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The second of the Masterplan Adventure-funded British Orienteering squad sprint camps took place in York over the weekend of the 16/17th of August. 

The CompassSport Cup Final took place last weekend and saw 1,000 orienteers battle the elements to compete in the complex sand dunes of South Gare. Here, Organisers Caroline and Alastair Mackenzie (CLOK), Planner, Rob Bailey (CLOK), and Controller Duncan Archer (LOC) give their perspectives from the event.

In July, Oxford University Orienteering Club competed at the European University Orienteering Championships in Lodz, Poland. Hear from the team as they share their experiences and successes from their time at the Championships!

On Sunday 24th August a bright, sunny day dawned for the 5th DuO Event which returned to STAG’s spiritual home of Tollcross Park in the heart of Glasgow’s East End. Terry O'Brien reflects on what was another successful event for the club. 

The British Sprint Championships Weekend 2025 saw orienteers travelling across the country to compete in the annual competition, which was this year held in East Anglia from 30-31 August. 

On Sunday 20th July 2025, nineteen runners from MDOC, SELOC, and DEE took part in a unique orienteering relay around Manchester’s M60 ring road.

The White Rose Weekend took place from 22-25 August 2025 at Dalby. Josh Cooper provides an overview of the weekend in this blog. 

Summer can often be a relatively quiet time for clubs as many members travel out to international competitions such as the World Masters Orienteering Championships and other non-elite competitions. However, in between this, there have been some summer series events that have been designed to provide newcomers and experienced orienteers for the opportunity to enjoy orienteering through MapRuns and local club friendly-events. We reached out to some of the clubs to find out what they have been up to this season.

After the forest fun of the Idre World Cup and WOC 2025, athletes are now turning their attention to the sprint season, which kicks off with the European Orienteering Championships, in Belgium, selection races that are in Livingston on the 3rd of August followed by the World Games in China from the 8-11th August. The World Games also has a middle-distance forest race in its schedule.

The Yvette Baker Trophy and Shield are the premier Junior Inter-Club competitions for English and Welsh clubs, Scotland having its own competition, the Jamie Stevenson Trophy. There are two competitions held each year that take place at the same event, the Trophy for larger clubs, with teams of nine to count, and the Shield for smaller clubs, with teams of five to count. On Sunday 06 July the final of both competitions took place at Capite Wood in West Sussex.