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Share  Tweet Tuesday 23rd April 2024

British Middle Championships and Northern Championships: Final details

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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Share  Tweet Tuesday 23rd April 2024

British Orienteering to offer part-year membership to newcomers

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.

Part year membership fees 2024

Seniors – £10

Young adults – £7.50

Juniors – £3.00

Families – £25.00 (all members must be new members and not on the database to take up this offer).

No memberships will be merged with existing memberships.

Please note from 1 January 2025, any “new” members will need to renew their membership for 2025.

Find out more about how to join online today. 

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Share  Tweet Monday 22nd April 2024

Teams named for JWOC and EYOC

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
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Share  Tweet Thursday 30th June 2022

Andrew Nash of Southampton Orienteering Club wins British Orienteering's environment-themed poetry competition

Photo credit:  Forestry Commission

Thank you to everyone who created and submitted their environment-themed poems for British Orienteering's competition.

British Orienteering has been very impressed by the standard of the poems received and as such will be sharing them on the Access and Environment section of our website over the coming months.

This made our judging very difficult, but we were all in agreement and the winning poem is by Andrew Nash of Southampton Orienteering Club.

The winning poem is being used to launch the new Access and Environment section of the website and is also printed in full here below.

Will you know we've been?

The celandines bloomed
As I planned the event
The spring leaves unfurled
And my day was well spent
With the courses all checked
To ensure no mistake
And with subtle amendments
For the countryside’s sake

I’ve changed the stream crossing
With its vulnerable edge
Avoided the nesting
In that big hawthorn hedge
Protected the bluebells
You’ll have to go round
While the sensitive marshes
Are marked out of bounds

And then at the event
We’ll take care where you park
To impress the landowners
With no lasting mark
Neither litter, nor damage
To their woodland or moor
For we want it to look
Just the same as before

By Andrew Nash of Southampton Orienteering Club

Photo credit:  Forestry Commission

Congratulations and many thanks to Andrew. 

As a thank you, British Orienteering has dedicated a tree for Andrew in Ashdown Forest as a way of saying thank you for his excellent contribution.

All other entrants will receive a small token of thanks for their efforts shortly.

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British Orienteering is also delighted to launch new Access and Environment pages on the website to support clubs and members. 
There you will find...

These pages will be refreshed and updated frequently throughout the year.  There is also a wide range of useful resources and links available. 
Find out more here.

If there is something you would like to see or would find useful, please contact Emma Monkman British Orienteering's Access and Environment Officer, email: emonkman@britishorienteering.org.uk who will be happy to hear from you.

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