Discussion: JWOC teams

Soon it's time for the world's best juniors to fight for their most wanted medals.

What team does your country send in to battle in the hard Gothenburg terrain?

JWOC opens with sprint (30 June), then middle qualification (2 July) and final (3 July). After that it's long-distance (5 July) and finally the relay (6 July).

JWOC Website
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The Swedish troop is now official. Six girls and six boys are running and it was after hard tests in Gothenburg the junior coaches Ismo Mäkiranta and Anneli Östberg could take out the last persons for the team.
-It's a strong and hungry troop, Anneli Östberg says to orientering.se.

The Swedish troop for JWOC;

Girls
Anna Forsberg, 18, OK Kolmården
Beata Falk, 19, Hagaby GoIF
Jenny Lönnkvist, 19, Tullinge SK
Karin Persson, 20, Hagaby GoIF
Katarina Svan, 17, IFK Moras OK
Lina Strand, 19, Göteborg-Majorna OK

Reserve: Elsa Jansson, 19, Främmestad

Boys
Gustav Bergman, 17, OK Ravinen
Olle Boström, 17, Järla IF OK
Pelle Engstrand, 20, Rehns BK
Erik Liljequist, 19, OK Älme
Jerker Lysell, 19, Rehns BK
Johan Runesson, 17, OK Tisaren

Reserve: Erik Johansson, 19, Halmstad OK

Estonian team:
Jaagup Truusalu OK Võru
Kristo Heinmann OK Ilves / Kangasala SK
Lauri Tammemäe OK Orvand / Hiisirasti
Lauri Sild OK Võru / Triangeln
Timo Sild OK Võru / Triangeln
Henrik Berg Bromma-Vällingby SOK

Eva-Maria Ehala Rae ROK
Grete Gutmann Rae ROK
The two last girls to run JWOC are not decided yet.

Basically, there are 6 boys who are able to fight for a medal, this means two strong relay teams also.

Thankfully this time we are not the smallest like in 2006
Still only 2 ppl though

South Africa
Dylan Hemer,19, Witsoc
Alex Pope,20,Witsoc

There are a few names above i recognise. I have beaten Hendrik (Estonia) before, but that could have been the altitude getting to him. We got spare place in our relay if any1 is looking ;) Had a slovakian run with us in Lituania to make up the team.

You need be in a national team to run the relay, right? If not, maybe I could run in your team. Because I'll be in Göteborg during jwoc running the spectator races.

Welcome to Gothenburg DHelmer!!
But hey mood. Why are you not running for Sweden?!

Gothenburg is great in the summer, why don´t take the chance and run the spectator races during JWOC, more information about that on www.gmok.nu/jwoc2008
I can already now tell you that we are planning to broadcast the "speakersound" live and there will also be live results during the JWOC races. Enjoy!

Hmm i think you need to be one of the competitors from a national team unfortunatly. It makes you an unofficial team but at least you get to compete.
@nightfox: Thanks, will be good to be back in sweden, ran at O'ringin last year. Very different from my usual terrain in South Africa

nightfox: I wasn't in good shape at the jwoc-test :P

DHemer: Ok, then maybe you should try to find someone else. And if you don't I can still run for you :)

Hey i got no problem with it. If you are at the comeption just find us and we can chat. We have some brght kit and make a noise. Should not be too hard but i worry ur alot faster than us....

Yes, i'll find you. That would be cool. But if you have beaten Henrik then you're quite good :)

USA Team

Holly Kuestner COC
Anna Shafer-Skelton SLOC
Tori Borish COC

Andy Strat QOC
John Goodwin WCOC
Hunter Cornish DVOA
Jordon Laughlin USMAOC
Malcolm Wyatt-Maier BAOC
Gabariel Svobodny MVOC

GO USA!

mood is pretty fast, though i've only raced him naked in the dark, so i don't know if he is better with clothes on.

Canada:

Women:

Emily Kemp
Carol Ross
Emily Ross
Natasha Ouellette

Men:

Robbie Anderson
Damian Konotopetz
Colin Abbott
Lee Hawkings
Fraser Ross
Graham Ereaux

Alternates: Erik Kemp and Jeffrey Teutsch

Ohh more names i regonise.
He he... If any of the canada team read this....
I have stories to tell about ur one team mate from 06...
Where are the Aussie and Kiwi AP'ers?

Australia

Kryso Qld
Biddy Qld
Rooey Qld
BelindaL ACT
Kido Vic
Rach Qld


Keely Vic
Olly Qld
Big D ACT
Moook Vic
Nick Tas
Oscar Tas

New Zealand

Men:
Simon Jager
Scott McDonald
Thomas Reynolds
Jack Vincent

Women:
Lizzie Ingham
Greta Knarston
Kate Morrison
Tessa Ramsden
Angela Simpson
Georgia Whitla

Congratulations to everyone making the teams. Good to see a fair number of people that I ran against the last 2 years. Dylan- I am sure a lot of people have stories. Congrats to the 5 Queenslanders that made the Australian team, that is really great.

Ireland

Nick Simonin - BOC, OK Tisaren
Ruairí Short - CNOC, DFO
Fiach O'Rourke - FIN
Colm Hill - CNOC, DFO

So there are a few ppl on the site who are going to be at Jwoc but they seem quiet.
What are ur goal, where do u think ur best chances lie. What are you looking forward too.

I am looking to make the B middle distance final, nothing special but an improvment on my previous attempt.
Think my best race is going to be the Sprint, would have got a mid field placing in Lithuania if it was not for a stupid mistake on one control where i dropped 2 min, in a 15 min race. ouch...
I am looking forward to being in such an orienteering focused community, will make a change for ppl who never know what it is. Oh and the party...fond memories..

Swiss teams:

Juniorenweltmeisterschaften JWOC, Göteborg/Schweden, 26.06.-07.07.2008

Juniorinnen
Aebi Bettina, Oberönz
Engeler Rachel, Amriswil
Feer Isabelle, Goldau
Gross Julia, Richterswil
Roos Elena, Cugnasco
Wyder Judith, Zimmerwald (med. Vorbehalt)
1. Ersatz: Minder Carmen, Bennwil
2. Ersatz: Kubli Merla, Basel

Junioren
Howald Severin, Oberönz (med. Vorbehalt)
Huber Raffael, Hedingen
Hubmann Martin, Eschlikon
Kyburz Andreas, Möhlin
Kyburz Matthias, Möhlin
Sauter Philipp, Chur
1. Ersatz: Hägler Kaspar, Hölstein
2. Ersatz: Howald Florian, Oberönz

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http://www.swiss-orienteering.ch/index.php?option=...

DHemer>> If you charge your batteries and have some nice days & living, learning the terrain & o-technique and fun you can start aim for the a-final!! =)
I will cheer for you...and girlfriend Rachel above. And some more clubmates..Lina Strand, Erik Sagvolden, Raffael Huber...hehe

There has been a change in the Australian team

That is such a shame!!!!! I hope Bryan's foot gets better soon and he has a fast recovery!!!!

Dutch team:
Wouter Foppen
Olav Johannes Deelstra
Koen de Jong

Thanks nightfox. We will see, pretty sure that would be a first for an African orienteer.
Just over 3 weeks to go now. Hope the training is going well for everyone

DHelmer>> Train to lift your feets! Train it hard!! The high grass is growing high over here... That will spare you some minutes in the final courses!
And yeah. I forgot our clubs UK runner! Hector Haines! He's so fast and cool! Gogo GMOK-runners!! Now it's five members from the club running JWOC. Hmm..maybe couse we are arranging and they wanted to take a shortcut this season. Will be interesting to see if they get payback when the medals is to be given away.
Ahh...whatever! i hope everyone will win something and have a good time in Göteborg!

French team :

They already have relay teams!

Women :
1 LELOUP Marine
2 BARLET Gaëlle
3 D?HARREVILLE Karine

Men 1 :
1 TRANCHAND Frédéric
2 FLEURENT Théo
3 BASSET Lucas

Men 2 :
1 LEPOUTRE Benjamin
2 RINGOT Mathieu
3 VALLA Clément

Finnish Team:

Women:
Marjo Liikanen, VeVe
Aino Leskinen, Lynx
Venla Niemi TP
Maija Sianoja, MS Parma
Marika Teini, RaLu
Saara Nikkari, RR
Reserve: Maiju Nurmela, RaKaS

Men:
Leo Laakkonen, VaHa
Olli-Markus Taivainen, PelPo
Vili Niemi, RR
Samu Lehtola, Kangasala SK
Aaro Asikainen, KR
Johannes Pohjala, Hiisi
Reserve: Antti Vainio, MS Parma

German Team:

Women:
Marie Winkler, Jena
Esther Doetsch, Steinberg
(Marie-Christine Böhm, Steinberg - only for the relay)

Men:
Phillip Müller, Post DD / Halden SK
Christoph Brandt, Ilmenau
Paul Lützkendorf, Jena
Bjarne Friedrichs, Seesen

So SA team has been here in Göteborg for 2 full days now. Training is going well but the area is tough. Any other teams out here yet or if not when do you arrive?

I'm leaving for the airport in 5 mins! :P I'll be there tomorrow morning (22nd). See ya!

3 of the USA team members are on their way as well and will arrive there some time tomorrow 6/22. They will be working with the Canadian team until the rest of the team arrives on the 25th.

I sent an email to the JWOC organizers asking about online streaming and this is the answer I got:


"There will be online audio streaming from the JWOC races, we will also publish some short video clips with interviews during the race days, and longer videos on the evenings.

"We will also have live results during each competition day.

"More detailed information about this will come during next week.

"For your information, the commentators will speak English.

"I hope you will enjoy the JWOC competitions.

"Best Regards
Andreas Persson
JWOC 2008"

I haven't seen any links yet---I've noticed they often show up too late for people to plan around the times, so if you notice them on the JWOC site, please let us know here.

Slovenian Team

Women
Ursa Tomazin, OK Azimut

Men:
Jure Zmrzlikar, OK Komenda
Tibor Golob-Mrak, OK Azimut

Comment to Cedarcreek>> We will publish our renewed website on wednesday, there you will find starttimes etc.

We will start our broadcast around 30 min before first start each day, it will also be possible to send messages to the commentators. Could be interesting facts about the runners, music requests, it is up to you! So far the competitors have experienced a typical Swedish summer, (if you ask Shep for ex). But I have seen some forecasts (in which I choose to believe) that the weather next week will be better.

I converted the times listed in Bulletin 3 into NYC, LA, and Sydney time zones. Andreas said above that the broadcasts will start about 30 minutes before the first start each day.

For people not in those time zones, I added an "Other zones" link that I hope will be useful.

Göteborg, Sweden
Sunday 29th June 2008 Arrival
Monday 30th June Sprint distance
---12.30 Sprint distance event--first start (est 3 hrs 30 min) (Other zones)
Tuesday 1st July Model event
Wednesday 2nd July Middle distance qualification
---09.15 Middle distance qualification--first start (est 2 hrs 45 min)(Other zones)
Thursday 3rd July Middle distance final
---12.00 Middle distance final--first start (est 4 hrs 15 min) (Other zones)
Friday 4th July Rest day
Saturday 5th July Long distance
---09.00 Long distance event--first start (est 6 hours) (Other zones)
Sunday 6th July Relay
---09.30 Women´s relay start (Other zones)
---09.40 Men´s relay start
---11.30 Expected finish women´s relay
---12.05 Expected finish men´s relay

NYC
Mon 06.30 Sprint distance event--est 3 hours 30 min
Wed 03.15 Middle distance qualification--est 2 hours 45 min
Thurs 06.00 Middle distance final--est 4 hrs 15 min
Sat 03.00 Long distance event--est 6 hours
Sun 6th July Relay
---03.30 Women´s relay start
---03.40 Men´s relay start
---05.30 Expected finish women´s relay
---06.05 Expected finish men´s relay

LA
Mon 03.30 Sprint distance event--est 3 hours 30 min
Wed 00.15 Middle distance qualification--est 2 hours 45 min
Thurs 03.00 Middle distance final--est 4 hrs 15 min
Fri-Sat Midnight Long distance event--est 6 hours
Sun 6th July Relay
---00.30 Women´s relay start
---00.40 Men´s relay start
---02.30 Expected finish women´s relay
---03.05 Expected finish men´s relay

Sydney
Mon 20.30 Sprint distance event--est 3 hours 30 min
Wed 17.15 Middle distance qualification--est 2 hours 45 min
Thurs 20.00 Middle distance final--est 4 hrs 15 min
Sat 17.00 Long distance event--est 6 hours
Sun 6th July Relay
---17.30 Women´s relay start
---17.40 Men´s relay start
---19.30 Expected finish women´s relay
---20.05 Expected finish men´s relay

thanks!

Team Sa is now in the event accomedation as well. Keep your ears openb for the loud horn that signals our arrival.
Good to finally see some of the other teams after a week by ourselves

So i seem to be the only one from a team posting regularly here. Someone else post!!
What do you think of the centre so far, i am pretty happy. In a room with 4 latvian girls...no complaints. Only problem is the military's idea of good eating times. i like lunch in the after noon and dinner after 5 at the earilest but thats nothing too major. I wanna have a go on the asault course but thats a no go i here

Sa teams blog is found here
juniororienteers.blogspot.com

Lithuanian team:

Women:
1. Gabija Razaitytë (Kauno SM ?Gaja?, OSK ?Medeina?)
2. Ugnë Grigonytë (Kauno SM ?Gaja?, OSK ?Takas?)
3. Ausrinë Kutkaitë (Kauno SM ?Gaja? , OSK ?Medeina?)
4. Teklë Emilija Gvildytë (Kauno SM ?Gaja? , OSK ?Medeina?)
5. Ausra Miksytë (Ðilalës SM)
6. Joana Cësnaitë (Ðilalës SM)

Men:
1. Jonas Vytautas Gvildys (Kauno SM ?Gaja?, OSK ?Medeina?)
2. Mantas Martinkus (Marijampolës MKC, OSK ?Javonis?)
3. Leonas Mockûnas (Plungës SM, OSK ?Versmë?)
4. Tadas Vidzikauskas (Kauno SM ?Gaja?)
5. Karolis Lazdauskas (Kauno SM ?Gaja?)
6. Tomas Kokanka (Zarasø SM)

Jwoc is over. The teams have left the base and are all making there way home or onto the next orienteering race. Was a really fun event and think it went reasonably well. Banquet and party were fun and it was really great to meet so many orienteers.
One of the aus girls owes me 5 kr!!!! if you cant trust fellow non european teams who can you trust