BKO Articles

21 April 2018: Event Cancelled - Rushall Woods

Unfortunately, the field that we use for car parking at Rushall is waterlogged. Following discussions with the landowner, we have agreed that it will not be possible to use it even if next week is dry. ....

3 April 2018 - Summer Training - New Schedule for 2018

Now that summer's here, it's time to get out and enjoy the lighter evenings. Evening training activities are a chance for you to  practice your orienteering skills and techniques. They also provide a good opportunity to meet up with other club members. ....

2 April 2018: JK 2018 - Day 4 - Relays

There was mud, slush and rain. The temperature was 2 degrees. There were 18 BKO competitors in 6 teams. They were all champions for coping with the conditions. They will all be able to say 'I competed in the JK2018 Relays!' It was fantastic that today’s Relays at the JK International Festival of Orienteering went ahead on time this morning .....

1 April 2018: JK 2018 - Day 3 - Long

The outstanding BKO result from today's third day of the JK International Festival of Orienteering has to be Ian Cooper's superb run on the M75 Long course. Held in difficult conditions with wet tracks and marshy ground on Cannock Chase, .....

31 March 2018: JK 2018 - Day 2 - Middle

Today's report of BKO members from the JK International Orienteering Festival in the West Midlands is unfortunately not as positive as yesterday's. The 'Middle' event was held at Brereton Spurs - a small wooded area near Rugeley. .....

30 March 2018: JK 2018 - Day 1 - Sprint

It has been Day 1 of this year's JK International Festival of Orienteering being staged by the West Midlands Orienteering Association. The Festival weekend starts with a 'Sprint' event which this year was staged on the M.O.D. Stafford campus. BKO was delighted to have two medallists - ....

16 March 2018: March 2018 Newsletter

The March 2018 issue of the Berkshire Orienteers Newsletter is in the post today for members receiving a printed copy. Those members receiving a pdf version should check their e-mail inbox - copies were sent out last night.  Non-members can see all the previous issues of the award-winning newsletter on the main BKO website - the January 2018 issue has just been uploaded to the site. Just click on the ‘Newsletters’ tab to see the complete listing of available issues.

11 March 2018: CompassSport Cup Heat – The Result

We knew we were in a tough heat. Not only were we up against the two main clubs in the South Central region (TVOC and SOC) but with the heat being staged in the South East, we were also competing against strong teams from their large clubs – HH, SO, SN and SLOW. ....

8 March 2018: CompassSport Cup Heat

This Sunday, 11th March, there will a large group of club members competing in the first round heats of the CompassSport Cup competition. This is the annual inter-club competition consisting of regional heats in the spring and a national final in the autumn. ....

2 March 2018: Burghfield event cancelled

We have decided to cancel our event at Burghfield given the current weather conditions

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