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Interview: Olaussen talks about favourite courses of 2018

You want to watch live orienteering? Don`t miss the liv...

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Winter training kick-off in Venice – so nice to reunit...

Great to dress up for the Swiss Orienteering Team party ...

After a few lazy weeks it was time to run fast again. Sw...

Micarna Team day was fun as always! Thanks for more than...

Wonderful end of the season: ITA Champs Sprint Relay, Tu...

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Recap CrossCup Mol - preview winter season 2018-2019 ?â€...

Oppstartsamling med landslaget

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Dressed up for swiss-o-gala 2018. Now the season is defi...

Used the training break to learn a lot about training! ?...

Two solid training weeks since coming back from China. A...

The Year Ahead

Image: Matt Speake, photo by Karl Orud for WOC 2019 NorwayIt is a quiet time for the international orienteering calendar. In Britain we must wait until next year for m ...
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UK Elite League Returns for 2019

Races are announced for the 2019 UK Elite League. Weve got more sprint and middles than previously with a more even geographic spread.Read whole story...
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Official video of PWT China tour 2018 & Beijing O Week

Beijing, China, Oct 2018: The official video of Beijing O Week & PWT China tour 2018 is here. Watch the video to capture the amazing venues and orienteering action.
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VHI 2018 – Team Manager’s Report

The England Team Manager’s report and results on the 2018 Veteran Home International, held at Blaenavon on 29th & 30th September, can be viewed from the link below. VHI 2018  ...
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PWT China tour 2018 & Beijing O Week videos

Beijing, China, Oct 2018: PWT, Beijing O Week and Learnjoy would like to present some videos of Beijing O Week & PWT China tour 2018. Relive the moments or see how it was this year.
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Thank You

The English Orienteering Council would like to thank everyone who bought cakes from their stall at the CompassSport Cup Final (and of course all those who baked them). The sale raised a total of &poun ...
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PWT China tour 2018 overall results

Beijing, China, Oct 2018: The overall winners of this years PWT China tour were Yannick Michiels (BEL) and Karolin Ohlsson (SWE). The total points are calculated using the classic PWT scoring system.
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PWT China tour 2018 5th and final stage

Linqigu, China, Oct 2018: The fifth and final race of PWT China tour 2018 was run in the beautiful surroundings of Linqigu orienteering town in the Langfang region, south from Beijing. Organized in ac ...
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Olympic Forest Park set the venue for 4th stage

Beijing, China, Oct 2018: A WRE sprint race continued the tour in the Olympic Forest Park, not far from the Olympic venues Birds Nest and Water Cube. The weather had turned from summer to autumn, but ...
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Tricky orienteering in the 3rd stage

Beijing, China, Oct 2018: The tour continued today in the magnificent venue of Beijing Garden Expo Park with sprint races. The victories went out to Sweden and Germany as the fastest were Lina Strand ...
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Tour continued with the 2nd stage & WRE

Beijing, China, Oct 2018: The tour continued today with a middle distance race in the Forest Park of Green Dragon Lake, situated in the western outskirts of Beijing. The event center was located in th ...
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News Roundup

Photo: Hollie Orr at World Champs 2017, by MaprunnerWith the international season over and only the last races of the 2018 season in Scandinavia before the snow comes, ...
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PWT China tour 2018 started with stage 1

Beijing, China, Oct 2018: The first competition of this years PWT China tour and Beijing O week was ran today in the western part of the Enterprise Town Culture Park, in south-east part of Beijing. Li ...
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PWT China 2018 almost here

Beijing, China, 2018: The PWT China tour 2018 is just few days away with the first race scheduled for Sunday 21st of October. Organised in cooperation with Beijing O Week and Learnjoy, the tour will i ...
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Kris Jones - Half-Marathon P.B.

Whilst the final race of Orienteerings 2018 World Cup was happening in the Czech Republic, Kris Jones ran for Wales in the first Commonwealth Half-Marathon Championshi ...
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World Cup Final Round

Image: Map Extract, World Cup Final Middle Race - Embargoed Area The final 2018 round of the World Cup - the last outing for the GB te ...
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Interland 2019 – Senior Selection Policy

The selection policy for Seniors for the 2019 Interland is now available from the following link: Interland 2019 – Senior selection Policy
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Euromeeting Results

Control Description Sheet, Knockout Sprint FinalEuromeeting in Denmark was a runup event for the 2020 World Championships.Not all coun ...
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Euromeeting

Image: Wikipedia Commons.Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd September is Euromeeting in Denmark, a runup event for the 2020 World Championships ...
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SHI 2018 – Team Manager’s Report

The England Team Manager’s report on the 2018 Senior Home International, held at Hurstwood on the 8th and 9th September, can be viewed from the link below. SHI 2018 – Team Manager& ...
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New Kit Officer Required

After 12 years in the role, I am standing down as kit officer for Orienteering England in March 2019. The job isn’t particularly difficult as there are only 4 events each year – 3 ...
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Senior Home International

Update Sunday Results Added.Update + 1 week England Team Managers ReportThe perhaps self-contradictory term Home International is used ...
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SHI 2018 – Final Team

The final team for the England Senior Home International 2018 can be viewed from the following link: England Senior Home International Final Team
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Strong field of athletes at the PWT China tour 2018

Aug 2018: PWT China tour 2018 will be held in Beijing, China on 20.-29. October. The tour will see a very strong field of athletes aiming for the PWT success.
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World Cup Round 3 Results

World Cup Round 3 was three days of international racing in Østfold, Norway on 31st August and the 1st and 2nd September. Normal World Cup rules applied wit ...
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British Sprint & Middle Results

British Sprint ChampionshipsBath University, Saturday 1st SeptemberPhoto: The Prizegiving, by Steve RushFull ResultsWomen (Women Open ...
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Charlotte Watson moves to Oslo

Photo: Charlotte Watson, WOC2018 Middle Race, by MaprunnerCharlotte has moved to Oslo. She is already a member of the Oslo club Lillomarka OL - being one of seven Lil ...
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World Cup Round 3 Preview

Round 3 of the 2018 World Cup takes place in Østfold, Norway on 31st August and the 1st and 2nd September. It is pre-WOC a ...
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British Sprint Championships Preview

Image: from the special notes explaining the lower service area level at Bath University. Followers of the GB Orienteers need to have ...
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British Middle Distance Championships Preview

Image: section from a previous mapFollowers of the GB Orienteers need to have their eyes in more than one place this coming weekend, w ...
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World Champs Reflections

Photo: Megan Carter-Davies, WOC2018 Middle Race, courtesy of Janis Ligats / WOC2018 Latvia With four disciplines to run, I thought the ...
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Interland 2019 – Junior Selection Policy

The selection policy for Juniors for the 2019 Interland is now available from the following link: Interland 2019 – Junior selection Policy
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Promotions and Relegations

After a World Champs the tables that decide how many runners a country gets in the forest races next year are calculated.This year the ...
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My World Champs Sprint Race

Photo: Alice Leake in the current leaders chair at World Champs Sprint Final, Riga 2018, by MaprunnerOn The Red Line editorial. On Sat ...
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World Orienteering Championships 2018

My main goal this year was the World Orienteering Championships, where I was selected to compete in the individual sprint, the mixed sprint relay and the relay. The run-up to a major race can be a bi ...
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JHI 2018 – Selections

The full selections for the 2018 England Junior Home International Team can be viewed from the following link: 2018 England Junior Home International Team
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Latvia Test Races

Image: Training Map Extract: 2018 LatviaOn The Red Line editorial - Charlotte wrote about other team members making a trip to join her ...
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Interland 2019 – Vets Selection Policy

The selection policy for veteran competitors for the 2019 Interlan competition is now available from the following link: Interland 2019 – Vets Selection Policy
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Learning in Latvia

Image: Map Extract: 2017 World Cup Latvia Middle RaceLearning in Latvia - Preparing for the WOC Middle RaceAt the beginning of the yea ...
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New free O-simulation The Forest

The Forest aims to help with contour interpretation for navigation.Read whole story...
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Preparing for a Single Race

Photo: by Steve Rush, Ali McLeod running in to win the JK this year Many of the GB team travelling to Latvia have a single race at th ...
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T-minus five weeks

With a little under five weeks to go to the World Orienteering Championships, I’m just about ready to start thinking about final preparations. I’ve had a good block of traini ...
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World Champs - The British Team

Photo Composition: GB WOC Team 2018 by On The Red LineThe World Championships are in Latvia with races from 4th - 11th August. They ar ...
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European breakthrough

TLDR: After a lot of ‘nearly’ results, I finally managed to win a senior international medal. Bronze at the European Orienteering Championships in the Sprint distance. It felt goo ...
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AGM 2018 Minutes

The minutes of the 2018 AGM held at Brereton and Ravenhill Parish Hall, Rugeley on Saturday 31st March 2018 are available from the link below: AGM 2018 Minutes
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WHEN TRAINING CAMPS GO WRONG (but the views are nice...)

It feels like ages now since my season start. If you read on, you’ll see why. But just last weekend was the JK. I had to wing it a bit, having so much work in the days beforehand. I told myself ...
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Sprint Scotland 2018 - 19th to 22nd July

Professionally organised sprint orienteering in the heart of Scotland - join us this year for 4 days of sprint orienteering.Read whole story...
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Norwich Urban Weekend - 14/15th April

Come and enjoy a run through the campus of the University and the historical medieval city of Norwich with courses that will physically and mentally challenge youRead whole story...
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JK 2018

The annual Jan Kjellstrom (JK) Orienteering Festival, the largest orienteering races in the UK, took place last weekend. These races form part of the selections for the GB team and are the first oppo ...
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THE LONGEST WINTER // START OF THE SPRING SEASON

Writing from the UK, I can say I’ve rarely been happier to run in a rain shower than yesterday evening. Returning to Stockholm after a great camp in Alicante was a shock to the system. I sort of ...
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