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Share  Tweet 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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Share  Tweet 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 Plzeƈ, 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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Share  Tweet Monday 22nd April 2024

Team named for the European Championships

The GBR team for the European Orienteering Championships is announced.

The competition takes place in Mor, Hungary from 15 - 20 August 2024, and as well as the European Championships they double-up as World Cup rounds. These are the most important forest races for the GBR senior team in 2024.

All named athletes are selected for all disciplines (middle, long, relay).

In alphabetical order of surname, the team are:

Men

Women

Jonathan Crickmore

Cecilie Andersen

Luke Fisher

Fiona Bunn

Peter Molloy

Megan Carter-Davies (subject to fitness)

Ralph Street

Grace Molloy

Peter Taylor-Bray

Jo Shepherd

Alastair Thomas

Lucy Walker

Non-travelling reserves: Chris Smithard and Chloe Potter

 

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Share  Tweet Saturday 29th September 2018

2018/19 Talent Squad Announced


British Orienteering is pleased to announce the Junior Talent Squad for 2019. The squad will operate again in two tiers and you can read more about this on the GB Programme page.

Tier 1

Includes primarily the 15-18 (School) age group and aims firstly to identify and induct promising juniors into the Talent squad and then assist in progressing them from the 'Learning to Train' to the 'Training to Train' phase of development.

Male

Female

Jim Bailey
David Bunn
Matthew Gooch
Flurry Grierson
Stanley Heap
Joe Hudd
Peter Molloy
Frank Townley

Rachel Brown
Eilidh Campbell
Kirsty Campbell
Pippa Carcas
Evie Conway
Rachel Duckworth
Megan Keith
Anika Schwarze-Chintapatla
Lizzie Stansfield
Alice Wilson

Tier 2

Includes primarily the 18-20 (University) age group and aims to continue the development of the older junior athletes in the final stages of their junior careers before progressing into the senior ranks. The purpose of the squad is to move the athlete from the 'Training to Train' to the 'Training to Compete' phase of development.

Male

Female

Freddie Carcas
Zac Hudd
Tom Lines
Eddie Narbett
Daniel Spencer
Alastair Thomas
Finlay Todd

Fiona Bunn
Lucy Haines
Niamh Hunter
Grace Molloy
Laura King
Lindsay Robertson
Tara Schwarze-Chintapatla
Emma Wilson

Paul Murgatroyd, Head Coach for Talent, said

'I would like to congratulate all those who have been selected for the Talent squad, whether as debutants or 'veterans' returning for another season! This is as a result of their dedication and enthusiasm for the sport and the performance team look forward to working with the athletes in 2019. Last season saw some great achievements by this group, with two medals at EYOC and JWOC and a host of other top 20 performances. We hope that this will inspire this new squad to build on these foundations in 2019 and deliver some excellent results again in Belarus, Denmark and France."

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