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.
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.
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).
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!
The final day of the Festival will take place at Stanton Moor. Another testing area and also in a new arena.
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!
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.
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.
The winners of each age class are:
M/W |
Name |
Club |
Points |
Name |
Clubs |
Points |
16 |
David Bunn |
TVOC |
483 |
Evie Conway
|
AIRE
|
459 |
18 |
Finn Lydon |
LEI |
444 |
Laura King |
AIRE |
421 |
20 |
Nathan Lawson |
OD |
467 |
Alice Rigby |
CLOK |
482 |
21 |
Ben Mitchell |
SBOC |
471 |
Megan Carter-Davies |
MWOC |
490 |
35 |
David Roome |
SROC |
491 |
Tereza Maria Rush |
BOK |
496 |
40 |
Nick Barrable |
SYO |
498 |
Anne Straube |
OD |
487 |
45 |
Richard Barrett |
BAOC |
479 |
Amanda Crawshaw |
SYO |
471 |
50 |
Clive Hallett |
BOK |
498 |
Sara Campbell |
DEE |
488 |
55 |
Quentin Harding |
SROC |
500 |
Alice Bedwell |
BOK |
497 |
60 |
Rob Parkinson |
DEVON |
480 |
Alison Simmons |
BOK |
495 |
65 |
Steve Whitehead |
EBOR |
499 |
Christine Kiddier |
GO |
500 |
70 |
Peter Gorvett |
SYO |
500 |
Sheila Carey |
OD |
498 |
75 |
Frank Ince |
SWOC |
497 |
Ruth Rhodes |
SO |
498 |
80 |
John Thompson |
TVOC |
491 |
Alison Sloman |
HOC |
500 |
85 |
Roger Baker |
TVOC |
348 |
Eileen Bedwell |
CLOK |
349 |
The top 10 positions across all individual age classes are:
Pos. |
Name |
Age class |
Club |
Total score |
1 |
Alison Sloman |
W80 |
HOC |
500 |
1 |
Christine Kiddier |
W65 |
GO |
500 |
1 |
Peter Gorvett |
M70 |
SYO |
500 |
1 |
Quentin Harding |
M55 |
SROC |
500 |
5 |
Steve Whitehead |
M65 |
EBOR |
499 |
6 |
Ruth Rhodes |
W75 |
SO |
498 |
6 |
Clive Hallett |
M50 |
BOK |
498 |
6 |
Sheila Carey |
W70 |
OD |
498 |
6 |
Nick Barrable |
M40 |
SYO |
498 |
10 |
Frank Ince |
M75 |
SWOC |
497 |
10 |
Alice Bedwell |
W55 |
BOK |
497 |
The top 10 clubs are:
Rank |
Club |
Points |
1 |
BOK |
6844 |
2 |
SYO |
6418 |
3 |
OD |
6415 |
4 |
TVOC |
6026 |
5 |
HH |
5969 |
6 |
EPOC |
5712 |
7 |
BOK (B) |
5277 |
8 |
SO |
5198 |
9 |
MDOC |
4969 |
10 |
AIRE |
4950 |
Martin Ward, UK Orienteering Coordinator, says: “Congratulations to all the class winners! I’ll be making arrangements to present prizes to individuals at UKOL events early in 2018. Thanks to all the clubs that have organised events that were part of the UKOL League, and also thanks to the clubs that have made donations to the fund for the prizes.”
The 2018 UK Orienteering League Schedule of events will be published on the UKOL page soon. In the meantime, the fixtures list already shows which events will be included in the league. https://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/event
Select 'UK Orienteering League' in the Competition list to see them. The first two events take place on 20 and 21 January, as part of the 'Edinburgh Big Weekend.'
For more information visit: http://www.ukorienteeringleague.org.uk/