Category Archives: events

BL members were in action last weekend (24th/25th October) in three very different events. The club’s WhatsApp group has never seen so much action, with reports and pictures coming in from all three. First, BL’s own Saturday event at Walltown Country Park near on Hadrian’s Wall near Haltwhistle. It was the first event the clubContinue reading “City, Country, Mountains – What a Weekend”

Report from Jane Yates Three Border Liners, Keith Tonkin, Christine Kiddier and myself (Jane Yates), headed to Segovia, an hour north of Madrid, for the final weekend of the 2026 City Race Euro Tour. With over 1,200 competitors from 25 countries, including around 100 Brits, it was quite an international gathering of orienteers. The aimContinue reading “Border Liners Take on Segovia: Medals, Maps and Spanish Steps”

Report from Dan Parker Weren’t we lucky with the weather? In between storms, competitors at Walltown Country Park enjoyed fast and varied orienteering, with (almost) no rain and shelter from the strong winds battering elsewhere. Officially a NATO area, Keith had recently re-mapped the area, Tricia planned some excellent courses and Anita organised a smallContinue reading “Walltown Country Park Event – 24th October 2026”

Report from Natalie Hawkrigg They are already saying The OMM 2026 was the one that everyone will ask ‘were you there?’ Veteran OMM runner Wendy Dodds was interviewed after completing her 50th OMM this year and said this years OMM in Talnotry, Southern Upland Hills of Galloway Scotland, was the worst weather conditions she hadContinue reading “OMM 2026 – Conquering Storm Boelo”

The CompassSport Cup and Trophy Final took place this Sunday (18th October) in Ashdown Forest in East Sussex. Twenty one BL members made the long trek south, and were surprised and delighted to come home with the trophy. Many congratulations to all! The terrain was a mixture of fast open heathland and runnable forest. GoodContinue reading “CompassSport Trophy Final – We Won!”

Following the well received Celtman video last week, here’s something else that might be of interest to club members. (Thanks to Jane for both of these suggestions). It’s a video about the World Masters last year in Spain. It’s called “I Will Not Retire” and is described as “Not just a race — a reasonContinue reading “Film from World Masters Champs 2025”

The BL AGM took place on Tuesday 6th October at Low Hesket Village Hall. Minutes will be emailed to club members in a future BL Newsletter, but here’s a summary….. For the first time members were able to joint the meeting remotely. Six people made use of this facility, so thank you to Jane forContinue reading “AGM Highlights”

Celtman is described as one of the toughest sporting events in the UK. This phrase is probably rather overused, but in this case it’s fully justified. It’s an extreme triathlon in the NW Scottish Highlands made up of a 3.4 km sea swim, a 200km cycle with 2200 m of ascent and a 42 kmContinue reading “Celtman”

Round 5 of the Cumbrian Galoppen took place on Sunday (27th Sept), organised by LOC. It was an excellent event, but unfortunately will stick in the memory for the wrong reasons. Firstly, there was the weather. The timing couldn’t have been worse – it started raining at about 10am, and stopped about 3pm, and itContinue reading “Troutal Fell Cumbrian Galoppen”

Report from Karen Parker The annual Coast and Islands orienteering week for 2026 has just finished. I’m writing this sitting in our campervan in the rain being buffeted by wind gusts, on a campsite where the water system has failed. That might sound a bit miserable, but in fact it’s been a great week. WeContinue reading “Coast and Islands 2026 on Coll”