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Indoor insanity?

The OO Cup kicked off in Killarney with a warm-up indoor event at St Brendan’s College. As we were staying in Killarney for the OO Cup week Christine and I thought we would give this a go. Billed as the Kerry Festival of Orienteering the event saw over 400 take part in an indoor/outdoor multi-levelContinue reading “Indoor insanity?”

ABC, Easy as 1-2-3

The Allerdale Bike Challenge is an annual series of five cycle events which explore the local lanes around Allerdale District. It’s open to riders of all bike types from lightweight road bikes to mountain bikes, from recumbent bikes to tandems. The format is a 2 hour score event using SportIdent timing on tarmac roads & lanes, with aContinue reading “ABC, Easy as 1-2-3”

Night & Day at Talkin Tarn

Saturday 8th November saw Border Liners host a double header event at Talkin Tarn Country Park near Brampton. In the morning we held one of our local Saturday series events with a specific Beginner course alongside more usual Short and Long options for more experienced orienteers. Orienteering controls were put out whilst Talkin Tarn parkrun wasContinue reading “Night & Day at Talkin Tarn”

Refreshed VOCs at Rickerby

For 2023 we have refreshed the virtual orienteering courses at Rickerby Park. Check out the Anytime O page for details of these and how to take part.

BL at CompassSport Final

A compact but competitive Border Liners team attended the final of the CompassSport Trophy inter-club competition near Kincardine Bridge, Scotland at the weekend, having made selection for the final at a regional qualification event earlier in March. The annual inter-club competition sees orienteering clubs from around the country compete against each other. Whilst not quiteContinue reading “BL at CompassSport Final”

New British Champion

Border Liners’ Carol Edwards secured a convincing victory in the British Sprint Orienteering Championships last weekend in Leeds, winning W65 by over 2 minutes. Victory was assured by covering the 2.6km course with 15 check points around a tricky University of Leeds Campus in the time of 14:35.

New POC at Watchtree

There is a new permanent orienteering course operational at Watchtree Nature Reserve and it is free to use! For more details see here.

Bampton Common 7th May results

Results from today’s event at Bampton Common are here, Routegadget here, and WinSplits. [Click on the heading above to get the post detail so the link appears].

Talkin Tarn event – 5th March

Thanks for coming today, Results, Routegadget and WinSplits are now published. Talkin Tarn final event details are now available here. We’re afraid to say that the coaching that was due to take place before the event has had to be cancelled. The event is still going ahead (starts from 11:00 to 12:15) and entries areContinue reading “Talkin Tarn event – 5th March”

New! Try virtual orienteering

Border Liners have implemented 2 brand new ‘virtual orienteering’ courses at Rickerby Park in Carlisle using the MapRun6 app for smartphones. Find out more here. Why not give it a go? You can try it in your own time at your own pace.