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6days :: day 1 roundup

The Scottish 6 Days 2005 competition in Royal Deeside, North East Scotland opened with a visit to Cambus O’May, a few miles north eest of Ballater and just on the southern tip of the Culblean Hill. The area promised a mix of fast undulating mature woodland and slower, open heather, and a wealth o...

wmoc final :: silver for Joyce

photo - A happy Vince Joyce and his silver medal by David May On Saturday the final of the World Masters Orienteering Championships were held on Wildland in Edmonton, Canada. There were celebrations in the Great Britain camp as Vince Joyce of Southdowns Orienteers won silver in the M50 class. ...

wmoc :: qualification two

Thursday saw the second and final qualification race for this year’s World Master’s competition. Jason Inman carried on his good form to finish seventh overall on the qualification to qualify for the A final. There were no surprises that Janne Salmi won the M35 qualifiers despite some errors in t...

6 Days :: 2005 Royal Desside

Tomorrow sees the start of the 2005 Scottish Six Days on Royal Deeside. All the action, results, startlists and general information can be found on the event website Deeside 2005 Good luck to everyone competing and hopefully the weather clears!

wmoc :: qualification one

Tuesday saw the 1st qualifying race at the World Masters Championships in Edmonton, Canada. The model event suggested thick and marshy terrain, with quite a lot of tricky vague small hills, and so it proved to be. The various shades of green meant picking up the small vague features and staying...

wmoc :: world masters begins

The world masters begins this week in Canada attached to the World Masters Games. A number of Great Britain orienteers have made the trip over to enjoy the North American terrain with a first visit for Jason Inman and Chris Poole (coaches of the British Junior Squad). The schedule for the w...

event :: world games

27-year-old Swiss Simone Niggli-Luder won the women’s gold medal in orienteering at the 2005 World Games in Bottrop on Saturday in 36min44sec. 26 seconds back, Germany’s Karin Schmalfeld was runner-up in 37min10sec. “The course demanded high concentration at the right time and a high pace”, the w...

event :: Takas and Kapa

Go orienteering in Lithuania it's the best in the world is the tagline of one of Britain's most (in)famous orienteers. This year like many before it Lithuania offered the world's orienteers the Takas 5 day in 2005 based on the Curonian Spit, the location of the World Masters in 2001. Lithuani...

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