Lucy Tonge and Mrs Hallett were selected to run for England
in the Interland Orienteering competition which is a match between Belgium, The
Netherlands, Northern France, Germany and England. This year it was held at Herperduin
in the Netherlands. The area was therefore generally flat with a network of
paths and only very small contour features except for a large bank of earth at
the start on which the early controls were to be found. This feature was much favoured by the many
mountain bikers in the area. Lucy completed her 6.8 km course in 59.29 minutes,
finishing 7th a good result
as she was running in an age group above her actual age. Mrs Hallett completed her 4.0 km course in
35.33 minutes and, despite making a route choice error early on when put off by
mountain bikers, managed to win her course.
