Category Archives: events

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”

The Compass Sport Cup and Trophy Final was held on Sunday 14th September at South Gare, an area of sand dunes in Teeside. BL achieved a magnificent second place in the small clubs competition and when you know that 52 clubs entered, with 21 making the final it seems even more of an achievement. TheContinue reading “Second Place in the Compass Sport Trophy Final!”

The eighth event in this year’s Cumbrian Galoppen series took place on Sunday (7th September) at Pike o’ Blisco in Great Langdale, organised by LOC. The pre-race chat in the car park was all about two things: firstly the need to start as early as possible to avoid the rain and wind that was forecastContinue reading “Pike o’ Blisco – 7th September”

Despite heavy showers, gale force wind and lots of tussocks, most people seemed to enjoyed the Long-O at Watermillock Common and High Brow (aka Aira Skyline) on Sunday. Well done to everyone, especially those who undertook longer courses than they are used to. Dan’s press report can be seen here Results / Routegadget / WinsplitsContinue reading “Long-O (and not so Long-O) – 31st August”

The British Sprint Champs were held at the University of East Anglia in Norwich on Sunday 31st August. Three BL members took part, with Keith winning M65 by 4 seconds. He now holds M65 titles for Classic Distance, Night and Sprint Tricia was close to getting a medal, coming 4th in W70, but Christine (alsoContinue reading “Another British Title for Keith”

After going missing in 2024, the White Rose was back in its usual place on the August Bank Holiday Weekend. This year’s event, the 50th, was held in Dalby Forest near Pickering. As normal all the days were close to the campsite/event centre meaning that having arrived you didn’t need to drive anywhere. For anyoneContinue reading “White Rose – 24th to 25th August”