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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 Thursday 16th November 2017

UK Orienteering League 2017 Results – Individual Results are now in!

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

Individual League Results 

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/

 

The UK Orienteering League 2017 Results – Club Results are now in! 

You can find out here.

 

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