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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 Wednesday 28th June 2017

World Championships - Middle Distance and Relay Athletes

GB elite athletes all set ready to go to Middle distance and the Relay races!

Great Britain all set to compete in the Middle distance and the Relay races at the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Estonia!

The Middle distance race takes place on the Thursday 6 July 2017 scheduled to start at 12:00 – 17:00 with the Relay race on the following day – Friday 7 July 2017.

The Middle Distance and Relay terrain offer very detailed contours with many depressions and ridges between them Run ability and visibility vary from very good to poor and there are almost no open areas on the terrain and only a handful of marshes.  Tartu Ski Marathon track is passing through the area and there are also some smaller paths and tracks.

Meet the Great Britain Team selected for the 2017 World Orienteering Championships and who will be competing in the Middle distance race on Thursday 6 July in Estonia next week.

Middle Distance Race

Men

Women

William Gardner

Coach:
Dave Sprot

Current IOF World Ranking Details:
84 (Sprint) 188 (Forest)

Best Results:
Junior World Orienteering Championships 2013: 12th Relay
European Youth Championships 2011: 16th Relay

William Gardner Profile

Jessica Tullie

Current IOF World Ranking Details:
64th (Forest) 358 (Sprint)

Best Results:
World Championships 2015: 9th Forest Relay 

Jessica Tullie Profile

Peter Hodkinson

Current IOF World Ranking Details:
33 (Sprint) 89 (Forest)

Best Results: 
World Orienteering Championships 2016: 4th Mixed Sprint Relay
European Championships 2016: 7th Mixed Sprint Relay     
World Universities 2016: GOLD Mixed Sprint Relay

Peter Hodkinson Profile

Jo Shepherd

Coach:
Eva Jurenikova

Current IOF World Ranking Details:
59 (Forest) 85 (Sprint)

Best Results:
World Orienteering Championships 2016: 12th Relay
European Championships 2016: 7th Mixed Sprint Relay

Jo Shepherd Profile

Ralph Street

Coach:
Edward Nicholas

Current IOF World Ranking Details:
25th (Sprint) 47th (Forest)

Best Results:
World Championships 2016: 4th Relay
World Championships 2015: 4th Relay
European Championships 2014: 5th Relay

Ralph Street Profile

Hollie Orr

Coach:
Jason Inman

Current IOF World Ranking Details:
21 (Forest) 168 (Sprint)

Best Results:
World Championships 2016: 8th Relay
European Championships 2016: 6th Long
World Cup no. 4 2016: 6th Long
Junior World Championships 2009: 7th Relay

Hollie Orr Profile

Meet the Great Britain Team of athletes selected for the 2017 World Orienteering Championships who are ready to compete in the Relay race on Friday 7 July 2017. 

Forest Relay

Women

Megan Carter-Davies

Coach:
Mark Saunders

Current IOF World Ranking Details: 52 (Sprint) 82 (Forest)

Best Results:
Junior World Orienteering Championships 2016: 4th Middle
Junior World Orienteering Championships 2016: 5th Relay
Junior World Orienteering Championships 2016: 7th Sprint

Megan Carter-Davies Profile

Cat Taylor

Current IOF World Ranking Details:
47 (Forest) 50 (Sprint)

Best Results:
World Championships 2016: Mixed Sprint Relay 4th
World Championships 2015: 5th Middle, 6th Long
World Championships 2014: 6th Relay
World Cup no. 11 2015: GOLD Middle
World Cup no. 6 2014 Bronze Long
European Championships 2014: Bronze Long

Catherine Taylor Profile

 

Hollie Orr

Coach:
Jason Inman

Current IOF World Ranking Details:
21 (Forest) 168 (Sprint)

Best Results:
World Championships 2016: 8th Relay
European Championships 2016: 6th Long
World Cup no. 4 2016: 6th Long
Junior World Championships 2009: 7th Relay

Hollie Orr Profile

Reserves: from the GBR team

Forest Relay

Men

Graham Gristwood

Current IOF World Ranking Details:
41st (Forest) 476th (Sprint)

Best Results:
World Championships 2008: GOLD Relay
World Championships 2011: 4th Sprint
World Cup Final 2010 SILVER
European Championships 2014: 5th Relay
European Championships 2010: 10th Sprint

Graham Gristwood Profile

Ralph Street

Coach:
Edward Nicholas

Current IOF World Ranking Details:
25th (Sprint) 47th (Forest)

Best Results:
World Championships 2016: 4th Relay
World Championships 2015: 5th Relay
European Championships 2014: 5th Relay

Ralph Street Profile

Alan Cherry

Coach:
Mukhidinov Vyacheslav

Current IOF World Ranking Details:
80th (Forest) 537 (Sprint)

Best Results:
European Championships 2016: 12th Relay

Alan Cherry Profile

 

Reserves: from the GBR team

Staff

Staff who are accompanying the Great British Team at the World Orienteering Championships this year are:

Liz Campbell, Lead Coach
Warrior Orienteering Club

Liz, says: 
“I am passionate about supporting people to perform at the highest level they are capable of and as we approach the World Orienteering Championships I am looking for all our athletes be it their first World Orienteering Championships or their 13th World Orienteering Championships to demand the very best from themselves.  The terrain in Estonia is tough and unforgiving it will be an exciting week!”

 

Ed Nicholas, Team Manager
Auld Reekie Orienteering Society and Ok Södertörn Club

Ed has been Assistant Coach since 2015 and is Individual Coach to Ralph Street (WOC 2017); Harrison McCartney (JWOC 2017) and Nathan Lawson (JWOC 2017).

Ed, says: 
“There is a very exciting group of dedicated athletes who genuinely want to achieve success. It is fantastic fun to work with them and support them in turning their ambitions into reality. It's great to also see athletes develop and get faster; stronger and technically better as they push on to win medals and get on the podium.”


Dr Sarah Rollins, Team Doctor
Southern Navigators. 
Sarah has been Great Britain’s Team Doctor since 2014.  She is an ex GB Orienteer (2000 to 2013) and took part in 11 World Orienteering Championships, countless World Cups and Park World Tours and 2 World Games.


The full World Orienteering Championships Programme can be read here.

Keep up to speed with the action from the World Orienteering Championships here

British Orienteering wishes all of the Great Britain team travelling out to Estonia a safe journey and all the very best with their final preparations.  We look forward to the excitement of the World Orienteering Championships and of course cheering on our GB athletes throughout what will be a fantastic week of world class orienteering. 

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