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JK Relay – drizzle and statistics

After three days of good weather, the JK Relay day was damp and drizzly, with later started getting the worst of the rain. Middleton Park in Leeds was the venue – it provided an excellent change-over area but the orienteering lacked technical challenge, especially on shorter courses. Most courses had an arena run-through part wayContinue reading “JK Relay – drizzle and statistics”

JK 2025 in South Yorkshire

JK 2025 took place last weekend in the Sheffield/Leeds area. The JK is an annual festival of orienteering, named after Swede Jan Kjelstrom, one of the founders of orienteering in Britain. It is held over Easter and provides a complete test of orienteering skills over 4 days starting with a Sprint on Good Friday, aContinue reading “JK 2025 in South Yorkshire”

Another JK Medal

Congratulations to Stella who was second overall (Middle plus Long) in W70L at the JK. Other who made the top 10% in their class were Keith (6th in M65L) and Dan (10th in M60L) Results are here and Routegadget is here (Photos Isabel Berry and Christine Kiddier)

JK Sprint Success

Adding to their medal tallies for the year Keith and Christine won Gold (M65) and Bronze (W70) respectively at the JK Sprint in Sheffield on Good Friday. M65 was a particularly close race race with the top three all within 10 seconds of each other. Other Border Liners on the top ten were Tricia DaviesContinue reading “JK Sprint Success”

Crossing a Boundary

The latest section of Paul Watson’s useful guide to the symbols on maps and description that are not controls is now available here. It covers Crossing Points and Uncrossable Boundaries and considers them from both a competitor point of view and that of a planner or controller. Definitely worth a read!

The Joys of Scottish Orienteering

Those BL members who just can’t get enough Scottish orienteering had yet another opportunity to feed their addiction this weekend. On Saturday (12th April) there was a middle distance event at South Achray near Aberfoyle and on Sunday (13th) a proper distance event at Limerigg, a new area near Airdrie. The Achray event was organisedContinue reading “The Joys of Scottish Orienteering”

Burnbanks Cumbrian Galoppen – 6th April 2025

Border Liners Orienteering Club (BL) held its first Cumbrian Galoppen event of the year on Sunday 6th April on the fells north of the Haweswater Dam. The weather was superb (too hot if anything) and the going fast, with the area at its best at this time of year. Navigation was tricky with many similarContinue reading “Burnbanks Cumbrian Galoppen – 6th April 2025”

Fun in the Sun at Burnbanks

Burnbank Cumbrian Galoppen – 6th April 2025 It’s hard to believe now, but six weeks ago we were close to cancelling this event; there was no organiser, the appointed planner was no longer able to do the job, the normal car park had been planted with trees, and the backup field was half lake. Fortunately,Continue reading “Fun in the Sun at Burnbanks”

A Great Event at Great Tower

The fourth event in the Cumbrian Galoppen series took place on Sunday (30th March) at Great Tower Wood on the east side of Windermere. It had everything – warm sunny weather, beautiful and complex woodland, an excellent map and well planned courses. Not surprisingly it attracted over 400 competitors, including 21 Border Liners. Careful navigation,Continue reading “A Great Event at Great Tower”

If you go down to the woods today….

Last Thursday (27th March) the dog-walkers at Hackthorpe Wood got a bit more company than they expected – 150 primary school children sprinting, jogging and walking round the paths, while adults stood at key junction trying to stop them going too far off course. It was the Eden Valley Sports Partnership annual orienteering event. TheContinue reading “If you go down to the woods today….”