CompassSport Magazine

25/06/2024

After an intense working month in the CompassSport Offices, JUN24 (Vol.45/3) and the 40th WOC Souvenir Programme were sent to our printers &G in South Wales late last Friday Night.
Current subscribers will get the World Orienteering Championships Souvenir Programme for 'free' as part of their subscription if they are on the current mailing list which will go to the printers in a few hours. Otherwise it costs £6.

Extra copies and non-subscribers can order their copy via the following Sientries link for 'WOC extra services' https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=13816 - deadline 5th July.
Non-subscribers not going to WOC who would like a Programme should contact 'Nick (at) CompassSport.co.uk' for organising postage and payment.

The WOC Programme contains: timetable and location info for each day during the week, detailed profiles of the top 10 ranked male and female athletes coming to WOC, profiles of the GBR Sprint Squad (final selections still to be made) - all have spaces to get athletes autographs, a wealth of pages of statistics and analysis including our own in-house professional statistician who has worked out what the advantage is of a home Sprint WOC to home athletes, a map quiz on past Sprint WOCs, copies of existing maps of race areas, past Jury cases and rulings at previous WOCs, Wall of Volunteer Fame - with 437 names on it, Knock-Out Sprint results table, 'A Day in the Life of an athlete at WOC' article by WOC Sprint Bronze Alice Leake and various relevant, choice major event adverts for upcoming O fun! It is something you will want to keep for sure!

As for the CompassSport Magazine JUN24 we have coverage of British Championships in Long, Forest Relays, Middles, STAG - St Andrew's Orienteering Club of Glasgow CRET weekend, Antwerp Sprint Orienteering Meeting, Orienteering Foundation supporting JROS article, Scarborough accessible course by Eborienteers, Safety Spotleight #16, O-Myths #11, Planning and Physical difficulty, Know Your Clas Leader profiles of a Saxons Orienteering Club and Airienteers members, Distraction to Discipline pt.3 by Rachel Collins Wellbeing, Silvanus of getting the flags in the right place, Competitions and more!

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30/04/2024

Issue 2 (Vol.45 - APR24) is now at the printers and will arrive early next week. It contains coverage of Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering 2024, 3rd Cyprus International Orienteering Festival, the start of our 'Who are all the 21s?' column with a Harlequins Orienteering member, O-Myths #10, Ex-GBR Elites abroad #21: Helen Palmer, Emily Benham MTBOer retires, more Borrego Maps from San Diego Orienteering in the USA, Lagan Valley Orienteers approach club activities in a new way with the helpd from the Orienteering Foundation, BIG 5 Orienteering Week, Silvanus, Barkley Marathons 2024, Orienteers making the Paris Olympics, BUCS, Interland 2024, GBR Squad news and more.
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Photo by Jean Robson of the Dumfries Camera Club at the Scottish Night Champs in Dumfries.

23/04/2024

Happy Tuesday! :-)

14/04/2024

The British Orienteering Relay Championships is just about to start. Can last year's winners OD win again. The same line up as last year and all 3 in the top 6 yesterday on M21e. This the the 'before' shot...

13/04/2024

Peter Molloy FVO/CUOC together with BOF President Steve Cram showing off his mud at the British Long Championships at Mulgrave Woods, near Whitby.

20/03/2024

The 3rd Cyprus International Orienteering Festival took place last week from 13th - 17th March based on the southern coast near Limassol at the Hylatio Tourist Village. Of the over 350 participants, 78 were from the UK. Day 1 was at Pikni Forest north of Paphos and PARIS J ANDREOU was there to take the photos.
Below are a selection of the Brits taken by PJA.

27/02/2024

Vol. 45/1 (FEB24) is now at the printers. Subscribers can look forward to reading about the British Night Champs in the Lakes hosted by West Cumberland Orienteering Club, Madeira Orienteering Festival, The Winning Formula: from Distraction to Discipline by Meadow Wellbeing, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park orienteering hosted by San Diego Orienteering, the 2023 CompassSport Newsletter Awards, O-Myths, 13th Brighton City Race by Southdowns Orienteers featuring a Royal Air Force Orienteering Club M50 winning men's Open with his O cunning, Mountain Marathon Review 2024 events calendar, Silvanus column, Competitions including the Photo-O solution and announcement of the winner - who wins his Croeso race entry, Safety Spotlight, Lakeland Orienteering Club RDO success, Know Your Class Leader features a POTOC Potteries Orienteering Club member and a South London Orienteers member, and more.
A shout out to some of our advertisers: Peel Land Surveys, World Orienteering Championships Spectator Races, Questars Adventure Races, Irish Orienteering Championships 2024, Antwerp Sprint Orienteering Meeting, Mourne Mountain Marathon 2024, Lakes Climber, 2024 Australian Orienteering Championships, Fabian4 Online Entry Service, , WMOC 2024, Orienteering USA Masters by Orienteering Cincinnati and Nationals Weekend hosted by Delaware Valley Orienteering Association (DVOA) and more

07/02/2024

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07/12/2023

The last issue of 2023 went to the printers this morning. It's bumper 64 pager of O delight. The cover is by Will Heap Photography from the JIRCs hosted by Swansea Bay Orienteering Club in southern Wales. The issue contains coverage of the 54th OMM , European Orienteering Championships 2023 , JWOC 2023 Baia Mare - România , CompassSport Cup final hosted by Bristol Orienteering Klub , the 2024 foreign Multiday events calendar, Know Your Class Leader featuring orienteers from Saxons Orienteering Club and Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club, PPJRs, an amazing double page cartoon by our resident cartoonist, and oodles more.
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20/11/2023

39th CompassSport Cup Final 2023

The 2023 CompassSport Cup Final took place on Sunday 19th November 2023, in the Forest of Dean organised by Bristol Orienteering Klub in very challenging wet and muddy conditions after heavy overnight rain and two very wet previous weeks, but excellent organisation and good technical courses which kept competitors off the paths for much of time made for a great day of orienteering for getting on 900 competitors.
It was really good to see clubs embracing the weekend for a club gathering, either travelling down by coach or making a weekend trip and taking in the nearby North Gloucestershire Orienteering Club event on the Saturday, notably Northern Navigators Orienteering Club and Pendle Forest Orienteers Page who report 40% of their club competed.
Eleven clubs competed in the Cup competition with South Yorkshire Orienteers retaining their crown. Forth Valley Orienteers were in second place and hosts Bristol OK third. Both South Yorkshire and Forth Valley had six and seven Juniors respectively in their scoring teams showing the great value of Junior development in those clubs.
Twelve clubs competed in the Trophy competition, which was won by Swansea Bay Orienteering Club by a margin of only one point from previous holders Interlopers Orienteering Club - Edinburgh. Wimborne-Orienteers were in third place.
The Golden Boot winners for the fastest split from the last control to the Finish were Louise Adams from Interlopers and Dylan Jenkinson from South Yorkshire.

Cup Scores
1st SYO 2419
2nd FVO 2345
3rd BOK 2291
4th OD 2149
5th SN 2059
6th SLOW 2010
7th WCOC 1980
8th HOC 1963
9th SROC 1952
10th NGOC 1943
11th WAOC 1814

Trophy Scores
1st SBOC 1281
2nd INT 1280
3rd WIM 1231
4th ERYRI 1193
5th SAX 1185
6th SARUM 1182
7th NN 1181
8th LEI 1122
9th PFO 1119
10th NOR 1024
11th WRE 988
12th SELOC 686

Results and Routegadget can be viewed @ https://www.bristolorienteering.org.uk/results/compasssport-cup-final-new-beechenhurst-12th-nov-2023

The 2024 qualifying rounds are on Sunday 18 February 2024. An invitation to take part has been sent to club captains. Contact csportcupcoordinator (at) btinternet.com for entry information if required. The events are at Helsington Burrows - Kendal, Esher Common -Esher, Gilling - Helmsley, Cannock Chase - Cannock, Birnam Hill - Birnam, Bere Wood - Bere Regis and King’s Forest - Bury St Edmunds

The 2024 final is back in its normal October slot. It will be hosted on Sunday 20th October by Pendle Forest Orienteers.

Written by Peter Guillaume SYO - CSC Coordinator

17/11/2023

Some readers are having issues reaching Prof. Kez Latham's survey on Vision in Orienteers over 40s. Try using this link here: https://aruspsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1RnXlze2Czkg2qi
The more Orienteers who can complete it, the more useful the results will be :-)
I think it will be live till the end of the year.
Later in 2024 we will report on the findings of Kez Latham in CompassSport Magazine of course.

Orienteering is an unusual sport in that it requires clarity of distance vision to navigate the terrain, and of near vision to read the map. Presbyopia affects everyone over 45 years, requiring different vision corrections for distance and near vision. What vision correction(s) do presbyopic oriente...

06/11/2023

Issue 5, Volume. 44 (aka OCT23) went to our printers Stephens & George Print Group in South Wales this morning. It should arrive on doormats in the UK in 7 days. The cover by Jiří Czech celebrates Ralph Street's World Cup Sprint Gold this summer at Orienteering World Cup Czechia Round 2. The last GBR World Cup win was 2015 by Cat Taylor in Arosa, SUI.
The issue includes coverage of the 32nd WMOC 2023 - Slovakia, 4th Lapland O Week, Euromeeting 2023 in Dunblane/Stirling hosted by Forth Valley Orienteers, a warm-up event for World Orienteering Championships 2024 Scotland.
We have the CompassSport Individual, Club and Regional Rankings, back after a Covid break - age and gender adjusted - and the winner might be a surprise for some - clue: its someone from a NWOA club but not the past winner who you think!
Informal Events column is a super exciting CluedO format, Know Your Class Leader contains a Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club member and a Southern Navigators Orienteering Club member.
This year's Photo-O is included with your chance to win your entry to Croeso 2024 in South Wales!
And of course, there is much more with the other usual columns and features.
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06/11/2023

11/10/2023

Issue 4 will be posted on Monday (16th) from our printers in South Wales - a week late as they were busy! Cover girl is Grace Molloy Forth Valley Orienteers in action at the World Orienteering Championships in Switzerland this summer. (Photo by IOF - Rémy Steinegger). Article inside on this week and World Trail Orienteering Championships 2023 in Czech, BOC Mixed Sprint Relays hosted by LOK London Orienteering Klubb at Brunel University, Harrogate Urban Event hosted by Claro Orienteering, Jukola Relay in Finland, 2023 Omm Festival & Grasmere Gallop, Lagganlia summer junior tour, EYOC 2023, 1st Martin Hyman Memorial Fell Run and much more....
A shout out of thanks to some of our advertisers: Oceania Orienteering NZ, Cyprus International Orienteering Festival, Nicosia City Race, Irish Orienteering Championships, Silva - and their new FREE Headlamp, Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering 2024, 10th G-Com 2023 in Gran Canaria by Orientación Canarias this December, Peel Land Surveys, and others.
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04/10/2023

Megan CARTER-DAVIES finishes in 13th, better than 17th from 2 years ago, but she was expecting more being reigning World Champion. It was a simple race and even small mistakes were costly. Out of #12 she made a 90 degree error which was costly.

04/10/2023

Ralph Street takes a 4th= on the streets of Verona in the European Orienteering Championships today, equalling Scott Fraser's position from Ventspils, LAT 2008. (Jamie Stevenson remains Best GBR EOC Sprinter with Silver from 2006 in Otepää, EST. Kris Jones (not at EOC this year) has a Bronze from Tessin, SUI 2018).
Ralph now moves into 6th in the World Cup overall.
Other Brits: Nathan Lawson 20th=, Peter Hodkinson 32nd and Jonathan Crickmore 41st.
Next up - the women's race where only 1 of the 7 Brits qualified, and that was Megan CARTER-DAVIES World Champion, who won her heat.)
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04/10/2023

Fancy some autumn sunshine? Head south to www.facebook.com/NicosiaCityRace 2023! 18th - 19th November in Cyprus!

A super fun orienteering event in the old city of Nicosia, Cyprus

02/10/2023

England - Scotland - Wales - Ireland was the order of the results from the Veteran Home Internationals this weekend, hosted by North Gloucestershire Orienteering Club at the Caddihoe Chase Weekend. John Rye Co-ordinated like in 2014! Some photos from the Relays on the Sunday.

06/07/2023

Vol.44, Issue 3 (aka JUN23) will be posted on Monday10th July from our printers S&G in southern Wales. It's another cracker with comprehensive coverage of Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering 2023 in the Lakes, British Sprints & Middles & TrailO in Northern Ireland hosted by Northern Ireland Orienteering, 10MILA 2023 in Skelleftea, Sweden and the Swedish Sprint Champs in which one Bristol Orienteering Klub Junior shone on M21E, Orienteering in Georgia (the country), Plant based diets for Orienteers, Electric Vehicles and Orienteering, O-Mistakes, O-Myths, in Competitions you can win entries to orienteer in the Canary Islands, Silvanus column, Ex-GBR elites abroad #20, and much more.
Shout out to some of our advertisers: Silva, ORIENTACTION - Orienteering in Cyprus, Cyprus International Orienteering Festival, Gdańsk & Sopot City Race, South London Orienteers 2023 City Race weekend with help from Dartford Orienteers and LOK London Orienteering Klubb, Mourne Mountain Marathon 2023, BIG 5 Orienteering Week, ldmt - lake district mountain trial, European Orienteering Championships 2023 in northern Italy - Follow the Sun! Races for all!
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11/05/2023

Vol. 44 / Issue 2 has started arriving on UK doormats. Cover girl from Cleveland Orienteering Klub is on her way to winning the Mixed AdHoc class at the British Relays at Thames Valley Orienteering Club's Hambleden - seen here at the start kite. Contents includes coverage of BOC Long & Relays, British Nights at Moors Valley hosted by Wimborne-Orienteers, Autism and O, GBR Squad News and 2022 World Cup Final standings, Know Your Class Leader features athletes from Octavian Droobers Orienteering Club and Devon Orienteering Club, O-Myths, O-Mistakes, Silvanus columns, Competitions, Fixtures, Classifieds, Junior RC #5 section featuring Interland 2023 and Englands crushing defeat at Kattenbos in Belgium, along with profiles of Juniors from Southern Navigators Orienteering Club and Southdowns Orienteers, Postbag, News in Brief, and more....
A shout out to some advertisers! Swiss Orienteering Week, Silva, Cyprus International Orienteering Festival 3rd CIOF is 13th-17th March 2024, European Rogaining Championships 2023, Setanta Orienteers Rogaine Ireland, Mourne Mountain Marathon, Scottish 6 Days Orienteering, Scottish Orienteering Championships 2023, European Orienteering Championships 2023.

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22/02/2023

VOL.44/1 - FEB23 will be on your doormat at the end of the week. It contains our Mountain Marathon Review Events Calendar for 2023, coverage of the 1st Mauritius 3 days, the 9th Stockholm Indoor Cup (SIC), the making of OMM Mountain Marathon, scoring 2.7 million points in Turf, 12th Brighton City Race by Southdowns Orienteers, Know your Class Leader featuring an East Pennine Orienteering Club runner and a Solway Orienteers runner, CompassSport Magazine Newsletter Awards for 2022, O-Myths, O Mistakes, Silvanus columns and much more.
Photo by Rob Lines SO from Ashdown Forest SE Long Distance Champs.
A shout out to some of our advertisers: WMOC 2023 - Slovakia, Scottish 6 Days Orienteering, European Orienteering Championships 2023, PWT Park World Tour Italy Orienteering.it, Silva, BIG 5 Orienteering Week, Emerald Isle Orienteering Festival 2023, Irish Orienteering Championships, O-Ringen 2023, Mourne Mountain Marathon 2023, Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering, Swiss Orienteering Week, Setanta Rogaine Ireland 2023.
Have a great O filled 2023!

19/01/2023

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of Rachel Majumdar and Tom Chesters being taken from us in a Scottish avalanche.
A reminder to us all to live life to the full while we still can.

17/12/2022

The December Issue (Vol.43/6) was posted yesterday. Delivery may take some time due to the strikes, but it will be very much worth the wait. 64 pages of O delight, including our famous Foreign Multiday events calendar.
Cover image is of a strong Bristol Orienteering Klub runner by Agata Masiulaniec from the CRET Final at the Gdańsk City Race (Race in Sopot next year!).
Inside you can also read about JWOC 2022 Portugal, World University Orienteering Championships, JIRCs, JEC, JHIs, SHIs, VHIs, the 53rd OMM, O-Myths, O-Mistakes, World Senior and Masters MTBO, ETOC 2022, WTOC 2022, British Schools Orienteering Championships, GBR Squad News, Countdown to World Orienteering Championships 2024 Scotland, Know your class leader has an Auld Reekie Orienteering Society member and a East Pennine Orienteering Club member in it, review of the latest inov-8 All Terrain Running Roclite masterpiece, and much more.
Shout out and many thanks to some of our great advertisers this issue: Silva, BIG 5 Orienteering Week, Scottish 6 Days Orienteering, European Orienteering Championships 2022, Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering, 5 Days of Italy - Orienteering, Setanta Orienteers Rogaine Ireland, WMOC 2023 - Slovakia, California Orienteering Festival 2023, Swiss O Week 2023, Harvey Maps, Emerald Isle Orienteering Festival 2023, Irish Orienteering Championships. Go run these races!
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21/11/2022

Vol. 43/5 (aka OCT22) issue will hit your doormat any day now. The contents is a mixture of Orienteering delight. Read about the 67th Lake District Mountain Trial, 31st Wmoc2022 Italy, 2nd Coast & Islands in Scotland, Uslar 5 Days in Germany, Photo-O competition to win your entry to the Scottish 6 Days Orienteering, CompassSport Cup Final 2022 hosted by Forth Valley Orienteers and won by South Yorkshire Orienteers & Interlopers Orienteering Club - Edinburgh. Know your Class Leader is back with a FVO member and a Deeside Orienteering Club member! We hear about the Czech Junior Summer O tour and some interesting coastal Canoe-O in the Lakes. We have a couple of new columns: O Myths and O-Mistakes. And lots more!
A shout out to some of our invaluable sponsors: BIG 5 Orienteering Week, Irish Orienteering Championships, 5 Days of Italy - Orienteering, Moray 2023, WMOC 2023 - Slovakia, Harvey Maps, Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering 2023, California Orienteering Festival 2023, Silva, Orientación Canarias's G-Com 2023, amongst others.
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20/10/2022

Issue 4 (Vol. 43 - aka AUG22) is at the printers and will arrive next week. It's a collectors item! Complete with pull out A2 Poster from World Orienteering Championships 2022, it has full coverage of GBRs record breaking week in Denmark. You can also read about Eyoc2022, Tiomila 2022, Electric Vehicles and the Orienteer, Sprint Race fairness, Indoor-O in IKEA at O-Ringen 2022, and a comparison with Uppsala 1980 in Silvanus's column! Deeside summer Junior Tour, Dorset Junior Alliance and much more!
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Thanks as usual and a shout out to our advertisers: G-Com 2022 in Gran Canaria by Orientación Canarias this December, Silva, Gdańsk City Race and other fun Polish races in Northern Poland, BNOC 2022 by Wimborne-Orienteers, 5 Days of Italy - Orienteering, Fabian4 Online Entry Service, , Peel Land Surveys, weston insurance, Formline online O shop, , Leisure Maps, Condes - software for course planning, Harvey Maps, Holloway Books, Nature Works Wonders, Australian Orienteer, OCAD AG, BIG 5 Orienteering Week.

02/10/2022

The start of the Woman-Man-Woman class at this year's Veteran Home International in Wales. A nice sunny day. England are 6 points up on Scotland. Ireland have a 2 point lead over Wales.

29/08/2022

WOC Sprint 2022 coverage of the record breaking British successes in the latest Swedish "Orienteraren" focuses on coach Emil Wingstedt.

09/08/2022

The dates for the 6th Big 5O in South Africa have been released!

Here are the dates for the Big-5 O-Week. It will be in the Plettenberg Bay area at the end of next year. You can mix your orienteering with the beach, forest, mountains and wildlife.

There will be five brand new maps never before used for orienteering! So save the dates now and start planning!

20/07/2022

Team GBR were in action today in some roasting sunshine at the World Trail Orienteering Championships 2022 near Jelenia Gora, Poland.
The P class came 6th making the podium. The Open class finished 17th.
TempO event tomorrow on Thursday 21st July. Live results can be followed.
Www.wtoc2021.pl

14/07/2022

Today's 3 GBR medallists from the World Masters Middle Final in Foresta Umbra, Puglia, Italy 2022. Alison Simmons SILVER W65 Bristol Orienteering Klub, Sarah Rollins Southern Navigators Orienteering Club W45 BRONZE & Graham Patten WARROC M60.