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tns :: pt final details

With over 100 entrants from across the country this year it looks like the Purple Thistle will be a cracker once again. Final details are now available on the website while you can check out who's going over on the Oentries.com site (A few postal entries haven't been added on there yet so don't ...

wuoc :: middle

The ShUOC (Sheffield University) runners of Matt Crane and Rachel Elder were top Brits with 9th and 10 th place respectively today in a tricky and hilly middle distance race. Simonas Krepsta of Lithuania was the dominanat winner of the Mens race, over 2 minutes ahead of the silver medal winnin...

wuoc :: Long

The World University Orienteering Championships kicked off today in Kosice, Slovakia and it was a good day for the GBR. Helen Bridle, fresh off her podium finish in Denmark last week, took a silver medal in the long. Helen said she had a really good run and was very pleased with Silver. It was qu...

tns :: ntw & pt - last orders!

Time is running out if you want to take part in either the [nope] training week or the Purple Thistle. Nope Training Week With Mr National Orienteering Centre jetting off for the World Students Champs next week we can only accept entries for the Training Week if they are in our e-mail boxes...

ar :: manchester rat race

The Rat Race Urban Adventure Series of 2006 came to a close in Manchester this past weekend. Just when racers thought things couldn’t get any more bonkers and bizarre, some cult checkpoints were thrown into the race by the planning team of Gary Tompsett, John Houlihan and Craig Zielinski which wi...

woc :: relay

"it was a hard day at the office" for the British team today Jamie Stevenson said. Tired legs, soaring heat and draining terrain took its toll on results today as the british relay teams finished 11th and 14th in the womens and mens races respectively. Two strong 1st leg runs by Sarah Rollins...

woc-live :: middle final women

A reasonable day for the British women in todays middle final. Sarah Rollins had a good run to finish in 16th place. Sarah spoke to the nopesport team at the end of her race. Sarah really wanted a good clean run today and wasn't focused on a good result. The route choices were all 'mega safe' ...

woc-live :: middle final men

Jamie Stevenson (Alternativet) ‘YESSS!!!!’ That’s the sound of Bronze medallist Jamie Stevenson when Thierry Gueorgiou, despite a great last loop, failed to get in front of the British Number 1. Today Great Britain secured their first medal at the World Championships and their first since...

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