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gbr :: 2006 sqaud
Derek Allison was delighted to announce the 2006 Great Britain Squad today on the BOF website:
Men
Nick Barrable
Matt Crane
Jon Duncan
Scott Fraser*
Graham Gristwood
Dan Halliday
Oli Johnson
Dan Marston
Ewan McCarthy
Mark Nixon
Matt Speake
Jamie Stevenson
*continues to...
event :: clok sprint race
LORDSTONES SPRINT/PARK RACE – SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER 2005
As a prelude to their training session, the CLOK Juniors Team organised the inaugural CLOK Sprint/Park race at Lordstones Country Park, near Carlton-in-Cleveland, on Saturday 15 October 2005.
Senior winners on the 2.5km ‘Long’ course we...
fra ::Orienteers win FRA Relay
The 17th UK Athletics British Fell & Hill Running Relay Championships was held today in the Ochil Hills near Alva, Clackmannanshire (Stirling Direction). For those who don't know what the format of this event is, here is a brief description:
1st Leg solo - 7km 730m climb
2nd leg solo - 6km 63...
csc :: final - OD & FVO Win
This year’s Compass Sport Cup culminated in a thrilling final held at Clowbridge, Burnley, with Octavian Droobers winning the Cup and Forth Valley winning the Trophy.
SELOC put on a decent event on a fairly small area, though the run-in could have been better placed with the only route to club...
ar :: rat race on tv
Tomorrow morning sees the first in a 3 part series covering the 2005 Rat Race Series. Those early risers amongst you should check out Channel 4 at 7:30am for a half hour long programme by Dream Team Television.
This week sees the Bristol Rat Race where orienteer's aplenty feature with Bruce...
event :: ne juniors do micro-o
A form of Micro-O formed an interesting ‘sting in the tail’ for competitors at the recent CLOK/NE Juniors colour coded event held at Hutton Lowcross Woods on 25 September 2005.
The final 140m of the courses for Light Green, Green, Blue and Brown competitors involved criss-crossing a technicall...
event :: Scotland win SHI's *
18 months ago on the fields of Bannockburn a Scottish as near to full strength as possible fought like warrior poets and held off their English nemisis' to claim the SHI title for only the second time in the history of their competition.
This weekend the teams of the respective home nations de...
event :: England win JHI's
England are the winners of this year's Junior Home International. Scotland were second and Wales were third only four point behind the Scots. Ireland took home the wooden spoon.
Rhodri Buffet won the M18 class for Wales in front of Scotland's Duncan Coombs.John Rocke was third for England. In ...
event :: EUOC win 11 person
There were several strong teams in the hunt for this years 11 person relay which was held in Tentsmuir. For those who don't know, Tentsmuir was where the Scottish Championships was last held but the 11 person courses mainly stayed in the tricky, but very enjoyable, forested sand dune strip along ...
event :: scottish score
“Tough, hilly and technical” was most people’s response to today’s Scottish Score Championships, held on an low-lying hillside in Ayrshire.
The tough terrain took its toll, with many people over-estimating their time and getting time penalties. Another factor was the planning: a steep gorge ra...
club::wayfaring course opens
As shown in the newspaper cutting above.
coach :: Level 3 1/2 October
BOF Level 3 Orienteering Coach Training Course
1/2 October 2005
Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore
Course Content
The course will follow the BOF approved syllabus and is appropriate training for those interested in coaching up to and including Step System Level 5.
In particular the following w...
bof :: uni promotion materials
The British Orienteering Federation are offering University Orienteering Clubs FREE promotional literature to be used at their Fresher Fairs. Please contact Caroline on 01629 734042 or email Caroline@britishorienteering.org.uk to place your order or for further information.
Don't forget that ...
shi :: Ireland Team
The host nation has selected their team to compete in this years Senior Home Internationals. The following have been selected:
W20:
Sarah Browne
Erinna Foley-Fisher
W21:
Aislinn Austin
Ailbe Creedon
Ruth Lynam
Pacheva Petranka
M20:
Patrick Higgins
Seamus O’Boyle
Hugh Power
M2...
shi :: England selections
England Team
M20
Matt Dickinson
Colin Olivant
James Bennett
Reserves:
Dan Halliday
Tom Bray
M21
Oli Johnson
Mark Nixon
Rob Baker
Jez Edwards
Andrew Middleditch
Duncan Archer
Reserves: Neil Northrop, Jules Simpson, Ali Buckley, Clive Parry, Michael Sprot, Neil ...
shi :: Scottish Team
This years Senior Home International will be held on the first weekend in October. Planner Allan Bogle is promising a brand new format on the terrain last used for BOC '02.
The Scottish team to defend their Bannockburn victory from 18 months ago was selected yesterday:
M21
Andy Kitchen
Jo...
soa :: job vacancy
The SOA are looking for an Assistant Professional Officer to work at the National Orienteering Centre at Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore. For details please see the advert here, the job description here and watch for further information on the SOA and BOF web-sites.
Donald Petrie
SOA Professional O...
pt :: Relays
Purple Thistle ’05 – Relays
With only a small number left on Monday the PT relays were an even more informal affair than the individual: more resembling a regional squad training than a serious competition. But IMHO that is no bad thing and the banter between teams – most of them formed by lot...
pt :: Individual
Purple Thistle ‘05
The idea was simple: get people out on Arisaig, the highlight of the under-attended Lochaber 2001 six-day. Taking inspiration from the Canadian Barebones events with their philosophy of maximum orienteering, minimum hassle the Purple Thistle was born.
A hardcore of over ...
www :: Athlete Bio
Nopesport has become aware of a new online athlete biography database. This new website www.athletebio.com has recently added Orienteering to its list of sports. Orienteers can upload their results allowing them a one stop website to collect all their previous results.
The site has been design...
wc :: GBR team announced
The following have been selected for the World Cup Final Races in Italy which take place from the 1st-9th October:
Men:
Nick Barrable
Matt Crane
Jon Duncan
Graham Gristwood
Ewan McCarthy
Matt Speake
Women:
Heather Monro
Helen Palmer
Sarah Rollins
Claire Ward
Pippa Whitehouse
Hel...
event :: scottish park champs
Scottish Park-O Championships
There are some people – not many, but around 5% of those in Deeside last week- who just could not find enough flags, and given the opportunity of a flag-finding break insisted on carrying on at the first ever* Scottish Park-O Championships
Ably organised and pl...
6 Day :: Le Tour Results
While the 21Elites were battling it out all week to gain a place in the chase, a competition of a smaller scale, but of no less importance, was going on in the M21Short class. Le Tour de Deeside was set up and run by Rob Palmer which went along similar lines of the famous 'Le Tour de France' and ...
ar :: Manchester Rat Race
Saab Salomons' Manchester Rat Race Experience:
After the disappointment of Edinburgh, we were fired up ready to restore the balance, and put the other races behind us.
Manchester was to be a tactically different race, with 2 smaller stages, both over a set course with a possibility of peopl...
6 Day :: Day 6 - Elites Chase
A good week of orienteering at the Deeside Scottish 6 Day concluded on Saturday at Glen Dye. Known as one of the best areas in Britain it was the perfect way to end the week and also to settle the overall class winners. This was highlighted by the main event of the day, the conclusion of the 21 E...
mtb-o :: team GBR selection
Team GBR for the 2005 World Mountainbike Orienteering Championships in Slovakia has been selected.
Congratulations to the whole team, in particular Helen Winskill who will be competiting in 2 WOC disciplines this year, prehaps she will take up ski-o for 2006...
Team GBR:
Men
Steve Hea...
6days :: le tour de deeside
If your running M21S at this years scottish 6 days and looking for something to spice up your weeks orienteering why not sign yourself up for le tour de deeside?
Format is similar to the famous cycling race with jerseys on offer, intermediate sprints, king of the mountain and the all importan...
Olympics London Paris Battle
London has officially beaten paris in the olympics.
Paris had been favourites throughout the campaign but London's hopes were raised after an impressive presentation by Lord Coe, the bid chairman.
source:
bbc news
selection contraversy?
I was wondering if anyone had taken a look at Oli and Jenny recently?
It seems not all is well with selections and for the first time in lottery funding, Britain will not be taking a full team to WOC in Japan.
From the front page of OliandJenny.co.uk
"She later learned from an email that...
bof :: Pre-WOC camp selections
Ukraine WOC 2007 Training Camp.
Mhairi Mackenzie, Alison O’Neil and Dan Halliday have already been selected by the junior selectors.
Aislinn Austin, Allan Bogle, Matt Crane, Rachael Elder, Dan Marston, Mark Nixon, Helen Palmer, Claire Ward.
Denmark WOC 2006 Training Camp.
Nick Barrable,...
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