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General Links
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| BOF |
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The home of British Orienteering.
Includes regional and national fixtures and results. |
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| BOF
rankings |
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Listings of all BOF rankings
past and present. |
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| BSOA |
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The official site for schools
orienteering in Britain. Check out the details of the next British
Schools event. |
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| Compass
Sport Magazine |
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Britain's orienteering magazine. |
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| MTBO |
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Mountain Bike Orienteering. Everything
you need to know. |
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| National
Orienteering Centre |
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The centre for BOF training courses
etc. |
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| North
West Orienteering Association |
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Your gateway to north west clubs. |
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West Junior Squad |
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Find out the details of our regions
junior squad. |
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| Trail-O |
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Your guide to Trail-O, a new
side to our ever expanding sport. |
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| Rossendale
and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team |
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The people that look out for
us when accidents in the outdoors occur. A totally charity run
organisation. |
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| Attack
Point |
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Interesting site about training
and much more. |
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| Clayton
Le Moors Harriers |
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One of our neighbouring athletics
clubs. |
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| Orienteering
Control Symbols Test |
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Flagged up by one of our club
members, an interactive way of learning your international control
descriptions symbols. Very effective. |
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Traders
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| Compass
Point |
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The UK's first online orienteering
shop |
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| Ultrasport |
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Ultrasport has kitted the UK
orienteer for many decades. |
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| Wilfs |
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Wilfs, providers of orienteering
fuel in the yummiest form. |
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Mapping Agencies
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| Harveys |
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One of the UK's mapping organizations.
Sellers of good orienteering teaching products |
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Stirling
Surveys
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Orienteering mapping services
and much more. |
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| Multimap |
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Online maps to anywhere. Exactly
what it says on the can. |
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| Ordnance
Survey |
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The governement funded mapping
agency. Check out the useful Get-a-map function |
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Orienteering Events
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| OMM |
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Was the KIMM, now it's the OMM.
Original Mountain Marathon is the ultimate test of fitness and
navigation skills and is at the forefront of the adventure racing
scene. This years event is held in Galloway Forest in Scotland. |
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| Scottish
6-Day |
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An international event held in
Scotland each year over 6 competitive days. Next event is in
Spey 2007 |
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| JK |
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Jan Kjellström
was a Swedish pioneer of our sport and this event is named after
him. It has been attended by PFO orienteers for the last two
years. The 2007 event is in the Forest of Dean. |
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| The
Capricorn |
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The PFO flagship event, a two
day mountain orienteering competition. The 2006 event was held
at Kingsdale, the valley to the west of Whernside, the popular
mountain in the Yorkshire Dales. |
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Webmasters Choice
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| The
Fell Running Association |
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Many fell runners are good orienteers
and vice versa. For this one, ditch the map and embark on the
ultimate fitness test. |
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| The
Mary Townley Loop |
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A 47 mile circular bridleway.
Goes from Waterfoot, to Crown Point, Holme Chapel, Hurstwood,
Gorple, Jack Bridge, Hebden Bridge, Summit, Watergrove, Whitworth
and back to Waterfoot over Rooley Moor Rd. See where you can
get on two wheels. Split it up into sections unless your really
bike fit because there are some hills from hell. |
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| Runners
World |
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The fitness side to orienteering
is important so check out Runners World for events and tips. |
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| Cool
Running |
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Another interesting running website.
Check out the resources page, lots of pace calculators etc. |
| Duke
of Edinburgh Award |
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A great outdoor adventure and
much, much more. Check it out. |
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| Munro
Magic |
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For those who don't know a Munro
is a Scottish mountain reaching 3000ft or more. There are 284
mountains named after Sir Hugh Munro. After battle with a storm
in the Black Cuillin Range, I still haven't completed a Munro,
but... i'm working on it. |
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| BBC
5 Day Weather Forecast |
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Useful to know before setting
out. Will Cagoules be compulsory? Will I wear that t-shirt under
my O-top? Check the weather before setting out. |
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| Planet
Fear |
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The site for adventure racing
and rock climbing with a shop for outdoor gear. Also, purchase
maps from previous KIMM events. |
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| Sleep
Monsters |
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The worldwide home of adventure
racing and endurance events. |
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| Sports
Coach |
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This site has practically everything
an athlete could want to know regarding training, nutrition,
coaching, sport scienceand injuries. |
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