New Zealand is sending a very strong team to the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Denmark, led by the outstanding Angela Simpson and Jourdan Harvey.
Simpson and Harvey were top performers for New Zealand at the Sprint distance in Italy in 2009, and, based on their domestic form in 2010, are looking to break into the top 15.
Simpson currently leads both the Elite and Junior National SILVA Superseries, ahead of top ranked NZ woman Lizzie Ingham, while Harvey leads the Juniors and is placed third in the Elite men, behind World Games representatives Darren Ashmore and Ross Morrison.
The Junior World Orienteering Championships will be held in Aalborg, Denmark over 4-11 July, 2010.
The SILVA New Zealand Junior Team to compete at the 2010 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Aalborg, Denmark on 4-11 July 2010:
Women
- Jaime Goodwin (Hawkes Bay OC)
- Rachel Goodwin* (Hawkes Bay OC)
- Selena Metherell (Peninsula & Plains Orienteers)
- Kate Morrison (Hawkes Bay OC)
- Laura Robertson (Orienteering Hutt Valley)
- Angela Simpson (Rotorua OC)
*Subject to demonstration of fitness
Non-travelling reserve: Jula McMillan (Orienteering Hutt Valley)
Men
- Gene Beveridge (North West OC)
- Jourdan Harvey (Counties Manukau OC)
- Scott McDonald (Hawkes Bay OC)
- Duncan Morrison (Hawkes Bay OC)
- Matthew Ogden (North West OC)
- Toby Scott (Auckland OC)
Non-travelling reserve: Jamie Brigham-Watson (Wellington OC)
Co-Managers: Carsten Jorgensen and Jenni Adams (Peninsula & Plains)
Coach: TBA.
