The second round of the European Cup in Trail Orienteering took place this weekend in Slovakia.  Most of the British team are there warming up for the European TrailO Championships which are in the Czech Republic this week.

In the PreO competition yesterday, Peter Huzan (South London Orienteers and Wayfarers) scored 22 out of 23 points + only 10 seconds on the 2 timed controls and finished 5th out of 129 participants. Tom Dobra (University of Bristol Orienteering Club) also scored 22 and used 15 seconds on the timed controls, putting him in 7th place.

Charles Bromley Gardner (British Army Orienteering Club) was 11th, again with 22 points but with a timed-control error, and Sarah-Jane Barrable (South London Orienteers and Wayfarers) made it 4 Brits with only one mistake out on the course, but she got both timed controls wrong and so ended 24th.

A curiosity was that Nick Barrable (South Yorkshire Orienteers) had one less correct on the course but the timed controls correct, and ended next to his wife in the results list in 25th place.

Three competitors got everything correct on the course, and the winner was Lennart Wahlgren who also got both timed controls correct in just 7 seconds - impressive!

There is also a TempO event before the team travels on to the Czech Republic.

For more information and results of the European Cup TrailO Championships

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