Interland 2016 – Junior Selection Policy
Selection for the 2016 Interland Cup international with Belgium, the Netherlands and NE France to be held in Belgium on 21st February 2016 will be based on the following events;
– 25th October | Ogden Water | YHOA (EPOC) |
– 1st November | November Classic | SCOA (SOC) |
– 8th November | Bethecar Moor | NWOA (LOC) |
– 22nd November | Winterfold | SEOA (SLOW) |
It is anticipated that juniors wishing to be considered for selection will successfully complete 3 of the 4 races listed.
In keeping with the objectives of the England Selectors to use this competition to provide experience, the Junior Selectors will not consider members of the Great Britain 2015-16 World Class Squad or of the Great Britain 2015-16 Talent Squad (as listed on the British Orienteering web site in the autumn of 2015)
The Junior selectors have been asked to select 3 M/W14, 3 M/W16 and 1 M/W18.
The selectors will not include juniors in ‘bottom year’ M/W14 i.e born in 2003.
Juniors who wish to be considered for selection should run the course corresponding to their age class in 2016.
For these events, juniors will be expected to run the following ‘colour coded’ courses;
M14/W14 | – Light Green |
W16 | – Green |
M16 | – Blue |
W18 | – Short Blue |
M18 | – Short Brown |
England Junior Selectors;
Keith Marsden (SEOA) Hilary Palmer (EMOA) Tim Tett (YHOA)