http://www.ski-jwoc2007.eu/blog This blog is about the Junior Ski World Orienteering Championships (And European Youth Championships) being held in Salzburg, Austria from the 11th Feb. 2007 until the 17th Feb. 2007. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:24:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sportgastein, Henndorf.- The second competition was much of a swedish-russian match for gold. After the postponing of the middle distance from Tuesday to Wednesday due to the bad weather, a marvelous blue sky, sometimes hard wind and a lot of soft and deep snow was waiting for the 200 competitors. ... http://www.ski-jwoc2007.eu/blog/?p=15 Salzburg, Austria.- The first competition of the SKI JWOC-EYOC 2007 Salzburg, was a very competitive Sprint in Sportgastein. The weather was windy, but with bright sunshine at the start and a very cloudy sky at the end of the race. Many slopes and some "fake" controls in the open area ... http://www.ski-jwoc2007.eu/blog/?p=13 This is a message for all of you competitors, who are 17 years old or younger: Are you sad because you are too young for a start at the JWOC? Do you long for those medals in gold, silver or bronze? Don't worry! Take a look at this - a ... http://www.ski-jwoc2007.eu/blog/?p=12 3 days to go - the ski-JWOC07 Salzburg is ready! Salzburg, Austria.- 3 days to go, and the OK-team of the SKI JWOC - EYOC 2007 is ready for the race. Around 200 young European and Asian orienteers from 19 nations are looking forward to a speedy sprint, a highly ... http://www.ski-jwoc2007.eu/blog/?p=11 An unauthorized photographer hidden behind a tree took a picture of our MOST enthusiastic track preparer in one of the competition areas. It shows Sepp Wartbichler, who just finished preparing the long distance track then trying to find out what the maximum speed is for reaching the finish area. Good news ... http://www.ski-jwoc2007.eu/blog/?p=10 As many of you are aware, we have been having a very warm winter (like so many of you), and in order to ensure the competition quality and to ensure that we will be able to provide areas with enough snow, our organising team has found an additional area (just ... http://www.ski-jwoc2007.eu/blog/?p=9 Here are some pictures taken on the weekend of the Start / Finish area in Abtenau. Enjoy! (Click on the picture to enlarge it) http://www.ski-jwoc2007.eu/blog/?p=8 Henndorfpress report press report Henndorf.- In etwa fünf Wochen, vom 11.-17.2.2007 findet erstmals in Österreich die Junioren-WM und die Jugend-EM im Ski-Orienteering statt. Nach der erfolgreichen Austragung der Jugend-EM im Orientierungslauf 2004 wurde der für seine professionelle Abwicklung von Großveranstaltungen bekannte ASKÖ HENNDORF ORIENTEERING auch diesmal vom Österreichischen Fachverband für Orientierungslauf beauftragt, ... http://www.ski-jwoc2007.eu/blog/?p=7 Here are some photo's to look at of the JWOC area! These were taken in early December! Checking the Map! Lonely Controller :) Middledistance area in Abtenau! http://www.ski-jwoc2007.eu/blog/?p=6 December 2006: Letztes Wochenende fand sich in Salzburg der IOF - Adviser Hansruedi Häny ein, um den Stand der Vorbereitungsarbeiten zu überprüfen und den Organisatoren noch einige Tipps und Hinweise zu geben. Hansruedi zeigte sich zufrieden mit den Stand der Dinge und zeigte sich auch von der Auswahl der Wettkampfgebiete ... http://www.ski-jwoc2007.eu/blog/?p=5