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Over 750 runners take part in the British Middle Distance Orienteering Championships in Rushmere Country Park yesterday

There were over 750 runners who took part in the British Middle Distance Orienteering Championships in Rushmere Country Park yesterday.

The weather was chilly but bright. The greensand terrain was quite varied, many people had not orienteered in this kind of terrain before and were pleasantly surprised at the variety in a country park near to Milton Keynes. The area near to the finish needed full concentration and some were caught out by the slightly harder controls at the end of their course.

Provisional results are available here.

Full report to follow shortly.

Photos show the arena which is set up early on Sunday morning yesterday.  All set up ready for the runners to come.

Photo credits: Gill Hanson (South Midlands Orienteering Club). 

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The British Middle Distance Weekend involved two UK Orienteering League events this weekend.  It was great to see orienteers taking part in the UK Orienteering League (UKOL) event at Salcey Forest on the day before (Saturday 5 March).  

Peter Woods, member of West Anglian Orienteering Club and Organiser of Saturday's UKOL event, comments: 
"I was very pleased with the turnout for this event.  Thank you to all who travelled to Salcey. I hope you enjoyed your runs and went on to enjoy the Middles Champs at Rushmere the following day.

A great many individuals contributed to the success of this event. In particular Bob Hill the planner, for many helpful comments and ideas along the way; Mike Edwards as controller, who on the day took the issues arising with controls 85 and 60 in his stride, and who even stayed to help collect in controls despite having a long journey home; and all of the helpers on the day, who made my own job so easy."

Results and Splits 

Find out more here.

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