Category Archives: events

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!

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”

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”

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”

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….”

The weekend of 22nd/23rd March saw five BL members heading to the Moray Coast for a challenging weekend of orienteering on former World Champs areas.On Saturday, the Scottish Middle Distance Champs were at Dallaschyle, the area used for the WOC Middle in 1999 when Yvette Hague won Britain’s first gold medal.Then on Sunday there wasContinue reading “A Weekend of World Class Orienteering”

… by The Orienteering Foundation. They have launched a survey into volunteering in orienteering. This survey aims to gather data and inform future actions to help recruit, train, and develop our volunteers and make their jobs easier and more enjoyable. The survey has the full support of British Orienteering and all UK orienteers (whether currentlyContinue reading “Questions are being asked….”

Many thanks to Angela and Dick for hosting such an excellent club night yesterday (Tuesday 18th March). Twenty or so club members came along to enjoy some informal orienteering round the Lowry Hill estate in North Carlisle, followed by a (infrequent) chance to sit around and chat to fellow BLers. Angela had cleverly devised aContinue reading “Lowry Hill Club Night”

The latest section of Paul Watson’s excellent guide to pictorial control descriptions is now available here. It covers the map flips (or turnovers) and map exchanges used by planners when a course would be too convoluted if printed on a single map.

Thanks to Keith Tonkin for this report and photos. In search of a little winter orienteering in the sun 7 of us made the trip to Portugal for 2 weekends of racing. The Portugal O Meeting (POM), this year in the Algarve and attracting over 2300 entrants, was followed by a weekend of middle distanceContinue reading “Seven go to Portugal”