Alastair George named in JWOC team again

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 23 April 2019 16:43

Big Foot's Alastair George has again been selected in the Australian team to compete in the junior world championships in Denmark in July.

Alastair (back row, third from left) finished second overall in the junior men's elite division at the big national Easter carnival in WA. It's his second trip to JWOC after making his debut in Hungary last year.

Year 9 prodigy Alvin Craig finished an impressive fourth overall but did not nominate.

We congratulate the boys on their success - along with Duncan Currie who won the opening Sprint event - and wish Alastair all the best in Denmark. You can follow his progress on the event website here.

The Australian JWOC team is:
Women: Mikayla Cooper (Tas), Ella Cuthbert (ACT), Joanna George (SA), Tara Melhuish (ACT), Zoe Melhuish (ACT), Caroline Pigerre (Qld).
Men: Dante Afnan (SA), Alastair George (NSW), Angus Haines (SA), Aston Key (VIC), Patrick Miller (ACT), Noah Poland (ACT).

Speaking of Easter, congratulations to these NSW orienteers who won their age classes across the 3 days of the carnival:
Aoife Rothery (BF, W12A), Erika Enderby (NC, W14A), Nikolett Halmai (GO, W35A), Cath Chalmers (BF, W50A), Barbara Junghans (GO, W65AS), Alton Freeman (BF, M10A), Oliver Freeman (BF, W14A), Oskar Mella (NC, M16A), Chris Fitzgerald (GS, M21A), Istvan Kertesz (GO, M35A), Stephen Craig (NC, M50A), Michael Halmy (BN, M55AS), Eoin Rothery (BF, M60A), Ian Warlters (BB, M65AS), Basil Baldwin (GS, M80A).

And congrats to Big Foot who finished second in the competition for Australian Champion Club, based on the Long Distance event on Sunday.