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Share  Tweet Wednesday 27th March 2024

Countdown to JK 2024: Final Details

The final preparations are well under way ahead of this year's Jan Kjellström
International Festival of Orienteering 2024!

The teams will be out over the next couple of days setting up the arenas ready to receive you for a cracking good weekend of top-quality orienteering.

The weather gods have been less than kind, so we recommend you put on your best O shoes that give you the best grip.

Event programme

Please note that version 6 of the programme is the latest (and hopefully last) version to be published. It went live yesterday, so please check it out, especially if you are coming in a campervan on Day 4 as the parking instructions have been changed.

Access the event programme

Day 1: Friday 29th March - Sprint at Loughborough University

Please note that the embargo area for Day 1 has been reduced

Loughborough is now an established, and still testing, area. Day 1 will be a World Ranking event (WRE).

PreO will take place in urban terrain and there will also be an opportunity for participants to try out Biathlon Orienteering at the event (this will also be available on Days 2 and 3 of the Festival). 

Day 2: Saturday 30th March - Middle at Beaudesert

Day 3: Sunday 31st March - Long at Beaudesert

Beaudesert has been used for many major events, though arena is a new location and the owners are a little nervous at what to expect. Please make this an enjoyable experience for them. We want them to invite us back!

Day 4: Monday 1st April - Relay at Stanton Moor

The final day of the Festival will take place at Stanton Moor. Another testing area and also in a new arena.

Share your experiences at the event

If you are on social media, please do not forget to tag us in your posts via Facebook, X and Instagram @britishorienteering. The hashtag for the event is #TheJK2024. 

Finally, thank you to everyone involved in the production of this event. We hope you have a great weekend!

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Share  Tweet Tuesday 26th March 2024

Updated JK embargoed area day 1

The embargo area for Day 1 of the JK has been reduced. 

The updated embargoed area can be viewed here.

An area of the South West has been removed which contains the Burleigh Court hotel. However, anyone staying there involved in the JK should drive out to the main road and re-enter the campus through the Epinal Way entrance to get to the event. 

They should of course avoid entering the embargoed area at all times.

All the latest information about this weekends JK can be found on the JK website.

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Share  Tweet Thursday 21st March 2024

Update in GBR team selection policies

If you are interested in representing GBR, please read on!

The Foot O selection policies have been updated. Now included are the availability forms for athletes, which you should use to to declare your interest in being selected for GBR teams at international competitions this summer.

More details can be found here: www.britishorienteering.org.uk/Selection

Note that the process to select the World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) team is different to the others, with different deadlines, so please read that part of the policy carefully if you are interested in racing for GBR at WUOC.

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Share  Tweet Friday 23rd June 2017

Did you see orienteering on BBC Breakfast?

Did you catch Mike Bushell BBC One Breakfast Sports Presenter on Saturday morning (17 June 2017) taking part in South East Lancs Orienteering Club event at Media City, Manchester?

As part of British Orienteering's Golden Jubilee Anniversary celebrations we took this opportunity to invite Mike Bushell BBC One Breakfast Sports Presenter to come along to an event and try out the sport of orienteering for himself.

Jennie Taylor, Marketing Manager at British Orienteering, says: 

"As part of British Orienteering's Golden Jubilee Anniversary celebrations we thought it would be a great opportunity to try and get on BBC Breakfast and raise the profile of British Orienteering's 50 years Golden milestone and showcase the sport of orienteering as it is today. 
Inspired by our 50th anniversary, I was delighted when Mike Bushell BBC One Breakfast Sports Presenter came back to me and said yes that he would like you to come and give orienteering a go!
For the filming to go on air on the day of our actual 50 year anniversary date Saturday 17 June 2017  was really great!"

A special thank you to Stephen Round and all at South East Lancs Orienteering Club for their help, support and providing an excellent course and great orienteering event at Media City in Salford.  Thank you also to Catherine Wilson (South East Lancs Orienteering Club), Katherine Bett (Sheffield University Orienteering Club / Southern Navigators) and  Natalie Weir (Participation Manager at British Orienteering) for giving excellent interviews on the night.  Thank you to all the club members who attended and ran the course and made it a great evening of orienteering.

 

If you missed the filming shown on BBC Breakfast, you can watch the clip here.

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