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The British Sprint Championships (UKOL) takes place this Saturday at Loughborough University Campus.
14 September 2019
Loughborough University Campus
Hosted by Leicestershire Orienteering Club
This is an International Orienteering Federation World Ranking Event as well as forms part of the UK Orienteering League.
The Loughborough University campus is over 400 acres and is predominately a complex mix of residential, academic and sports buildings but does also include some woodland areas. The central campus is on the side of a ridge providing some contour detail and there are expanses of grass in various parts of the campus. The area will create fast and challenging racing that will produce worthy British Champions.
Organiser Robert Haskins from Leicestershire Orienteering Club, says: “With an entry of nearly 800 and a good weather forecast, we are looking forward to hosting the British Sprint Championships. We held the event here in 2013 and this time it is also a World Ranking Event so there should be some really competitive running on an area that is really well suited for the Sprints.”
Start times are available here.
Event Officials.
Organiser: Robert Haskins, Leicestershire Orienteering Club.
Planner: Iain Phillips, Leicestershire Orienteering Club.
Controller: John Britton, Manchester & District Orienteering Club
I.O.F Event Adviser: Nermin Fenmen, GBR.
Competition Classes for World Ranking Event: M21 (Men Open), W21 (Women Open), Men/Women’s 18 and 20.
For more information, visit: http://britishsprintchamps.org.uk
British Orienteering would like to take this opportunity to thank Organiser Robert Haskins, Planner Iain Phillips both from Leicestershire Orienteering Club, Controller John Britton from Manchester and District Orienteering Club and I.O.F. Event Adviser Nermin Fenmen. Thank you for all of your hard work and commitment in bringing this year's British Sprint Championships together. Thank you to Leicestershire Orienteering Club and surrounding clubs who have also given their time and helped support the event officials.
We wish all members getting set to travel from the "north, east, south or west" to compete in the 2019 British Orienteering Sprint Championships a great competitive and very enjoyable day of orienteering.
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