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.
Bratislava, Slovakia: Friday 27 April – Friday 4 May 2018
The European Trail Orienteering Championships 2018 will be held in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, and its neighbouring areas - the Záhorie lowlands and the Little Carpathian mountains.
GBR Team:
Those selected to compete at the European Trail Orienteering Championships next week in Bratislava, Slovakia, 27 April – 4 May 2018 are as follows:
Open PreO: Charles Bromley Gardner (British Army Orienteering Club), Ian Ditchfield (Mole Valley Orienteering Club), Tom Dobra (University of Bristol Orienteering Club), Peter Huzan (South London Orienteers and Wayfarers), John Kewley (Manchester and District Orienteering Club) and Iain Phillips (Leicestershire Orienteering Club).
Para PreO: Dick Keighley (Wimborne Orienteers) and Peter Roberts (Eborienteers)
Open Relay: Two teams to be selected from all named above
Open TempO: Charles Bromley Gardener (British Army Orienteering Club), Ian Ditchfield (Mole Valley Orienteering Club), Tom Dobra (University of Bristol Orienteering Club), Peter Huzan (South London Orienteers and Wayfarers), Dick Keighley (Wimborne Orienteers), John Kewley (Manchester and District Orienteering Club), Iain Phillips (Leicestershire Orienteering Club) and Peter Roberts (Eborienteers).
The Team Manager will be Charles Bromley Gardner (British Army Orienteering Club).
For more information, Bulletin 3 is available here.
Bulletin 4 will be posted up any day now.
Results will be made available here throughout the Championships.
Charles Bromley Gardner GBR Team Manager European Trail Orienteering Championships 2018, says: “It’s a strong team, partially limited by new parental duties, looking forward to pitting ourselves against 145 (and five Japanese) of Europe’s finest Trail orienteers. It’s our first major international competition of the year, and a significant challenge on the way to the World Championships later in the year in Latvia. Good luck to all!”
British Orienteering would like to take this opportunity to wish the GBR Trail Orienteering team a safe and hassle-free journey as they set off to travel out to these Championships in Slovakia. All the very best with your final preparations. We look forward to reporting on these Championships in the week that follows and would like to wish the GBR team all the very best for a successful and enjoyable Championships.
For more information about these European Championships visit: WWW.ETOC2018.SK