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uk :: SOA Building Opened!

National Orienteering Centre New Building Opening 11 June 2005 The new National Orienteering Centre building was officially opened on 11 June 2005. An excellent turnout of orienteers from all over Scotland was present to watch Tim Walker, Principal of Glenmore Lodge, cut the ribbon. Th...

event :: world games 2005

There is just a month to go until the World Games in Duisburg in Germany and the line up of 80 competitors from 18 countries looks strong. Sweden & France both looking to be sending near full strengh teams, while Australia have been given 2 extra entries, benefiting from Norway's pre-selected ru...

event :: world military champs

Russian Clean Sweep at WMC. There were no British entrants at this years World Military Championships, held over the weekend in Finland, but there was tough racing dominated by the Eastern-bloc countries as well as Norway and Switzerland. The Russian team took all four gold medals available...

www:: orienteering online fr

eh bobby what is the french for flagchasing? well our good (sic) friends on the other side of the channel have produced a cracking website well worth a visit if only to see their orienteering calvin and hobbes cartoon. equally interesting is an article on the philosophy of sprint orienteeri...

ar :: bristol rat race report

Well, the Rat certainly came out of the sewers to show Bristol that it was there this weekend. With a fantastic arena right on the dock side in the heart of the city it was a prime place for racers and spectators alike with plenty going on for everybody throughout the weekend. Saturday afternoo...

sm::ultra-long

Just 10 seconds separated winner Valentin Novikov and runner-up Jonas Pilblad over the 25.2km Ultra-Long at the Swedish Championships, which gave Pilblad his second medal after the bronze he picked up in yesterday’s sprint race. Erik Ölund finished 3rd 3 minutes further back. Yesterday’s winner...

sm::sprint

Cockiness, or confidence? Last week 21-year-old Martin Johansson publically declared in the alternativet.nu forums that he was going to win the Swedish Sprint Championships and yesterday he made good on his claim with a fine victory, four seconds ahead of David Andersson and 15 infront of Jonas P...

ar :: bristol rat race

Well the rat is back, and better than before. With a triple pronged attack on the UK this year, following on from the huge success of last years race in Edinburgh, it is Bristol that is the first to feel the rat's bite. Planned by one of last year's winners and a former top class orienteer, S...

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