athletes heading out to represent Great Britain and this sees a mixture of returning and first-time international runners taking to the Sprint, Long and Relay races. Four debutants will be Alice Wilson (CLYDE) in W18 and in 16s Jim Bailey (BOK), Rachel Brown (ESOC) and Joe Hudd (WCOC), all eager to make an impression in Belarus and begin their international careers in a positive fashion. 

In the MW18 category we see returning David Bunn (TVOC), Matthew Gooch (MAROC), Flurry Grierson (DEVON), Lizzie Stansfield (FVO) and Anika Schwarze-Chintapatla (EBOR) .

The teams discussion at the pre-EYOC camp revolved around the likely challenges of the forest which for both the Long and Relay looks very green and contoured but with no prior maps available the model events will be all important on Thursday to work out the chellenges the forest will present. The Sprint will take place in central Grodno and the pre-EYOC camp focused on the challenges of a very traditional city urban area which is likely to be quite fast and not overly technical.

The programme starts with the Long distance on the Friday morning, Relay Saturday and a Sprint race on the Sunday. We wish the athletes all the best for this and the remainder of the races next weekend. 

You can follow the action here: https://eyoc2019.by 

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