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Following on from the success of the World Sprint Championships in Denmark the next World Sprint Championships are being held in Edinburgh in July 2024. This offers a unique opportunity to promote orienteering to a wider audience and attract more people to take part in orienteering across the UK.
With the excitement of the sprint format proving particularly attractive to young people. The staging of the world championships has the potential to have a substantial impact on orienteering activity across the country.
The sport needs to grasp this potential and achieve significant growth in numbers enjoying orienteering as an exciting sport for all, young people in particular.
We are seeking a motivated individual to create a 2 year delivery plan to maximise this opportunity for the sport of orienteering.
Further details can be found here
On behalf of LEI, I would like to thank you all for your attendance yesterday and the superb way in which the teams entered into the spirit of the competition. I think all the young people present should be congratulated on the wonderful way they showed off our sport to the many visitors to the park. I had several comments from the park staff and those working in the cafe on the high standard of behaviour that they all showed.
YBT Trophy YBT Shield
1st SYO 893 1st SUFFOC
2nd HH 871 2nd SOS
3rd WCOC 855 3rd BKO
Full results can be found here
Photo: David Dixon,
Hertfordshire Orienteering Club
Gold for GBR Megan Carter-Davies and Bronze for GBR Alice Leake and fantastic runs from all the GB team in the Individual Sprints at the World Orienteering Championships 2022 in Denmark.
After achieving three heat wins in the morning, Great Britain qualified five of the six athletes for the finals of the Individual Sprint, with the top 15 from each group qualifying for the Final.
GBR Nathan Lawson put in a great performance but unfortunately just missed out on qualification finishing 19th in his group. The Men’s Individual Sprint Final was first up with GBR Ralph Street up first and a solid run put him in a great sport which eventually saw him pick up a podium 6th place.
GBR Kris Jones who started last, due to putting in the fastest heat time was flying through the run and crossed the line in 3rd place. Unfortunately, a mis-punch on the course saw him later disqualified in an event that was won by Kasper Harlem Fosser (NOR) impressively by 16 seconds.
In the women’s event, all three athletes qualified impressively for the final, with both GBR Charlotte Ward and GBR Megan Carter-Davies winning their respective heats.
GBR Alice Leake was the first Brit up, who in 2021 took 4th place in this same event and ran a solid race, which put her in the leader’s chair until right up to the end of the race. GBR Alice Leake managed to hold on to the Bronze medal seeing her improve one place up from World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic.
Both GBR Charlotte Ward and GBR Megan Carter-Davies were one of the last starters in the women’s race and in the rare moment which saw Tove Alexandersson (SWE) under pressure and making a few errors was eventually beaten into 6th place. GBR Megan Carter-Davies ran a clean race which saw her fastest on the checkpoints throughout the race and she held on to take the overall win in 1st place, crowning her World Orienteering Champion!
GBR Megan Carter-Davies said after the race: “I was focusing on taking the right route choices and having an error-free run and I made no real mistake.”
Interview with Gold Medal Winner Megan Carter-Davies
Reporter: Katherine Bett
Production: @OntheRedLine
Interview with GB Alice Leake
Reporter: Katherine Bett
Production: @OntheRedLine
Interview with GB Ralph Street
Reporter: Katherine Bett
Production: @OntheRedLine
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Sprint Final Results
Women
- Megan Carter Davies GBR 14:22
- Simona Aebersold SUI 14:28
- Alice Leake GBR 14:40
- Andrine Benjaminsen NOR 14:41
- Elena Roos SUI 14:46
- Tove Alexandersson SWE 14:51
Men
- Kasper Harlem Fosser NOR 13:56
- Gustav Bergman SWE 14:12
- Jannick Michiels BEL 14:20
- Håvard Sandstad Eidsmo NOR 14:25
- Aston Key AUS 14:34
- Ralph Street GBR 14:36
This event ended the first Sprint World Championships and made this one of the most successful championships for Great Britain.
With the next Sprint World Orienteering Championship in Edinburgh 2024, there is plenty to look forward to!
Photo credits: IOF / William Hollowell
Find out more on the World Orienteering Championships 2022 website here.
The GB Students team selected for the FISU World University Championships has now been confirmed by British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) and all athletes have been entered for the competition with the named supporting staff as Tom Bray and Jon Musgrave.
After the cancellation of this biennial competition in 2020, this year’s edition in Switzerland will be the first of these championships since 2018.
Each nation is able to send a team of up to six athletes in total, with four sports available in each discipline of Sprint/Middle/Long, one team in Mixed Sprint Relay, and two teams in each Forest Relay.
British Orienteering will be sending a full team of twelve athletes and would like to congratulate all those who were confirmed to be included in the squad today.
Congratulations to the following athletes:
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James Ackland |
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Pippa Carcas |
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Thomas Wilson |
Chloe Potter |
Team Staff... Tom Bray and Jon Musgrave
This competition has an intense programme with the five races taking place on successive days from 17-21 August.
More information can be found here.
British Orienteering is excited for the start of this year’s international competition, and by the potential of both these teams for high performance - good luck for the races!
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