Ingham Eighth
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Posted: 12 July 2005, 5:44 AM
NZOF Press release
Lizzie Ingham, Wellington performed very creditably to finish 8th equal in the Sprint race final on the first day of the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) in Bellinzona, Switzerland on Sunday (10 July).
Ingham and Antonia Grigorova, Bulgaria, took 21 minute 40 seconds to complete the 2.86 km course centred around the historic castle and through the picturesque narrow streets of the town. The winner Elise Egseth of Norway won in 18:46.
Ingham, a student at Samuel Marsden Collegiate, Wellington is a member of the five women, six men Silva New Zealand team.
In the men's race the only other NZ team member to qualify for the Sprint Championship Final, Ross Morrison, Hawkes Bay also performed creditably. Morrison finished 11th in a time of 20:08 on the 3.19 km course, and 2 minutes 30 behind the winner Scott Fraser of Great Britain.
Over 300 competitors from 37 countries have entered JWOC. The event runs from 11 to 17 July.
The Middle Distance championship qualification heats are being held today in Tesserete and the final tomorrow (Wednesday) in Taverna. The Long Distance championships are on Thursday 14 at Arcegno, and JWOC finishes with the
Relays on Sunday 17 at San Bernardino.
NZ Team members are:
Women
Sarah Gray, Nelson Orienteering Club
Rita Homes, Wellington OC
Lizzie Ingham, Wellington OC, Samuel Marsden Collegiate
Tessa Ramsden, Red Kiwi OC, Wanganui High School
Emma Watson, Hawkes Bay OC, Central Hawkes Bay College
Men
Simon Addison, Hamilton OC
Tane Cambridge, Dunedin OC
Sam McNally, Rotorua OC, Te Puke High School
Ross Morrison, Hawkes Bay OC
Martin Peat, Counties Manukau OC
Managers
Graham Teahan
Jenny Teahan (Assistant)
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mick finn
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Posted: 12 July 2005, 7:47 AM
11th - that's strange - these are the results from the PostFinance Sprint website - with Ross a brilliant 10th along with Lizzies brilliant equal 9th! Best Scandinavian was 4th in the junior men, while there's 4 Anzo's in the top 10 junior men and women...Fantastic
Junior men
1 Scott Fraser GBR 17:38
2 Francisco Navarro Cutill ESP 17:49
3 Christian Mathys SUI 17:52
4 Siarhei Ryzhkov BLR 18:55 Sponsors:
5 Tue Lassen DEN 18:55
6 Tobias Tritschler SUI 19:00
7 Jérome Käser SUI 19:16
8 Ryan Smyth AUS 19:30
9 Atis Reskis LAT 20:00
10 Ross Morrison NZL 20:08
11 Nicola Giovanelli ITA 20:19
Junior women
1 Elise Egseth NOR 18:46
2 Helena Jansson SWE 19:27
3 Ane Linde DEN 19:35
4 Hanny Allston AUS 19:57
5 Tatyana Kozlova RUS 20:23
6 Lilian Knechtli SUI 21:19
7 Ildikó Szerencsi HUN 21:32
8 Antonia Grigorova BUL 21:40
9 Lizzie Ingham NZL 21:40
10 Stefanie Steinemann SUI 21:51
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Martin
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Posted: 13 July 2005, 7:42 PM
NZ had only two places allocated in the sprint - they both did really well. ross won an awesome 5 splits, including the finish 
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