Orienteering England

In the 2011 Senior Home International last weekend (22-23 October) after a fine English team performance to tie the individual day, Scotland dominated the relays and won overall.  The hosts, Wales, beat Ireland for third place.  The SHI report is here; the England team is here and the results are at this link.

The Team Manager’s report from the recent VHI held in Scotland may be found here.

The summary results and Team Manager’s report from the recent Ward Junior Home International can be found here.

The full, detailed results can be found on the NI Orienteering pages here.

The team for the 2011 Ward Junior Home International has just been announced and can be found here.

The minutes of the AGM held on May 14th 2011 are now available here.

The Annual General Meeting of the English Orienteering Council takes place on 14th May 2011 at Grenoside Community Centre, starting at 5:30pm. Full details can be found here.

The 2011 Senior Home International is to be held in South Wales on 22-23 October.  The England team will comprise 6 x Men, 6 x Women, 3 x M20 and 3 x W20.  The team will be selected using the results of the UK Cup races and Future Champions Cup races from 13 March to 22 May, the Midlands and Northern Championships, and other known form (till 1 July 2011).  ‘Sprint’ races will be accorded less importance.  Potential team members are advised to draw the selectors’ attention to results in other races they feel would contribute to the selection process.  If M20 or W20 competitors run in the Open class then their results will be taken into account on a mpk basis.  M35 or W35 competitors are encouraged to run Open if they seek selection nevertheless their results in class will be taken into account on a mpk basis.

Selections will be made and promulgated by 11 July 2011.

Selectors: Martin Ward (SYO/SPOOK), Lesley Ross (OD), John Rye (RMOC, Chairman)

The selection policy for juniors looking to compete in the Ward Junior Home International 2011 may be found here

The selection policy for the Veterans Home International 2011 can be found here.

The 2011 Interland match is to be held near Lübbecke in Germany on 6 March.

England has competed in this annual polyangular against two Belgian teams (Flemish and French speaking), the Dutch and the Nordrhein-Westfalische (NW Germany) team since 1995 and from last year the French Ligue Nord–Pas de Calais de course d’orientation (LNPCCO) team have joined the competition. We have managed to win each year but the margins recently have been close, especially last year. The competition will thus be a six-cornered match and the 42 person team spans age groups from W and M14 to W and M60+: basically the best one or two of the English in every class.

Bulletin 1 is here