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Share  Tweet Tuesday 30th April 2024

Interested in racing for GBR at the sprint World Cups?

All aspiring elite athletes should read on!

As per our British team foot O selection policy, all athletes who wish to be considered for selection to the GBR teams for World Cup rounds 1 and 2 must submit an availability form by Friday 3rd May. The form can be found here.

World Cup rounds 1 and 2 take place in Switzerland (24-26 May) and Italy (1-2 June) respectively. These rounds will be the initial selection races for our WOC team, heading to Edinburgh in July.

The selection races used to pick our World Cup teams are Sprint Scotland; good luck to all athletes racing at these high-quality sprint races this coming weekend!

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Share  Tweet Sunday 28th April 2024

British Middle Distance Championships 2024 Results

Results are in from yesterday's British Middle Distance Championships!

Access provisional results via this link or for a full breakdown, visit the AIRE website.

Well done to all winners and to everyone who took part this weekend! 

*Updated 29/04/2024: Results from Sunday's Northern Championships organised by CLARO are now also available online via this link. Well done to all involved in hosting the event and everyone who took part. 

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Share  Tweet Friday 26th April 2024

Considering becoming a Mapper? Sign up to our eLearning course!

Mapping is the one of the most rewarding and enjoyable roles. Not only does it improve your navigation skills, but it can also provide you with a different and new type of orienteering challenge.  

The British Orienteering E-Learning Mapping Courses, Introduction to updating Forest Mapping and Introduction to Sprint and Urban Mapping , developed with the expertise of David Olivant (Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club) and the educational robustness  of Pauline Olivant (Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club) .

Both courses are based around learners having access to either of the two most widely used mapping programs, Open Orienteering Mapper and OCAD.

We strongly advise that you seek an experienced mapper as a mentor to support you through your journey towards being a competent mapper.

Both courses are based on updating an existing map and rather than creating a new map from a previously unmapped area.

Course objectives

  • To provide an introduction and basic understanding of the processes involved in how to update and amend an existing Orienteering map.

The course content is designed to only address the course objective rather than attempting to cover the full scope of Mapping. As we recognise that Mapping is a skill that takes much time and practice to hone.

The course should only take around 45- 60 mins to complete and for the whole of May is only £6.00

To access the course and find out more information about our other E-Learning courses, please visit the E-Learning homepage.

Interested in learning about our other E-Learning courses on offer? Visit the E-Learning homepage and access information on all the other resources we provide.

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Share  Tweet Friday 20th April 2018

Orienteers start to plan their route to the Northern Championships Weekend

Northern Championships Weekend - this weekend!
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 April 2018

Saturday 21 April 2018:
Northern Championships Weekend Urban (UKOL)

Urban Event Thirsk Town Race
Hosted by Humberside and Lincolnshire Orienteers.

Final details for the urban event at Thirsk on Saturday 21 April 2018 are available here.

Officials
Controller: Rob Bailey (CLOK)
Planner: Neil Harvatt (HALO)
Organiser: Ken Hutson (HALO)

 

Sunday 22 April 2018:
Northern Championships event (UKOL)
Long distance race at Wass, Thirsk.


Hosted by Eborienteers. 
The start times for the Northern Championships event at Wass on Sunday 22nd April are now available here.
The final details for the event can be viewed and downloaded here.
Results will be posted on the Eborienteers website here.

Officials:
Organiser: Mike Ridealgh (assisted by John Smales) (EBOR)
Planner: Jeff Harris (EBOR)
Controllers: Ray Barnes (NOC) assisted by Duncan Archer (CLOK)

 

Organiser Mike Ridealgh for the Northern Championships event (UKOL) Long distance race at Wass, said:

"Wass is a fairly steep sided set of valleys, with some very runnable sections in places. 

From the point of view of the organising team, Wass presented us with interesting challenges, which we believe we have successfully overcome. We are looking forward to welcoming competitors on Sunday and hope that everyone has an enjoyable and successful day."


British Orienteering would like to take this opportunity to wish all members attending the Northern Championships this weekend a great two days of orienteering in the beauty of Yorkshire. Thank you to all volunteers from EBOR, HALO and supporting clubs who have given their time in preparing for these events.  Fingers crossed for kind weather!

 

These two races form part of the UK Orienteering League.

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