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Acorn Bank Schools Orienteering Day

Last Thursday (26th March), the normally peaceful grounds of Acorn Bank were taken over by 130 lively 10 and 11 year olds. It was the annual Eden Valley Sports Partnership orienteering day, put on by BL volunteers. In previous years it has been held at Hackthorpe Woods, but Ash Dieback Disease and the consequent forestry work meant that a new…

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The Belgians ate our waffles!! AKA ‘Interland 2026’

from Christine G I have finally found a Brexit benefit in the form of two stamps on the same page of my passport. 14.03.26 Calais 15.03.26 Douvres. I kind of like the stamps, my European travel went unstamped for years and now its back! Keith and I were selected to compete in the ‘Interland Cup’, an annual competition between 6…

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Miltonrigg – 14th March

Thanks to the officials and on-the-day helpers for such an enjoyable event. Here is the report Dan has written for the local newspapers: The latest event in Border Liners Orienteering Club’s Saturday Series took place on 14th March at Miltonrigg Woods, just to the east of Brampton. The fine weather allowed dappled sunlight to illuminate the woodland floor and with…

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Indoor-O in Poland

Jane recently went to Poland for the CRTE (City Race Euro Tour) events in Warsaw. The weekend included an Indoor event. Here is her map……. There are two separate buildings, and to get between them it’s necessary to go outside at ground floor level. This makes for a lot of stair climbing. To add to the fun, it was dark…

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A Grand Day Out

On Sunday (8th March) SROC held a National Event at Witherslack, 6 miles SW of Kendal. The event was based at Witherslack Hall, a very impressive Victorian Mansion (now a school), with download and enquiries located on the lawned terrace in front of the house. Happily the terrain and courses lived up to the grand setting. Okay, some of it…

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BOC – Medals and Mud

The British Orienteering Long and Relay Championships took place last weekend (28th Feb/1st Mar) in South Wales. The Long was held at Carreg Goch, an area of high limestone moorland in the Black Mountain, that some people will remember from Day 3 of Croeso 2024. Using an area like this in February is clearly risky, but the organisers got away…

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BL sweep to victory in Compass Sport Trophy Heat!

On Sunday (22nd February) BL not only put on the NW Heat of the CompassSport Cup and Trophy at Beacon Hill in Penrith, we also won the Trophy competition (for smaller clubs), thus qualifying for the final. As team captain Andy says “Well done everybody!!  A convincing win with some outstanding results” Here is the report that Dan has written…

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Hawse End – 15th February

The first Cumbrian Galoppen event of the new year took place at Hawse End on the west shore of Derwent Water on Sunday. Despite less than ideal weather there were nearly 200 participants, including 25 Border Liners. Early starters had the best (or may be that should be least bad) of it, but around 11:00 the intermittent drizzle turned to…

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British Night Champs – 7th February

The British Night Orienteering champs was held at Egypt Woods, near Slough on Saturday evening. Six BL members made the long journey south in hope of a high quality, challenging event, and possibly the odd medal. The former was realised, but sadly not the latter. Egypt Woods is a smallish, gently undulating area of beech woodland in the Chilterns, mostly…

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Hammond’s Pond Event – 1st February

The first event in Border Liners Saturday Series 2026 took place on Sunday (sic) 1st February at Hammond’s Pond, a.k.a. Upperby Park, Carlisle. A petite area, new to most people, it had been mapped by Keith who also planned some fine Sprint Courses for experienced orienteers plus the usual Beginners course. Being a nice sunny day, the park was a…

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