Our latest coach-in-residence Grace Molloy is on her way back to Scotland after an action-packed six months in NSW.
Grace has run at JWOC for Great Britain and we wish her well as she prepares for another northern summer of elite competition.
Here she pens some recollections of her time down under.
"I have had an incredible six months," Grace said.
"I was hosted by lovely families in Orange, Sydney and Coffs Harbour and I also made trips to Perth, Adelaide, Ballarat, Canberra and New Zealand for a mixture of training camps, competitions and holidays.
"My main tasks included organising training sessions and running events for both juniors and adults, coaching in schools and making sprint maps.
"I also coached the NSW junior team at the Australian Championships and at a training camp in Ballarat and these were two of the highlights of my trip. Everyone I met was extremely welcoming and I am especially grateful to my host families.
"I would love to come back to Australia will be recommending the programme to any enthusiastic orienteers in Britain."
Grace and ONSW thank Jim Mackay for co-ordinating these wonderful exchanges, and the families who host the scholars.
