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Highlander Mountain Marathon 2009
18th and 19th April will see the non-elitist Highlander Mountain Marathon taking place, complete with traditional Highland entertainment and food from a Saturday night marquee and top notch courses from former LAMM Elite Winner Alec Keith and 2005 World Masters' Mountain Running Champion Ray Wilby acting as controller.
Calling All Urban Races for 2009
Now that this season's Nopesport Urban League is over, we're looking to recruit urban races to form the bigger and better 2009 series, so if your club is organising an Urban race next year read on.
iROC Arrives with a New Event Format
iROC will be an innovative and exciting adventure racing weekend in the Durham Dales featuring five different races that will include mountain biking, running and orienteering.
Sheffield Students' Anniversary
2008 sees the 40th anniversary of Sheffield University Orienteering Club (ShUOC) and the 30th Sheffield Postgraduate Occasional Orienteering Klub (SPOOK) anniversary meal.
EUOC Burns Weekend
Following the success of last years event, the EUOC Burns Weekend is returning to Edinburgh on the 24th/25th January 2009.
Orientator - Guildford
For those looking for a great introduction to orienteering, the Orientator race could be your first stop.
The Orientator comes to Guildford town centre next Saturday, offering up a 10km off road running series where you choose the route.
These races are specifically designed for those runn...
nul :: city of london race
With three weeks to go until the City of London orienteering race, entries are flooding in from around the UK and Europe.
So far over 180 have entered, including competitors from France, Italy, Moldova and Spain, as well as from each of the home nations.
The opportunity to race through hi...
ar :: new open 5 series
The Mountain Hardwear Open5 Adventure Race Series is back for its 5th year, having been firmly set in the calendar as the series to attract the best racers in the country, as well as being an accessible introduction for newcomers.
The events are for pairs and solos, with venues chosen to show...
pt :: final details available
It's getting close, we're getting excited and hope you are too!
We've pulled together the final details for the Purple Thistle over on the event website for your perusal, and it looks set to be a great weekend of orienteering.
There's a top quality field of over 330 runners taking part, and...
wr :: white rose final details
For those of you heading to Yorkshire this bank holiday weekend for five events across three days, final details are available.
Two regional events, a night score, a team score and a mountain bike score event take place from Friday to Monday in Lownorth Park, near Scarborough in North Yorkshir...
Force Ten (Phoenix) Long O
The entry deadline for the Force Ten (Phoenix) Long O, taking place on the 16th & 17th of August, is fast approaching.
The event is a 2 day 'long orienteering' event which takes place in the Cheviots, the range of hills straddling the border between Scotland and England, and is run by Newcastl...
Sheffield Ultrasprint
Returning once again following last year's highly successful event, the Garmin Ultrasprint will take place in Millhouses Park, Sheffield on Saturday 12 July.
The Ultrasprint is a high intensity orienteering race, based on the Orient-Show concept developed in Russia and France.
Competitors ...
pt :: entries now open
After a years sabbatical, The Purple Thistle weekend returns to the calendar for 2008 and true PT style we are taking you to another top class area of Scotland. This time we are heading to the west coast where we have teamed up with our good friends, Lock Eck Orienteers, as we provide another wee...
Harvester Weekend 17/18 May
This year's Harvester Relay takes place in conjunction with the JOK Chasing Sprint, providing a fantastic weekend of head to head racing for both individuals and clubs.
The chasing sprint will take place in Bloom Wood on the afternoon of Saturday 17th May. Bloom Wood is a small, hilly area wit...
"Spey in May" three day
BASOC and Moravian would like to invite you to enjoy Spey in May, three days of quality orienteering in Speyside over the early May bank holiday weekend, 3-5th May.
Saturday 3rd will see a Middle Distance race at the wonderful Deisher, near Carrbridge, with starts from 13:30 to 15:30.
Sund...
ar :: the dirty weekend
The UK’s first ever multi-sport adventure sports festival hits the Scottish Borders
If you go down to the woods today you’re sure of a big surprise…Mud, mountain bikes and outdoor madness converge for the first ever Dirty Weekend on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 July 2008 in the Scottish Borders. Th...
Stirling Weekend 10th/11th May
Stirling Weekend 10th/11th May 2008
Forth Valley Orienteers invite you to the historic city of Stirling for a weekend of quality orienteering
On the Saturday afternoon we will be hosting the Scottish Sprint Championships in Stirling Old Town, which has been mapped specifically for this event....
boc :: entry deadlines soon
Sunday is the deadline for entries to both the British and British Elite Orienteering Championships in Sprint, Middle and Long disciplines.
The British Elite Middle Championships will take place at Hopwas on April 5th, with starts from 12:00. Hopwas, used in the past for the JK Relays in 2005,...
Dick Amour Memorial Event
Inverness Orienteering Club will be holding an event at Drumashie next month in memory of the late Dick Amour who sadly passed away whilst running there in October last year. All entry fees from this event will be donated to the local Mountain Rescue team in fond memory of Dick.
Date: April 13...
jk :: start lists available
Start lists for next weekend's JK are now available for those wanting to know when they'll be setting off into the forest. Worth checking too for those who want to know what course they'll be running, as there will be some who may find they've been downgraded from the oversubscribed elite men's c...
ukcc :: on hold for 2008
Due to circumstances beyond our control nopesport have unfortunately had to cancel the UK Cities Cup for 2008. However all is not lost and it will be back and better than ever!
Meanwhile... there is still plenty of urban fun to be had...
The City of London race goes ahead in October and wi...
jk :: news & entries deadline
If you're not one of the 2500 competitors already entered for this year's JK you have only a couple of days left before the entry prices are raised. As well as marking the second deadline for individual entries, February 21st also marks the first entry deadline for the Relay.
In the Men’s Elit...
France :: 6 Aveyron Days 2008
Hello from 6 Aveyron Days 2008
Now it’s official, Thierry Gueorgiou will run stages in H21E !
Thierry : "I definitively think that there are only very few terrains in the whole World who can match the difficulties of these ones.
I already know that I will have to face a lot of challen...
ar :: the deerstalker returns
Detail Events have been foraging in the woods and hills around Traquair and are taking this classic event into its second year.
The Deerstalker is an "adventure run" with distance options at 5 km (ish) and 10 km (and a bit). Devilishly vague about the true distances, you shouldn't worry as mor...
nopesport urban league
We at Nopesport like urban orienteering, and so do you it seems as the number of urban orienteering events and participants in the UK grows each year. However, apart from The UK Cities Cup – The UK’s premier urban orienteering series, there is no UK wide league. SO, we thought we would duly oblig...
uk cities cup 2008 teaser!
I think it is fair to say the debut year of The UK Cities Cup Urban Orienteering Series was a good one. We were very pleased at how the 1st series went and the success is in no small part to your good selves, be you competitors, organisers, planners, marshals or sponsors. Buoyed by this we have b...
pt :: pt returns for 2008
After a years sabbatical, The Purple Thistle returns to the fixtures calendar for 2008 and in true PT style we are giving you something new while visiting yet another top class area of Scotland.
This year we are heading to the west coast where we have teamed up with our good friends, Lock Eck ...
Edinburgh City Weekend
Edinburgh University Orienteering Club welcomes you to their beautiful historic hometown for a weekend of city racing, Burns poetry, ceilidh dancing and traditional orienteering.
The afternoon of Saturday 26th January will be host to the first ever Orienteering street race through the UNESCO...
ShUOC Chase Sprint/DVO Nationa
ShUOC Chasing Sprint/DVO National
ShUOC and DVO warmly invite you to a weekend of orienteering on the West side of Sheffield on the weekend of 8th/9th December.
****Saturday 8th December- ShUOC CHASING SPRINT****
ShUOC (Sheffield University Orienteering Club) are hosting a chasing spri...
ukcc :: oxford start lists
The Oxford City Race, the finale of the 2007 UK Cities Cup series, is just 6 days away and start lists are now available.
The race will see the biggest field of the series, with around 350 competitors having entered with a top class field in both the men's and women's classes.
In the wome...
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