Who we are

You can contact me on benwindsor [AT] gmail [DOT] com

Ben Windsor: I am 28 and ran with CUOC for four years at university before graduating with a Maths degree. Since then I have worked in London for one year, then back in Cambridge for another 3.5 years, and now I am back in London again. I am a UKCC L2 orienteering coach, and I have coached on multiple summer tours in Stockholm and Scotland, as well as generally being involved in coaching in the Cambridge area and with the East Midlands Junior squad (which I was part of when I was younger). I’ve been to China a few times for a couple of weeks each time, so know roughly what to expect whilst we are there.

Zuzka Strakova: I am 26 and also ran with CUOC for four years whilst studying Chinese, which included a year abroad in China, where I founded an orienteering club at the university where I was studying, and also made the connections with the club in Nanjing who are the organisers at the Chinese end for this trip. After university I spent 3 months in China and 6 months in Spain on internships, and I now work in London. I am from the Czech Republic and have lived in the UK since I was 12, running with BKO and SCJS before university. I can speak Chinese and will be able to communicate with the locals whilst we are there.