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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.

Peter Molloy shares how he has contributed to introducing orienteering to a brand-new and diverse international audience of trail runners and sports enthusiasts in this new blog. 

Firstly, thank you everyone for joining us in the Lake District on a beautiful sunny weekend for the British Champs and British Relay Champs earlier this month – on behalf of British Orienteering and the NWOA, all of us in LOC and WCOC were delighted to host the weekend and welcome you all. We had over 1100 entries for the individual day and 736 for the relays.

It's the final half-term of the school year, which means it's time to make plans for the week ahead! Why not take your family along and try orienteering, a great outdoor adventure that is a great confidence booster for kids and encourages them to develop navigation skills!

It was Ulster’s turn to host the Irish Championships this year with North West Orienteering Club taking on the organisation with the help of the other Northern Ireland Clubs.

Spring is the perfect time to get out there and try orienteering. With lighter evenings and brighter days on the horizon, we caught up with some of our clubs that organise Spring Series events across the Country, and why you should consider coming along and trying out one of their courses for yourself!

A couple of weeks ago there was a joint GB team / Scottish Elite Development Squad camp in Pitlochry. Here, Graham Gristwood and others reflect on the experience.