Junior Home Internationals, 7th-8th October 2023

Junior Home Internationals, 7th-8th October 2023

The Ward Junior Home Internationals took place on two different parts of Sutton Park over the weekend of October 7th and 8th 2023.

Congratulations to overall winners England, who were closely challenged by Scotland. Ireland beat Wales to the Judith Wingham Trophy.

Results

The following individual day results are available:

England won the individual day, and going into the relay day, held a slender five point lead over Scotland for the Ward International Trophy.

The relay day results are:

The team points breakdown was as follows:

Men: ENG 28 (16+12); SCO 24 (14+10); IRE 10 (6+4); WAL 10 (8+2)
Women: ENG 30 (16+14); SCO 22 (12+10); IRE 14 (8+6); WAL 0 (mp)

The total points for the relay day were: ENG 58; SCO 46; IRE 24; WAL 10, making England also the winners of the relay trophy.

The overall scores were: ENG 135; SCO 118; IRE 65; WAL 33.

Photos are available courtesy of Andy Johnson and Will Heap.

Ian Gamlen, the Event Co-ordinator, reports:

The Junior Home Internationals take place every year in early October. The top 12 male and 12 females in each of the age groups M/W14, M/W16 and M/W18’s from all the home nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland compete in a 2 day orienteering event with an Individual Day and a Relay Day. 

There are four trophies awarded at the JHIs

•             The Individual Trophy – awarded to the country with the most points in the Individual race.

•             The Relay Trophy – awarded to the country with the most points in the Relay.

•             The Ward International Trophy – awarded to the country with the highest overall points total.

•             The Judith Wingham Platter – awarded to the winner between Ireland and Wales.

This year the JHI was hosted by the West Midlands Orienteering Association on 7-8th October 2023 with Harlequins Orienteering Club organising the Individual Day and Octavian Droobers organising the Relays. Sutton Park was the venue with residential accommodation at Beaudesert Outdoor Activity Centre.

In total 88 competitors took part supported by team managers from each of the home nations.

Adrian Bailey and Barry Elkington planned some challenging courses for the individual and relay races respectively, overseen by Richard Lewis from WRE who controlled both days. Peter Langmaid and I organised the individual day and Alistair Powell from OD organised the Relays.  

Thanks to the unseasonably warm weather we were able to have a very lively ceilidh and individual prize giving outside with live music from the Banjacs, a West Midlands band on the Saturday evening.

England won the individual day, and going into the relay day, held a slender five point lead over Scotland for the Ward International Trophy.

The total points for the relay day were: ENG 58; SCO 46; IRE 24; WAL 10, making England also the winners of the relay trophy.

The overall scores were: ENG 135; SCO 118; IRE 65; WAL 33, so England were awarded the Ward International Trophy and Ireland were awarded the Judith Wingham Platter.

Thanks again to everyone who helped make sure that the event was both challenging and enjoyable.

Ian Gamlen HOC – 2023 Event Co-ordinator
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