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Nopesport Urban League 2012 announced
The Nopesport Urban League 2012 fixtures have been announced, and we'll be returning to many firm urban orienteering favourites as well as a handful of potential new classics, as 14 races will offer the opportunity to find the best urban orienteers in the UK.
Edinburgh University Big Weekend 2012
Edinburgh University would like to invite you to their annual weekend of high class racing in the historic city, taking place on 21/22 January. The 2012 edition of the Big Weekend will include a city race on the Saturday, Ceilidh in the evening and Sosol on Arthur's Seat on Sunday.
Return of the Dragon's Back Race
This time next year competitors will be nearing the end of the legendary Dragon's Back Race, first and last held in 1992, traversing Wales from North to South along the "Dragon's Back". A 220 mile test of endurance and navigation is waiting for all those willing to take on one of the toughest mountain races in the world.
OMM France 2011 (Massif Jurassien)
Previously known as the Alpine KIMM or Euro KIMM, this event now forms part of the OMM Event Series. This year the event takes place in the Jura Mountains on the French/Swiss border on 3rd/4th September.
CUOC Cambridge City Race 2011
Entries for the second Cambridge City Race are now open, with access to many Cambridge Colleges already secured, it promises to be an exciting urban event.
The Harvester Approaches
With the UK relay league close, the largest entry field for 10 years, live GPS tracking, results and updates, the Harvester Relay promises to be possibly the most exciting event to hit Britain since the world slicing bread championships.
Scottish 6 Days News
There have been many updates and new content added to the website in the last few days.
Start times, programme, bib collection, merchandise, are just a few.
Harvester Relays
The Harverster Relay Weekend is now just under 3 weeks away. The current level of entries suggests that there will be plenty of competitive racing with the largest field for 10 years.
Cliffhanger Ultrasprint returns to Sheffield
July 3rd sees the running of the Ultrasprint at the Cliffhanger outdoor festival in Sheffield for the 5th time. South Yorkshire Outdoors will construct a specially designed labyrinth for the race. Enter by email now for your chance to win Inov8 prizes and free entry to the Sheffield Urban Race in September! The maze will be available for a come-and-try-it event for the rest of the weekend.
Ultimate OOcup test
The OOcup, one of Europe's most enjoyable and technical multiday orienteering events, has decided to introduce some new Ultimate classes, which will involve running on a map with no paths. So - contours, contours, contours, thousands of rocks and cliffs of all sizes and shapes, but no paths to help your relocation in the tough karst terrain.
British MBO Sprint and Middle Champs Go Bang
The British Mountain Bike Orienteering Sprint Championships on Sunday, this coming weekend, promises to be the most intensive orienteering experience on a bike ever in the UK, even toping that at MOD Stafford earlier this year.
Live GPS Tracking comes to Britain
Come to the Harvester Relay, hosted this year by Sheffield University, and experience a first in British Orienteering - Live GPS Tracking. The weekend of racing will be high quality with an unbeatable atmosphere.
JK Final Details
With just a week to go, final details for the JK International Orienteering Festival in Northern Ireland are now available.
British Middle & Sprint championships this weekend
The best of British orienteering will head south to Brighton this weekend for the British Sprint Championships at the University of Sussex on Saturday, with the British Middle Championships taking place on Sunday at Worth Lodge near Crawley.
British MTBO Sprint and Middle Distance Champs
Entries are now open for the British Sprint and Middle Distance Championships in Mountain Bike Orienteering.
MTBO on MOD Stafford
For the first round of the 2011 MTBO national league an exciting format new to the UK hits MOD Stafford in late February with a prologue followed by cloverleaf final.
Return of the SinS Campsite
Holiday orienteering really doesn’t get any better than this!
JK 2011 1st entry deadline extended
The first entry deadline for the Jan Kjellström International Orienteering Festival 2011, taking place around Belfast this Easter, has been extended to February 4, so you've got an extra week to get your entries in!
G-COM 2011 (Gran Canaria Orienteering Meeting)
3 days of top class orienteering under the Canarian sun, G-COM 11th-13th February.
Nopesport Urban League 2011
Details of the twelve counting races of the Nopesport Urban League 2011, the nationwide urban orienteering league, have finally been announced.
Scottish 6 Days 2011 update
Plans are progressing well for the Scottish 6 Days to host around 3500 competitors on world class orienteering terrain on the west coast of Scotland this coming August, with around 700 entries already received from Australia, USA and all over UK and Europe.
Two days WRE in Spain March 2011
12TH-13TH MARCH, 2011
INTERNATIONAL ORIENTEERING TROPHY “CIUDAD DE UTIEL”, VALENCIA, SPAIN
Vth ORIENTEERING PRIZE “COMUNITAT VALENCIANA”
TWO WORLD RANKING EVENTS IN SAME WEEKEND
INFO: http://www.orientacionutiel.es
Southern MTBO Series for 2011
A new series of Mountain Bike Orienteering events across the South of England will present a great opportunity to try the sport in 2011.
Celebrations ahead
The decade ahead will see the fiftieth anniversaries of a number of landmark happenings in the early days of British orienteering.
Edinburgh University Burns Weekend 22-23/1/11
Edinburgh University are proud to present their fourth annual weekend of quality orienteering and Burns celebration in Edinburgh.
Tayside 's Wild Connections
Tayside OC have linked up with Perthshire's Wild Connections Festival
A double double family affAIRE.
Steve Whitehead, son-in-law Oli Johnson, daughter Rosie Beavers and her husband Lee Beavers find a new area for orienteering.
2010 Peter Palmer Junior Team Relay
The 2010 Peter Palmer Junior Team Relay will take place on 4 and 5 September near Nottingham. The event flyer and entry form are available from www.baoc.org.uk. Entries close on Monday 30 August.
Purple Thistle 2010 - Entries close August 2
You've just got a few more days remaining to get your entries in for some top notch barebones orienteering on some of the best terrain in Scotland, taking place on 14/15 August at Balmacara near Kyle of Lochalsh.
Grampian Mountain Challenge
For all orienteers interested in Long-O and multi-day events Grampian Orienteers are organising a mountain marathon (solo or pairs) near Braemar on 13th and 14th November with part of the course in a forest on 1:10,000 scale maps.
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