Forth Valley Orienteers

FV-A Class!

10 November, 2016

As the dust settles on the final Class A race of the season, the Southern Championships, it's clear that Forth Valley athletes have enjoyed more than their fair share of success on the big stage. There were eleven Class A events held in the UK last year, the three days of the JK Festival, the three English area championships, the three national "distance" championships, the British Night Championship, and the Compass Sport Cup final, and FVO athletes were on the podium in each and every one.

FVO had a total of 82 members run in a Class A race during the season, for a total of 237 outings, and there was a better than one-in-four chance of a medal at the end of the day. Many of these were at the Compass Sport Cup final, but a healthy cohort of runners traveled the length and breadth of the country in search of success.

Peter Molloy had the best return for his efforts, with a medal (one gold, two silver and one bronze) in each of his four races. Roger Goddard was the busiest athlete, with nine trips and seven medals, while Will Hensman (four golds from five races) and Marcus Pinker (three golds from four races) also starred.

A total of 19 athletes won medals in Class A races (31 gold, 16 silver and 16 bronze) and they were:

Name Event Class Position
Kirsty Bryan-Jones JK Middle W40L 2nd
JK Long W40L 3rd
Jon Cross Midlands Championships M45L 1st
JK Sprint M45 3rd
JK Middle M45L 3rd
Jamie Goddard Midlands Championships M12A 1st
JK Middle M12A 1st
JK Long M12A 2nd
British Long M12A 3rd
Roger Goddard British Night M40 3rd
Midlands Championships M40L 3rd
JK Middle M40L 2nd
JK Long M40L 3rd
British Long M40L 2nd
British Sprint M40B 2nd
British Middle M40 3rd
Graham Gristwood British Night M21 1st
JK Middle M21E 1st
British Long M21E 1st
British Middle M21 2nd
Compass Sport Cup final Brown 1st
Fanni Gyurko British Sprint Women Open 2nd
British Middle W21 2nd
Lucy Hensman British Middle W12B 3rd
Will Hensman JK Sprint M35 1st
JK Middle M35L 1st
JK Long M35L 1st
British Long M35L 1st
Janine Inman British Night W35 1st
Midlands Championships W35L 1st
JK Middle W35L 2nd
JK Long W35L 1st
British Long W35L 1st
Jason Inman British Night M45 1st
Kris Jones JK Sprint M21E 1st
JK Middle M21E 3rd
British Sprint Mens Open 1st
British Middle M21 1st
Compass Sport Cup final Brown 3rd
Grace Molloy JK Sprint W16 1st
JK Middle W16A 1st
JK Long W16A 3rd
Northern Championships W16 1st
British Long W16A 1st
Jonathan Molloy Northern Championships M45 3rd
Peter Molloy JK Middle M14A 3rd
JK Long M14A 2nd
Northern Championships M14 1st
Compass Sport Cup final Orange Men 2nd
Rona Molloy Northern Championships W45 2nd
Ellen Patton JK Middle W14B 2nd
JK Long W14B 2nd
Marcus Pinker JK Middle M40L 1st
JL Long M40L 1st
Northern Championships M21 1st
Clare Stansfield Compass Sport Cup final Junior Women 2nd
Daniel Stansfield Compass Sport Cup final Short Brown 1st
Lizzie Stansfield JK Sprint W14 1st
Northern Championships W14 1st
British Long W14A 1st
Compass Sport Cup final Orange Women 1st
Anastasia Trubkina Compass Sport Cup final Blue Women 2nd
Southern Championships W21E 3rd

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