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Free tickets for new AR Series
2005 has seen the introduction of the Open5 Series and Open24 Adventure Races in the North of England by Open Adventure.The Open5 series being 5hr score events and the Open24 a non-stop 24hr event at the end of July.
The Open5 Series of four events for solos and pairs will use the score orient...
6 Days Announcment
The organisers of the 2005 6-Days are pleased to announce that 2 internationally-known rock bands are playing at the 6-Day Event Centre, Crathes Castle, Banchory, on Friday 29th July and Saturday 30th July, as part of the National Trust for Scotland's 'Live on the Lawn' programme.
Ocean Colour S...
Sheffield Spring Cup Series
You know spring has well and truly arrived when the Sheffield Spring Cup Series arrives. Organised by SYO, this series of 5 weekly events truly finds out who the kings and queens of Sheffield orienteering are. This year the 5 events are all fully electronic and are being held on some of the be...
Regional Event, South Wales
"SWOC/Welsh Junior Squad Regional Event 8th May 2005, Pwll Du Blaenavon
South Wales
Internet enteries (fabian4.co.uk) will be accepted until midnight on 6th
May 2005. Limited entries on the day will be also be available."
Thanks
Nigel Ferrand
aka Redkite
Averyren 5 day
The official 5 day was cancelled for 2005, but an
unofficial one has taken its place, called the
Aveyron 5 days, and promises to be a good do.
This is the link:
http://www.cdco12.org/5jours2005/index.html
It runs from the 9th - 14th July (6 days - the first
event on the 9th was added la...
Edinburgh Street Orienteering
A series of Street-O events is being organised this summer by Interlopers. They're on every 2nd Wednesday evening.
18th May, Dovecot Grove
1st June, 104 Tryst Park
15th June, 26 Swan Spring Avenue
29th June, 7 Whitedales
13th July, 17 Lussielaw Road
27th July, 112 Relugas Road
(All a...
FVO Evening Events
Here is a list of evening events by FVO for reference.
Ladies Only coaching Course
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COACHING COURSE
23/24 April 2005
Fantastic Special Offer!
2 For the Price of 1!
Apply for this course before 8 April and you and a friend...
Shamrock O Ringen 2005
Just when you thought it would not happen Cork O
invite you to take part in the Shamrock O Ringen which
returns this year. The event takes place from Saturday
to Monday (June bank holiday) allowing you time to
visit the area. As usual day 1 will be a shorter event
and day 3 will be a chasing...
BKO/TVOC, FCC + UK Cup Weekend
BKO Middle Distance Race, Saturday 12th March
Final details and control descriptions are now available on the BKO website
Startlists are currently being changed to conform to seeding rules, they will back online as soon as possible
TVOC National Event, Sunday 13th March
Final details and st...
DVO Longshaw Event - Problems
Due to lying snow affecting both the car parking and some of the control sites, there is a possibility that the East Midlands Championships at DVO's event at Longshaw may have to be cancelled.
Please keep checking the DVO website for the latest information. Definate confirmation on Saturday ...
Harvester Relay venue change
This year’s Harvester Relay was due to be run by EBOR, but due to the loss of the proposed area, HALO have stepped in to take up the event at the 11th hour. Although no definite decision has been made yet, it is proposed to be held at Pillar Woods, the setting for last year’s Compass Sport Cup F...
JOK, FCC & SOL Final Details
Start lists and final details are now available for the JOK Chasing Sprint at Touch on Saturday and the FVO event at the Trossachs on Sunday. The weekends races incorporating rounds 1 & 2 of the Future Champions Cup and the first Scottish Orienteering League race of the season.
On Saturday ...
EBOR CompasSport cup Cancelled
This sundays CSC round due to be held at Cropton by EBOR has been cancelled. For further information see here.
Thanks to eagle-eyes 'swat' for that one.
JK Entries closing date info
JK 2005 ENTRY ARRANGEMENTS
The main closing date for receipt of entries is Monday 28th February 2005.
Following this date, start times will be allocated and seeding will take place. We intend to start posting out final details later that week.
The entry date, 18th March 2005 is the late en...
University MM Champs
Adam Stirk of Durham University has teamed up with the organisers of the LAMM to run a 'University Mountain Marathon Championships' within this years LAMM.
It's a competition just for a bit of fun really and competitors can enter whichever class they feel competitive in. The scoring is design...
British Elites Sprint + Middle
This year's British Sprint champs will be run around the historic Sandhurst Royal Military Academy. The terrain is a mix of urban/campus detail with small pockets of woodland- a really fantastic venue for this competition with numerous historic buildings, statues, tanks, cannons etc. For the firs...
JOK Sprint Update
There are just a couple of days to go before the closing dates for entries for a weekend of quality orienteering in Scotland. In particular then please note that there is no EOD for the JOK Chasing Sprint so get your entry in soon!
With the JOK Chasing Sprint being held at Touch Estate on the...
Scottish 6-Day
The cheap entry deadline for this years Scottish Six-Day is the end of January, so if you want to save some money then get in now!
Website is here.
Nopesport Trophy 2005
We invite you to the annual nopesport trophy weekend 5-6th February 2005.
This year we will again be piggybacking CLYDE events the schedule is as follows:
Saturday 5th February - Sprint Race - Auchengillan
Sunday 6th February - Classic Race - Mugdock
The sprint race is being held in con...
JOK Chasing Sprint
JOK Chasing Sprint
The legendary JOK Chasing Sprint is this year being held in Scotland, on challenging and technical terrain at Touch Estate near Stirling.
As always the race format will ensure fast and furious competition as runners bid to win the famous flying pig trophies. This year the ...
5 Days in Aveyron, France
From the organisers:
It’s official, the french summer orienteering meeting for all runners is launched.
The different races will take place on the legendary “plateau du Larzac”, between the 9th July and the 14th July. This Templar Land, high place of french history is now near all European ...
Idre O-Week 2005
IDRE O-WEEK SWEDEN 2005
26 juni - 3 juli 2005.
On http://www.kart-bosse.se you find all about Idre O-week:
Every week earlier maps with courses and comments.
Thanks to Kart Bosse for this information.
SUSF Orienteering Races 2005
As SUSF Co-ordinator i would like to inivte all scottish university orienteering clubs to this years' scottish university championship races. The races this year are in conjunction with the following races:
SUSF Classic:
30th January -
EUOC District Event & SoSOL 8, Holyrood Park, Edinbu...
Northern Nights cancelled
The Northern Night Championships on 12th February has been cancelled due to serious storm damage. Members are advised that they should check the situation regarding other events in the Cumbria area before travelling.
Source: BOF
Spring Cup
This years spring cup will take place the week before the JK, the 18-20th March, in its usual location on the Danish island Sjaelland, just north of Copenhagen.
Bullettin number 3 has just been relased which highlights the fact that online entries are now open: go to www.springcup.dk and click...
UK Cup Website
The UK Cup Website has now been updated for the 2005 season. The site can be found by clicking here. It features a breakdown of the fixtures as well as all the content from the old website.
As previously revealed on nopesport the 2005 fixtures are:
12/3 Middle, Bloom Wood
13/3 Mass Start L...
SENiLe Jan 29th
The South East Night League or SENiLe is a Night League based in the South East. And on Saturday 29th of January this fantastic series will be visiting one of the many fantastic areas on offer in the south, Reigate Priory.
"Reigate Priory is a grade 1 listed building set in 65 acres of open pa...
ESOC Pentlands Long-O
On Sunday 13th March ESOC will be hosting a Long-O event in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh. Anyone not familiar with the area can expect plenty of open grassy and heathery hillside with a wide variety of contour detail, not to mention magnificent views over Edinburgh and beyond.
Using a ...
Varsity Match 2005
The 34th annual Cambridge vs Oxford battle heads overseas to Sweden this year, to the Jääa region near Stockholm on the 18th & 19th of March. Races will be held in terrain quite disimilar to last year's race on Wimbledon Common, with runnable forest and challenging technical contour detail. The...
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