 The
UK Cup events are Britain's premier orienteering
competitions and are chosen to challenge
a competitor's orienteering skills and fitness.
The series is held during the spring season
with races spread over the whole of the
UK. These events are a great chance for
you to test yourself against the very best.
Congratulations
to Ed Nash and Helen Winskill, winners of
the UK Cup 2004! Winskill won the
league with an impressive and unbeatable
6 wins giving her a 300 point total. Nash
wasn't far behind with a total of 290 points.
Fantasy
UK Cup for 2005! Support the British
Squad by taking part in the Fantasy UK Cup
fundraiser, organised by Graham Gristwood.
The British Orienteering Squad support fund
offers small grants to athletes with World
Class potential who come up with their own
plan for self-organised training camps.
To maintain the ability to help our athletes,
the BOS support fund is running the Fantasy
UK Cup 2005. Watch this space for more info.
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UK Cup News
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Rollins and Barrable come from behind
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The short race in particular claimed many casualties as a map error took around 80% off track very early in the course. Steve Palmer, back for his first UK Cup race of the season coped best with this time loss and ran a strong race to finish just ahead of a pack of 5, all split by only 13 seconds! Helen Winskill kept a cool head and managed to keep her mistakes small to take yet another victory.
Sunday's long race saw over 60% of the men's class caught out by the strange first control so packs formed early. Nick Barrable ran a confident race with few mistakes to take a 3 minute victory ahead of Allan Bogle. Similarly, Sarah Rollins got it right to win by 3 minutes over Jenny Whitehead. This was enough for Barrable and Rollins to take the overall victory for the weekend.
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New website for British Sprint and Middle, 15 Feb 2005
British Sprint & Middle Distance Events, 20 Jan 2005
Follow the UK Cup 2005 here, 09 Jan 2005
Rollins and Barrable come from behind, 05 May 2004
Hard won victories for Stevenson and Wootton in the JK, 13 Apr 2004
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