BKO Articles

OO Cup Report - Sweden, July 2022

The OOCup is a long-established 5-day international orienteering event held each year in Slovenia since 1991. However, it was held in France in 2021 and, this year, in Sweden. When asked why, they said they were ‘running out of new good areas in Slovenia’. We now have a report on how two BKO members coped in the complex Swedish terrain. See the Newsletter section, or click here.

3 Days of Belgium - Report

Interested members can now see a report on the recent 3 Days of Belgium orienteering event staged in the Ardennes region of Eastern Belgium. Use the 'Newsletter' tab to access the report.

BKO juniors 3rd in the national Yvette Baker Shield competition

Congratulations to the BKO Junior team who came third in the Yvette Baker Shield finals - the national inter-club junior competition where the smaller clubs compete for the Shield and larger clubs for the Trophy. This year the event was in a very complex area - Irchester country park. The woodlands are full of parallel ridges (old iron workings), some several metres high and with very steep sides.

Swiss 5 days report

The Swiss 5 Days is a new event. Our BKO international competitor Martin Wilson reports on the event and his experience of the courses (with maps).

BKO Juniors through the Yvette Baker heats

The BKO junior team are through to the final of the Yvette Baker national competition, following the heat at Hogmoor on the 14th May. Well done to everyone competing. At the final on the 3rd July at Irchester we will be defending the Shield (the prize for smaller clubs) which we won last year.

14 March 2022 - BKO Win our CompassSport Trophy Heat

Fantastic news that BKO won the CompassSport Trophy heat yesterday with a clear lead. When all the points were counted, the final results were the following: BKO 1282, SARUM 1254, SOC 1253, NWO 1201, BADO 1041. In the CompassSport Cup heat for larger clubs, staged at the same time, SN (2467) beat TVOC (2430). .... [click on title to read more]

13 March 2022 - BKO stage the regional CompassSport Cup heat

Rushall Woods was the venue for the regional heat for the 2022 CompassSport Cup and Trophy event. Full results are eagerly awaited. Check the 'results' tab to see them when they become available. In the meantime, photos taken at the event by David Jukes are now available in a Flickr album. See: BKO - CompassSport Cup Heat.

6 March 2022 - Congratulations to BKO runners at British Middle Championships

Many congratulations to Martin Wilson, winning M75 in the British Middle Championships held today at Rushmere Country Park, near Milton Keynes. Also top ten performances by Adam Methven (3rd on M18) and Elliot Vaughan (6th on M12). Great results on a challenging area packed with controls!

Looking forward to the Compass Sport Trophy heat hosted by BKO next Sunday and the British Long and Relay Championships at the end of the month.

30 January 2022: A Successful Concorde Chase Weekend

BKO have this weekend successfully staged two major national events - both part of the 2022 UK Orienteering League (UKOL). On Saturday we held an urban league event using the complex estates of Birch Hill and Great Hollands in Bracknell. Then today, Sunday, we staged our annual Concorde Chase event which attracted well over 550 competitors. This was staged on ... [Click on title to read more]

14 December 2021: Concorde Chase Weekend Gains UKOL 2022 Status

We are pleased to announce that the Concorde Chase Weekend urban and forest events have both been selected for inclusion in the 2022 UK Orienteering League (UKOL), further enhancing the quality of the weekend. We recommend that competitors avoid last-minute entry, some courses may now reach maximum numbers.

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