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Helen Bridle
Club (Nat) WIM, Dorset
Club(Int) IFK Goteborg, Sweden
DOB 03-June-79
Currently living Gothenborg, Sweden
2003 WOC 17th (Sprint) 33rd (middle)
How she started O Helen started orienteering when she was old enough to walk, introduced by her family, Helen is coached by Yvette Baker, Britains former World Champion (1999).

Heather Monro
Club (Nat) SLOW, London
Club(Int) Halden SK, Norway
DOB 04-sep-71
Currently living Durham
2003 WOC 14th (Long), 10th (Middle), 6th (Relay)
2001 WOC 15th (Long), 17th (Middle), 5th (Relay)
Career Highs Heather is one of the most consistent orienteers in Team GB.
GOLD: Super Elite O-Ringen (2003) Heather is the first non-Scandinavian for 25 years to win the Swedish O-Ringen.
GOLD: Heather helps her Norwegian club (Halden SK) to win the biggest relay in the world - Tio Mila (2002).
SILVER: World Cup, Japan 2000.
SILVER: World Cup, Australia 2000
BRONZE: 3rd place overall in the 2000 World Cup series.
BRONZE: European Championships Relay 2000.
6th place overall in the 2002 World Cup series.
Top Ten positions: WOC 2003 / WOC 1999 / European Championships / Nordic Championships.

WOC debut Alison O’Neil

Club (Nat) NOC, Nottingham / EUOC, Edinburgh
DOB 05-june-85
Currently living Ilkeston, Derbyshire
2004 JWOC BRONZE (Long), 4th (Middle)
Most memorable O Junior World Orienteering Championships 2004, WOC 2004 Classic, Won Bronze Medal
How she started O Did the Nottingham “Go For Gold” Orienteering course for school children run by Hilary Palmer (when I was 8) and my family took it up seriously a couple of years later.

Sarah Rollins

Club (Nat) BAOC, British Army
Club(Int) OK Tyr, Sweden
DOB 4-July-76
Currently living Farnham
2003 WOC 9th (Sprint), 6th (Relay)
2001 WOC 13th (Sprint)
How she started O Aged 19 - at OTC (Officer Training) one of the army instructors dragged me along. I seemed to do well and it went from there.

Helen Winskill

Club (Nat) SYO, South Yorkshire
Club (Int) Vasteras SOK, Sweden
DOB 03-May-75
Currently living Sheffield
How she started O Through my family. My dad was a rally navigator but wanted a sport that his young family could do together and a work colleague suggested orienteering. Never really looked back and the whole family still orienteer 21 years later.

Hannah Wootton

Club (Nat) NUOC, Newcastle Uni
Club (Int) Halden SK, Norway
DOB 29-May-80
Currently living Newcastle
2003 WOC 23rd (Long), 6th (Relay)
2001 WOC 19th (Sprint)
Most memorable O 2002 Idre World Cup (Sweden), Ultra long 4th, Stood on the podium at a World Cup race, kept up with Simone Niggli-Luder for nearly 2 hrs, and loved every minute! – except the final run in up the ski slope!

Jon Duncan

Club (Nat) GRAMP OC, Scotland
Club (Int) Halden SK, Norway
DOB 06-Oct-75
Currently living Aberdeen
2003 WOC BRONZE (Relay), 25th (Long)
2001 WOC 8th (Relay)
Most memorable O WOC Relay 2003- because I ran one of my best ever races, and we won a WOC medal - something I have been aiming for since I started orienteering in 1986.

WOC debut Graham Gristwood

Club (Nat) OD, West Midlands
Club (Int) Tyrving, Norway
DOB 31-May-84
Currently living Woking
2004 JWOC 11th (Middle), 26th (Long)
Most Memorable O WOC Sprint selection race, 1st place, beat all the seniors and everybody. 11th JWOC short race- really chuffed THE target race for the year - almost perfect race.

Oli Johnson

Club (Nat) SYO, South Yorkshire
Club (Int) Espoon Suunta, Finland
DOB 11-Dec-78
Currently living Sheffield
2003 WOC 22nd (Middle)
2001 WOC 42nd (Long)
How he started O Through the Sun Life training scheme and my school.

Daniel Marston

Club (Nat) INT, Edinburgh
Club (Int) Baekkelaget, Norway
DOB 28-Jan-74
Currently living Oslo, Norway
2003 WOC BRONZE (Relay), 14th (Long)
Most memorable O WOC relay 2003- the first time I have been able to go up to the run - in with my team mates in an international race.

Stephen Palmer

Club (Nat) WCH, West Midlands
Club (Int) OK Malung, Sweden
DOB 01-Mar-67
Currently living Borlange, Sweden
2001 WOC 18th (Long), 35th (Middle), 8th (Relay)
Career Highs SILVER in World Student Championships 1991 (Classic), SILVER in World Championships 1993 (Relay) and GOLD in Open Nordik Championships 2001 (Relay). British Champion in every junior age-class from M10 through to M21. Swedish Champion in 1994 (Relay) and therby being first non-Swede to take a GOLD in the Swedish Championships.

WOC debut Matthew Speake

Club (Nat) EBOR, York
Club (Int) OK Tisaren, Sweden
DOB 01-Jul-83
Currently living York
2003 WOC
Most memorable O Spring Cup 2004 finishing 13th after compass breaking at control 3.

Jamie Stevenson

Club (Nat) SYO, South Yorkshire
Club (Int) IFK Goteborg, Sweden
DOB 25-Mar-75
Currently living Gothenborg, Sweden
2003 WOC GOLD (Sprint), 19th (Middle), BRONZE (Relay)
2001 WOC 5th (Sprint), 8th (Relay), 34th (Middle), 37th (Long)
Most memorable O World Championships Sprint 2003, A fast and furious race in baking heat, with excited spectators lining the course. A perfect race and a great result.