From: World Orienteering Championships Organising Team <linda.cairns@WOC2015.org>
Date: 24 January 2014 07:59:39 GMT
To: Margaret <hm.gregory@btinternet.com>
Subject: World Orienteering Championships 2015 Update — Happy New Year
Reply-To: World Orienteering Championships Organising Team <linda.cairns@WOC2015.org>

Thanks for volunteering for WOC 2015. Here's a short update for you... View this email in your browser World Orienteering Championships, Highland 2015 Dear Margaret, Thank you for being a part of our World Champs Event Team. We’d like to wish you a Happy New Year and give you some updates in this first newsletter. If you were forwarded this newsletter and would like to get your own copy next time, you can subscribe to the mailing list. Team leaders, please forward this message to the rest of your team. New Event Director – Paul McGreal We would like to introduce Paul, who was appointed by British Orienteering and Event Scotland. Paul is an orienteer, a member of Roxburgh Reivers. He is also Event Director of the Celtman, an extreme Scottish triathlon and was Event Director of the World Duathlon Championships, held in Edinburgh in 2010. Event Director's Vision for WOC 2015 We will be ambitious. We are not producing ‘just another orienteering event’. This is the World Championships! We are aiming at the highest possible quality presentation of an elite sport. Everything we do will be guided by the ‘show’ and presentation. TV, internet and media coverage is essential to the success of WOC. We need to make the event look great, and make the competition attractive and understandable to the orienteering and wider general public. WOC2015 will be a great athlete experience. After taking on exceptional courses in outstanding terrain, athletes will leave Scotland saying ‘best WOC ever’. WOC2015 is an amazing opportunity for us to tell the real story of Orienteering and to change perceptions. We can shout loudly about our incredible challenging, adventurous, fast, physical, enjoyable elite sport. Where are we with WOC right now? We’re in a bit of a transition phase. We’re doing a lot of dull but essential work behind the scenes to determine the best structures and objectives that will allow us the deliver the best possible Championships – these are important building blocks to give us a firm base. This phase should be complete in early 2014, and then it’s full steam ahead to deliver a great event. A chance to join the Event Team We will shortly be writing to all British Orienteering members letting them know about ways to get involved with this World Champs and we are adding new opportunities all the time. If you have any club mates or family that would like to get involved please send them to http://www.woc2015.org/info/join-the-event-team where they can register for e-mail updates. We’ve got roles for everyone to enjoy, including those who’ve never orienteered before. Highland 2015 will combine a World Championship and the Scottish 6 Days into the biggest orienteering event the UK has hosted. We are going to need plenty of help, and we can't do it without you. All the best for 2014, Linda Cairns Volunteer Manager David Maliphant Newsletter Editor Wondering what to expect as a volunteer? Here's a short video recorded at the 2013 World Champs in Finland. What exactly is happening in 2015? The programme for the week (including where each day will be!) is now available. Who's in? You can see which other clubs and individuals have been appointed to the Event Team here. WOC 2015 on Social Media Facebook Twitter Copyright © 2014 British Orienteering, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail because you contacted us to register your interest in helping at the 2015 World Champs Our mailing address is: British Orienteering 8a Stancliffe House Whitworth Road Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 2HJ United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences