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British Schools Orienteering Championships
A team of 22 orienteers from BRGS travelled south to the
Forest of Wye, near Kidderminster, for the 2006 British Schools
Orienteering Championships. We competed againts over 800 pupils
from schools over the country. Everybody was keyed up and
ready to run the race of their lives but we did not anticipate
so many fine performances and such a flood of medals.
The Year 11 Boys Team of Liam Taylor, Alex Willis and Stephen
Horrocks finished in 2nd place as did the Year 12 Boys Team
of Danny Hoyle, James Heaton and Jack Heyworth. Liam finished
6th in his category and Danny finished 9th in his.
The best individual performance, however was that of Emily
Lester who finished 2nd place in the Year 12 Girls race, beating
some of the top female orienteers in the British Junior Squad.
Emily has had an exceptional year in which she has won the
Lancashire Scout and Guide Orienteering Championships and
is currently leading the Lancashire League.
The surprise result of the day was the overall school placing
of 2rd. This was the first time the BRGS school team finally
made it onto the winners podium. The best 9 placings were
added together to make BRGS the 3rd best school in the whole
of the UK (2nd in the North West behinf Ulverston Victoria
School). New members all took their training seriously in
the weeks before and it certainly paid off. We have had fantastic
support from all the parents, particularly Mr. McDermott,
Mr. Willis and Mr. Horrocks who have been coaching the team
for the last year.
Write up from BRGS Blueprint Newsletter
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Team BRGS on the national podium
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For full comprehensive results and visit the British
Schools Orienteering Association website.
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