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British Orienteering Championships 2018
British Orienteering Championships 2018 is one of three major events taking place on the weekend of the Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 May 2018. In a double bill for the Royal Family, Harry and Meghan are getting married and the Long Distance Championships are taking place at Balmoral. The FA Cup Final has been moved to the evening to avoid any possible clash with the British Orienteering Championships.
The terrain and scenery around Balmoral is exceptional, and many of you who were at last year’s Scottish 6 Days in Royal Deeside took the chance for a quick look at the estate. Planner Steve Nicholson and Controller Brian Bullen have planned fair but demanding courses, and there is the added bonus of the Adventure Show filming the race for a production to be screened on BBC. Balmoral is just upriver from Ballater, and on the Sunday there is the chance to run in the fast and open area of Torphantrick (Inchmarnoch Estate) by a bend in the River Dee a few miles downstream. If these two races are not enough there is an informal Sprint race in Ballater on the Friday evening and a chance to take part in the British Trail Orienteering Championships at Crathes Castle on the Sunday. With sunset in this part of Scotland not sue till after 21:30 hrs there is time to explore and enjoy local sights.
The following weekend (Saturday 26 - Sunday 27 May) the Scottish Orienteering Championships will be staged at Achagour and Dulsie near Nairn followed by the Relays in popular Roseisle on the Moray Coast. In the intervening period, there is an opportunity to run around the seasonal orienteering course at Glenmore Lodge and the new Permanent Orienteering Course about to open at Linn of Dee. A number of Maprun courses have also been set up in the area and maps can be made available for other training opportunities.
For more information visit: www.scottish-orienteering.org/boc2018
Less than 1 month to go until World Orienteering Day!
World Orienteering Day 2018 is fast approaching!
This year sees World Orienteering Day starting on Wednesday 23 May 2018
and carries on for the whole week.
WOW!
Wednesday 23 May until Tuesday 29 May 2018 giving you plenty of chances to get involved and take part!
What are you planning to do for World Orienteering Day?
How many World Orienteering Days are you planning to get involved and take part in?
A new WORLD ORIENTEERING DAY newsletter has now been published by the International Orienteering Federation. All clubs and schools are encouraged to take part across the UK and be part of this World Orienteering Event.
In this newsletter you will find a video from the new World Orienteering Day Ambassador, World Orienteering Champion Daniel Hubmann; a success story of indoor orienteering in Latvia; a story of a project to map more than 100 school areas in Østfold, Norway and more.
Read the latest newsletter here.
Less than 2 months left until the World Orienteering Day 2018. Have you already planned your World Orienteering Day event? Don’t forget to register your event on the WOD webpage!
Free resources are available to download here - these include diploma, bib, flyers and start cards all of which have been updated with all of the World Orienteering Day sponsors of WOD 2018!
Northern Championships Weekend – the results are in!
Saturday 21 April and Sunday 22 April 2018
Saturday 21 April 2018: Northern Championships Weekend Urban (UKOL)
Urban Event Thirsk Town Race
Hosted by Humberside and Lincolnshire Orienteers.
The results are now in!
Sunday 22 April 2018: Northern Championships event (UKOL)
Long distance race at Wass, Thirsk.
Hosted by Eborienteers.
Age Class results are available here
Splits for Age Classes can be found here
Splits for Courses can be found here
Routegadget and Splits analysis will be available shortly.
British Orienteering would like to thank all of officials and volunteers having supported these two orienteering events and have given many hours of their time and dedicated commitment. Congratulations to all who competed.
These two races form part of the UK Orienteering League.
Sunday 22 April 2018:
Northern Championships event (UKOL)
Long distance race at Wass, Thirsk.
Hosted by Eborienteers.
Age Class results are available here
Splits for Age Classes can be found here
Splits for Courses can be found here
Routegadget and Splits analysis will be available shortly.
British Orienteering would like to say thank you to all the volunteers who gave their time planning the weekend and gave their time to host these events. Congratulations to everyone who took part over the weekend.
These two races form part of the UK Orienteering League.
Find out more about the UK Orienteering League and Fixtures here.
Record Breaking Day For British Team at the Junior World Orienteering Championships Long Race
Today the GB JWOC squad ran the long distance race in Särkänpera, Finland, with courses of over 10.7km for the men and 7.6km for the women. There were, once again, many strong performances from our team, with records being set along the way.
Sasha Chepelin continued his superb run of form, coming in in 7th place in a very tight race, just 7 seconds off a podium position. Sasha will no doubt be slightly frustrated with another near miss, as reflected in his post race interview, ‘I'm not actually too happy - my race was pretty scrappy and I nearly ended up doing the butterfly loop backwards. I felt a bit better after taking on some energy, but I'm not sure I used my energy that well, as I feel OK now.' However, his JWOC 2017 individual discipline positions of 7th, 5th, and 7th make him the first Brit to ever gain 3 individual top tens, showing outstanding consistency against the very top of the international scene.
Elsewhere in the men’s race, Alex Carcas tactically retired after a mistake to focus on the relay tomorrow, and Harrison McCartney finished in 68th, after battling through from an early start, making the tracks for everyone else. Ali Masson finished in 60th after a race he described as ‘horrible, horrible, horrible’ and Nathan Lawson and Matt Fellbaum both achieved top 50s, coming in 47th and 39th respectively.
In the women’s race, history was also made, with 3 top 20 finishes in the JWOC long race for the first time ever, with GB one of only four countries with this strength in depth (a group which notably doesn’t include Finland or Sweden). This means that the relay A team for tomorrow all ran exceptionally, with Jenny Ricketts and Fiona Bunn separated by just 6 seconds in 13th and 14th respectively, and Grace Molloy in 20th to post her second top 20 in her first ever JWOC races, following on from her 19th in the middle final. Fiona said of her first top 15, ‘I was pleased to finally get a decent result, even after a shaky start to the race. It was a tough one, but I'm very proud of the whole team's performances and super excited for the relay!!!’
Meanwhile, Chloe Potter ran herself to 71st place, about a minute behind Alice Rigby, who finished in 65th, with Cecilie Andersen less than 3 minutes off a top 20, finishing 34th.
Full results are available at http://online4.tulospalvelu.fi/tulokset/en/2017_jwoc_long/.
Alongside Fiona, we are also excited for the relay races tomorrow, where both the Men’s and Women’s teams have real chances of a podium finish. Follow the event live from the links on the JWOC website, with the Men off at 11:30 BST and the Women next at 12:45 BST.
Credit - David Bunn
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