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Generic information about Stockholm

Location

The Stockholm training camp is based the club ‘hut’ of OK Ravinen (one of the orienteering clubs based around Stockholm  www4.idrottonline.se/OKRavinen-Orientering). The club hut is in Hellasgården in the Nacka district to the south east and in the suburbs of Stockholm.
It is in the middle of Stockholm’s nearest ‘real forest’ and is easily accessible by public transport. 

Accommodation

Accommodation is in the OK Ravinen club hut. The participants will sleep on the floor in one of two rooms in the building.
The hut is equipped with toilets and showers.
The tour chef prepares all the meals on site and specific dietary needs are catered for. Athletes will be expected to assist with chores during the camp.
There is plenty of space around the hut for outdoor games.

Background

Since the late 1990’s a number of training tours have taken place in Scandinavia with popular venues such as Halden and Uppsalla. These catered for the older age groups and were aimed at providing experience of training and competing in Scandinavian terrain.
With the loss of all junior overseas training tours organised by British Orienteering it was decided in 2011 to organise a camp for M/W17’s based on the OK Ravinen club, thanks to the assistance of Nick Barrable who is a member of that club.
All attendees join OK Ravinen which brings a number of benefits both short and long term. In the short term there is a reduction in the cost of staying in the hut, entry to local races and a free ‘O’ top. In the longer term, many past attendees have used their membership of OK Ravinen to compete in top class Scandinavian competition.

Terrain

As you would expect there is an abundance of top class orienteering terrain within easy access of the hut. The tour makes use of the extensive Stockholm public transport system to get to training areas and competitions in the Stockholm area.

Attendees

The camp is aimed at M/W17’s who have achieved the required standard in the nominated selection races (See Stockholm Selection criteria). It is expected that up to 20 M/W17’s will attend. If insufficient M/W17’s qualify the selectors may add suitable M/W16’s.
In support of the camp there is a Tour Manager (TM) who has responsibility for such things as travel, accommodation, food etc.
The TM is supported by a chef and a Lead Coach. The Lead Coach has a team of up to 6 coaches.

Report

Download/view the Team Managers Report as a PDF

Selections

Louise Adams  SYO
Cecilie Andersen  BOK
Katie Blackford  BADO
Hannah Cox  LEI
Pippa Dakin  SYO
Helen Ockenden  SROC
Jennifer Ricketts  MAROC
Alice Rigby  CLOK
Fay Walsh  MWOC

Alex Carcas  INT
Alexander Chepelin  GRAMP
Michael Hallett  BOK
Nathan Lawson  OD
Alistair Masson  SO
Harrison McCartney  OD
Tim Morgan  SOC
Aidan Rigby  CLOK
Thomas Wilson  CLYDE

Selection policy

Selection policy for attendance at the Stockholm Training camp (2014).
Download the selection policy as a PDF

Date

The camp will run from 18th – 31st August 2014 

Eligibility

The Camp is predominantly for M/W17’s born in 1997 but some top M/W16’s born in 1998 may be selected.

Athletes will not be selected for both the Deeside and the Stockholm tours

Numbers

The camp will be for a maximum of 20 athletes.

Criteria

Athletes wishing to be selected will have achieved the standards set out below in the following races;

Southern Championships 26th January 2014
JK Day 2 19th April 2014
JK Day 3 20th April 2014
Northern Championships 4th May 2014

Standard for selection

Athletes wishing to be selected will have achieved 125% or less of the winner’s time as averaged over three of the above races.

Selection Process

If there are more than the maximum number for the camp who have achieved the required standard then those with the lowest averages will be selected.

The selector may choose not to fill all available places if there are insufficient qualified athletes.

The tour selectors

The tour athletes will be selected by Nick Barrable (SYO and OK Ravinen) and the selections will be reviewed by the Chairman of Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS).

Illness or Injury

All cases of illness or injury which may affect an athlete’s ability to compete in one of the above selection races should be notified in writing to the athlete’s Regional Squad coordinator prior to the running of that race, clearly explaining the reasons for their failure to compete. The Regional Squad coordinator will make the Selectors aware of such notifications prior to the race.