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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 Thursday 21st March 2019

Entries Open for Junior Selection Races, March-April 2019

Entries are now open for all the junior selection races for 2019. The results of these races, along with other criteria, will inform selection into the Talent Squad, invites to summer training camps and teams for the international junior competitions.

These races consist of three selection rounds.

1. March 10th: UKOL Northern Championships Weekend (Long) – Wharncliffe, Yorkshire

Organisers, South Yorkshire Sport have put together a great weekend, Spring in Sheffield with an Urban race on Saturday and the main event, the Northern Championships, on Sunday 10th March. Entries should be made via Fabian4.

2. March 23rd - 24th: SROC Red Rose Classic weekend (Sprint, Middle) – Lancaster University, Lancashire & Hampsfell, Cumbria

The Saturday sprint race at Lancaster University entries are now open through Fabian4 and entries for the Red Rose Classic on Sunday 24th are through SIEntries.

3. April 19th – April 21st: JK Individual Races (Sprint, Middle, Long) – SCOA (Aldershot Garrison; Windmill Hill; Cold Ash)

Details of the JK are all available on the JK website and entries are again available through Fabian4.

 

Selections will be made for EYOC, JWOC, the Summer Talent Camps and the preliminary team for JEC, as soon as possible after the JK. The two summer camps will take place on the dates below:

  • Talent summer camp: July 21st – 27th 2019
  • Pre JWOC-2020 camp: Aug 26th – 30th 2019

For full selection details, click here.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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