Cover Photo: Scott Fraser at BEOC (Digisport)

IN THIS ISSUE: British Championships JK Festival of Orienteering British Elite Championships World Schools’ Championships Meet the New Directors SUMMER 08 Welcome to New Board of Directors

Congratulations to the new British and JK Champions. Reports from the As I’m sure most members will ‘snowy’ JK can be found on page 8 and the reports from the ‘sunny’ be aware, the October 2007 EGM British Champs can be found on page 12. The feedback we have received at the office about the events has been very positive and plans approved a plan to change the for next year’s events are already well under way. governance of British Orienteering We now look to the forthcoming international season where the GB Team to be by a Board of ten Directors will be competing against the worlds best for medals. I wish them all luck and look forward to reporting on their success in the next edition. - Nine directly elected by the

If you have any feedback or reports for future editions please email membership together with the [email protected] Chief Executive. The former Caroline Povey Council and Management Marketing Manager Committee no longer exist.

What does this mean to the particular Director may not be the best person Naturally, the Directors continue to welcome to answer a question or issue you may have, feedback including where you are concerned members and to Clubs? or an idea or course of action you wish to with a proposed course of action or decision In terms of immediately visible change, very suggest. That will often be the prerogative taken. Their response (as well as being made little. However, it does have implications of a staff member, or a Committee or Group. aware of your point of view) will be to forward that members should understand. A Board That is not to say that you cannot or should your views appropriately unless it is clear that which meets five or six times per year not speak to Directors! Each Director and there has been failure to take account of useful cannot and should not normally concern the Chief Executive will welcome such input input made available before a decision is taken. itself with operational matters which are the but will often respond by directing you, in the responsibility of British Orienteering’s staff or first instance, to the responsible Chair or staff This new governance scheme is in its infancy, of various Committees or Groups. The Board member – the staff responsibilities are on so please also feel free to contact me if you will concern itself with British Orienteering’s the web site and the terms of reference and feel it is not operating effectively and can be vision and values, strategic plans, policy and contact details of each Committee/Group Chair improved. finances, and with oversight (generally in a non- are also there. interfering way) of the operation of others. Directors can be contacted by e-mail using Consultation and Feedback [email protected] Effort has therefore been made and will and the chairman at continue to be made to clarify the authority and Each staff member or Chair is aware of the [email protected] responsibility of the staff as a team headed by need to consult on significant decisions they the Chief Executive, and of each Committee/ propose to take (and will be reminded of that) Neil Cameron Group. This is intended to empower and and should therefore welcome the stimulus of Chairman motivate the staff and volunteer groups, and input from members, as well as concerns you make clear who has responsibility for which may raise after a decision is taken. decisions – something that has historically been unclear, leading to long decision making cycles and the same decision being considered at different meetings, sometimes by people who did not have the expertise to make the best decision.

This should in time lead to speedier and more effective decision making with less bureaucracy and a greater sense of achievement to those serving on Committees and Groups.

It does however mean L-R: Martin Ward, Lyn West, David May, Neil Cameron, Ed Nicholas, that the Board or a Chris James, Roger Hargreaves, Jenny Peel, Peter Christopher & Mike Hamilton

Orienteering Focus - Sum- More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3)  mer 2007 Chief Executive’s especially about organising the As we have moved the internal best weather in the British Isles membership system (BMS) onto over the weekend! The courses the web we have been modifying went well and people enjoyed a the way we store the data. It challenging experience. was never an issue that BMS needed to address but as we Congratulations to all involved in look to add competition results Update staging both JK and BOC. to individual member’s data The newly formed Major Events the issue of members leaving Since I wrote the article for the last Focus time seems Group is becoming active under a family unit and setting up a the chairmanship of Mike Forrest membership unit under their to have flown and I, like most of the staff, have been and will no doubt reflect on the own right, or individuals moving working hard to stand still! This article is along the lines strengths of the two major events into a family unit, had significant as well as the things that can problems for us. To solve these of an update covering a few topics at a superficial level. be improved. One of the tasks issues we have changed the the group is already doing is membership numbering system considering the example of good and will shortly be changing the Participation and confidence, Nicole ran the 2 systems, practice set by the Scots in the export data file for online entry Steve Vernon’s work has progressed quickly; the office based membership system way they manage the Scottish systems and the membership his article later in this Focus provides some and the new web membership system in 6 Day events to see if a similar lists provided to Clubs to reflect management structure could be insight into the project. Steve has found the parallel from September 2007 through to these changes. clubs he is working with exciting, motivating January 2008 and this has meant that other applied to other major events. and challenging! The clubs were selected to aspects of Nicole’s work have been difficult Oh, just to make it clear the In the web database each provide a variety of scenarios and to put into to keep up to date. It is also obvious that group is not involved in the 2008 family unit has its own unique practice some of the ideas that are to form the when a member of staff has a break of even major events except to reflect on unit number as well as a unique basis for the next Whole Sport Plan: a few days it takes many times that before them; the group will however be individual number; these the work is back up to date. taking a more proactive role in are in addition to the British The project has taken a leaf from orienteering the 2009 events. Orienteering membership overseas and builds on the following principles: Staff are aware that it is not feasible to number. The British Orienteering • Participants, current and potential, want the increase the staff resource particularly Web Update membership number remains a security of meeting at the same place, same bearing in mind the uncertainty of funding Two visible modifications have 6 digit number and previously recently been made to the British time, on the same night of the week from April 2009 onwards. However we allocated membership numbers • The venue needs to be local and would ask for your understanding when Orienteering web site that you are maintained. New members may already be aware of: ideally provide a vibrant social or ‘cafe’ you contact us! We are reasonably are assigned British Orienteering • The menu system has been environment with changing rooms, for effective at prioritising our work and if you membership numbers on a example at a leisure centre are waiting for a response from us it will be modified to work on non- unique but random basis by the Flash® machines and should • The session content should be based on dealt with - although perhaps not as quickly system. This structure has the orienteering ‘activities’ rather than events as you may hope for! load and work quicker on advantage that a person’s British non-broadband modems. This for the less experienced orienteer and Orienteering membership number There is one area where we are seeking to modification also means that it offer ‘training’ or ‘practice’ for the more It is obvious that the Board will not be able need never change even if they make a part time appointment and that is for a should now work on pda etc. experienced to make all the decisions about British leave a family unit and set up as Coaching Administrator. The work involved in A ‘Web Update’ news item on Orienteering business and time will need to a new unit, similarly individuals administering the new Teaching Orienteering the 26th March provides you So far reaction suggests this challenges the be spent identifying which bodies or people can join a unit without losing courses and the tutor and assessor training is with details about how to turn normal orienteering thinking – that currently should have responsibility for which decisions. their membership number. This considerable. As is the admin for the updated off the Flash system if you wish orienteering is all about events; but once the Once this is agreed the information will be unit (family) number replaces the principles have been discussed people have UK Coaching Certificate, which roles out to. previous first5 digits of the British made known to members. • If you select ‘News’ from the been very positive. Steve is preparing a booklet later this year, and has to meet a standard Orienteering membership number determined by external partners. Consequently main, top of the page, buttons of activity ideas that will provide an excellent Can I reiterate the apology that the Chairman as the unit (family) identifier. we have had to be realistic and accept that we you will be taken to a page that resource for those people involved in the made at the AGM regarding our failure to are unable to deliver this work to the standard contains ‘Major Topics’ rather The export file for people running project. inform members about the process used for expected and required without additional than the News Archive. We will online entry systems will contain counting Directors votes. Staff Work Levels administrative support. The funding for the part be using this page to inform the usual information plus the time position (8 hours per week) is entirely from you about current major topics unit (family) number. This will also It has become obvious that we do not have a It is an exciting time to be involved in the external sources and will not impact on the and to perhaps include queries be true of the lists prepared for staff team large enough to effectively deliver governance of British Orienteering and income to British Orienteering generated by from members along with our club membership secretaries so the programmes and support we are trying the Board are determined to improve to. After considering this issue for some time members. response. This should enable that family units can be identified communications with members, clubs and us to improve the level of within their membership lists. I believe there is evidence that we can ‘keep associations. the ship floating’ with hard work provided that The Board of Directors communication with members We will also be organising for we are not required to attend to ‘extra’ work The first Board meeting has now taken place about major topics of interest. club membership secretaries to and the induction process for the board has JK and BOC • A new page for Embargoed have access to their membership and provided that we accept our work will Whilst the weather was appalling for the Easter commenced. Considerable time has been Areas has been added in a data format (csv probably) not be as polished as we would like. As soon period the comments about the JK and the invested in producing a Directors Induction as requested by Event rather than as a pdf if they wish. as something out of the ordinary crops up it organisation have been positive. It’s interesting Portfolio to ensure directors have the significant Organisers; this page can be We look forward to providing a results in a significant backlog of work that to note the views expressed about the quality information they need to deal with their found at Event Information > service that matches the quality seemingly takes forever to catch up! of the courses and the fact that it was possible responsibilities. The Portfolio contains a vast Competitions. that has been provided from the to generate such navigational challenges amount of information including strategic BMS system. A personal example of this is responding to on the terrain available. Even some of the Can I apologise for not keeping papers, funding award agreements, codes the daily email and letter correspondence comments about the sprint from some of the Club Membership Secretaries up of conduct, finance papers, governance Work on the events section – I can stay up to date until an issue like the more traditional orienteers have been positive! to date regarding changes with documents, insurance cover, national office continues although we are recent appeal into the map scales for BOC Well done to all involved in the organisation the membership data. We have agreements, policies & procedures, reports currently trying to determine the 08 is made. Since the appeal the backlog has and delivery of the JK – and for smiling through been updating the people that of reviews that have taken place and the impact the competition review will remained substantial. Another example applies some interesting weather! run online entry systems, at least staff handbook. At over 1000 pages it is a have on all aspects of the events to Nicole who has had a significant workload those that we are aware of, but substantial portfolio! section from January 2009. associated with the transfer of the membership The BOC at Culbin in Scotland has just finished have omitted to keep the club database onto the web. For reasons of security and once again the comments are positive fixtures secretaries informed.

 Orienteering Focus - Summer 2008 More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3)  Where will Orienteering How do Clubs and Associations fit into the WSP?

be in 2013? We have spent considerable time trying to prepare a strategy that will ensure that those clubs and associations that want to can fully engage with the WSP. I hope that by the time you read The work to develop our Vision forms the this article there is a wider consultation on this strategy in progress. We know that it is clubs basis for our WSP and, like all forward and members who will continue to deliver most of the work that directly impacts on recruitment thinking sports, orienteering wishes to and retention; however at a National level, British Orienteering can go some way towards continually improve. By 2013, via the providing and channelling resources to these clubs and members; British Orienteering can also successful implementation of this Plan, disseminate knowledge and expertise. orienteering aims to see the 10 significant changes shown in Table 2 having taken The WSP should provide, for those clubs and associations that want it, a template that can be place. The WSP will focus work to tailored into a club/association development plan that will meet the needs of potential partners develop the sport and help to provide the for example to use for achieving or maintaining Clubmark. Whole resources to deliver that development through the Plan. What are the significant programmes? Table 2 - Orienteering 2013 Table 3 below shows the current state of thinking in the three primary areas Sport 1. An orienteer centred, not an organisation of development: centred, approach to our sport’s development. Recruitment 2. A multitude of existing initiatives/ 1. School ‘O’ – the development of orienteering in schools both in and out of curriculum Plan programmes, streamlined into just 3; 2. Step into ‘O’ – which will include the development of Local Activities at the same recruitment of new participants, retention venue on a weekly basis and ‘Come & Try’ events of participants and success on the 3. V’o’lunteers – developing, motivating and valuing activity organisers and coaches international stage. Update 3. A sport demonstrating, arguably better Retention than most, effective delivery against the 1. Good Experience – delivering a good experience to participants through: By Mike Hamilton Government’s agenda. a) ‘Participation Pathway’ that includes local training and an excellent competitive 4. A first ever and clearly understood structure Chief Executive participant pathway in operation, relevant to b) Event Organisation that meets the needs of participants, significant others such as all orienteers and potential orienteers, and parents and spectators founded at the outset on Long Term Athlete c) Promoting the safeguarding of children & vulnerable adults You may well be wondering what has happened to the Whole Sport Plan 2009/13. The information collected Development (LTAD) principles. d) Promoting fairness and the right of equal opportunity 5. A more systematic approach to achieving from the clubs that chose to participate has been collated, analysed and made available to the club and regional 2. Assisted Development – a programme of supporting participants and working to success in world orienteering. keep them involved in some capacity associations. This information forms the backbone to the Whole Sport Plan (WSP) currently being developed. 6. Volunteers that are well trained and 3. V’o’lunteers – developing, motivating and valuing coaches, event officials and helpers competent against national standards where 4. Club accreditation – continuing the process of recognising clubs that meet a set of The original timescale for the WSP was very tight and included a Plan being produced and submitted to the they exist and consequently have status standards Sports Councils early in 2008. Due to a variety of reasons outside of our control and primarily to do with central inside and outside the sport. 7. Modern and forward thinking programmes government the deadline dates have been extended and we look like being required to make the submission during Succeed making the sport more inclusive and 1. Talent Pathway – based on sound identification and development and providing the summer period. It remains to be seen if the Sports Councils stick with their deadlines of providing us, and other accessible to all. access to a clear squad structure within the programme sports, with a decision about our funding award (to commence in April 2009) by the end of 2008. 8. A sport that is continually encouraging and 2. Planning – to achieve long and short term objectives supporting its clubs to be more community 3. Athlete Management & Support – built upon case conferences and athlete profiling Our timeline is to have a good draft for consultation by the end of the first week in June. This should provide some aware, family friendly and environmentally 4. Communication & Reporting – for all those within the programme, members friendly in their approach. opportunity for feedback before we submit during the summer. and partners 9. A sport that is working to maximise its 5. Appraisals & Evaluation – to ensure the programme is fit for purpose and remains opportunities to work with the emerging innovative and leading edge network of Specialist Sports Colleges, County Sports Partnerships and Regional Sports Boards. Your views and ideas will as always be greatly appreciated, 10. A sport striving, in the long term, to become Where is Orienteering now? financially self sufficient. please email to [email protected]. Table 1 below provides a brief but important insight into some or the current strengths of orienteering. FUNDS AVAILABLE Clubs or Associations are able to apply for these Orienteering 2007 THE ‘O’ grants. Application forms can be found on the • High participation rates – 200,000 runs having taken place in 2007 (Source: Levy Returns). FOUNDATION British Orienteering currently has several funds for website or can be sent out by the National Office • A genuine sport for life that can be started at any age – ‘5 to 75’. the support of different areas of orienteering. The and must be accompanied by a copy of the • A huge range of existing areas that have been mapped and are available for orienteering – with a In 2007 British Orienteering monies were left as either a bequest, a legacy or budget for the project, copies of any other grant 150% increase seen since 2000 set up a registered as a grant from the sports councils. The funds are applications and copies of the club/association • An outdoor sporting experience with participants and organisers, conscious of protecting independent charity called listed below: balance sheets. Applications are assessed twice the environment. the ‘O’ Foundation. The ‘O’ throughout the year. For more information, contact • A global sport – people on all five continents take part. Foundation has monies from BERTIE AND ELSIE WARD FUND - Supporting Laura Young by emailing laura@britishorienteering. • An age class system: Providing the chance to compete against orienteers of similar bequests and legacies and juniors directly org.uk or telephone the National Office. age standard. includes the Bertie and Elsie SPORT ENGLAND DEVELOPMENT FUND - • Great health/active lifestyle benefits. Ward fund. Grant applications Application Dates: Supporting the development of volunteers • Character building qualities such as challenge, survival, honesty, integrity and fairness can be made for the ‘O’ Application Deadline 1st August 2008 – especially important for juniors. Foundation monies and are SCHOOL/CLUB LINKS - Pre-assessment by 7th September • Tremendous benefits to social health / relaxation / good fun. submitted twice yearly in Supporting school/club link activities Assessment by 21st September • A vibrant club membership base, totalling circa 11,500 people (Source: Membership Database). line with the normal grant Payment by 1st October MULTI-DAY FUND - • Enthusiastic volunteers that have a multitude of knowledge and skills that other sports should be application procedure. For Supporting the sustained and overall development Application Deadline 1st January 2009 envious of. more infromation on the ‘O’ of orienteering. Pre-assessment by 8th February • A well respected coaching structure, with increasing demand and throughput numbers. Foundation, contact Laura Assessment by 22nd February • An all year round sport. Young at the National Office. Payment by 3rd March

 Orienteering Focus - Summer 2008 More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3)  JK2008 Swiss international Daniel Hubmann and Norwegian international Elise Egseth took the honours in the elite classes of the 2008 JK, but they had a tough Daniel Hubmann battle on their hands to fend off some fierce domestic runs for victory competition. World class athletes from Switzerland, in the JK Open Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Slovakia and with Helen Winskill and Oli Johnson amongst Relay Australia made the trip over to the South East of those crashing out with big mistakes. England to test their early season form against a near- Photo by Racing through intermittent hail storms and Robert Lines full strength field of British runners. Asked why he chose strong winds, Fraser overturned his deficit of to come to the JK, Norwegian former World Champion the day before to come into the windswept Holger Hott replied that he had hoped to escape from finish fifteen seconds clear of Hubmann. the cold, wintery conditions back home! No such Fraser rated this race as one of his best ever luck as the skies unleashed everything they had, from performances and it seems certain there will be plenty more of them to come from this wind and rain to sleet and snow. The organisers did young talent. Graham Gristwood claimed third a fantastic job to ensure that the races went ahead spot just ahead of Swiss international Baptiste Helen Palmer without any hitches despite the appalling weather. But Rollier, having fought back from an early congratulates the harsh conditions did nothing to dampen the blazing mistake. team mate hot competition as the overall lead changed hands Elise Egseth several times over the course of a dramatic weekend. Meanwhile in the women’s class Rollins repeated her win from the day before by the The standings were turned on their head in the Renard (FRA) and Daniel Hubmann (SUI) ran at smallest of margins, finishing just one second women’s class with Rollins pulling out due to the front of the field from second leg onwards up on Egseth. Just one more second was a cold and Bridle choosing to skip the race, to take a comfortable victory. Second place the gap to Helen Bridle in third place making leaving the field wide open. Pippa Whitehouse went to Leiv-Terje Arnevik, Christian Bobach, this an astoundingly tight finish and clearly set a fast pace over the first part of the course Jostein Andersen and Baptiste Rollier, who demonstrating the importance of a quick sprint and caught her former team mate Jenny finished almost three minutes behind. Behind finish. These three were comfortably clear of Johnson. After a big mistake by Whitehouse, them a battle played out between old rivals the rest of the field. Johnson got away and opened up a gap to Edinburgh University and South Yorkshire, with reach the finish with the leading overall time. SYO maintaining third spot until EUOC’s Fraser Long, Ashdown Forest - 23rd March Whitehouse finished soon after and pushed her slipped past Matt Crane to secure third spot in With the long distance start positions into second place with a 47 second advantage the near-blizzard conditions of last leg. determined by yesterday’s results, the race on the day. Last starter Egseth ran strongly to unfolded in dramatic fashion as later starters post the fastest time of the day in 72.35 for Another strong Norwegian club, Wing OK, began to post faster and faster times at the the 10.9km course, having caught her three- dominated proceedings in the women’s trophy spectator control and into the finish. The early minute girl Elder early on. This was enough to class. The team of Lene Bergersen, Helen morning snow abated and the technically earn her the overall victory and to pull Elder Palmer and Elise Egseth proved too much for straightforward courses allowed for lightning up into third place overall, just nine seconds the domestic challenge, which came from the fast running over the rolling hills and valleys of behind Whitehouse. Yorkshire clubs of SYO (Jo Stevenson, Grace L-R: Elise Egseth, Sarah Ashdown Forest. Elson, Jenny Johnson) and Sheffield University Rollins & Rachael Elder Relay, Eridge - 24th March (Laura Daniel, Helen Winskill, Rachel Elder). The weather saved the best for last with a day Australian international and latest addition of heavy snow and sleet that made conditions to the SYO fold, Grace Elson, ran a strong Sprint, University of Guildford - 21st March tough for the runners, already tired from second leg to set Johnson out on last leg yesterday’s exertions. Courses were fast and close behind Egseth. They were together at Returning to the scene of the 2005 World Cup the halfway point but a shorter gaffle provided Sprint Qualifier, the JK sprint race offered an technically simple, with some wide gaffling that proved decisive for a number of teams. the speedy Norwegian with a lead that she intense technical challenge, with non-stop maintained to the finish, and brought Elder in route choice amongst the labyrinthine buildings touch with Johnson. An exciting race was on of a landscaped campus. The Norwegian club Kristiansand, a top-level ‘superclub’ composed of several national team for second place with the two training partners reaching the last control together, but Johnson In the men’s class Hubmann showed his runners, proved hard to beat and finished with the top two places in the men’s trophy class. pulled out a gap on the tough uphill run in to experience with a near-flawless race to take clinch second place. the win, eleven seconds ahead of the young The impressive international line-up of Rasmus Djurhuus (DEN), Holger Hott (NOR), Damien Scottish prodigy Scott Fraser and Norwegian Sprint Medal Winners L-R: sprint specialist Oystein Kvaal Osterbo, who Oystein, Scott & Daniel tied for second place. JK Champions Elise Egseth & Daniel Hubmann The JK 2008 may not A fast early time had been posted by The women’s elite race saw local girl Sarah have been the pleasant Johnson, but this looked under threat as Rollins steal a narrow victory from Egseth, springtime opener to the Gristwood came through the spectator with fellow national team member Rachael season that it has been in control with a few seconds advantage and Elder completing the podium. After a day of previous years, but it is a Hubmann close on his heels around three sunshine, black, apocalyptic clouds gathered tribute to the organisers JK 2008: minutes clear of the rest of the field. These that these high quality during the prize-giving ceremony, before two strong runners set a fast pace on the battering the gathered spectators with hail races ran smoothly in spite hilly final section of the course to take first and sleet, setting the scene for the rest of the of the hostile conditions. and second place, Gristwood putting in an weekend. Those that were there to Battle against exceptional sprint to cross the line in front brave the worst the weather of the speedy Swiss. Last starter and top Middle, Leith Hill - 22nd March could throw at them and seed Fraser, who had set a competitive to battle their way around Also used for the Middle Distance race in time at the spectator control, faded over their courses will agree that the 2005 World Cup, Leith Hill requires a the last kilometres to finish in fifth place it was a great weekend of the Elements delicate balance of high speed and controlled overall. Hubmann’s remarkable time of orienteering and one that Report by Oli Johnson technique to successfully navigate through its 84.17 for the hilly 16.7km course earned will stick in the mind for extensive areas of ancient quarries and mining him the overall JK title, with Gristwood in years to come. Photos by Digisport & Robert Lines detail. The demanding nature of the terrain saw second and Rollier in third. a number of casualties amongst the top elites

 Orienteering Focus - Spring 2008 More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3)  British Elite Middle in convincing fashion, 45 seconds ahead Championships - 5th April of Australian Grace Elson. Elson who was Matthew Crane said he was “chuffed to join “stoked with 2nd place” made mistakes at the Elites Battle it out some great names in the UK Cup hall of fame” beginning of the race but eventually got into a after he picked up his first UK Cup victory of good rhythm and pulled back the places she his orienteering career in what was a closely had lost as other runners also found the area fought race at the British Elite Middle Distance tricky and made errors. Jenny Johnson who for British Titles Orienteering Championships. Crane took the is enjoying retirement from the senior squad victory from his Sheffield based counter part was placed third just three seconds clear of and British team mate Oli Johnson by a margin 2007 champion Helen Winskill. Helen Bridle in the West Midlands of 9 seconds which set the tone for a weekend and Rachel Elder were separated by the same of close racing. Johnson had led the race margin, 3 seconds, in 5th and 6th. Report by John Rocke ~ Photos by Digisport from the 8th control but after “wasting a few valuable seconds on the penultimate control Julia Blomquist (W18) produced a great run to by chancing it on a direct route” he handed finish first W20 in a time of 36:11 for the 5.0km the victory to Crane. Scott Fraser was one of distance exactly two minutes clear of Alice Butt the favourites before the race after his victory in second. Anne Edwards who was second at the JK middle just two weeks earlier and he place a weekend earlier in the Oxford vs continued his great season so far by coming in Cambridge varsity match in Uppsala came in behind Johnson in third. Mike Sprot and Neil third behind fellow junior squad member Alice. Northrop, two more SYO members, took 4th and 5th respectively with Anthony Squire taking 6th.

Sarah Rollins After the JK, immediately followed by a weeks training in the snow in Gothenburg, in preparation for this Matt Crane summer’s JWOC and racing at the spring cup just one week earlier, the place on the eastern side of the campus. The area, although tougher technically Jenny Johnson, Pippa Oli Johnson, Scott Fraser & Matt Crane than the prologue, was again simple Whitehouse & Helen Bridle navigationally. This is conducive of close times as very few mistakes are made, British Elite Sprint any small mistakes made would be decisive Championships – 6th April in deciding the title. This was indeed the case The day after saw the British Elite Sprint as the top three places in the women’s race Championships take place at Warwick were separated by 14 seconds with Pippa University, the site of the BUSA relay in 2006 Whitehouse, who is currently based in France, where ShUOC took 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in taking the victory from Helen Bridle. Jenny the men’s relay. This was to be another day Johnson, of SYO, showed again that she was of Sheffield’s incomparability. There was not woken up by the Spring Cup by taking her a cloud in sight as competitors started their second third place of the weekend just one prologue run bathed in sunshine across the second behind Bridle. Hollie Orr was the best western half of the campus that had been placed junior in 6th position overall just over a given a dusting of snow that morning. There minute down on Whitehouse. Mairead Rocke, another W18, was second junior in 9th overall British juniors were four qualifiers for the men with the top 5 going through to the A final and three qualifiers closely followed by Alice Butt in 10th. Pippa were unable to for the women with the top 6 going through. Whitehouse challenge for There were seven Sheffield based athletes top positions The area used for the prologue was technically simple apart from a small section of wood in the top eight in the men’s field. The most in the main important position however was taken by Scott field. Douglas where many competitors struggled to adapt techniques quickly enough and lost time. Fraser of EUOC who, rumour has it, has been Tullie produced to Sheffield on occasion! Fraser produced a another Rachel Elder, Aislinn Austin and Pippa great run to take the title 12 seconds ahead consistent of Matthew Crane. Both Crane and Fraser performance Whitehouse were given the wrong maps at the start which resulted in Elder and Austin made a mistake to control three when they and continued did not realise that there was a ten storey his domination finishing outside the required 6th place for the final but they were rightfully reinstated. It was building in the way of their route. Oli Johnson over the rest of took third “with good control all the way”. the junior men’s a close run thing for newly crowned junior British Middle Distance Champion Doug Tullie Many competitors in both the women’s and field this year men’s fields were confused by the map which Doug Tullie 28 seconds as he qualified for the final by just 5 seconds. Kristian Jones who surprised all the M20s at showed an underpass but they were greeted ahead of Hector with a door which meant many lost time Haines. Ralph the JK sprint was unable to qualify in the most competitive heat. there. Neil Northrop produced another steady Street, an M18, produced his best run of the performance and showed that all his training on season after a lay off because of injury to take The sports hall used for results and assembly the track has been paying off to finish fourth. 3rd. When Douglas was asked if he was happy The junior men’s title was won by John Rocke with his season so far he replied “Oh Yes!” produced a social ambience for orienteers between races which is common place in who had a very comfortable winning margin in Scandinavia and is often lacking from British the end of 3 seconds to Douglas Tullie and 5 Despite her first eight controls not registering seconds to Hector Haines. These three juniors on her EMIT brick Sarah Rollins took victory events as people often go straight from their Scott cars to race. were in a group of seven athletes separated Fraser and showed the importance of a backup by just 14 seconds. Tullie who was ahead of Map by card as she became British Middle Distance Rocke from the first control to the 3rd made a Bruce Bryant Champion. Rollins who won the JK middle The A finals set off in the early afternoon before the B, C, and D finals which produced a good 10 second mistake which was enough to hand distance by 1 second from Elise Egseth won it to the LEI and ShUOC team member. the British middle title for the second time atmosphere at the race arena. The race took

10 Orienteering Focus - Summer 2008 More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3) 11 L-R: Sarah Rollins, Rachael Elder & Helen Palmer

Oli Johnson British ChampionshipsReport by Bill Melville and Gareth Candy in action

Oli Johnson retained his elite title while Rachael Elder Report by Bill Melville and Gareth Candy won the women’s crown for the first time to provide L-R: Doug Tullie, Hector the headline results from Haines & the British Long Distance Rhodri Buffett Orienteering Championships held in Culbin Forest near Forres on Scotland’s NE Coast at Moray.

With the European Championships due next “leader board” through all but four of the 24 to take second while Hollie Orr anchored her L-R: Hollie Orr, month on the dune terrain of the Latvian coast, controls and from number six onwards. team into third. Jenny Thornton Culbin was just the place to race for the British & Anne titles. “It has certainly given me confidence,” Sarah Rollins, recovering from flu and running The men’s race was a more close run affair Edwards said Oli. on a depleted mileage after having a baby with Oli Johnson setting out just five metres was pleased to take second. She caught down on Murray Strain of the leading Edinburgh “I just went out and ran hard,” said Oli as he Laura Daniels and while slightly phased by the Interlopers squad. Scandinavia based finished the 15.7km in 81m20s, “I had a few company over the remainder of the course, Dan Marston had come through to first for wobbles,” he added indicating that a faster held her concentration enough to keep her run L-R: Matt Crane, time was possible. When asked about the key together. to performing well in long distance races Oli Oli Johnson & commented that “the confidence and strength Helen Palmer moved to Trondheim at the end of Scott Fraser to perform well in the long distance has come last year and with snow still deep on the ground from experience, it allows me to attack the race there, came to Forres technique rusty. Her “too from the start and make the race as short as defensive” run took her into a clear third ahead possible.” of two times former title holder Helen Winskill.

“The season hasn’t gone too well,” he admitted. In the Junior Elite classes Jenny Thornton from He lost his middle distance title to Matt Crane CLOK had her best result of the year, winning RESULTS over the last two controls. “This event was the W20E class in front of Junior Squad

important especially running on such special members Hollie Orr and Anne Edwards. In the Individual

Class Men Club Women Club terrain and in a high quality field.” M20E class Rhodri Buffett had a strong lead until the final few controls in a tricky low-visibility Senior Elite Oli Johnsn SYO Rachael Elder ShOUC area only to be overtaken by winner Hector Junior Elite Hector Haines EUOC Jenny Thornton CLOK This time he beat Matt into second but his M/W10 William Louth WAOC Emma Wilson CLYDE Haines and second placed Doug Tullie, in the South Yorkshire rival was happy with silver. “I M/W12 Alexander Chepelin GRAMP Rachel Emmerson OD end finishing in third place. “ had a clear run. I’ll settle for second. That’s a M/W14 Thomas Louth WAOC Katie Reynolds SBOC good result.” British Relays M/W16 Jamie Stevenson FVO ÁIne McCann LVO Rachael Elder won her second gold medal of Interlopers after taking over in 5th from Anthony M/W18 Alasdair McLeod SARUM Alice Butt SARUM Not so happy was two times sprint title holder the weekend as Sunday’s relays moved 500m Squire. Murray has a number of good results M/W35 Andy Simpson OD Heather Hartman INT Scott Fraser who after beating Oli at the through the forest to Culbin West - the area behind him this winter on the Scottish road and M/W40 Bill Edwards SYO Lorna Eades INT Moravian Championships in the Czech Republic cross-country scene and he set off at speed. M/W45 Quentin Harding SROC Jane Morgan SOC M/W50 Martin Dean FVO Hilary Quick MAROC “He took off like a rocket,” reported Oli. “and I Rachael Elder thought what’s going on here.” M/W55 Eddie Harwood MOR Beryl Offley LOC M/W60 Peter Gorvett SYO Sheila Carey OD out in the forest “I was running too fast and feeling good” Oli set out to make his orienteering count. M/W65 Gareth Bryan-Jones FVO Jane Christopher WHC “He was going through the thick in places while M/W70 Andrew Suddaby BL Verena Johnston LOC I decided to keep to the open forest,” said M/W75 John Spence TVOC Murray. M/W80 Adrian Hope BASOC Pen Harwood WIM the previous Sunday was billed as co-favourite used on day 4 of last year’s Scottish Six Day on home ground. The Edinburgh University event. Sheffield University claimed the women’s In the end Murray, who had opted out of orienteer enjoyed running at Culbin just a little premier relay title for the first time, beating title Saturday’s event due to recent university exam Relay too much and finished a disappointed third. holders South Yorkshire into 2nd and Edinburgh pressures proved to have the fresher and the Class Men Club Class Women Club “I was running too fast and feeling good,” University into 3rd. faster legs. Premier Anthony Squire, Dan Marston, Murray Strain INT Premier Laura Daniel, Helen Winskill, Rachael Elder ShUOC “he reported, admitting, “I wasn’t disciplined M/W12 Julie Emmerson, Rachael Emmerson, Hamish Rogers OD enough. I didn’t take time to slow and read the Laura Daniels set them up with 5th place on They set out at a sprint from the final control M/W14 John Ockenden, Zoe Harding, Christopher Nash SROC W14 Evelyn Mason, Frances Wright, Rhona McMillan MAROC map.” the first leg, but a 40:38 run from Helen Winskill but Murray gave his side a narrow victory in M18 Peter Lynas, James Taylor, Peter Hodkinson NOC W18 Sarah Claxton, Fiona Claxton, Jenny Evans NOC put them into a four minute lead which the new 1hr56m26s. M40 Martin Ward, Bill Edwards, Charlie Adams SYO W40 Wendy Billing, Hilary Bloor, Jenny Peel SYO There was no such problem for research British long distance champion opened up to M50 Mikhail Gryaznevich, Jim Prowting, Dave Kingham TVOC W50 Jackie Chapman, Judy Budge, Beryl Offley LOC engineer Rachael Elder who won her first senior eight minutes as she came home to clock a An even closer battle for bronze saw Edinburgh M/W60 Keith Henderson, Sue Hands, Chris Brandford title with a fast 62:06 for 9.5km. Like everyone, team time of 2h 02m 59s. University’s Scott Fraser come through from Mixed Ad HOC Daniel Fopma, Richard Arman, John Hartley WSX she had made a lot of small mistakes but she 24 seconds down at the start of the third leg to Junior Ad HOC Adam Weir, Sean Knight, Aine McCann LVO stayed clear of major error and topped the Behind her, Kim Buckley racing for S Yorks, outsprint South Yorkshire’s Nick Barrable in the came through from 6th place on the anchor leg run-in to finish 1 second clear in 2:01:04.

12 Orienteering Focus - Summer 2008 More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3) 13 Tim Pribul of CHIG was presented with DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT members who in turn will keep the the Clubmark certificate at the JK Relay sport going into the future. A small prize giving by SEOA Chairman, Simon ORIENTEERING AT group of members will soon put the Greenwood Clubmark evidence together. THE BERKSHIRE YOUTH GAMES Report by Denise Harper (SC RDO) 25 ENGLISH For the first time, Orienteering was The whole event was run by a team of 10 benefited from and enjoyed it – leaflets at Why? If you were not selected as one of the focus sports volunteers from BKO who impressed everyone each competition with details of our next CLUBS ARE NOW an orienteer but were thinking by Berkshire Sport in September. with their efficiency – even managing to stage events were handed out to encourage of starting the sport how would prize-giving 15 minutes ahead of schedule. families to try orienteering. Orienteering were invited to stage a ACCREDITED you decide which club to go The feedback along the way has been • Links with Berkshire Sport have been to? The most local – OK but competition open to all school sports fantastic – from teachers, parents, the children strengthened. Working with them So far in 2008 Chigwell & Epping Forest wouldn’t you also be attracted partnerships, of which there are eight and Berkshire Sport. has enabled BKO to stage schools OC, Leicestershire OC, Wrekin Orienteers to the idea of a vibrant club with across Berkshire. A series of selection competitions by taking advantage of their and Deeside OC have achieved Clubmark a good programme and good accreditation. festivals would culminate in a final as To quote one teacher, “I just wanted to say admin support and infrastructure. The management? That’s what a how much the team enjoyed the festival new Competition Managers have liaised part of the Berkshire Youth Games at Clubmark club is and the process on Tuesday! They have spoken about it in throughout and turned up to help run some Cleveland OK and Nottinghamshire OC have of gaining the award provides the Bulmershe College, near Reading. assembly with much excitement!” of the competitions. renewed their accreditation. CLOK and NOC club with the opportunity to look at • BKO have gained huge respect from were the first clubs to achieve Clubmark in 2004 how it is organised and put in place Over the series, there were entries across Working with Berkshire Sports to deliver the Berkshire Sport, both in their willingness and have successfully submitted their evidence procedures and activities which it the county from over 30 schools, equating whole series of competitions has had major to turn out and support schools work, files for re-assessment. hopes will attract new people. to almost 400 children, many of whom were benefits and advantages for orienteering and despite being a minority sport with a small new to orienteering and had not previously the club: membership, and in their efficiency. The Our original target was to gain 24 Clubmark As the Clubmark brand becomes represented their school in any competitive Senior Competitions Manager described clubs by the end of March 2008 and we more recognised those clubs which sport. On the day of the final we had over 80 • The profile of orienteering in schools has the organisation of the final as ‘very exceeded that. This, of course, is a factor which have achieved the accreditation children from across the county competing, been raised significantly by its selection as slick’ – especially as rugby overran by enables British Orienteering to access some will receive more publicity. In but this time we ran it as closely as possible a focus sport. 25 minutes, resulting in a lot of children/ extra funding from Sport England which we can British Orienteering we are already to the format for a normal event, with timed • As a result many teachers have attended teachers hanging around in the biting wind. use to help clubs to develop volunteers and giving preferential grant awards to start lists for call up, and emit timing, which training insets and Coaching for Teachers to put on programmes of activity which they Clubmark clubs and those which the children thought ‘really cool’. Scoring courses to implement orienteering in their Berkshire Orienteers, with Southern hope will attract new regular participants and was as in the British Schools Champs, with schools prior to the competitions. Navigators, will be hosting the British Schools members. We hope that by next team scores added up over 2 circuits. The • Orienteering has been seen as an exciting Orienteering Championships in November. March the 25 Clubmark clubs will clear winners were Radstock Primary School, competitive running sport especially We really hope that the publicity we have have grown to well over 30 as there representing Wokingham, but scores for 2nd, when Emit timing, using cards with a LCD managed to give orienteering will encourage are 17 English clubs and 1 Scottish 3rd and 4th places were hotly contested, with display, was used at the final. some of our local schools to try orienteering at club working towards Clubmark. Pangbourne Primary for West Berks East very • Parents who came to watch were hugely our local events and to work towards entering will commit to achieving the narrowly beating St Nicolas for West Berks impressed by how much their children teams in the BSOC. It would be a superb award within the next 12 West followed vey closely by Trevelyan testament to all the club’s hard work to see Why? There are still some months. Middle for Windsor. Reading, Bracknell the championships supported by a number people who think that this is a tick box Forest and Maidenhead also participated. of local schools. exercise and that it will take time to Does your club need find the evidence. more volunteer training, more coaches and more planners/other officials? Why? Yes there is evidence Contact your RDO to find to find – but many clubs are already out about Clubmark and training coaches, running regular how to access funding to informal activities which include put on training courses. coaching as well as competition, have good links with at least 1 local Hilary Palmer school and 1 local authority sports Development development unit, put out junior Manager teams in local, regional or national The DEE development group were pleased that their Clubmark accreditation competitions and realise that in order Judith Holt of Leicestershire OC was completed 4 days before the to survive the club MUST attract new with the Clubmark certificate presentation of certificates at the JK.

Club of the Year promotional events welcoming. For more details clubs are investing in training new volunteers to MAROC of their programme see the web site: Developing be coaches, planners, controllers etc and are Congratulations to South Orienteering > Club Activity Guide putting on many small informal events. These are the top clubs; they have increasing memberships Ribble OC, Mar OC, South The runner up clubs: Mar OC, SYO and WCOC and are excellent role models for all clubs Yorkshire Orienteers and West all have a similar developmental ethos. They are throughout the country. not content just to organise standard ‘events’ and Cumberland OC rely on a handful of willing volunteers. All these Hilary Palmer Development Manager The annual Club of the Year competition takes place in January based on activities during the SYO previous 12 months. This may seem strange but Pictured: it is so that our best clubs can be entered into the CCPR Sports Club of the Year Competition and SROC: Quentin Harding, Sue Denmark and Steve the closing date for that is at the end of February. Club. SROC has had huge success McLean accept the Club of the Year Award for during 2007 in attracting many new South Ribble Orienteering Club This year there were only four entries – but what members across the age ranges MAROC: Neil Cameron presenting their certificate a high standard they were and the judges had because it concentrated its promotion to Jon Musgrave of MAROC some very close scores. and events around Lancaster, where schools orienteering was already strong. WCOC: Joyce Hemingway receives their certificate at the AGM. The overwhelming first choice by the judges, WCOC The club has many trained coaches SROC: Club however, was for South Ribble Orienteering and used other volunteers and junior of the Year SYO: Jill Gorvett, Peter Gorvett and Lesley Ward ‘young leaders’ to make their informal receive their certificate at the AGM.

14 Orienteering Focus - Summer 2008 More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3) 15 Issue 6 - Summer 2008

More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3)

FOR JUNIOR ORIENTEERS

Inside this Issue:

Photo by Robert Lines Training with the GB Juniors JK and British Champs Reports World Schools

www.britishorienteering.org.uk/ozone JK Festival of Report by Doug Tullie ~ Photos by Digisport

Orienteering Beata Falk >> easy area. Unfortunately from a British perspective that there was little to separate them at the finish. both classes were won by foreign athletes, with the On M12A the competition was even closer with With Easter upon us early this year the JK was brought right to Scandinavian pair Erik Sagvolden and Beata Falk Alexander Chepelin, Tim Morgan and Nicholas Jarvis clinching the titles, both building on their previous days the front of the 2008 racing calendar. Unfortunately it did not all finishing within 30seconds of each other and lead. Douglas Tullie finished a close second on M20E, only Sprint champ Patrick Ryan able to edge slightly after two solid runs brought him within 90s of Gold, and come alone and orienteers from Britain and abroad not only had to ahead to finish 1st. Charlotte Watson’s result on W16 John Rocke overcame a 35s deficit to edge fellow was another that caught the eye, she flew round the contend with the navigational challenges of their courses but also Junior Squad member Rhodri Buffet into 4th place. course at a pace of 6.9m/km, a speed comparable to In the girls class the fight for Gold was not so some horrible British weather. Raincoats, Gloves and Wellies were that of the top athletes on W21E! close with Beata proving too strong for her definitely the order of the day at the JK 2008! rivals, winning by an impressive 7 minutes On Sunday the weather continued to be a pain, as overall. Hanna Haugen Nordbrøden, from competitors were greeted by snow showers that the Norwegian club Halden took silver kept the majority of the spectators inside their tents while Hollie Orr came back, after a Sprint Event Middle Event or huddled in cars. However it failed to dampen the poor run by her standards in the spirit of the orienteers, or commentary team who After last years success the traditional three day After Friday’s speedy warm up to the weekend, the middle race, to clinch bronze. In seemed pretty cheerful inside their van and kept event was again extended to include a Sprint race JK moved to the scene of the 2005 World Cup Middle both classes it was impressive everyone amused and up to date on the days action. on Friday. The venue was the University of Surrey race, Leith Hill, and gave competitors a chance to to see such close competition in Guildford, and with its complex arrangement of follow in the footsteps of the King of Middle distance throughout the field and some building, stairs and passageways provided a tough Thierry Geourgiou! Long Event younger juniors showing the 20’s test of a competitors ability to navigate at high Ashdown Forest was the venue for the long event, that all will be to play for later in speed. While sometimes seen as ‘easy’ orienteering Leith Hill is an area of woodland that has sections the season. this Sprint was in fact the opposite, with courses of very complex contour detail, meaning orienteers an area made up mainly of lovely open forest with demanding the orienteer’s full attention or vital needed to be able to run fast but also know when sections of rough open, with a track network that allowed for some good route choice options. For the In M/W 16 there were clear seconds could be lost at every turn. ‘I got confused’ to change pace and not get caught out in the tricky victories for Duncan Batiste and ‘ran the wrong way’ were common phrases parts of the area. M/W20E the finale of the individual races consisted 12.0km for the boys and 8.0km for the girls, both (CLARO) and Charlotte Watson that could be heard around the assembly field after (WCOC), while by contrast W14A the race! On course 9 (M/W 10) Louise Adams of As with the Sprint, M/W 18-20E had the chance with winning times of around the hour mark and providing a tough physical challenge on a technically went down to the wire with SYO proved that an error free run was the key to to race against the seniors. The boys had to Florence Haines just holding onto success finishing ahead of all but one of the boys, compete with the likes of JWOC Gold medallist the lead, Zoe Harding finishing just 12s William Louth, who stormed round in an impressive Olav Lundanes and top elite competitor Jon Erik Sagvolden behind to take Silver. 7.01. Further up the age classes some other juniors Duncan, while the girls had to contend with M20E winner who grasped the concept of orienteering at high Mhairi Mackenzie and Elise Egseth, both across A highlight for me was at the prize giving, where the speed well were Patrick Ryan, Jonathon Crickmore from Norway and looking to go back with the top podium was extended to 6 for the younger junior classes and Kirsty Coombs, all achieving clear age group prize. Top British juniors on the day were Douglas with all receiving some sort of memento. victories. Tullie and Hazel Wright overall finishing 10th and 12th on the course and proved that over the For the Junior Elites (M/W 18/20) they not only got shorter distance it is possible to mix it with the Relay Events the chance to cheer their favourite Senior athletes Seniors! However it was the Scandinavian pair After three tough races, competitors were required to through the spectator control but actually compete of Erik Sagvolden and Beata Falk who took Gold put in one final effort, the only difference would be that against them! This was a great opportunity for Great and pushed Douglas and Hazel into 2nd position. it was a team effort that was required as Monday was Britain’s top juniors to test themselves against the Possibly some names to look out for at JWOC Relay day! best Sprint orienteers in the World. The boys getting 2008 in Sweden this July! the chance to line up against GB sprint experts Scott Octavian Droobers proved themselves to be a super Fraser and Graham Gristwood and Swiss flyer Daniel John Rocke, continued his close battle with junior club by clinching both the Mini Relay (M/W12-) Hubmann, while the girls were rubbing shoulders fellow Junior Squad member Rhodri Buffet to and the Junior Relay (M/W40-). In the Mini Relay it was with top sprinters Sarah Rollins and Helen Bridle. finish fourth, showing that good preparation pays the OD sharks who were incredible, the team of Alistair off, “I had read Thierry Gueorgiou’s analysis of Gardner, Penny Oliver and Julie Emmerson finished clear In the men’s race Gold medal winner was the Welsh his world cup race on Leith Hill before the race. of SOC Supersaints in second and MDOC Incredibles in speed merchant Kristian Jones who had a great Thierry put a lot of emphasis on getting your third. In the Junior Relay the OD Hurricanes simply blew run to finish in the mix with the senior athletes and head up and looking for thickets (or green stains the competition away, an excellent team effort from beat a few familiar faces! Hollie Orr showed her as he called them) so that you could ignore Matthew Elkington, Harrison McCartney and William experience by coping with the pressure to finish most detail on the map. This helped for a lot Gardner was enough to claim Gold ahead of GRAMPKids in 18th position and 3rd W20. Hollie commented ‘I of the controls in intricate areas with thickets, in second and SYO17 completed the podium. SYO should knew that this was the first race of the season and unfortunately not all controls had thickets get their thinking caps on for a better team name next winter training had gone well so I hoped to show my nearby!” year:) form with a good performance. Although the result was good I was not altogether happy with my race. In the younger age classes other interesting Once again, despite some horrendous March weather, I went off a bit too fast and lost a minute on the first battles were emerging that would set up an the JK was an excellent event, with challenging junior control.....The race helped highlight my lack of sprint interesting finale the following day. On M16 courses creating a great weekend of racing. Many experience and showed many things I need to work Duncan Birtwistle, Jonathon Crickmore and thanks to the organisers and volunteers who made it on, but all in all I really enjoyed it and it was great Jamie Stevenson filled the top three spots, happen. fun!’ after mistakes from each on the course meant

02 Ozone Issue 6 - Summer 2008 03 The following interview is with British Championships Alice Butt, winner of the W18: ISF World Schools Report by Hector Haines Alice, great run today! How do you think it went? Orienteering Championships Photos by Chris & Simon Branford Junior Round Up “Yes, I think it was good. I made a few small mistakes though and was hesitant in parts.” 21-27April 2008 - by Pauline Olivant

For those of you reading this article that didn’t make the trip to the North of Scotland for the 2008 British Championships, Yes, I know what you mean. Would you attribute Over 90 British athletes competed in the Championships that were held I hope this will serve as a good replacement. For those that did, let it be a fond reminder of the immense fun and your success today to anything? in Edinburgh. In the School team categories there were three teams from excitement that unfolded on the 18th and 19th of April. In any case I would advise both parties to find themselves comfy “Well…no. I did have porridge for breakfast Ulverston Victoria High School and one from Nottingham Boys High School though.” seats – with arm rests and foot stools, no less – and also to enjoy a cool beverage, as the action unfolds. representing England. Biggar High School, Aboyne Academy, St Thomas Oh really? With honey too? Aquinas Secondary School and Firrhill High were representing Scotland. The remaining athletes were in the select teams and came from schools all over “Yes.” This year, with the Championships being in Culbin Forest, the Gold medals around their necks. Alexander Chepelin, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. near Inverness many made the journey northwards a few winner of the M12, said that his race was very good and RESULTS: I see. Do you always have porridge before days early and enjoyed the weather and the local sights. that his next big aim is the O-ringen this year. Thomas W20E (12) 7.4 km 185 m 25 C a big race? The opening ceremony took place on Tuesday entertainment from the other countries. and was held in the Scottish Parliament The Friendship relay the next day then gave The morning of the race though, all was not well as up Louth, M14 winner was very pleased to come away with 1 Jenny Thornton CLOK 1:02:12 “No, sometimes I eat Weetabix, I’m not fussy or and down the Moray Firth as there were reports coming the title saying, ‘It has been good to win here today and building. The first race taking place on everyone the opportunity to compete in a 2 Hollie Orr EUOC 1:02:58 superstitious.” in about strangely clad persons, often in ‘tracksters’. At beat my rivals! Winning feels great!’ Wednesday was the long event. The highlights team with athletes from another country. the Nairn Caravan site, people had been diagnosed with 3 Anne Edwards TVOC 1:04:14 Great, well thank you very much Alice. were gold medals for Jonathon Crickmore and Thomas Louth brought his team home to win Charlotte Watson (junior selects) and bronze first place. This was followed by the traditional acute ‘Lycra Syndrome’, which has symptoms including Jenny Thornton had this to say after her winning run 4 Victoria Stevens AIRE 1:04:37 As you can see, some intriguing responses from medals for Finlay Lagan (junior school), Julia kit swapping and it was then difficult to see severe headaches and dizziness. The syndrome was on the W20E, ‘I was really happy with my race today, I 5 Emily Benham SARUM 1:05:09 some of the Champions. Interestingly, Hector Blomquist and Kristian Jones (senior select). who belonged to which team! long thought by experts to have disappeared shortly just focused on my own orienteering and never really 6 Joanna Halliday OD 1:05:58 Haines, winner of the M20E, also had porridge for Podium places for the top six places were after the garishly patterned lycra fashion. thought about the result. Being an underdog didn’t really breakfast, and someone was heard to exclaim, also achieved by Joab Matthews, Alice Leake, The final event was the team competition affect me.’ When asked about her aim’s and if she plans “It was the porridge what dunnit!” Quite. Katrin Harding, Kate Farley, Peter Hodkinson and everyone was delighted when the So, the much anticipated Championships began. Many on trying for the JWOC team she smiles, ‘Yes perhaps…I M20E (20) 11.3 km 270 m 30 C and Lucy Butt. Although non competitive an English junior select team of Charlotte & found the courses challenging, but some were able to have my A-levels to focus on too though. JWOC is 1 Hector Haines EUOC 1:08:04 award was also presented to Aine McCann for Rosie Watson, Katrin & Zoe Harding and the fastest time of the day on junior select. Lucy Butt won the gold medal pulling back compete well, fulfil their potential and walk away with definitely a big long term aim of mine.’ 2 Doug Tullie EUOC 1:09:53 Hector 1min 1sec from the Latvians after the long 3 Rhodri Buffett SWOC 1:10:59 Haines Thursday was set aside as a cultural day, race. Ulverston Victoria senior girls, the 4 Chris Smithard DEE 1:11:59 and a chance to mix on an informal basis junior school team from Aboyne Academy with juniors from the other nations. Some of and the other English select teams all won 5 Dave Schorah SHUOC 1:12:42 the England team took advantage of this to silver medals. Ulverston junior boys and 6 Michael Noblett WCOC 1:18:11 challenge the New Zealand team to a ten pin Nottingham High team finished 5th overall. bowling match. Although the event is normally biannual it is Friday saw the middle race with Jonathan, moving to ‘odd’ years and it has now been Charlotte and Kristian winning gold medals. confirmed that it will be in Spain in 2009. Silver medals were won by Julia Blomquist and Thomas Louth (junior select) and bronze Full results and photographs are medals were won by Zoe Harding (junior available at www.wsco2008.org.uk select), Peter Hodkinson and Finlay Langan. Although outside the medals, Kate, Alice and Lucy once more had a podium place and were joined this time by Jack Wright from Ulverston and Jack Benham and Graham Hemingway from the select teams.

The cultural evening followed and we all had a chance to sample food and Team Gold The relays started bright and early. Here is a brief resumé of the days junior results. On the M/W12 relay a really close battle for the top spots developed with only two seconds between 1st place OD and 2nd place locals MOR. OD have previously won this class but this year MOR came from nowhere to take the silver medals. In the M18, NOC were victorious over DEE, reversing the results from last year. NOC also continued their form from last year in the W18, taking the title for the second year in a row. SROC, relative newcomers to the M14, won by a margin of almost 3 minutes and in the W14 MAROC won by over 6 minutes! Fantastic results all round.

Which concludes this years round up of the British Championships – one of this years’ premier domestic events which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. With well planned courses and smooth organisation it was certainly BOC Relay an event to enjoy and remember.

Further information is available at www.boc2008.co.uk

04 Ozone Issue 6 - Summer 2008 05 JWOC By Gareth Candy, Junior Programme Manager Preparation FACTS and FUN! The wild wintry weather at the JK was a taste of things to come for the British Junior Squad who left for a training camp in Gothenburg directly from the JK relays. The Junior Squad, final year Start Squad athletes, Junior Coach Jason Inman, Junior Manager Gareth Candy and elite helpers Jenny Johnson and Graham Millie Map says.... Gristwood spent three days training in Gothenburg, preparing for the Junior World Championships, before It is hard to fif ifind the controls in

heading down to Denmark to race at the Spring Cup. competitions when you are not

sure what the control description Since all the athletes and coaches were a bit leg weary after a tough weekend of racing at the JK the training camp started off on Tuesday symbols mean. morning with a core stability and strength training session led by Senior Squad member, Graham Gristwood. Graham explained the importance of strength and stability training for injury prevention and improving running efficiency and then showed the squad his standard Clive Control asks... session. In the afternoon there was a technical session on the Jonsered Would you know how to North training adjacent to the Long Distance and Relay maps. The deep snow made it physically tough and technically challenging, a great start f ind me if I was located on to a tough week. one of the following control Wednesday and Thursday were taken up with specific training sessions aimed at preparing for each of the four disciplines at JWOC with description symbols?... relay training at Getryggen, sprint training on the Gothenburg Oringen prologue map, middle distance training at Torslanda and long distance 1 3 5 training at Öjersjö. There were also talks on training and preparation for JWOC and other major races, reviews of all the athlete’s performances at JK and Graham gave a presentation on specific race preparation.

After being put through Graham’s core stability session once more 2 4 on Friday morning the squad cleaned up the hut and said goodbye to See Answers Below snowy Gothenburg and Graham who headed back home, while they headed off for (hopefully) sunny Denmark. After a long drive broken by a short ferry trip the squad arrived at Contours the Sankt Helene accommodation and moved into their A frame homes for the next two nights. Whilst everyone was tired from JK Which of the contour shapes on the left match and tough weeks training the snow had disappeared as we headed south and arrived in Denmark and everybody was looking forward to the prof ifile shapes on the right? the opportunity of putting their race plans and strategies into practice. Racing tired was also going to be good practice for the end of the very tough week of racing at JWOC itself. A = B = C = D =

At the individual race the squad showed how much progress they had A 1 made towards becoming consistent performing athletes, with almost everybody limiting their mistakes and having strong results. The highlights were Hollie Orr’s 4th place in W20E, Alice Butt’s 5th place in W18E, Doug Tullie’s 6th place in M20E, Ralph Street’s 8th place in M18E and Coach Inman’s 2nd place and narrow defeat to the Czech Junior Coach in M40. B 2 After pleasing results in the individual competition the results in the relay were even better. The strategy of all runners having solid consistent runs and letting the other teams make mistakes and drop away paid great dividends. Highlights were the M18 team winning (Ralph Street, David Abrams, Alasdair McLeod), W18 coming second (Hazel Wright, Mairead C 3 Rocke, Alice Butt) and the M20 team coming 10th in the M21E relay (Rhodri Buffett, John Rocke, Doug Tullie, Hector Haines).

Huge efforts were put in throughout the training camp by the Junior staff Jason Inman and Jenny Johnson, and particular credit has to go to them for getting the athletes focused and ready to perform at the Spring Cup D 4 after an incredibly tough week of racing and training. Many thanks as well to Graham Gristwood for his efforts and expert advice during the

training camp in Gothenburg.

3. Building - 4. Stairs - 5. Building Pass Through Through Pass Building 5. - Stairs 4. - Building 3. 2 = D - 1 = C - 4 = B - 3 = A

SYMBOLS ANSWERS: 1. Paved Area - 2. Monument or Statue or Monument 2. - Area Paved 1. ANSWERS: SYMBOLS ANSWERS: CONTOURS

06 Ozone Issue 6 - Summer 2008 07 Hollie Orr

Age: 19 News Club: Clyde, EUOC Orienteering on CBBC Sportsround Age started orienteering: Orienteering featured as part of the “Superkids” challenge 9 series on the CBBC programme Sportsround. Do your parents orienteer? Presenters Lizzie Yes and Aidan with the Superkids Why/Where did you start orienteering? Friends introduced my family into it.

What do you enjoy about orienteering? I enjoy the physical and mental battles you encounter, and pushing your boundaries, but its all fun.

Do you have a coach? Sarah Hague

Where is your favourite place to orienteer? Not sure if I have a favourite but of What is your best coarse Scotland, Scandinavia and Australia are amazing. Each area posses result? its own challenge and that’s what makes 36th, Middle, JWOC 2007 The competitors are “Superkids” as they are excellent at the sport they the sport fun. I am not a fan of brambles compete at on a regular basis. Over the series Sportsround hopes to find though! out if boys or girls are better at sport by challenging the “Superkids” to What do you enjoy compete against each other in a sport they have never tried. The score doing outside of going into the orienteering challenge was 5-4 to the girls. What kind of training orienteering? do you do? I like doing other sports (tennis, cycling, This week Georgia a sailor and Andrew a footballer competed against Different running sessions including skiing), I also like to draw, paint, make each other in an orienteering challenge in Whitworth Park, Darley Dale, terrain and hill runs, intervals, circuits, stuff and generally hang out with friends. Derbyshire. Hilary Palmer (NOC) coached the children taking part and weights and the all important technical planned the course. training. Andrew won the challenge and levelled the score at 5-5. Both children really enjoyed orienteering and vowed to try it again. What advice would you give to people To watch the orienteering challenge or to find out whether it was boys or girls who won the “Superkids” challenge series then visit wanting to get into www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc the GB Squad? Listen to what people have to say, never stop learning and analyzing, train hard and enjoy it.

www.britishorienteering.org.uk/ozone COACHING COACHING DAY AT BLACK BECK WOODS Increasing By Julie Phelan of Walton Chasers Orienteering Club

Participation On Saturday 12th April no less than 260 orienteers, both juniors and seniors, all keen to improve their technical skills, Pilot Project flocked to the infamous Black Beck Woods in the Lakes to take part in the British Orienteering Coaching For those readers who missed the British Day. Ben showing Hilary his Orienteering web announcement, the following route for the line exercise. Two options were British clubs were selected for the new ‘Increasing available: either go Participation Project’: as part of a Regional, Orienteering Club or School group Pictured left: Ulverston High Coaching Dates along with your • Barrow Orienteering Club School Orienteers own coaches (13 for your Diary • Southampton Orienteering Club groups from all over We then went onto a • Southdowns Orienteering Club the country were in simplification exercise. We Visit the ‘Coaching’ pages on attendance) or book • South Ribble Orienteering Club found we had to concentrate the British Orienteering website in as an individual and hard as the course was • Wessex Orienteering Club member of British under: window orienteering with a Orienteering to join ‘Developing Orienteering’ lot of the black features taken a group led by Hilary off the map. We found this – ‘Coaching’ – ‘Coaching The word Palmer (Level 5 coach) exercise a lot of fun because Courses’ for further information ‘activities’ has and John Palmer (Level a few of us caught each Link: http://www. been used as 4 coach) who have other up which meant we were then running in a pack. opposed to both been coaching for over fifteen years. britishorienteering.org.uk/ After spending quite a while looking for a few different ‘events’ which the developing/coaching.php controls we ended up racing to the finish. definition below Keen to develop my skills I joined the Palmer’s group. should hopefully Along with 16 other ‘keen to improve’ orienteers After that we did a line exercise which was the final COACHING DAY clarify: I enjoyed a day packed with variety. There was a exercise before lunch. By this time we had got into the For Club groups and individual constant flow of technical exercises to take part in map so found it easier to ‘follow the line’. ‘Orienteering all at your own pace and the training exercises were British Orienteering members. activities are organised to test even the best orienteers. Saturday 7th June 2008 After lunch we went and did a relay which would be flexible, easy to set similar to the ‘friendship relay’ at World Schools. This Cordon and Stapeley, up tasks that can These included simplification; a line exercise and was great fun especially as the winning team got Shropshire be used to develop individual or group’s (small • Vicky Thornton ‘corridor orienteering’. For the uninitiated these cover lollipops! After the team captains had done a relocation (Sunday 8th June 2008 HOC or large) orienteering skills. Activities can take • John Britton contour interpretation; compass and pacing as well as exercise with their groups we helped collect in controls place both indoor and outdoor using a variety • Paul Johnson route choice. Constant expert feedback was readily National Event at Brown Clee) for Carol. We then took down the school tent and set of resources dependent on the type of activity • British Orienteering Regional Development available from both Hilary and John. Would I do it Officers off back for the Youth hostel. planned. In addition activities can be planned again? Without a doubt. If you are keen to hone your LEVEL 3 AND 4 COACHING to cater for varying abilities of participants from skills I suggest you get your name on the list as soon A big thanks to the Palmers’, Carol Mc Neill (Planner) COURSES beginner to competent orienteer so that they Steve Vernon as possible! See you on Saturday June 7th! Participation Manager and to Vicky Thornton for organising a fantastic day. 26th to 28th September 2008 As well as congratulating the selected clubs involve a whole group or club together’. North Centre House, YMCA British Orienteering would also like to thank Charlotte Watson, Lucy Butt and Rosie Watson A ‘Club Activity Guide’ has been produced to enjoyed the Coaching Day as part of group training NOTE to all Regions and Clubs: Lakeside, Windermere, Cumbria all of the clubs that submitted an application Application forms for groups and individuals for the provide a resource for clubs aiming to provide for the World Schools with Ulverston High School. to be part of the new project. There were a next coaching day are available using the link from total of 14 applicants who all fitted the criteria orienteering activities and training exercises for “On arrival we were split up into groups with our Team COACHING DAY current club members and newcomers to the Manager for the World Schools and went to our first the coaching calendar. Suggested exercises will be suggested which made the final decision difficult planned and maps provided with all the controls hung For Club groups and individual to make. It was decided that only a small sport of orienteering. The guide contains over activity which was a star exercise. We all thought it 30 indoor and outdoor activities and a guide to was good but a lot of us found it quite hard as Black out and collected for you! For further information British Orienteering members. number of clubs could be selected at this time. please email [email protected] The clubs selected will have different impacts on setting up Street-O. It is hoped that the guide Beck is very technical and we had to get used to the Saturday 1st November 2008 increasing participation and will provide a variety can be used to increase participation within map and the scale [1:5000] Southern England - To be of models that can be adapted by other clubs. the sport and offers clubs the opportunity to confirmed provide more regular activities that may be more The five selected clubs all demonstrated a (Sunday 2nd November 2008 willingness to start providing localised activities accessible to newcomers and beginners to the SOC November Classic, within easy access of local communities. sport before progressing into more traditional orienteering events. Ironswell, New Forest) Since the selection of the five clubs the new COACH OF Participation Manager has had an initial meeting The ‘Club Activity Guide’ will be made available ANNUAL COACHING to clubs currently offering localised activities THE YEAR with all of the clubs and started to support the CONFERENCE clubs with their plans to increase participation. or aiming to start them. The guide will be AWARD Provisional Date: 30th January As well as trying to provide solutions to offered to clubs from the beginning of May marketing, coaching and volunteering issues and any interested clubs should email the 2008 to 1st February 2009 the focus has been on establishing a regular Participation Manager - Steve Vernon at steve@ Mark Saunders Lilleshall National Sports (weekly) local facility to act as a club base and britishorienteering.org.uk explaining how your and Alice Bedwell Conference Centre near club would benefit from its use. Thanks must to provide orienteering activities as a means were presented Newport to the of attracting newcomers and beginners to the go to the following people for their support and West of Birmingham. sport. A base also helps to establish familiarity contributions in producing the guide: with their Coach and a more regular meeting point that will of the Year Award promote a good club vibe that people can • Gareth Bryan-Jones COACHING – A GREAT sense. • Hilary Palmer at the AGM. ROUTE CHOICE! • Christine Robinson

16 Orienteering Focus - Summer 2008 More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3) 17 WORLD CLASS

Mhairi CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE with her SELECTED FOR THE SENIOR TEAMS Norwegian hosts European Championships – Latvia - 23rd May - 2nd June Men: Matt Crane, Jon Duncan, Scott Fraser, Graham Gristwood, Oli Johnson and Jamie Stevenson. Women: Helen Bridle, Rachael Elder, Mhairi Mackenzie, Helen Palmer, Sarah Rollins and Pippa Whitehouse. Reserves: Neil Northrop and Helen Winskill.

World Cup - Norway - 20th – 21st June Men: Jon Duncan, Scott Fraser, Graham Gristwood Women: Pippa Whitehouse. Others may be added after EOC or the WOC selection races.

Euromeeting – Hungary - 22nd – 25th May Men: Oleg Cheplin, Neil Northrop, John Rocke, Matt Speake, Doug Tullie Women: Laura Daniel and Tess Hill. Working and Training in

World University Championships - Estonia 26th July – 3rd August Men: Matt Crane, Scott Fraser NORWAY Women: Rachael Elder. Further athletes are to be added after the WOC selection races. By Mhairi Mackenzie Over the years the forests of Østfold have PREPARING TEAM GB FOR been home to many a British orienteer; INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS from stars such as Heather Monro to BY DAVE PEEL emerging talent such as Ewan McCarthy. Spring is a hectic time of year and a time of difficult priorities: to After four years of maths in Edinburgh race or to train, and maintaining the appropriate balance is difficult. I decided it was time for a break and 2008 is especially busy as the World Championships are being held a month earlier than usual in July and before that we have followed in those footsteps out to Norway the European Champs in Latvia in May. Recently the domestic to work as an au pair. season has been busy with the JK and the British Sprint and Middle Champs. In contrast to many of us these domestic races are not the top priority for our team members and at times these short-term goals have to be sacrificed for the long-term objective Work their homework. I think it is The orienteering clubs in Norway have a strong and train with lower intensity for a longer time. I I would recommend running something like the of international success. Fortunately with the advent of the Elite I work for a family who live in fun to do maths homework but training set up and in Fredrikstad there is club have struggled with injury over the last year and Norwegian or Swedish Championships because Competitions Steering Group domestic fixtures are planned so that the city of Fredrikstad, about not German! During this time training organised 5 days a week. Over the cannot do all the running I want to so I brought you get to run against some of the best runners they compliment international events wherever possible and as a one hour by train south of Oslo. we try to speak only English. winter the weekly plan for training was: a bike out here for training too. The area is in the world and practice qualification races. result our championships really do attract our best competitors. They do lots of orienteering After homework is done I make really good for cycling and you can choose fast I also ran Blodslitet which is an ultra long so they needed to have an au dinner for the family and then MON: Strength session with youth section routes around quiet forest roads or technical race organised by the club in Fredrikstad. It Along with prioritising races it’s essential that team members spend pair who was an orienteer too my jobs are done! I am also TUE: Intervals little paths in the forest. Having loads of time is a great race and everyone should go and time in relevant terrain familiarising themselves with the forest, and was able to keep up with always there to stay in with the WED: Rest also means that you can do all those physio run this year (blatent plug I know!). Now the mapping and local conditions. To help with this the team have a them! The father has a World kids if the parents are out and THU: Longer running or orienteering exercises and core stability work - there is no spring season is starting and there are lots of number of training camps planned. In April the team spent a week Champs best of 4th and the do various extra jobs that might session or night race excuse for skipping them! orienteering races to run. The big aim for the training in the Czech Republic in preparation for WOC. Each day mother has a 2nd from Tio Mila be needed. FRI: Rest club is Tio Mila and we have a good team that there were two training sessions planned in specific terrain types and was in the national team SAT: Long orienteering Cross Country Skiing are hoping to do well. or with certain techniques in mind. Every evening the days training as a junior so unsurprisingly Language SUN: Long orienteering This winter I have also been able to add a new were reviewed: what did we learn, what techniques did we employ, the kids are pretty active and I speak English with the family session into my training diary. Although there Culture how is this relevant to WOC, what was the mapping like, routes talented orienteers themselves! most of the time but I was Now that spring has arrived we will have more has been little snow in Fredrikstad this year, the I have always wanted to live in another country choices were analysed and then this learning was applied into our The family are fun to live with keen to learn Norwegian and I technique sessions on Tuesday and Thursdays family have a cottage in a place called Sjusjøen and experience a different culture. It is really training schedules. The experience was enhanced as Russia and and they have made me feel signed up for language classes with a varied program set out for the next few which is near Lillehammer. We have been there interesting to see how other people live. During Estonia’s top runners were sharing the same accommodation, so really welcome. I live in the at the international school in months. It is great to have such regular club several times and I have learnt to cross country my time in Norway I have tried lots of new food trained with us on a number of occasions. I think it is fantastic that house but I have my own room the city. This was a really good training and although there are not that many ski. Cross country skiing is awesome training including sheep’s head (I wouldn’t recommend orienteering is such a friendly sport and athletes from different and bathroom so I have my way to meet new people as elite runners in Fredrikstad there are always because you are using your whole body all it!) and strange brown cheese. It has been nations can train together. own space. well as learn. It is amazing people to train with. I have also been to train the time. I have just about got the hang of it great to experience new traditions and share my how much easier it is to learn a with Halden Skiklubb because they have although I still can’t keep up with the kids! It is traditions with the people here. I think Burn’s After this camp our focus shifts to the European Champs (EOC) Daily Routine language when you live in the technique training every Thursday morning for really fun to be out in the mountains for hours night was a hit although I am not sure Haggis and we will be using the British Championships, which like EOC are The main part of my job as country and now I only speak the elite group. It has been a great experience and to play in the snow with the kids. Last is going to take off here in a big way. I have being held in amazing sand dune terrain, as part of the selection an au pair is to speak English Norwegian at club training and to run with the likes of Anne Margarethe month I also got to watch the biggest cross also learned new skills including, much to the process. Later in the month some of the team will attend a training and help the children with orienteering events. I am sure Hausken and Marianne Riddervold. Having the country race in Norway; it was so amazing to amusement of my friends, knitting! camp in Riga preparing for EOC. Again there will be the usual the language but I also do I make loads of mistakes but forest right on my doorstep also makes a big watch thousands of skiers racing across the mix of training sessions and also the chance to train with the some other work around the I can speak enough now that difference to training. It is so easy to go and do mountains and it inspired me to have a go I have had a great year and I would highly Norwegian team. house. In a normal day I have everyone seems to understand high quality technique sessions or just to go for myself one day. recommend doing something like this. If you the whole morning free and what I am going on about! a long run in the terrain. I also got the chance want to have more time to train and orienteer it So what are our chances? We have a number of medal possibilities just have to some housework to go to Italy for a week warm weather training Races is the perfect job and you can train really hard. though none are certain. The route to success for us is to focus on and laundry. In this free time I Training and racing. Just after I moved out here I ran in the If on the other hand you just want to take some the things that we can control, and that is our own performances. either go training or visit friends The training opportunities here Norwegian Championships which was an time out and experience life in a new country If we perform to our best we have done all we can do and then we or just relax. The kids come are great and with the nature The training methods are quite different here interesting experience when just coming back then it is also good way to do that and earn a bit see what results we achieve. I believe that our best is good enough home from school about 2 of my work I have plenty of to in Britain so I have had to think about my from injury. It was definitely inspiring and gave of money at the same time. to win medals. o’clock and I help them with time to train hard and recover. training a little bit. They do a lot of slow running me the motivation to train through the winter.

18 Orienteering Focus - Summer 2008 More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3) 19 One such area in the Derwent Valley When it came to payment for use of Then on the 9th March the trees were MTBO Planting for the Future that has a number of landowners Littlemoor Wood, Mr Beaumont did planted. Several species were chosen by Paul Wright, DVO is Bow Wood near Lea just south not wish to receive monetary reward including oak, beech, purple beech, two The British MTBO Champs will be held on the 28th/29th of Matlock. This area has five but had a much better idea. Parts of species of flowering cherry and scots June in southern Scotland. Open to everyone, the Gaining access to areas has always been one of the more difficult tasks for landowners not including the Littlemoor Wood were in desperate need pine. Some of the oaks supplied had been middle and classic distance races will test both your orienteering clubs. Although there are well-established national agreements with Woodland Trust and so negotiation of regeneration. Several years of neglect, grown from acorns at the nearby Crich mountain biking and navigational skills. Although for an event is never going to be an the exposed nature of the woodland and Carr Primary School. permission for the original areas has recently fallen bodies such as the National Trust and the Forestry Commission there are lots of easy task. Bow Wood in fact covers battering by some strong, winter storms through, progress has been made for two totally new areas which are owned by individual landowners. Each of these will have a unique three woodlands, Bow Wood, had all taken their toll. He suggested Still, the work is not over. Many visits will areas for MTBO. The weekend’s competitions also arrangement between the landowner and the orienteering club, sometimes in Coumb Wood and Woodseat that Derwent Valley Orienteers could have to be made over the years to come incorporate the selection races for the World and Wood and had not been used provide the labour a couple of days a to ensure that the trees have the best European Championships. For more information and writing but more often than not on for orienteering for several years. year to help replant the woodland. Some start, removing choking bracken and online entry see www.trailquest.co.uk just a handshake. However, not content in making life earlier projects that Mr Beaumont had brambles. It will be many years before easy when renegotiating access instigated had been successful and he the trees reach maturity with only the The World MTBO Championships will be held in Poland it was noticed that to the north hoped the club would be able to build on youngsters in the team seeing the fruits from the 24th - 31st August. More information can be of the area was a larger piece of this success. With the hope of obtaining of the labour. Financially the project cost found at www.mtbo.pl/woc2008. The European MTBO woodland, Littlemoor Wood, which funding from DEFRA (Department for the just under £200 which represents a good Championships will be held in Lithuania from the 2nd would almost double the size of the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs), investment solely in orienteering terms - 22nd September. area and allow for more interesting High Leas Farm would provide the trees, when you consider that there have already courses. tools and knowledge and DVO could been two events in the woodland and the choose their area to plant and provide the promise of many more yet to come, before Photo by Dave Gittus at the JK Thus, in 2005 an approach was labour. Unfortunately priorities change and one considers the obvious environmental made to the owner Edward the promised funding never materialised. benefits. Beaumont who had recently moved into the nearby farm, High Leas, of It was decided, however, that the idea It is hoped that Littlemoor Wood will be which Littlemoor Wood was part. At was not without merit and Derwent Valley next used again for orienteering on the 6th first Mr Beaumont was surprised Orienteers decided to fund their own June 2009 when DVO holds its fortieth at the desire to run in a project even if they would be responsible anniversary event using all the woodlands woodland full of pits, crags for creating their own map correction! in the World Heritage Derwent Valley and boulders but once the between Ambergate and Cromford. Before sport was explained he Tony Berwick, who had until retirement that happens there are still more map was very willing for the been involved with regeneration projects corrections to be created. Those rocks area to be included in the within Derbyshire, was appointed as the dug up will make a good cairn and there new map and since then Project Manager. Earlier this year a team are plans to build a couple of benches two successful events of willing volunteers cleared away the for the weary orienteer/forester to sit and have been held. bracken from an area of rough open and contemplate. Trail Orienteering prepared the ground for planting. This at JK2008 ~ By Anne Braggins The woodlands have been took several visits as the ground was For more information on the immortalised by the local author very rocky. The opportunity to remove Alison Uttley in her tales of the Little hundreds of metal spikes from a planting history of Littlemoor Wood The JK proved to be backup provision the Grey Rabbit and many parts of the programme undertaken over thirty years please visit more of a challenge mistakes by organisers woodland and the farms can be earlier was also taken thus making the www.highleasfarm.co.uk than anticipated but the and competitors were identified in her works including area safer for running through. regulars enjoyed the overcome and this should High Leas Farm. Such was the courses in spite of the be the system of the complexity of the new area that cold and snow. In the few future. now included four woods, that days just before the event it was suggested that the new after the weather forecast At 07.00 on Day 3 the enlarged area should be called was known there was officials having checked Uttley Complex! Sense, or perhaps discussion on procedures the route and listened a lack of humour, prevailed and the in the event of snow for to the snow forecast for area was named for the purposes the whole event and noon decided to go ahead of orienteering, Riber Hillside. indeed the programme did with the competition.

warn of cancellation of the There were sufficient It was with some surprise to find Trail O. helpers to escort anyone out later that Littlemoor Wood had needing help however been used for orienteering before. Day 1 proved cold but when the snow and In the late 1960s when orienteering sunny and a number the first competitors in this country was in its infancy an of competitors new to started together some event was held in the wood and this Trail O did come to try decided not to go meet was also televised. It should the TempO, some very out. Unfortunately be noted that at this time the British successfully as Colin the conditions were Orienteering national office was Smith SYO was second particularly difficult for situated at Lea Green less than to Mark Heikoop from the wheelchair users and with half a mile away. Using a camera Nederlands with Charles hindsight the area was placed on a flat bed lorry driven Bromley Gardiner third. probably not suitable in slowly along the adjoining lane, the All including a number March. exploits of the runners were filmed of juniors seemed to for a promotional film, with a band enjoy the short course Mark and Charles again of volunteers navigating through the in the scenic part of took the Gold and Bronze woodland on a contrived course the University of Surrey medals with Alan Gartside visible from the road. It would campus. separating them. The be interesting if anyone has any Paralympic Gold medal information about this early publicity Both the TempO and the went to Christian Gieseler footage that was probably used © Crown Copyright. Trail O competitions used from Germany with Peter in one of the local news magazine DVO youngsters planting for the future Licence no. 43423U electronic punching for Roberts taking the Silver programmes at the time. Photo Credit: Ann-Marie Duckworth © Copyright Derwent Valley the first time in a major and John Crosby the

Orienteers competition. With full Bronze.

20 Orienteering Focus - Summer 2008 More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3) 21 TalentPathwayBy Mike Hamilton As the Whole Sport Plan 2009/13 Diagram 1: The Talent Pathway progresses it has become obvious Do you think this meets the needs and is appropriate to orienteering? that there is a need for greater clarity regarding the Talent Pathway which will GB Senior Squad 14 persons be a significant part of the final plan. WHITE ROSE ORIENTEERING WEEKEND GB Dev. Squad What is meant by ‘Talent Pathway? (??) - 22nd to 25th August 2008 It is the pathway that talented athletes will step onto and GB Junior Squad This year’s White Rose Orienteering weekend will be held in follow in order to gain international status. At a simple level 10 persons across in orienteering it may be school, club, regional age squad, M/W 18 to 20 the south east corner of the North York Moors just west of start programme or senior programme. the village of Harwood Dale. At the end of last year there were

The ‘Participation Pathway’ is the pathway for participation rumours that the event might be rested in 2008, but these and route for any participant to take part in orienteering; a GB Start Squad rumours were sharply quashed by organiser Bill Griffiths. model of such a pathway was included in the last edition 24 persons across of Focus. M/W14, 15,16,17

Over the last year or so asking questions about the GB Summer Tours orienteering talent pathway has identified a lack of clarity Bill adds, “Since 1972, the Langdale Forest, a large, mainly coniferous sharply away to the west down the 125m M/W 14 x 24 persons regarding the pathway. Many people, when asked about “White Rose” has been forest of several thousand hectares lies on steep scarp of Barns Cliff to the narrow M/W 16 x 16 persons the talent pathway, have responded with comments a very popular date in the southern edge of the North York Moors Derwent gorge as it starts it’s remarkable M/W17/18 x 16 such as, ‘You just have to take part in as many events as the orienteering calendar SSSI. Now widely used for recreational 150km long journey from its source just north possible’, or ‘It seems to work but I’m not sure I can give combining good quality as well as forestry purposes, it provides of Low North Park (and only 10km from the you a clear picture’. races in the excellent North excellent O terrain for Saturday’s regional North Sea) to its final estuary in the Humber. Regional Squads x12 York Moors terrain with relaxed and “runner- event. Several deep valleys cut into the Orienteering needs a talent pathway that is clear and can Approx 288 persons at M/W14, 16, 18 friendly” organisation. The event is becoming forest including Woof Howe Grain and The White Rose is unusual in the orienteering be explained to athletes and parents. The types of queries more popular each year with participation Hipperley Beck. Between Hipperley Beck calendar in that it offers no less than five it needs to provide clear answers to are: SOA NI WOA NW NE Y&H in 2007 up 20% on previous years. This and the Derwent Gorge is the bare topped orienteering events in three days, potentially a) If I were a parent with a child that I thought had potential year Langdale Forest, Barns Cliff and Low hill of Langdale Rigg with its trig point at the an exceptional weekend of excellent in orienteering what competitive events must I take North Park, together with Broxa Forest and 244m summit. enjoyable orienteering. Bill hopes to see you them to? Is there a priority order to these events ie my WM EM EA SW SC SE the deep river gorge of the infant Derwent, there. child must participate in, should participate in, it doesn’t provide the excellent orienteering terrain.” South East of Langdale Forest, and across matter if they participate in? the river, steep slopes rise to the wooded Entries and further information is available Associated with the above, what are the selection plateau of Broxa Forest. The forest falls online at www.whiteroseweekend.org.uk events that my budding orienteer must take part in? b) If I were a 19 to 25 year old and I decided I wanted to Club Squads x105 try to make the British squads what competitive events must/should I participate in? Report by Stewart Caithness c) If I were 35 years old or older and wanted to run at my Nopesport Urban League age class for my country what competitive events must/ The UK’s only nation wide urban league is in full swing for 2008 with title contenders already showing through after just four races. should I participate in? School Squads x? The Nopesport Urban League is a new name and league for 2008 but based on the popular format of 2007’s UK Cities Cup which used existing urban events and combined them into a league. However the Urban League is much more than that, it has gone a step The outcome to the queries will be: If you have any comments please email [email protected] further and, borne out of listening to feedback from last year, we have expanded the series to be more inclusive in terms of age class, Outcome 1: A Talent Pathway that provides parents and the scoring system and added more races in the series, culminating in an urban orienteering league that everyone can be a part of! participants with a clear statement about which events they must attend if they are going to optimise their chances of In the junior classes it is Alice Sarah Brown of SLOW, holds a being selected for the elite at whatever age they are. Leake and Stuart Thomson of 100% record winning both races EBOR & FVO respectively leading she’s entered, while Tony Carlyle Diagram 1: The Talent Pathway (as illustrated) the way, benefiting by having is currently streaking ahead in the Outcome 2: A list of events that can be prioritised from three races under their belt, but 55+ Super Vet group. a perspective of the talent pathway and that can be fitted they can’t ease up with points and into a schedule of events (fixture list) in a priority order. places tight in the chasing pack. With 12 races (5 to count) spread Inevitably certain events will need to be identified as There are two familiar names out all over the UK there is sure to selection events and these for young athletes could be: at the top of the Open class be events close enough for you to with 2007 UK Cities Cup winner get involved. To be included in the Phase 1: Aim, to identify those athletes (up to age 17) Laura Daniel again showing how series you simply enter the event that are in contention for selection the following year adept she is to urban racing. according to your age class, run and eliminate those that are not. This will take place Nick Barrable, 3rd overall last and you will automatically be put between September and December of a year at Regional year and former British Sprint into the appropriate age class. Championships that occur during this period. Champion heads the table in the You should also watch out for Phase 2: Aim, to select athletes (up to age 18) for the Men’s Open. A win in Edinburgh plans of a grand finale, party and GB Start Summer Tours. Selection will take place at the JK, followed by a good performance celebration of UK Orienteering… BOC, Regional Championships and Future at Surrey University has help more info soon! Champions Cup. Sarah Haines hold onto W40+ Vet’s top spot while Maurice To find out more including which Phase 3: Aim, to select athletes (up to age 18) for the GB Calvert leads in the M40+, more races are coming up visit www. Start Squad. This will take place at the GB Summer Tours How do we develop the medal winners of the future? impressive given he is an M50. urbanleague.nopesport.com although selectors accept that athletes not on the Tours In the final 55+ Super Vet Class may be selected under exceptional circumstances.

22 Orienteering Focus - Summer 2008 More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3) 23 British Orienteering Elections Congratulations to the following The following individuals were proposed, unopposed, for the following FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP Annual General Meeting posts and were duly elected: orienteers who have recently claimed President: Sir Christian Bonington, CBE AWARDS LIST FOR 2007 their awards. The 27th Annual General Meeting of British Vice President: John Disley, CBE Orienteering was held on Saturday 22nd March 2008 at Crowborough Army Training Camp, Crowborough, At the British Orienteering EGM on Saturday 27th October 2007, changes to the governance structure were agreed. The previous Congratulations to Hilary Palmer (W60 NOC) and Julian Lailey (M60 Sussex. Members were asked to vote on four structure of Council and Management Committee were to be replaced Awards, Championship badges and certificates are available from proposals and the director elections. Three directors by a Board of ten directors as of the 2008 AGM. Six previous members SROC) who had the best results in 2007, obtaining Championship Chris Boycott on receipt of all the relevant details, the appropriate fee were elected from eight nominees. of Management Committee are continuing as directors, these are: standard in nine out of the ten eligible events. The best junior (cheque made payable to British Orienteering) and an appropriate SAE orienteer was Zachary Field (M12 EBOR) who obtained eight (22x16 cm for certificates).Please post to Chris Boycott, 13 Dawlish Neil Cameron (NGOC) Peter Christopher (WCH) Championship times, two more than any other junior. Avenue, Stafford, ST17 0EU Proposals Lyn West (SOS) Jenny Peel (SYO) All four proposals were agreed, these are in brief: Chris James (NGOC) Roger Hargreaves (KERNO) Details required: Six other orienteers (Clive Hallett, Quentin Harding, Andy Hemsted, a) Full name and age class of claimant. - The adoption of the audited accounts for 2007. There were three director posts up for election at the AGM, with Mike Peter Gorvett, Jim Prowting and Barrie Speake) also obtained eight b) The names and dates of the three events, which must be within a two - That Grant Thornton Ltd be appointed Auditors for 2008. Hamilton, the Chief Executive, taking up the final director post. Championship standards. Congratulations also to all those listed year time span. Back claims are possible if I have the relevant records, - That British Orienteering Membership Fees for 2009 will be as below who are now eligible to claim a Championship award for as a lot of old records are not available on the Internet. As I only get follows, (the figures for 2008 are in brackets): Below are the nominees for the three director positions: about 20% of event results it helps me if you can send photocopies of 2007 as a result of their performances in the STAG National event. relevant results National Senior Membership: £20.00 (£16.50) Martyn Broadest (AIRE) Scott Collier (OUOC) c) Position and time of claimant in each event. Local Senior Membership: £7.50 (£6.60) Ranald Macdonald (DVO) Colin Matheson (NATO) M21 James Tullie RR d) Club and British Orienteering number of claimant. e) The standard being claimed. National Junior Membership: £4.50 (£3.85) David May (SLOW) Ed Nicholas (CLYDE) M40 Phil Scarf EPOC Martin Ward (SYO) John Woodall (NOC) Local Junior Membership: Nil Nil M45 Duncan Francis FVO National Family Membership: £28.00 (£22.00) The three elected directors were Martin Ward, David May and Ed M55 Dave Armitage GRAMP Please note that year flashes have been withdrawn, as Local Family Membership: £13.00 (£11.00) Nicholas. Thank you to all the nominees for allowing themselves to be M60 Michael Vasey CLOK there were not enough claimants. Junior ageless class Associate: £20.00 (£16.50) put forward and congratulations to the three new directors. flashes (e.g. JW1) are now available, as well as all age Club: £40.00 (£33.00) W16 Abi Longhurst FVO Various British Orienteering awards were also flashes (from M/W 10 to M/W 75) W35 Jenny Hemming ERYRI That the British Orienteering Event Levies for Seniors and Juniors presented at the meeting: W40 Jane Ackland INT for 2009 will be as follows: Silva Award for Services to Orienteering - Pat Martin (NOR) Woven cloth badge £1.50 Club of the Year - South Ribble Orienteering Club (SRC) W45 Alice Bedwell BOK, Lindsey Knox RR Certificate £0.50 LEVY COSTS Equal 2nd Place for Club of the Year - W60 Carol Pearce CHIG Age (e.g. M60 or JW2) flash £0.50 Participation Rate 250 Higher Participation Rate Mar Orienteering Club (MAROC), South Yorkshire Orienteers (SYO), 75 Lower Participation Rate West Cumberland Orienteering Club (WCOC) Coach of the Year - This was awarded jointly to Alice Bedwell (BOK) criteria for approval, which states Levies £2.50 Higher Levy - for all participants and Mark Saunders (BOK) Wilfs tops the that vegetarian food should be over and up to higher rate Colin Spears (HOC), Chairman of the British Orienteering league for free of animal by-products and £1.50 Lower Levy - for all participants Map Group, presented this year’s mapping awards: use only free range eggs. over and up to lower rate Vegetarian Cooking Silva Trophy for Professional Cartography - Jonathan Musgrave (MAROC) Annette Pinner, Chief - Changes to the Articles of Association which commit clubs to the Bonington Trophy for Services to Mapping - Peter Jones (WRE) Executive of the Vegetarian published policies of the Federation. Best City/Sprint Map - Neil Northrop (SYO) Wilf’s at the Society, said: “I think it’s Scottish 6 Days very disappointing that For full details of the proposals, go to the AGM minutes which are Congratulations to all the winners and many thanks to all who attended of all the large venues available on the British Orienteering website/Downloads/About the AGM. we shortlisted, not one British Orienteering/Minutes. Laura Young could reassure us that Executive Officer it was completely safe for vegetarians to enjoy their meals. Wilf’s has succeeded in producing top quality food that meets with all The Vegetarian Society’s criteria, an achievement which currently eludes their bigger competitors.”

Wilf’s has scooped the top prize in Iain Williamson of Wilf’s said: “We The Vegetarian Society’s Awards are delighted to have ‘beaten for best provision for vegetarians the big guys’ to win this award. Early photographs and records of British Orienteering wanted! at a sports venue. Despite We’ve stuck to our guns in the competition from some of the belief that offering a predominantly Former British Orienteering Clive would like to hear from anyone who Orienteering’s meeting records being restored. UK’s top sporting clubs, Wilf’s, vegetarian menu at our outside Chairman Clive Allen is currently has their own collection of orienteering Anyone who tried to respond to the request which specialises in catering events provides excellent energy photographs from the 60’s and 70’s which printed in the last CompassSport is asked to for outdoor events such as giving properties. Our veggie chilli undertaking some research into might be of wider interest. Orienteers who make contact again, as an electronic gremlin orienteering, mountain biking and is our biggest seller, and all our various aspects of the history of have collected sets of British Orienteering prevented any messages sent at that time adventure racing, was the only food is made using veggie-friendly Oienteering in Britain, prior to a Council or committee minutes from earlier from getting through. company able to prove its catering ingredients such as free range days are also invited to contact Clive. In due was totally veggie-friendly. eggs and vegetarian cheese.” book being written in connection course he will make arrangements to borrow Please write to Clive at with the 50th anniversary of the and copy items of sufficient interest to be [email protected] or by Five out of the six venues Congratulations to considered for inclusion in the book or which letter to National Office. British Orienteering Federation shortlisted for The Vegetarian Wilfs from everybody at in 2017. will contribute to a complete set of British Society’s sports catering award couldn’t comply with the Society’s British Orienteering

24 Orienteering Focus - Summer 2008 More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3) 25 National Office: British Orienteering 8a Stancliffe House, Whitworth Road, Darley Dale, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 2HJ Office hours: Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm Tel: 01629 734042 Fax: 01629 733769 Contacts e-mail: [email protected]

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