Summer Travels 2022
2022 was the first full season for our juniors post-covid.
Following performances at the British Champs, JK & Northerns, some were selected to attend JROS summer camps.
The North West Junior Squad exists to support Junior Orienteering in the North West Region.
Membership is by invitation to any promising and committed young people, aged from 12 to 18, who are members of one of the nine NWOA clubs.
2022 was the first full season for our juniors post-covid.
Following performances at the British Champs, JK & Northerns, some were selected to attend JROS summer camps.
Towards the end of August 2020 NWJS held its first training sessions after the Covid Lockdown had been lifted.
There are 6 races that have been nominated as Selection races in 2020.
These are the British Championships (Long), JK (Sprint, Middle, Long) and Lakes Weekend Blakeholme (Middle) & Windemere (Sprint).
Athletes in NWJS have been encouraged to attend their local weekend ParkRun to test their fitness levels. Keeping fit is progressive and the 2019 Squad Standards document encourages everyone to attend a ParkRun at least every 3 months.
Each year the Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) organisation puts on 4 summer training camps.
The North West Junior Squad is re-formed 1st January each year. Juniors are judged on 3 measures throughout the year - Fitness, Attendance and Performance. An invitation to rejoin the squad is based on the juniors achievements against these three measures in the preceding 12 months.
The North West Junior Squad is formed 1st January each year. Juniors are judged on 3 measures throughout the year - Fitness, Attendance and Performance. An invitation to rejoin the squad is based on the juniors achievements against these three measures in the preceding 12 months.
Congratulations to Ellie Simmonds (LOC), Niamh Hunter (WCOC), Dylan Kenny (LOC), Joe Sunley (WCOC) & Charlie Rennie (WCOC) being named in the team for Interland Cup 2019.
Congratulations to Alastair Thomas on being selected for this years European Youth Orienteering Championships, which are being held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, 29th June – 2nd July 2017.
This year the junior squad again visited southern Norway for its bi-annual tour.
In August a group of 29 juniors and 10 adults travelled out to Fredrikstad in southern Norway for the bi-annual junior squad tour.
Performance standard is required to be achieved in three events within the Calendar year.