JWOC – 2014 NZ Team Members Profiles
WAHINE’S / LADIES
ALICE TILLEY
- DOB: 01/11/1997
- Occupation: Student
- Club: North West
- Previous JWOCs: First one!
- Best Result: Being selected for JWOC 2014
- JWOC Goal: Clean races
- Favourite…
- Food: Teriyaki Chicken on Rice
- Quote: “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment”
- Person: Minna Kauppi
- Wants to travel to… Antarctica
SOPHIE HARRISON
- DOB: 09/08/1997
- Occupation: Student
- Club: PAPO
- Previous JWOCs: First one!
- Best Result: Being selected for JWOC 2014
- JWOC Goal: Have clean races and gain experience
- Favourite…
- Food: Risotto
- Quote: “The only person stopping you from achieving your goal is you.”
- Person: Freda Du Faur or Sophie Hart
- Wants to travel to… Everywhere
SONIA HOLLANDS
- DOB: 10/01/1996
- Occupation: Student
- Club: CMOC
- Previous JWOCs: First One!
- Best Result: Getting Selected for JWOC 2014
- JWOC Goal: Qualify for Middle A final, have clean races and gain experience
- Favourite…
- Food: Lasagne
- Quote: A challenge is a friend in disguise to challenge us- Barry Magee
- Person: Simone Niggli
- Wants to travel to… Europe
BECKY GRAY
- DOB: 19/07/1994
- Occupation: Working/Gap Year
- Club: North West
- Previous JWOCs: Czech Republic 2013
- Best Result: Being selected for JWOC 2013/14
- JWOC Goal: To have calm, collected and clean races!
- Favourite…
- Food: Mango smoothie
- Quote: “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door”
- Person: Shamoose Morrison
- Wants to travel to… The Amazon!
KAYLA FAIRBAIRN
- DOB: 14/04/1997
- Occupation: Student
- Club: North West
- Previous JWOCs: First one!
- Best Result: Being selected for JWOC 2014
- JWOC Goal: To have clean races and gain experience
- Favourite…
- Food: Waffles
- Quote: “If you can imagine it you can achieve it, if you can dream it you can become it”
- Person: Matt Ogden
- Wants to travel to… Everywhere & Sweden
HELENA BARNES
- DOB: 28/4/1995
- Occupation: Student
- Club: PAPO
- Previous JWOCs: First One!
- Best Result: Having a great race in the TONIC 2014 long distance!
- JWOC Goal: Clean races, especially in the middle distance
- Favourite…
- Food: Watermelon
- Quote: Tomorrow starts today
- Person: Lisa Tamati
- Wants to travel to… Turkey and Greece
TÃNE’S / GENTLEMEN
SHAMUS MORRISON
- DOB: 22/02/1996
- Occupation: Student
- Club: Wellington
- Previous JWOCs: Czech Republic 2013
- Best Result: 2nd middle B final/41st sprint final at JWOC 2013
- JWOC Goal: Sprint – top 30, Middle – A final, Long – top 50
- Favourite…
- Food: Pasta and bacon
- Quote: “The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday”
- Person: Nick Hann
- Wants to travel to… Sweden
TIM ROBERTSON
- DOB: 5th August 1995
- Occupation: Athlete/Filing assistant at Crowe Horwath
- Club: Orienteering Hutt Valley
- Previous JWOCs: Poland 2011, Slovakia 2012, Czech Republic 2013
- Best Results:
- 3rd 2013 Junior World Orienteering Champs Sprint Distance, Czech Republic.
- 33rd 2012 World Orienteering Champs Sprint Distance, Switzerland
- JWOC Goal: Clean races that I hope result in improvements on my previous results (I don’t like to set goals that rely on what other people do)
- Favourite…
- Food: Pasta or Pizza
- Quote: “Master the compass, Master life” – Matthias Ogden
- Person: Nick Hann
- Wants to travel to… Anywhere!
NICK HANN
- DOB: 14/11/1994
- Occupation: Student
- Club: Wellington
- Previous JWOCs: Poland 2011, Slovakia 2012, Czech Republic 2013
- Best Results:
- 13th JWOC Sprint 2013,
- 14th JWOC Long 2013
- JWOC Goal: Smash the relay
- Favourite…
- Food: All of it
- Quote: “There is no such thing as route-choice, only weakness”
- Person: Peter Öberg
- Wants to travel to… The top of the mountain
CAMERON TIER
- DOB: 6/11/1995
- Occupation: Student
- Club: North West
- Previous JWOC’s: This is my first!
- Best Result: Qualifying for JWOC 2014
- JWOC Goal: Clean races and gaining international experience
- Favourite…
- Food: Pancakes
- Quote: “Train hard, win easy” (super cliche but it’s never been wrong)
- Person: Mo Farah
- Wants to travel to… Kenya
ED CORY-WRIGHT
- DOB: 6/10/1997
- Occupation: Student
- Club: PAPO
- Previous JWOCs: First One
- Best Result: Being selected for JWOC!
- JWOC Goal: Clean races!
- Favourite …
- Food: Moroccan Lamb Pizza
- Quote: “Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right!”
- Person: Chris Forne & Tommy Hayes
- Wants to travel to… Canada and Morocco
CALLUM HERRIES
- DOB: 23/10/1997
- Occupation: Student
- Club: Hawkes Bay Orienteering
- Previous JWOCs: First one!
- Best Result: Getting in the team!
- JWOC Goal: Finishing the long distance with the perfect feeling
- Favourite …
- Food: Pumpkin Pie
- Quote: “There is no finish line.” Nike
- Person: Devon Beckman
- Wants to travel to… Bulgaria!
