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event :: varsity match
Varsity Match 2006
In an eventful 2006 Varsity Match at Leith Hill, at first the whole race was in doubt as Cambridge found themselves stranded on the M11 for six hours and missed the original start times, then the delayed start times and eventually the whole event. Oxford kindly chose not t...
csc :: scottish round
Today saw the Scottish round of the Compasssport Trophy competition held in conjunction with the South of Scotland League race at Normans Law, planned by Graeme Ackland on an area unused for 20 years.
Last years overall trophy winners Forth Valley had to bow down to their rivals in Edinburgh S...
event :: training in scotland
Training Weekend in SW Scotland 4-5th March 2006
Part of the SEDS programme but open to all!
In aid of the British Squad support fund
Saturday 4th March:
am. First leg relay simulation (area tbc)
6km/7.5km 11am mass start
pm. “2nd/3rd/4th… leg” relay simulation (area tbc)
4km/5.5km from...
mtbo series :: wharncliffe
As the spanking new Compass Sport arrived in people’s letterboxes on Saturday morning, with an MTBO’ing Phil Winskill on the front cover. I found myself in a freezing cold Wharncliffe Woods living, what the magazine said, “2006, the year of the bike.”
It was the first of the ‘Compass Point MT...
event :: shuoc urban long-o
Yet another format graced the UK fixtures list on Sunday when ShUOC put on a race linking some of Sheffields parks into one big race. ‘I had talked about doing this so I decided to just do it’ commented Matt Crane, the planner. There were two courses on offer; a 16.9km "Short" course and a 27km L...
event :: sutton park on
Contrary to a report on the BOF website today, the upcoming Midland Champs at Sutton Park has NOT been cancelled.
Visit The Octavian Droober Website for more info on this race.
event :: national event 1
BKO held the year’s first national event on an area unused by many people before. The event was also used for the first race in the Future Champions Cup Series and as a result had quite a strong field, particularly in the older junior classes.
The shorter courses remained on the main Cold Ash...
event :: british nights
This year’s British Night Championships were held on the rather pleasant Hawley and Hornley on a cold but clear night in Hampshire.
The event started on time (unlike last year where starts had to be put back due to it not being dark!) with runners heading off from 17:45, and the forest was awa...
eng :: revised interland team
The England team for the Interland Competition has been confirmed as:
England Team for the Interland Cup - 26 Feb 2006 - Warendorf, near Munster, Germany
W14
Harriett Batten OD Rosie Hartmann HOC Charlotte Myers EBOR
M14
Duncan Birtwistle CLARO Robert Kelly AIRE Jon Malle...
mdoc :: manchester university
The University of Manchester and the non-existent O-club
Whether you have applied to Manchester, are thinking of applying there or even if you are a present student at the University and longing of an orienteering club to snatch you up, then here is some valuable news.
Manchester and District...
ukcup :: new race*
There will now be a UK Cup Middle race on that date (the day after the British Sprint Championships) close to Milton Keynes so that you can make a weekend of it.
Details are still being finalised, but put this in your diary -
Sunday May 21st UK Cup Middle races organised by WAOC at Rowney...
cf :: o2d world series
Orienteering Today Catching Features World Series 2006
In less than one week's time, on 22nd January, the first Orienteering Today Catching Features World Series will begin. Compete for fame, glory, and prizes in the series of eight cares on four Championship maps.
Four races will be the ac...
eng :: interland selections
England Team for the Interland Cup - 26 Feb 2006 - Warendorf, near Munster, Germany
W14
Harriett Batten OD Rosie Hartmann HOC Charlotte Myers EBOR
M14
Duncan Birtwistle CLARO Robert Kelly AIRE Jon Malley NATO
W16
Alice Butt SARUM Bryony Crickmore SO Clare Howes SAXONS
M16
Pet...
army :: aldershot long-O
Whilst numerous lazy people were still in bed, lots of outstandingly active people had made their way the Gibraltar Barracks (in Hampshire, not Gibraltar) for the Aldershot Long-O and MTB-O.
There were a Long foot and MTB course and a short(er) foot and MTB course. There were some fantastic fe...
poll :: event of the year
Honorary Mentions: Purple Thistle, Scottish Six-Day.
Despite not being a fixture on the orienteering calendar, it achieved what it set out to do: great orienteering experiences with minimum fuss. Small, friendly, tough, wild, sociable and a test of survival could all be descriptions of this week...
poll :: best female perf.
Honorary Mention: Helen Winskill.
Any other year, Helen might have won this one. Never out the British Team and a final position of 14th in the World Cup, helped along of course by her fantastic bronze medal scored on the streets of Italy.
Winner:
Last year she moved back to Britain from the...
poll :: best male performance
Honorary Mentions: Vince Joyce, Ewan McCarthy.
As the only veteran in our poll we have already highlighted Vince, for his efforts at the World Masters in Canada, where he earned a Silver Medal.
Ewan McCarthy finally made it onto the British World Championships team after two years of being the ...
poll :: best junior male
Honorary mention: Duncan Coombs, Mar, Edinburgh University, OK Tyr (SWE).
Duncan dominated the domestic season in M18, winning the JK and FCC titles comfortably. He went on to make his JWOC debut in Switzerland in July, where in the fierce heat and physical courses he fought hard to take a 75th ...
poll :: best junior female
Honorary Mention: Joy Hodkinson, Nottingham.
At the JK she was 20% quicker than her nearest rival. At BOC it was more. A mere 10 years old, the girl born on the rest day of Strathspey ’95 is clearly a hot talent. And she showed this at the Swedish O-Ringen, where she won every day and took the o...
ukcup :: oxford cancelled?
Unconfirmed rumours suggest that the long-awaited Oxford Street-race has been postponed yet again.
The race, due to take place on 21st May after the British Sprint Champs, was originally scheduled to run as a prologue to the Surrey World-Cup. However when it was shortened there was no space in...
mag :: compasssport 2006
With Nick Barrable taking over from Suse Coon as editor CompassSport has launched its new Website for 2006 and beyond at www.CompassSport.co.uk or.com.
NEW for 2006 will be a larger 52 page FULL-COLOUR magazine which will be packed full of interesting articles, news, competitions and quizzes, ...
soa :: performance symposium
The notes from the successful SOA performance and coaching symposium have been made available on the web at Scottish-Orienteering.org.
They include a talk on "Using OCAD for Training" and an insightful talk from former Scottish XC Champion and International Hill-Runner Robert Quinn entitled "T...
event :: glasgow park champs
Today saw the 7th running of STAG's Glasgow Park Championships, a multiple sprint race burn up around 3 of the city's plentiful supply of mapped areas.
Retaining their title's again this year, and unbeaten over all 3 races today, were EUOC's Murray Strain in the Men's open class and Clyde's ...
mag :: orienteering today #6
OrienteeringToday Issue 6 Out Now!
Issue 06/2005 of our magazine has rolled off the press.
Again there are articles about orienteering events all over the world; a report on two multiday events in former Yugoslavia (Kopaonik Open 2006 and Croatia Open 2006), a story on city rogain in New Zeal...
vhi :: england win (in full)
NATO put on a fantastic weekend’s orienteering in the hills overlooking The Holy Island, also known as Lindisfarne. The event compsrised a short race on the Satruday with a National event on the Sunday, and also hosted the Veteran Home International.
In the VHI England ran out as winners, alt...
soa :: edinburgh night series
By Jason Inman
The inaugural event in the Fight with the Night series took place last night on Hillend Park, just outside Edinburgh. A series of bi-monthly night races in and around Edinburgh concocted by Duncan"I'm home-sick"Coombs.
Planned by Jason Inman the 3.6km course took them all ov...
gbr :: Compass Sport
After weeks of negotiations and trips to Bathgate it's finally time to reveal that someone has stepped into the breach with regards to Compass Sport. As of February 2006, Nick Barrable will be editing the British Orienteering Magazine with Becky Carlyle working on subscriptions and Zdenek Mazal ...
event :: kimm
Although not an orienteering event, the Karrimor International Mountain Marathon is a race where many orienteers have achieved great success. This year was no different with class wins for Steve Birkinshaw on the Elite and Rob Little and Chris Sellens on the ‘B’, plus a great 4th place for Andy ...
soa :: Assistant PO Appointed
APPOINTMENT OF NEW SOA ASSISTANT PROFESSIONAL OFFICER
The SOA is pleased to announce that Stewart Caithness of CLYDE has been appointed as the new Assistant Professional Officer based at the National Orienteering Centre at Glenmore Lodge, starting work on Monday 21st November. Stewart comes to...
gbr :: euro champs selections
In order to enable Great Britains best athletes to focus on training the British team has adopted a pre-selection policy.
The following athletes have been pre-selected for the 2006 European Championships to be held in Estonia:
David Brickhill-Jones
Matt Crane
Jamie Stevenson
Sarah Roll...
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