Category Archives: events

Whether you went to the Cumbrian Galoppen event at Wansfell and Skelghyll Woods near Ambleside or the Scottish weekend in the Cairngorms, you could be sure of demanding terrain both physically and technically. Most BL members went to the Cumbrian Galoppen event, the last one of this years series (final overall results hopefully available soon).Continue reading “A Tough Weekend – 1st/2nd November”

Many thanks to Isabel for this inspiring report on the Orienteering Foundation Training Day last Saturday (1st Nov) While there are great opportunities for juniors to participate in orienteering coaching through regional junior squads, and some super introductory support for adults just getting started in orienteering, there is generally less available for adults with aContinue reading “O-Foundation Training Day – orienteering with your map in your pocket”

It was good to see over 50 people at the Bitts Park event last Saturday. Anyone who went thinking “it’s just a park” was in for a surprise as complex route choice and finding very soon caught out the unwary. Here is the report Dan has written for the local newspapers: The latest event inContinue reading “Bitts Park Event – 25th October”

Report from Karen Parker I last did the OMM (or KIMM as it was then) 39 years ago in the Galloway Hills. The combination of horrible weather, illness and long crocodiles of runners put me off, or so I thought, for ever. But when I heard this May (from a talkative loo delivery man atContinue reading “OMM 2026 – Redemption”

The annual October Odyssey event took place last weekend (18th/19th October), organised by NATO. 13 BL members took part in at least one of the days Saturday was an urban event in Cramlington, a 1960s new town 7 miles north of Newcastle. The housing estates made an ideal place for urban orienteering as there wasContinue reading “October Odyssey Weekend”

The Border Liners AGM took place on 14th October. Minutes will be circulated to all members soon but here are the highlights…. The Chairman’s Award, which recognises someone who has made a major contribution to the club, was won by Karen Blackburn who for the last 10 years (at least) has been sending out theContinue reading “BL AGM News”

With Storm Amy scheduled to arrive in Northern England and Scotland on Friday, last weekend’s orienteering was looking interesting. There were two events on the calendar: a WCOC Cumbrian Galoppen at Leaps Beck near Ennerdale, or full weekend of orienteering (3 events) around Stirling. In the end, everything went ahead without disruption but there mustContinue reading “Orienteering 4, Amy 0”

Thanks to BL member Alan Hartley for this report: Last weekend saw the MTB orienteering British championship races held in various forests around Ringwood. Similar to major foot orienteering events in Britain, major MTBO events tend to be a cluster of events over the weekend, to encourage you to travel. In this case, there wereContinue reading “Mountain Bike Orienteering British Champs – 27th/28th September”

The BL Saturday series event at High Pike on Saturday was excellent. Planner Jeff’s courses made the most of the terrain; on the technically difficult courses, well chosen control sites meant that you had to keep navigating all the way to the feature, while the easier courses had a good balance between interest and relativelyContinue reading “High Pike Event – Saturday 27th September”

Report from Karen Parker. Last weekend, Julie and I went to Northern Ireland to take part in the Mourne Mountain Marathon. We are both heavily involved in organising and planning the Saunders Lakeland MM, and were missing the fun and satisfaction of actually competing, in addition to which the Mourne would give us a chanceContinue reading “Mourne Mountain Marathon 20th/21st September 2025”