Coach
Ian Dalton - 37yrs
WOC: Australian Coach
Lives: Perth, Western Australia
Club: WOW
Work: Design & Technology
teacher
WOC Hist: 1st visit to WOC
MTBO Hist: 7 years after Shin
splints prevented me from getting
my orienteering fi x. State foot-O
rep West Australia Nomads
Other activites: Adventure
Racing
Managers
Lives: Perth, Western Australia
Club: WOW
Work: Design & Technology
teacher
WOC Hist: 1st visit to WOC
MTBO Hist: 7 years after Shin
splints prevented me from getting
my orienteering fi x. State foot-O
rep West Australia Nomads
Other activites: Adventure
Racing
Managers
Peter and Carolyn CusworthLive: Melbourne, Victoria.
Club: Bayside Kangaroos
Senior Women
Melanie Simpson - 27yrsWOC: Elite Women
Lives: Trondheim, Norway
Club: Mountain Devils, NSW
Work: starting a PhD in September at NTNU, Trondheim
WOC Hist: 4th World Champs
Best result: 16th Middle distance WMTBOC 2008.
Other activities: Rogaining, adventure racing, bushwalking, sea kayaking, xc-skiing, sewing, knitting
Bike: Giant Anthem Advanced (26”)
Race night food: Lots of pasta
Something else: I love filling in forms to satisfy Norwegian bureaucrats
Senior Men
Steven Cusworth - 25yrs
WOC: Elite Men
Lives: Melbourne, Victoria
Club: Bayside Kangaroos
Work: Downer Engineering – working on natural gas installations
WOC Hist: 4th World Champs
Best result: 2011 MTBO WOC Italy 17th In Sprint; Oceania & Australian MTBO Champion in Sprint, Middle & Long Distance.
Other activities: None – it’s all about bikes!
Bike: 2012 Merida Big Nine
Carbon Team (29er)
Race night food: Lots of pasta
Something else: I am 25 and going on a holiday to Europe, with my parents!
Oscar Phillips - 21yrs
WOC: Elite Men
Lives: Launceston, Tasmania
Club: Esk Valley
Work: Having a break from Uni to investigate other options
WOC Hist: 2nd World Champs – JWOC last year, WOC this year
Best MTBO result: 2011 MTBO WOC Italy - Senior Men’s relay team 12th offi cial team,
Foot-O: JWOC representative three times, National Schools Champion 2006 & 2007
Other activities: XCountry running, DJing at nightclubs, music festivals
Bike: Specialized Stumpjumper Marathon Carbon 26 inch
Race night food: Another fan of pasta
Ricky Thackray-35yrs
WOC: Elite Men
Lives: Perth, Western Australia
Club: Bibbulmun Orienteers
Work: Accountant
WOC Hist: 1st World Champs
Best result: 2011 - 1st in Qld long champs, 1st in NSW long
champs
Hobbies: Rogaining, Adventure
racing and drawing orienteering maps
Race night food: Lots of pasta
Something else: Love riding – can’t Foot-O
Junior Men
Marc Gluskie – 19yrs
WOC: Junior Men
Lives: Hobart, Tasmania
Club: Australopers
Studying:
WOC History: 3rd JWOC
Best result: 5th in JWOC Relay 2010 Portugal
Started MTBO: 2009
State Foot-O team 2006-11
Bike: Avanti competitor team with Sram XO
Other activities: Canoe Polo, interested in aviation
Heath Jamieson – 20yrs
WOC: Junior Men
Lives: Melbourne, Victoria
Club: Central Highlands Orienteering Club
Studying: Bachelor of Commerce/Diploma of Modern Languages (Indonesian)
WOC Hist: 1st JWOC
Best MTB result: 3rd at the schools Scott 24hr Aust Champs
Other activities: Finance and international relations; guitar
Bike: Charge Duster (26”)
Race night food: Ideally 2 Big Macs :) but more practically probably the standard pasta
Something else: 3 times Australian Open ballboy. Claim to fame – two YouTube clips of me getting hit with a tennis ball by Roger
Federer :)
Karl Withers - 17yrs
WOC: Junior Men
Lives: Brisbane, Queensland
Club: Enoggeroos
Work: Studying Engineering/working part time
WOC Hist: 1st JWOC
MTBO: Been competing for 3 years
Best result: 2010 7th Solo 6 hr
Other activities: Computer/Music, Futsal
Bike: Trek Superfl y 29er
Race night food: Lots of anything yellow or brown really
Something else: I work in a bike shop
Tom Goddard - 18yrs
WOC: Junior Men
Lives: Adelaide, South Australia
Club: Esk Valley, Tasmania
Studying: Engineering (Mechanical and Sports)
WOC Hist: 2nd JWOC
Best MTBO result: 2011 JWOC Italy 9th in Long Distance
Best MTB result: 9th Mt Buller Nat Rd, 2x u/19 Tas XC champ
Other activities: music, coffee, good food, fixie riding.
Bike: Avanti Competitor Team 29er XTR
Race night food: Lots of carbs – pasta, rice, risotto, potatoes etc
Something else: I live with 180 other people at college in
Adelaide!
Chris Firman - 20yrs
WOC: Junior Men
Lives: Brisbane, Queensland
Club: Enoggeroos
Work: Chilling out at the moment and basically sleeping and eating
WOC Hist: 3rd JWOC
Best MTBO result: 5th in
JWOC Relay 2010 Portugal
Other activities: Swimming
Bike: Trek Gary Fisher 29er
Race night food: Lots of pasta
Favourite Riding Area: New Zealand
