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Share  Tweet Wednesday 27th March 2024

Countdown to JK 2024: Final Details

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.

Event programme

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.

Access the event programme

Day 1: Friday 29th March - Sprint at Loughborough University

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). 

Day 2: Saturday 30th March - Middle at Beaudesert

Day 3: Sunday 31st March - Long at Beaudesert

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!

Day 4: Monday 1st April - Relay at Stanton Moor

The final day of the Festival will take place at Stanton Moor. Another testing area and also in a new arena.

Share your experiences at the event

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!

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Share  Tweet Tuesday 26th March 2024

Updated JK embargoed area day 1

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.

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Share  Tweet Thursday 21st March 2024

Update in GBR team selection policies

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.

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Share  Tweet Saturday 25th June 2022

Interview with GB Elite Athlete: KRIS JONES

Place of Residence:  ​Dundee

GB Kris Jones

Experience:  When did you start/How did you get into Orienteering?
“I started orienteering around the age of 12 when my parents started taking me to events.”
 

Clubs:  What orienteering clubs have you been part of?
"​Forth Valley Orienteers, Swansea Bay Orienteering Club."
 

Coach
​"Self-coached."
 

Training Routine:
"​Typically, two harder sessions a week - normally on Tuesday and Friday - with a longer run on the weekend. All other runs are easy. Normally I run between 80 and 100 miles a week."
 

Race Routine/habits:
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I normally like to do a short 15–20-minute jog in the morning before a race but this might not happen on the day of the Knock-out Sprint as there are already four races that day."
 

Favourite terrain/venue/event in UK/World
"Sand dune terrain like the areas on the Gower peninsula."
 

Favourite Food:
"Anything sweet."
 

Other Hobbies:
"​Mostly just running and orienteering. Alongside full-time work that keeps me busy."
 

Inspirations:
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The 2008 World Orienteering Championships Relay Team - Jamie Stevenson, Jon Duncan, and Graham Gristwood.​"
 

What advice would you give to a younger version of yourself?
​"Enjoy what you are doing, and success will follow."

 

British Orienteering wishes you all the very best Kris with your final preparations.

 

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The World Orienteering Championships 2022 in Denmark starts tomorrow afternoon (Sunday 26 June) with the Sprint Relay. 
In the run-up to the Championships, British Orienteering has been posting interviews of the GB team so that all members can get to know the GB team.  Today is the last interview with GB Kris Jones, but if you missed any then you can still view them here on the following links.

Interview with GB Elite Athlete: ALICE LEAKE

Interview with GB Elite Athlete: MEGAN CARTER-DAVIES

Interview with GB Elite Athlete: CHARLOTTE WARD

Interview with GB Elite Athlete: GRACE MOLLOY

Interview with GB Elite Athlete: JONATHAN CRICKMORE

Interview with GB Elite Athlete: NATHAN LAWSON

Interview with GB Elite Orienteering Athlete: RALPH STREET

 

The International Orienteering Federation brings the World Orienteering Championships LIVE and the world's best orienteers to your living room with the HQ TV stream with English commentary and much more. 

Watch all the live-action here throughout the week.

 

Good Luck to the British Team.  

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