Five members of the Irish elite squad are getting a taste of the terrains surrounding Trondheim, Norway. They (Andrew, Darren, David, Kieran and Neil) are taking part in the first official training camp for next years World Champs to be held in Trondheim next August.
The training camp is being well attended by other national teams preparing for the competition including the Swedes, French, Czech and British teams.
Friday saw the Irish boys heading to Selbu OKlubb for a regional champs event, the first race was a sprint - Andrew showed good speed coming 7th, Neil was 14th, Darren 20th and Kieran 25th. Full results available here: http://resultat.selbu.org/20090904/resultat/H21.HTMSaturday was the long distance race and attracted a very large field of the worlds top orienteers.
1st was David Andersson of the Swedish team just 12 seconds ahead of the legendary Thierry Gueorgiou and 3rd placed Norwegian Holger Hott. Fastest of the Irish was David coming in a very respectable 51st, Andrew continued his good form coming in 62nd, Neil and Darren were 71st and 72nd.
The team now head to the forests for 3 days of technique training before taking in the Norwegian champs on Thursday, Friday 
and Saturday.
and Saturday.
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