ORIENTEERING & JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Congratulations Aston Key

Earlier in the year, Aston Key, a year 12 student at Kew High School, competed in the European Youth Orienteering Championships and the Junior World Championships in Europe. Aston had an extremely successful trip and achieved amazing results.

Aston won the European Youth Orienteering Championships in the Men’s Under 18 Sprint distance category in Bulgaria. This was the first time an Australian has won there and possibly the first non-European. Unfortunately, he couldn’t receive the title as he isn’t European, but they called him up during the ceremony and celebrated his success.

He then went onto Hungary where he raced in the Junior World Championships, which was for the slightly older Under 21 category. Aston placed 9th in the Sprint Distance. This was an outstanding result for an Australian out of a field of 165 athletes from about 50 different countries.

Kew High School would like to congratulate Aston and his family for his outstanding results.

This experience will have opened up many opportunities for Aston in upcoming years and we wish him all the best.

Sophie Richards

Publications Coordinator