WOC team selection

Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to compete at this years World Champs in Hungary:

Women.

Rosalind Hussey
Ciara Largey
Niamh O'Boyle

Men.

Neil Dobbs
David Healy
Colm Hill
Shane Lynch
Andrew Quin
Ruairi Short
Nicolas Simonin

Well done to all selected.

You will notice that there have been 7 Men selected for WOC this year. This situation has arisen due in part to me taking over the role of HPO in the middle of the selection process for WOC and i apologise for any confusion caused.
In retrospect i should have made the announcement of the deadline for expressions of interest in WOC selection more widespread. (some athletes were not aware of this deadline) and I feel it would be unfair to deny them the opportunity to be considered.
Unfortunately this means some athletes may compete in only one race at this years competition.
Although this is not an ideal situation - It is great to see the strength and depth of the squad and hopefully the overall WOC experience should be of real benefit, especially to those competing at WOC for the first time, and should provide good preperation for those hoping to compete at WOC 2010.

Best Regards, Ivan