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Carnethy 5 Hill Race
The Carnethy Five Hills race took place yesterday (14th Feb). Nopesport
interviewed some local orienteers who competed in the event.
Winners:
Jethro Lennox ( 48:39 ) (Mens)
Angela Mudge ( 55:20) (Womens)
Mark S Interview:
Nopesport: How did you find the race today mark?
Mark: I left...
Varsity Match 2004
It all began so innocently, with two white mini buses cruising round the M25 with the Wombles theme tune ringing in their ears. What ensued was a weekend of orienteering and other excesses, with severe fun had by all involved.
The individual event took place at Wimbledon Common, which is ac...
BUSA XC Champs
Although not at the fore of most orienteers minds, xc is one of the best forms of cross-training as you get a fast run over a reasonable distance, and can sometimes be on terrain similar to that found at big British events (well, fcc races anyway).
This year’s BUSA (British Universities Sports...
Interland - England Victory
Very early on the morning of National Event 1 the cream of European orienteering, Belgium and Holland were competing in the annual Interland Competition. This year had a disappointingly low turn out as there were no teams from Germany or FRSO Belgium.
England won convincingly over the other nat...
Jamie in SA
Check out Jamie Stevensons diary from his training tour to South Africa here
CUOC's Response
After seeing the Oxford team for the upcoming varsity match, Cambridge ex-captain Alan Elder responded "We're going to get **** on by Oxford"
Watch this space for the outcome...
OUOC Varsity Selections
Oxford University have revealed their team for the upcoming Varsity Match. "The Spires" will be represented by:
MEN
Ed Catmur
Thomas Cochrane
Alex Rothman
Chris Davidson
Chris Millard
Nick Pilsbury
WOMEN
Pippa Whitehouse
Becky Carlyle
Anne Osbourne
Katherine Asker
Christine Jone...
SUSF Sprint Champs Results
The Scottish University Sports Federation Sprint Championships were held today at Corstorphine Hill in Edinburgh. 14 of Scotland's finest competed over 2.3 km of physically demanding terrain in inclement conditions.
results:
Womens
1. Heather Gardner EUOC 18.12
2. Mhairi Mackenzie EUOC 1...
LTU Team Announced
The Lithuanian team for the LTU vs SCO match at the Trossachs in April. The team is
Dainora Alsauskaite
Inga Kazlauskaite
Ieva Sargautyte
Vilma Rudzenskaite
Giedre Voveriene
Jolanta Razaitiene
Jurate Rukaite
Edita Martuseviciute
Marius Mazulis
Edgaras Voveris
Simonas Krepsta
Nerijus...
Oban Races Venue Swap
The venue for the second Scottish O League and FCC round 5 has been changed to Collie Nathais. The short race scheduled for the previous day has been swapped to Airds park.
source: BOF Fixture List
CompassSport Cup Draw
The draw for the 2004 CompassSport Cup regional qualifiers has been revealed:
EAOA - Thetford
Cup: WAOC,NOC,LEI,NOR
Trophy: SOS,CHIG,HAVOC, SMOC, SUFFOC
NWOA - Formby
Cup: LOC,WCOC, MDOC, DEE, SROC,
Trophy: PFO, BL, ERYRI, SELOC
SCOA - Star Posts
Cup: SN, SOC, WIM, BKO, TVOC
Trop...
JK Cheap Entries
The first deadline for cheap entries to the JK is 15th January
GB Team Funding Confirmed
BOF have recieved word from the sports councils with details of the funding arrangements for the coming year.
A UK Sport panel have recommended a slight increase in funding levels: likely due to the increased cost of sending athletes to Japan for WOC 2005 preparation. This descision has yet t...
England Interland Team
The England Orienteering Council and their board of selectors has recently announced their team for the annual Interland competition to be held in conjunction with National Event 1 in Surrey on the 1st of February.
The match is a multi-class individual event against Belgium and Holland, and allo...
British Relays Postponed
This just in from BOF HQ -
"Despite the best efforts of a large number of individuals we have found it impossible to put together a suitable package that would enable the British Relay Championships to be held on the original date of 21st March 2004 in reasonable close proximity to the Indivi...
BOC2004 Cheap Entries
Note: the deadline for cheap entries to the British Champs is 30th December. Get them in now, or enter online:
http://www.muddy.org/boc2004/entries.htm
BOC Relays In Scotland
BOF are searching for a team to organise the British Relay Championships after the original organisers, NEOA, pulled out.
Nopesport can exclusively reveal that SOA are considering staging the relays at a location in the south-east of Scotland, probably Bowhill near Selkirk although permission ...
Orienteer of the Year 03
At the Great Britain Orienteering Team's Inaugural weekend Jamie Stevenson was named as orienteer for his stunning gold medal performace at the World Championships in Rapperswil.
The Junior Orienteer of the Year was Matt Speake for his peformance at the Junior European Cup (5th in classic, 1st o...
SPOOK weekend report
So it all started with a warm-up-pre-weekend drink or two at the Ball, Crookes. Friday night at closing saw a ‘sober’ brisk walk home with a bag of chips under me arm.
A crisp icy morning started the weekend proper, and 70-80 people headed to the famous Ecclesall woods for the annual SPOOK (th...
WUSU Selection Races
BOF have changed the selection races for the World Students to allow more time for athletes to be accredited by their academic institutions. The new selection races are:
BUSA (Classic),
JK Day 1 (Middle)
JK Day 2 (Long)
0007 Day 1 (Middle)
0007 Day 2 (long)
The JK weekend replaces the ...
BOC Relays - NEOA Withdraw
The withdrawal of permission to use two areas and the lack of availability of other suitable areas has caused the NEOA to withdraw from hosting the British Relay Championships 2004, scheduled for March 21st. Official notification of this was received on Monday 1st December 2003. In the meantime, ...
nopesport launches
nopesport officially launches right now. enough said. woop woop.
Sheffield Update
Fearing a slight dominance from the ‘burgh’ on what is a fantastic website, I thought I’d give a brief update on what’s been happening in the other Mecca for orienteering in GB: Sheffield. Seems like you guys get naked and cause a lot more trouble than we do, despite Uncle Richard’s attempts to k...
Braids XC report
Yet another carnage-filled weekend had in Edinburgh at the weekend, but this time with special guests from around the country. The day started in glorious motivational style with King’s Buildings opening up specially for the Rugby World Cup Final, and after a slight detour round most of Edinburg...
cambridge sprint-o
We have an early, as yet unconfirmed report from supersaint -
"1st round Men - Craney wins by bloody miles after noticing that the unpassable crag was in fact a mere slope, myself, Jimbob and Little Sprot all go round and lose loads of time. Uncle Dickie scrapes through by the skin of teeth in a...
Orienteering on the Radio
source: Peel Adventure Board
rc writes: Out of Doors presenter Mark Stephen. is doing an article on orienteering on his live radio show on Saturday, which includes a live interview with Rob Hickling(GRAMP), one of the officials at the Scottish Orienteering Night Champs. It will be put out this ...
Team GB set to reflect and look forward
The British Squad meet this weekend in the Lake District for the annual Inaugral weekend. Juniors and Seniors will gather to look back on the past year which has seen glory at a world level.
Also on the cards for the weekend is a Bilbo-special long-o and the classic terrain test, a proper bo ...
BOF Ranking List Update
BOF ranking list has seen another update. Highlights are David Godfree M21L, Heather Munro W21L, Matthew Speake M20L, Mhairi Mackenzie(W18)W20L.
Ranking list available here.
JOK Chasing Sprint 2003
This year the JOK sprint was held very late in the season, inconjunctoin with the biggest event in the New Forest, SOC's November Classic National Event.
For those who dont know, the JOK sprint is a chasing start sprint/short race. The prologue is run like any other race in the morning, then i...
Smalandskavlen Relay
for a good review of the finale of the swedish o season see http://www.alternativet.nu/nyheter/nyheter_25_right_innehall_engelska.asp?Id=2743&akomm=50
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