Nopesport

British Internationals Scott Fraser and Claire Ward comfortably won at the Edinburgh City Race as the Big Weekend once again played host to the opening round of the Nopesport and Scottish Urban Orienteering Leagues.

A couple of weeks ago the Penrith Urban Race rounded off the 2011 Nopesport Urban Orienteering League, which started in Edinburgh and visited Glasgow, Filey, Nottingham, Lossiemouth, Guildford, Sheffield, Lincoln, Cambridge, Skipton, Chester en-route to deciding the overall standings in the Penrith Finale.

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Doug Tullie and Tessa Hill were crowned the King and Queen of the Forest last weekend as Wharncliffe Woods, near Sheffield, hosted over 1000 competitors at the British Orienteering Championships.

Hector Haines won an exciting JK Classic at Sieve Croob and with it the overall title as he destroyed the field with a two minute victory over Matt Crane. In the women's race Claire Ward was victorious after a poor middle distance, while Tessa Hill took the overall JK title with a strong second place on the day.

The 2011 JK started in exciting fashion today with a sprint at Stranmills College in Belfast, with Sarah Rollins and Pippa Archer sharing the spoils with joint 1st place, while in the men's race Matt Crane was a convincing winner ahead of Murray Strain and John Rocke.

We take a look at some of the top orienteering events taking place around the UK from April through to July, taking a look at events including the JK, British and Scottish Championships, WOC selection races and Harvester Relays, as well as some of the Nopesport Urban League races.

A secret elite reporter starts their season taking in all the thrills and spills of the British Night Championships last weekend.

The 2011 UK Cup series starts this weekend with the British Night Orienteering Championships, and now stretches through the major spring races into autumn taking in the Scottish 6 Days and London City Race before a mass start final in October.

Tessa Hill (HOC) and Jonathan Crickmore (SO) were the Open winners of this year's Brighton City Race which took place on Wednesday evening 15 December 2010. The Vet classes were won by Christine Robinson (SLOW) and Kenny Leitch (SO). Organiser Rob Lines gives us an overview of the organisation behind it, and their success in getting a large number of newcomers along.

A petition is underway in a bid to stop the Government selling off areas of Britain's nationally owned forest.

South Yorkshire and Forth Valley retained their Compass Sport Cup and Trophy respectively following the Compass Sport Cup final held at Burbage Moor on Sunday.

2010/2011 will be Cambridge University Orienteering Club's 40th anniversary year and they are looking to get in touch with former members.

When the going gets tough in Touch, the tough get going. Scott Fraser and Sarah Rollins won the middle distance races at Touch on Saturday, after strong showings through the latter stages of the course. The event proved to be a tough and technical season opener for the top class field, including most of the British squad as well as a number of top overseas runners.

British Universities Orienteering Tours are putting on a weekend for students to get together, train and have a lot of fun.