British Orienteering

Tuesday 23rd April 2024

British Middle Championships and Northern Championships: Final details

AIRE and CLARO look forward to seeing you all at the British Middle Championships this coming weekend.

You have entered in greater numbers than we anticipated, but we have adapted to cater for you all as best we can. Both Danefield and Kilnsey Moor is a lovely places in the Spring sunshine and we really hope the weather is kind so that you can enjoy it at its best. The technical woodland of Danefield is in sharp contrast to the fast open areas of Kilnsey. You should enjoy some great orienteering on both days. Str8 compasses is sponsoring a lot of prizes for the Northern Championships and the British Middles so run well and good luck.

Start times and final details are published, maps are printed and lots of equipment is ready to move. No controls are out yet, but we have been busy at Kilnsey as you may be able to see from a picture. There are a variety of crossing points on Kilnsey Moor – many of you will only encounter this one. There are no stiles to cross at Danefield you’ll be relieved to know.

We will be able to accommodate you all in the parking areas for both events, but as always, it would help if you car shared as much as possible. The Danefield field has remained in good condition throughout the winter, but as some rain has been forecast over the coming days we will have some tracking available. Kilnsey has the delight of hard standing in the quarry. We can’t promise that you will keep your feet dry, but at least cars should not get stuck in the mud as might have happened at some recent events. We’re hoping that’s true for Danefield. Definitely true for Kilnsey!

Anyone wanting to carry a club tent to Danefield, could reduce the distance to carry the tent by 800m by using the drop off point suggested in the event details. It would need to be a rapid drop-off as there are often no parking bays available. They are all quite uneven, and the road is very narrow. To get back to the parking field it is best to not attempt a 5 point turn but to drive in an anti-clockwise route with LH turns for 2.5k to get back to the parking field. This should take no morfme than 5 minutes.

Have a great weekend.

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Full details on the British Middle Championships are available via this link. Visit the CLARO website for more details regarding the Northern Championships. Good luck to everyone taking part!

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Tuesday 23rd April 2024

British Orienteering to offer part-year membership to newcomers

As agreed at the AGM 2023, from 1 May 2024 British Orienteering would like to offer an exclusive part-year Membership to new members.

New members are individuals who have not been members of British Orienteering in any of the previous four calendar years.

Part year membership fees 2024

Seniors – £10

Young adults – £7.50

Juniors – £3.00

Families – £25.00 (all members must be new members and not on the database to take up this offer).

No memberships will be merged with existing memberships.

Please note from 1 January 2025, any “new” members will need to renew their membership for 2025.

Find out more about how to join online today.

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Monday 22nd April 2024

Teams named for JWOC and EYOC

The GBR teams for the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) and the European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) are announced.

The JWOC races are in Plzeň, Czechia from 1 - 6 July and the EYOC races are in Szczecin, Poland from 21 - 24 June.

All named athletes are selected to all disciplines at each competition.

In alphabetical order of surname, the JWOC team is:

JWOC Men M20	JWOC Women W20
Ben Gostick	Ruth Gooch
James Hammond	Jocie Hilton
Adam Methven	Isobel Howard
Thomas Rollins	Daisy May McNamara
Ben Squire	Imogen Pieters
Euan Tryner	Freya Tryner

Non-travelling reserves: Adam Barrie and Emma Crawford

In alphabetical order of surname, the EYOC team is:

EYOC Men M18	EYOC Women W18
James Hammond	Ruth Gooch
Daniel Heppell	Heather High
Thomas Rollins	Jocie Hilton
Oliver Prince (subject to fitness)	Freya Tryner
Non-travelling reserve: Laurence Ward	Non-travelling reserve: Kate McLuckie

EYOC Men M16	EYOC Women W16
Finn Selmer Duguid	Emily Atkinson
Finlay McLuckie	Ella Baxter
Oscar Peel	Katie Buckley
Marcus Perry	Scarlett Kelly
Non-travelling reserve 1: Ruari Cottier	Non-travelling reserve 1: Anna Todd
Non-travelling reserve 2: Caspar Reynolds	Non-travelling reserve 2: Sophie Crawford

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Thursday 22nd February 2018

Elite Athlete Winter Training Series - Interview #10: with Kirstin Maxwell

Winter Training and Motivation: Athlete Focus

The temperature is cold, and the days are shorter. Struggling to maintain the motivation for training or orienteering regularly? You're not alone. Getting yourself out on cold dark mornings and evenings takes a lot more motivation than it might do in July.

Pick up some tips and see what makes up a typical training week for some of our top elite athletes this winter with our elite athlete focus feature series.

Athlete name: Kirstin Maxwell

Athletes club: Roxburgh Reivers

Athletes age: 25

Athletes biggest achievement?

Competing at the European Championships in 2016.

Typical training week over winter (including mileage, terrains, etc)?

I do 3 weeks hard, 1 week easy. Hard weeks include intervals, longer run, tempo running, steady running, tech session, xc races, cross training, s&c and yoga. Easy weeks end in some tests so I can monitor progress. I have a plan and the focus changes slightly from the focus on strength/base to building in some speed through the winter.

Technical training over the winter?

I try to get out on a map once during the week (I’m focussing on sprint so this is easy as I live in Edinburgh where there’s lots of maps and courses planned) and then again at the weekend if I’m not racing xc. I will prioritise technical sessions more and more as the season goes on.

Top 3 tips for staying motivated in winter?

Try and do at least some sessions with a group, you then have another reason to turn up and you get to socialise a bit too!
Have a plan with a variety of sessions and ways of measuring progress. This makes it more likely you’ll get out as it’s not just the same boring run every time and by measuring the progress you’ll hopefully see improvements which will make you see it’s worthwhile????.
Sometimes you just have to get out…here in Scotland it’s often cold, wet and windy for much of the winter so just wrap up and get on with it. There’s satisfaction in knowing you’re out there and others aren’t!

Athletes favourite motivational quote.

"Never give up, great things take time."

Thank you, Kirstin. British Orienteering and members would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the very best with your training throughout the rest of the year.

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