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Share  Tweet Thursday 14th March 2024

Online presentation: how the process to select GBR teams works

To help all aspiring athletes, parents and coaches understand how the GBR teams are selected for Foot O international competitions, Bob Dredge, the chair of both the senior and junior selection panels, is giving an online presentation.

The presentation will be on Monday 18th March from 19:30-20:30.

The presentation will cover the process of how selections are made. There will be the opportunity to ask any questions. To maximise the time we have for questions, it is assumed that all attendees have read the Foot O selection policy beforehand.

If you would like to join, please email tbray [at] britishorienteering.org.uk for a link.

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Share  Tweet Tuesday 12th March 2024

Revive Active are Official Supplement Supplier to the GB Squad

We are thrilled to officially partner with Revive Active to support our orienteering community throughout all levels.

 

Coming on board as Official Supplement Supplier to the Senior GB squad, the athletes will be supported by the range of products on offer to help them train, perform and recover during the 2024-5 season.

 

If you are heading to the JK Festival make sure you visit the Revive tent on Day 3 to try out the products for yourself, and if you're lucky enough - you may be taking home some Revive goodies, thanks to kind sponsorship of Days 2 and 3.

 

Kay Hawke, Partnerships Manager - A key component of our partnership, is that Revive have shown that they are dedicated to supporting our whole membership - whether it's sponsorship of our Senior Squad, major events, member discount codes or future community-based work. It is clear from our discussions that we share the same passion for what being outdoors and active can do for somebody's wellbeing. Their sponsorship of our GB Squad will enable us to ensure that our athletes are prepared in the best possible way in which is an exciting year ahead for our sport and we are looking forward to what 2024 can bring from our work together.

 

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Share  Tweet Monday 11th March 2024

Junior Sprint Selection Races – Friday 12 April 2024

British Orienteering is organising a junior selection race to select the GBR teams for EYOC (16/18) and JWOC (18/20). Here are all the details:

  • Venue: University of York
  • Date: Friday 12 April, the evening before British Orienteering Long Distance Championships.
  • Junior selection race with all 16/18/20 age athletes welcome. Entry is open to all juniors, regardless of membership or not of the GBR L3 Talent or L4 Development squads.
  • Junior start times 1700-1900.
  • Opportunity for those travelling with juniors (i.e. parents) to have an informal run 1900-1930.

Entries

To enter, please visit this link

This site also contains further details of the race.

This is one of the five primary selection races to select the EYOC and JWOC teams. More details in the British Orienteering selection policy (here https://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/Selection)

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Share  Tweet Friday 16th October 2020

Guidelines for Orienteering in England 16 October 2020

On 12 October the Prime Minister announced a new system of COVID-19 restrictions to replace the existing local lockdown measures in individual areas.

Under the new scheme, local areas will be placed in one of three tiers; Tier 1 (Medium), Tier 2 (High) and Tier 3 (Very High).

Tier 1 areas are subject to the existing national restriction measures such as the ‘rule of six’.

Those areas within Tier 2 see additional restrictions, such as a ban on households mixing indoors.

In Tier 3 areas, indoor gyms, fitness and dance studios and indoor sports facilities are required to close by law.

However, an exemption applies which allows these venues to be used by under 18s and people with a disability. Within each of these tiers, organised outdoor sporting activity can continue and remains exempt from restrictions on the number of people allowed to gather, subject to this taking place under approved guidance.

Detailed guidance on what you can do in each of these tiers is available here:

The government has also published a postcode checker to find out which tier your local area is in.

The new system has implications for orienteering and we have updated our Return to Orienteering Guidance.

Anyone organising or taking part in an orienteering event or activity must ensure that they are aware of the local COVID alert level both in their home area and at the intended venue for their activity, and act in line with the restrictions which apply.

British Orienteering has created a matrix of activities to show which orienteering activities are permitted at each alert level, subject to landowner permission.

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