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Report from Dan Parker ( 8/12/25) Border Liners Orienteering Club staged their final event of the year on Sunday 7th December around the streets of Penrith. It was also the last event in the North West Urban League for 2025. The event proved to be a great finale to a year during which BL hasContinue reading “Orienteering in Penrith – 7th December 2025”

The latest event in Border Liners Orienteering Club’s Saturday Series took place on the north east slopes of High Pike on 27th September. Underfoot conditions were mostly rough grassland, but not too tussocky, making for good running despite the hilly nature of the terrain. It was a cool day with a strong breeze and fortunatelyContinue reading “High Pike Saturday Series Event –27th September 2025”

On Sunday 14th September Border Liners Orienteering Club took park in the national final of the Compass Sport inter-club orienteering competition. The club qualified back in February on the wet and windy moors north of Manchester but the terrain for the final was completely different. This time out it was the complex sand dunes ofContinue reading “2025 Compass Sport Trophy Final – Second place for BL”

Border Liners held their annual Long Distance orienteering event on Sunday 21st August on the fells to the west of Dockray (High Brow and Watermillock Common). The going was tough with competitors crossing much tussocky ground, made even more challenging by a strong, gusty wind to throw them off balance. After some early showers theContinue reading “BL Long-O – 31st August 2023”

Border Liners Orienteering Club held the latest event in their Saturday Series at Eycott Hill last weekend. Everyone was remembering a previous event there when torrential rain and gale force winds added to the challenge. This time extreme weather of a different nature was the order of the day. The temperature was around 30 degrees,Continue reading “Eycott Hill – 12th July 2025”

Border Liners Orienteering Club held the 6th Cumbrian Galoppen event of the year last Sunday at Binsey, north of Bassenthwaite Lake. After a chilly start and a few showers during event setup, the weather improved and the sun even made the odd appearance, making for ideal running conditions. The terrain was predominantly rough, grassy heathlandContinue reading “Binsey Cumbrian Galoppen – 8th July 2025”

There was another fantastic 2 days of orienteering in the Lake District over the weekend of 17th/18th May. On the Saturday, Border Liners staged a UK Orienteering League middle distance race on Knipe Scar, between Askham and Bampton. It was BL’s biggest event of the year and club members turned out in force to provideContinue reading “Northern Champs Weekend 17th/18th May”

The British Orienteering Championships took place over the weekend of 10th/11th May in South Lakeland with a good number Border Liners competing. The individual race was held on Saturday in Grizedale Forest which was as rough and tough as they come. Densely planted plantation made for hard going and poor visibility with just the occasionalContinue reading “British Champs 10th/11th May 2025”

Border Liners Orienteering Club held the latest event in their Saturday Series at Hallin Fell last Saturday. The threatened rain never materialised and conditions were perfect for running on this great little area overlooking Ullswater. While the courses were relatively short in distance they more than made up for it in ascent, with even theContinue reading “Hallin Fell 26th April 2025”

JK 2025 took place last weekend in the Sheffield/Leeds area. The JK is an annual festival of orienteering, named after Swede Jan Kjelstrom, one of the founders of orienteering in Britain. It is held over Easter and provides a complete test of orienteering skills over 4 days starting with a Sprint on Good Friday, aContinue reading “JK 2025 in South Yorkshire”