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!

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.

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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:

Non-travelling reserves: Adam Barrie and Emma Crawford

In alphabetical order of surname, the EYOC team is:

At a time when the world of sports is of minor relevance compared to the health and wellbeing of people all around the world, the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) and the organisers of the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships (WOC) in Denmark, which were planned to be held in 7-11 July 2020 have agreed to postpone the event to a later date. This was due to the uncertainty about the development of the Corona Virus (Covid -19) outbreak and being able to guarantee broad participation and fairness of the competitions.

There are several alternative dates being considered and the information will be shared as soon as it becomes available.

The Selection Races, scheduled to be held on the 30 - 31 May will be postponed correspondingly, with future dates to be announced.

As well as the postponement of the World Orienteering Championships 2020, there have been changes to other IOF events:

• Orienteering World Cup Round 2 and European Orienteering Championships (EOC) which were planned to be held in Estonia, 19 - 23 August  2020 have been cancelled and will not be held in 2020. The IOF and organisers are looking at potential dates in future years.
• European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) - organisers have informed the IOF that they intend to postpone the event from the planned dates 19 - 22 June to 23 - 25 October 2020. There will be a final decision about whether this event can be organised in October and this will be made at the latest by 1 August 2020.
• Junior World Orienteering Championships 2020 scheduled for Turkey 28 June - 2 July. The decision about holding the event on the planned dates will be made at the latest 30 April. Contingency planning is ongoing to postpone JWOC to dates later in 2020.
• World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) 2020 scheduled to be held in Slovakia, 7- 15 August has been cancelled and the event will be re-scheduled at the latest in 2023.
• FISU World University Orienteering Championships 2020 scheduled to be held in Russia - July 14 -18 has been cancelled with the event is to be re-scheduled 2021.

With the cancellation of the Orienteering World Cup Round 2 and EOC 2020, along with the postponement of the World Cup in Switzerland which was due to be held in May, which has now been moved to 2021, the IOF announced that there will be no overall Orienteering World Cup for the 2020 season and that the final round of the Orienteering World Cup which was scheduled to be in Italy on 1 - 4 October is cancelled.