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.
We are pleased to announce the final selection for the 2019 International Orienteering Federation World Cups 3 and 4. World Cup 3 will take place in Laufen, Switzerland from 27th to 29th September 2019 and China will host the World Cup Final 2019 in Guangzhou in southern China between the 25th and the 29th of October.
World Cup 3 features a Middle distance race, a Sprint and the new format Knock Out Sprint with the British team having a maximum of 6 spaces in each format per gender. The team at World Cup 3 will be supported by Liz Campbell and Jo Stevenson.
The World Cup Final in China will host a Middle distance, a Sprint race and a Mixed Sprint Relay. The British team has a maximum of 6 spaces per gender in the individual races and up to 4 teams in the Mixed Sprint Relay.
Selections have been made based on races named in the selection policy and athlete availability.
As always you can follow all the action on LiveOrienteering.com.
Middle Distance
Friday 27th September
Laufen Stürmenchopf
Men | Women |
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Alex Carcas | Cecilie Andersen |
Jonny Crickmore | Megan Carter Davies |
Peter Hodkinson | Sarah Jones |
Ben Mitchell | Jo Shepherd |
Adam Potter | Cat Taylor |
Ralph Street |
Knock Out Sprint
Saturday 28th September
Zwingen and Laufen
Men | Women |
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Alex Carcas | Cecilie Andersen |
Jonny Crickmore | Megan Carter Davies |
Peter Hodkinson | Alice Leake |
Kris Jones | Sarah Jones |
Chris Smithard | Jo Shepherd |
Ralph Street | Charlotte Ward |
Sprint
Sunday 29th September
Laufen
Men | Women |
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Alex Carcas | Cecilie Andersen |
Jonny Crickmore | Megan Carter Davies |
Peter Hodkinson | Alice Leake |
Kris Jones | Sarah Jones |
Chris Smithard | Jo Shepherd |
Ralph Street | Charlotte Ward |
Middle Distance
Saturday 26th October
Men | Women |
---|---|
Jonny Crickmore | Cecilie Andersen |
Ben Mitchell |
Charlotte Ward |
Will Gardner | |
Peter Hodkinson | |
Chris Smithard | |
Ralph Street |
Mixed Sprint Relay
Sunday 27th October
Teams to be decided closer to the race.
Men | Women |
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Jonny Crickmore | Cecilie Andersen |
Ben Mitchell | Kirstin Maxwell |
Will Gardner | Charlotte Ward |
Peter Hodkinson | |
Chris Smithard | |
Ralph Street |
Sprint
Tuesday 29th October
Men | Women |
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Jonny Crickmore | Cecilie Andersen |
Ben Mitchell | Kirstin Maxwell |
Will Gardner | Charlotte Ward |
Peter Hodkinson | |
Chris Smithard | |
Ralph Street |
Congratulations to all those selected.