VHI 2023 – Vets Selection Policy
In 2023 the England team for the Veteran Home Internationals will be selected using the results of the following races:
Sun 26th Feb | Northern Champs | Burbage | SYO |
Sat 25th March | British Champs | Cold Ash | BKO / SCOA |
Sat 8th April | JK Middle | High Dam | NWOA |
Sun 9th April | JK Long | Bigland | NWOA |
Sun 7th May | British Middle Champs | Drumkeeragh Forest | NIOA |
Sun 28th May | Midland Champs | Brampton Bryan | HOC |
If any of the remaining events are cancelled or postponed, selections will be made on the basis of the events that take place/ have taken place.
Orienteers need to compete in at least two of these races to be considered. Greater weight will be given to the results of the British Champs, the JK races, and the British Middle Champs.
The selectors will endeavour to take into consideration the results of competitors running-up out-of-class, on a mins/k basis.
On occasions a competitor may be recovering from injury or illness, and know beforehand that he/she may not perform well in a selection race. In such circumstance, the competitor should let a selector know in advance together with their wishes regarding the inclusion of their result for selection purposes.
In general a ‘retired’ or ‘disqualified’ will be taken to be the equivalent of a very poor run: those wishing to be selected should take every precaution to avoid mispunching in a selection race.
Selectors: Jackie Hallett (BOK), Andy Hemsted (HOC, Chair), Tim Tett (SYO)