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!
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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:
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 |
Report Carol Iddles, Chair of Bristol Orienteering Klub (BOK)
Once we realised that the lockdown might be lifted at the end of March, the search started for an area we could use to have our first event in 2021.
We were fortunate to have Pen Hill, above Wells, Somerset available. The landowner has always been very accommodating and supportive of all our events there in the past. The short lead-in time for getting this event off the ground meant that we decided to have a Score course, plus White and Yellow courses for children/beginners.
We did have problems with permission for the use of an access track not apparently owned by the landowner, which was resolved only 10 days before the event. We also had issues with the firm supplying the toilets, which arrived only 13.00 the day before. Our Permissions guru, Jo Foster, had to work so hard in the run up to the event.
In the end we had a glorious (if chilly) day with 167 runners over the three courses. We ran two starts to separate out the runners over the 150 minutes of the start window. The terrain was open grassland, forest, farmland and large pheasant pens. We had wonderful dry weather the week before the event, so underfoot was so different from the conditions when we tagged the control sites. On the day, the bluebells, wild garlic and dog’s mercury were just beginning to cover the ground, and would be spectacular in a couple of weeks. As Controller I doubted that anyone would get round the course in an hour, as there was significant climb; but the winner was Jim Bailey (M18) in 49.54 with Cecilie Andersen in second place (W21 and GB Senior squad) in 52.49.
The three officials: Jackie Hallett (Organiser), Michael Hallett (Planner) with myself as Controller received very many favourable comments from the runners who were so glad to get out and compete for the first time in months.
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Celebrating the re-start of orienteering
What activities or events has your club got organised? Have you recently attended a re-start event? How did you find it?
Maybe you have downloaded a Permanent Orienteering and/or Virtual Orienteering Course and enjoyed it with your family? Or you have recently enjoyed taking part in a local MapRun course or even designed your own MapRun course for members of your club to take part in?
However, you have been taking part in orienteering, share your experiences with others who may not have re-started orienteering at their club yet.
Share your orienteering news, snippets, and photos: email: jtaylor@britishorienteering.org.uk
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