13 days to go!! Come and cheer for the swiss runners at ...

Bringing Back Lizzie

2nd place overall in Swedish League. Sounds good :) Goin...

Swiss Orienteering Team camp in Ticino was hard and hot!...

Last preparations for European Orienteering Championship...

Hope to see you soon ?

With full speed towards #EOC2018! The last training camp...

Made it to finish line in my first long distance since r...

Got into real training again after some easy days to rel...

Ready to race! At least in terms of footgear... ?

Laufen in der Gruppe macht immer mehr Spass: Gemeinsam d...

AGM 2018 Minutes

The minutes of the 2018 AGM held at Brereton and Ravenhill Parish Hall, Rugeley on Saturday 31st March 2018 are available from the link below: AGM 2018 Minutes
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WHEN TRAINING CAMPS GO WRONG (but the views are nice...)

It feels like ages now since my season start. If you read on, you’ll see why. But just last weekend was the JK. I had to wing it a bit, having so much work in the days beforehand. I told myself ...
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Sprint Scotland 2018 - 19th to 22nd July

Professionally organised sprint orienteering in the heart of Scotland - join us this year for 4 days of sprint orienteering.Read whole story...
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Norwich Urban Weekend - 14/15th April

Come and enjoy a run through the campus of the University and the historical medieval city of Norwich with courses that will physically and mentally challenge youRead whole story...
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JK 2018

The annual Jan Kjellstrom (JK) Orienteering Festival, the largest orienteering races in the UK, took place last weekend. These races form part of the selections for the GB team and are the first oppo ...
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THE LONGEST WINTER // START OF THE SPRING SEASON

Writing from the UK, I can say I’ve rarely been happier to run in a rain shower than yesterday evening. Returning to Stockholm after a great camp in Alicante was a shock to the system. I sort of ...
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Finding my feet

I haven’t done so much orienteering in the last year, so I’ve been aware of the need for a technical focus if I want to achieve my goals this year. I feel like orienteering traini ...
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B is for…

Bergen, Blue Skies and B Final. ——– Before all else, I have to say a massive thank you to the organisers, planners, helpers and anyone other associated with the Bergen Sp ...
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Interland 2018 – Report and Results

The results and a report on the Interland Cup match held in The Netherlands over the weekend of 10th/11th March can be viewed from the following links: Report | Individual Results | ...
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Spring Forward

After returning from an amazing training camp in the Catalonia region of Spain I was hoping that the weather would continue to improve in the UK, but The Beast from the East seems to have other ideas! ...
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WINTER TRAINING - BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

The first camp of the year didn’t work out exactly as planned. Actually, it didn’t work out at all. Instead of spending three weeks of adventure in the forest and mountains of Scotland, I ...
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SHI 2018 – Selection Policy

The selection policy for senior competitors for the 2018 Home International competition is now available from the following link: SHI 2018 – Selection Policy
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Interland 2018 – Final England Team

The Final England team for the Interland Cup 2018 can be viewed from the following link: Interland 2018 – Final England Team
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Stepping out of winter

It took me a while to find but, in the past couple of months, I finally found that familiar winter training groove. The early cross-country season was somewhat of a disappointment with little nagging ...
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Interland 2018 – Bulletin 2

Bulletin 2 for Interland 2018 is now available from the following link: Interland 2018 – Bulletin 2 (PDF format)
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Racing

At last weeks Armagh 5km, 94 men ran under 15 minutes. This astounding depth is part of the reason the race is one of the most talked about races on the early season calendar. I can attest that it is ...
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Scottish Spring 23rd-25th March

An action packed weekend with five high quality races including sprint, middle distance, classic and night orienteering. Brought to you by the Great Britain senior squad, SEDS, ScotJos, and our suppor ...
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Interland 2018 – England Team

The England team for the Interland Cup 2018 can be viewed from the following link: Interland 2018 – England Team
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Video – Guangdong Historical Road Orienteering Champion...

China, 2018: PWT and the Guangdong Historical Road Orienteering Championship would like to present the video from the events.
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JHI 2018 – Junior Selection Policy

The selection policy for junior competitors for the 2018 Home International competition is now available from the following link: JHI 2018 – Junior Selection Policy
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Metal/Mettle

Time to break a long silence. Too long maybe, but it was hard to write until now because every story needs an ending, every problem a solution. And I’ve been having problems. Or one problem, onl ...
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Race Yourself Fit

So my Christmas break is officially over, it’s time to stop eating 4000 calories a day and time to get back to work and the usual routine. I’m back in Sheffield ready to start the ...
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2017 in numbers

Training hours Total -> 543 hours 30 minutes 51 seconds -> 5559.8km (3454.7mi) -> 69662m gained Running -> 441 hours 25 minutes 42 seconds -> 5321.0km (3306.4mi) -& ...
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PWT sends seasons greetings

Dec 2017: PWT wishes all the orienteers all around the world happy holidays and a prosperous new year 2018!
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The Guangdong Historical Road Orienteering Championship was c...

Guangzhou, China, Dec 2017: The Guangdong Historical Road Orienteering Championship was concluded today with two quite different races that were ran in the Huangpu Ancient Port and Haizhu Wetland Park ...
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Guangdong WRE middle victories to Osterbo and Ramstein

Guangzhou, China, Dec 2017: The Guangdong Historical Road Orienteering Championship continued today with a middle distance WRE in the forests of Xiqiao Mountain in Foshan. The victories went to Norwa ...
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UK Elite Orienteering League Returns for 2018

The UK Elite Orienteering League is returning for 2018. Over 10 rounds from March to May athletes will battle through the most technical terrain to determine who is the best all-round orienteer in the ...
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Guangdong Historical Road Orienteering Championship - 1st eve...

Guangzhou, China, Dec 2017: The Guangdong Historical Road Orienteering Championship competitions started today with a sprint in the Yanzhou Island in Zhaoqing.
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VHI 2018 – Vets Selection Policy

The selection policy for veteran competitors for the 2018 Home International competition is now available from the following link: VHI 2018 – Vets Selection Policy
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JHI 2017 – Team Manager’s Report

The team manager’s report for JHI 2017, held in Wales on the 7th and 8th October 2017, plus links to the Individual and Relay results, can be viewed from the following link: JHI 2017 – ...
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PWT collaborating with 2017 Guangdong Historical Road Oriente...

Guangzhou, China, Dec 2017: PWT will be closely collaborating with Chinese orienteering family once again, as together with local officials, the 2017 Guangdong Historical Road Orienteering Championshi ...
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Interland 2018 – Junior Selection Policy (Confirmat...

The confirmed selection policy for Juniors for the 2018 Interland is now available from the following link: Interland 2018 – Junior Selection Policy (confirmation)
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Broken Silence

It’s been a long time since my last post, but I’ve found it hard to pick out enough words to say, at least positive ones anyway! The past few weeks have been a good opportunity for ...
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How To Be Good At Orienteering

Now, orienteering is rightly described as one of the most weird and unknown sports activities in the world. However, orienteering is gradually gaining traction, and people are beginning to key into it ...
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PWT China tour 2017 total points & official video

Beijing, China, Oct 2017: PWT, Beijing O Week and Learnjoy would like to present the official video of Beijing O Week & PWT China tour 2017 made by the Beijing O Week organizers. We also calculated th ...
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PWT China tour 2017 concluded with stage 5

Linqigu, China, Oct 2017: The fifth and final race of PWT China tour 2017 was run in the beautiful surroundings of Stavsjö Resort in Linqigu (Langfang region). Organized in accordance with the Ch ...
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PWT China tour 2017 stage 4

Beijing, China, Oct 2017: The PWT China tour 2017 continued today in Beijing with a sprint race (WRE) in the The Ruins of Yuanmingyuan park, the Old Summer Palace. The weather was truly pleasing the a ...
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Rome Orienteering – Day 3

Finally after 2 days in Rome’s outlying parkland came the main reason for the trip, an urban orienteering race in and around the old city of Rome. The finish start and assembly area were all adj ...
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Rome Orienteering – Day 2

Day 2 was in another large park in Rome – this time Villa Pamphilj , the weather a little warmer and this time slightly longer courses, planned as a middle distance race. As we had split start t ...
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PWT China tour 2017 stage 3

Beijing, China, 2017: The tour continued today under a beautiful sunny autumn weather with sprint distances taking place together with the Beijing Students Orienteering Championships. Thus, there were ...
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Rome 2017 – Day 1 – Sprint

We arrived in Rome on the train from Naples and it was a simple journey on the Metro up to Caffarella, a parkland. After handing over a Doctors Certificate (as is normal in France and Italy) buying a ...
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Off to Rome!

Holly and I are off to Italy on Monday to for a few days R&R and then 3 days of racing around Rome. The Sunday Urban is around the ancient centre! http://www.romeorimeeting.net/ for more detai ...
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LAST OF THE AUTUMN SEASON

I really have been tired this last week. After 25manna, the last serious race of the year, it suddenly all caught up. There’s a lot to recover from, not least because between the jet-setting I c ...
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WORLD CUP IN GRINDELWALD

Last weekend I ran at the final World Cup races of the year in Grindelwald, Switzerland. In summary I ran two okay races in the long and middle distances, they weren’t my best ever and both had ...
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BACK ON TOUR

I’m back! From a whirlwind racing tour that spanned four countries and two seasons. It feels like ages ago now that it all started by boarding the midweek Stockholm-Riga ferry to the World Cup, ...
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Downtime and into the new season

The World Orienteering Championships didn’t go to plan for me but getting injured before a big competition is nothing new. I hope that I have learnt something from this experience, but in t ...
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ON TO THE WORLD CUP

World Cup time again! It’s an odd one, six weeks after the World Championships. Have I been hard at work or on holiday? I’m certainly not as finely prepared as last time I took this road o ...
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World Games 2017 Sprint – Wroclaw

Randomly we found ourselves in Wroclaw for a couple of days at the same time as the World Games – completely unplanned! The World Games is full of sports that don’t quite have the worldwid ...
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AFTERWOC

I never really look beyond the World Champs until it’s happened, and especially this year I left options very open, i.e. there was no plan at all. But now when at last I’ve got some compe ...
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017

This year’s World Championships has been and gone and I’ve been a somewhat low key participant in southern Estonia. I raced twice with our relay teams, starting by running the opening leg ...
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