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 Fleetville Junior School dominated the Hertfordshire Youth League 2008/2009 and came away with both major trophies. They came first in the overall competition, as well as winning the Maureen Webster Memorial Trophy for the school with the most competitors taking part over the five races.
Ellie Clark and Shauna Lils finished first and second on the Girls' Yellow Course, and Michael Woodford and James Errington finished first and second on the Boys' Yellow Course. There were also top 10 places for Emily Webster, Lily Kattenhorn-Black, Lydia Grinsted, Hannah Clark, James O'Higgins, Matthew Exact, Benj Parikh and Peter Errington. Full results are on the HH website, along with pictures from the last event of the season at Cassiobury Park, Watford. |
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 Two months ago Helen decided to organise a Fleetville Junior School team for the British Schools Orienteering Championships. Since then they have been to events in places like Epping Forest, Verulamium, Rothamsted and High Wycombe, as well as having a coaching day in Highfield Park during half term.
Yesterday the team of 16 put in a fantastic performance and came away with three medals: third school in Girls Year 5, second school in Boys Year 6, and third place in the overall Primary Schools competition. Some more photos here. |
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After the popularity of the Maprunner Guide to IOF Control Descriptions, you can now download three more items to help with your orienteering. These are guides to orienteering map symbols. Click on the images to see a full-size version. The files are jpg images that are designed for printing at A4 size. If you are having trouble then try right clicking and select "Save Link As...." to copy the file to your computer first. The ISOM 2000 Map Symbols are those used for normal orienteering maps, generally at 1:10,000 or 1:15,000. The BOF School Map Symbols are those used for school orienteering maps in Great Britain. The ISSOM 2007 Map Symbols are those used for sprint orienteering maps at 1:5,000 or 1:4,000. Please feel free to distribute these files unchanged or print them out for non-commercial use. Please contact me to discuss any other usage. |
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A list of the top ten ways of getting round your course faster than everybody else and running off with the prize every time. (Reproduced from Pacemaker 94, January 2005) |
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A list of the all-time top ten mistakes to watch out for that even the experts still make from time to time. If you haven't done some of these yet then it's only a question of time. (Reproduced from Pacemaker 93, September 2004) |
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So you’ve done a few events around Hertfordshire, and you’re ready to venture a bit further. Here is the “not to be missed” list to aim for. (Reproduced from Pacemaker 97, January 2006) |
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Just some of the things that went on behind the scenes at the World Cup races in 2005. (Reproduced from Pacemaker 95, May 2005). |
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Simon Errington looks back over 25 years of orienteering and picks his top 10 technological advances since he took up the sport in 1977. (Reproduced from Pacemaker 92, May 2004) |
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The final details for the Queensland Championships 2005 included information about what to do if you encountered snakes on the course. Read on for further details of wildlife encounters from orienteering events around the world. (Reproduced from Pacemaker 96, September 2005)
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This is an article from Lokation 97 in September 1994. Three orienteers and a hanger-on somehow decided that the Moscow Ringworld, a 10-Day orienteering event, sounded like a good idea for a holiday. This involved a large boat sailing round the Moscow Canal and Volga River stopping each day for an O event and a bit of sightseeing. |
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(From an article I posted to the O-Net in December 1996.) John gives me an ideal opportunity to provide a tribute to Willie Rushton, who died recently. His book "Pigsticking, A Joy for Life" provides brief details of how to participate in nearly every sport imaginable, and includes a section on orienteering. I quote:
"...I thought it consisted solely of sprinting cross-country through the Pilgrim's Progress with only a despondent A-Z of Slough to bring you solace, a sport designed for clean-living militant Christians. |
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