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The coaching committee wishes to appoint a new junior selector. It would be expected that the successful applicant would have a particular interest in junior orienteering although not be a parent of a current junior. Selectors would generally serve a 6 year term of office. The role involves d...

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...

The Harvester Relays acted as the final event for this year’s UK Relay League, and it was fitting that both winner’ of this finale were also the winners of the overall league as well – congratulations to SHUOC in the men’s event, and SYO in the women’s. SHUOC benefited from a vast array of top...

its springtime and erm no i'm not in Shropshire but many orienteers took the time out to ignore the cooing to the Scottish Champs and head for the midland hills. the format of the competition is to gain your best two out of three scores over the weekend in a galloppen styleee format. In M2...

This year’s York City Street Race again took place on the Bank Holiday Monday. Some fine weather meant that the streets were crowded making some of the routes a bit trickier than they would have been otherwise. A number of controls were in parts of the city which had not been visited on any of ...

Competitors from as far a field as Cambridge, Hertford, Matlock and Edinburgh made their way to the South Lakes in Lake District to pitch their adventure racing skills against competitors from the north of England. This was the second event in the Open5 series of Adventure Races, with competitors...

After a wait of over 2 months due to postponement, the Yorkshire round of the Compass Sport Cup has finally taken place. Thank you to the EBOR organising team who were right in cancelling the event when it was due to take place, and for fitting the event into an already full fixture list. AI...

If you missed out on the opportunity to buy British Orienteering Championships 2005 T shirts at the weekend, you can still order them to be posted or else collected from some upcoming major events. These high quality T shirts are 100% cotton, with a full scale fabric logo hand printed to the f...

From BOF news page: "BOF is delighted to announce the appointment of their new Marketing Manager, Caroline Povey. Caroline lives in Allestree near Derby and will be working three days a week starting on Monday 25 April. With a sound marketing background and impeccable qualifications, Carol...

Along with the frantic competitive racing of the British elite classic and relay championships, the equally competitive British Trail'O Championships were also being held. Overall the results went as follows: 1st place went to Northern Irelands' Alan Gartside of Lagan Valley Orienteers with 18p...

Penhale Sands, one of Britain’s more accessible orienteering areas, was the scene of thousands of minutes of mistakes at this year's British Elite Championships, British Senior Championships, British Junior Championships, British Relay Championships and the British Trail-O Champions. We’ll call i...

Following yesterdays final selection race the GBR team for the forthcoming world cups has been revealed today. Rachel Elder makes her World Cup debut alongside more established members of the team, and Claire Wards consistent performances have earned her a place as well. In the mens there a...

This year’s British Sprint Championships were held at Sandhurst Military Academy, Surrey. Super-fast urban orienteering was the name of the game, but some tricky park-o caught out those who had a lapse in concentration. For the first time in the Sprint Championships, qualification races were he...

This year’s BUSA event was staged superbly by the University of Warwick with able assistance from local club Octavian Droobers. The individual event was held on Bentley Woods, the venue of the British Night Championships from 2000, which was described by some as being “an area you’d love to trai...

Well the time had finally come for the big one, the JK! For some it meant all that time spent training through the wet and windy winter would finally reap some reward, whilst for others it was just the opportunity to participate in one of the best atmospheres at an orienteering event in Britain ...