Alastair's JWOC done with relay

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Last Updated: Sunday, 15 July 2018 15:20

Alastair George, our sole NSW representative at JWOC, has finished with a good result in the Middle Distance final and relays.

Alastair (pictured left) was 43rd in the B final in the Middle, then his No.2 Australian team upstaged the No.1 team by three minutes in the Relays, which concluded an intriguing week in Hungary.

The Middle and Relays were on a map rapidly becoming known as the Hungarian Labyrinth (see here for the maps). The Middle final was in a particularly brutal section, while the Relays were in an more open area that allowed for much faster running.

Apparently the green bits were juniper bushes. Pity the poor mapper having to get it right.

OA has a nice photo album on Facebook taking all the events. World of O also has some excellent analysis.

Congratulations Alastair on your first junior world champs.

Meanwhile in Denmark, the annual World Masters champs wrapped up in beachside terrain at Tisvilde Hegn. 

Our Waggaroos club had some great results, with NSW Stinger Briohny Seaman (W35A, pictured right) 23rd in the Middle followed by an outstanding 14th in the Long. Her mum Debbie Davey was mid-field in both W60A finals. 

You can see all the maps and results on the event website.