Toby, Georgia selected in JWOC team

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Last Updated: Wednesday, 26 April 2017 12:03

Garingal's Tony Wilson has been named in the Australian team for the junior world championships in Finland, and Uringa's Georgia Jones has been picked as a reserve.

Toby has been on the fringe of "JWOC" selection for more than 12 months now and his impressive results in the National League - including a breakthrough win on the notoriously difficult Pittwater Dunes in Hobart last month and solid performances in New Zealand at Easter - sealed his place.

"I'm excited for this opportunity to get overseas experience," he said.

"I took this semester off Uni partly to concentrate on JWOC and I was pretty confident after the first few NOL races, but it's still a relief to see your name on the list."

Georgia has consistently placed in the top 7 or 8 in junior NOL races this year and will no doubt push strongly for full selection next year.

"It was a really strong field competing for places on the team, and I've gotten where I am because of all the work my coach Paula Shingler has put in," she said.

"Although I'm disappointed to not get on the travelling team, it was good to be picked as reserve. I had a solid set of races in New Zealand which is a good preparation for the racing I'll be doing in Europe later this year and my nomination for the 2018 JWOC team."

The Orienteering NSW community congratulates these two fine ambassadors for our sport, and their Australian team-mates.

The championships in Finland run from July 9-16 and the event website is here.