British Schools Orienteering Championships 2010 T-shirts will be available to pre-order for this event.
T shirts will be red with a small navy logo on the left hand side.
Any profit will be used to continue BSOA’s support for both BSSC and BSOC.
The order form is here.

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9 September 2010 23:30  Details and entry form available for BSOC10
Details and entry form for the British Schools Orienteering Championships 2010 (Hertfordshire, 21st November) are now available here

4 July 2010 22:50  Details available for BSSC10
Details of the British Schools Score Championships 2010 (Blackburn, 9th October) are now available here

11 June 2010 23:40  ISF ORIENTEERING WORLD SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011
Italy recently announced that the 2011 Champs would be held at Primiero, Trentino from the 21st May 2011 to the 27th May 2011. As this is an important examination period in England we felt it would be appropriate to ask schools who had sought selection previously for their opinion.

The replies we received indicated that the majority of schools would be prepared to work around exams for the Junior Teams (1996 & 1997 birth year) were any of their pupils selected to represent England. However there was an overwhelming 'No' to the Senior Teams (1994 & 1995 birth year).

At the BSOA meeting on the 5th June 2010 after extensive discussion and with great reluctance it was decided that no Senior teams representing English Schools would be sent on this occasion.

The selection races will be held at the British Schools Orienteering Championships weekend, 20th /21st November. Providing that we have orienteers of a suitable calibre to select from those races, it is hoped that schools can be selected for both junior girls and boys teams and that also 'Select Teams' can selected at that time. All children taking part in these selection races must have the full permission of their Head to take part in the World Schools Orienteering Championships 2011 prior to the selection races.

21 April 2010 21:30  BSOA AGM 5th June
The Annual General Meeting of the British Schools Orienteering Association will be held on Saturday, 5th June 2010 from 1.15 pm to 3.30pm at: The Boundary, Lea Vale, Broadmeadows, South Normanton, Alfreton, Derbyshire DE55 3NA (west of Junction 28 of the M1).

Everyone with an interest in School's Orienteering is welcome. Please e-mail the eMail: secretary (at) bsoa.org before May 15th 2010 if you are planning to attend so that we have an idea of numbers for refreshments.

Melanie Elkington

22 November 2009 20:09  BSOC09 Results and Gallery
The BSOC09 Results are available here and the photo gallery is available here.

13 November 2009 23:59  BSOC09 Final Details
The Final Details have been published for BSOC09 and can be found on the event page.

25 October 2009 21:20  BSOC09 Entries and the possible Postal Strike - Entries received to date
For reassurance, the current list of entries received is shown on the event page.

20 October 2009 15:15  BSOC09 Pasta Party
More details of the Pasta Party are now available here

20 October 2009 15:15  BSOC09 Entries and the possible Postal Strike
British Schools Orienteering Championships 2009: Royal Mail Industrial Action.
In view of the possible industrial action, entries for the BSOC 2009 will be accepted electronically.
Pay on the weekend. Final details will be on the BSOA web site and sent out via email to those schools who have given an email address
Please send to John Crosby at eMail: bsoc2009entries (at) hotmail.co.uk

5 October 2009 11:15  Entry Lists BSSC09
Entry lists BSSC09 are now available here

4 August 2009 15:45  BSOC09 Pasta Party
The organisers are considering hosting a 'Pasta Party' on the Saturday evening if there is enough interest expressed. Please contact eMail: bsoc2009 (at) hotmail.co.uk if your school would want to attend.

23 July 2009 22:29  Details and Entry Form for BSOC09
Details and Entry form for BSOC09 weekend are now available here

16 July 2009 18:00  Details and Entry Forms for BSSC09
Details and Entry form for BSSC09 are now available here

22 April 2009 10:00  ISF World Schools Championships in Orienteering, Madrid 2009.
During the week of 14th-19th April teams from both England and Scotland participated.

The school teams were from Banchory Academy, Biggar High School, King Henry VIII and Ulverston Victoria High School. There was also a select team for each age group from England and one from Scotland.

On Thursday 16th the long distance race was held. Gold Medals were won by Rhona McMillan of Banchory Academy, Maxwell O'Hara of Ulverston and Florence Haines from the England select team. Silver was won by Jonathan Crickmore from the England Select Team. Bronze medals were won by Zoe Harding and Thomas Louth both from the England Select Team. Rona Lindsay of Scotland and Aidan Smith were just outside the medals in 4th place.

Henry VIII girls were placed 4th in the older girls. Banchory Girls were 3rd and Ulverston 4th in the younger girls. Ulverston boys were 7th in the older boys and 2nd in the younger boys. Biggar boys finished 9th.

In the select teams races England's older girls were in 2nd position and the younger girls were in 1st position. The older boys were in 2nd position and the younger boys in 1st. The Scottish select team of younger boys were in 6th position.

On Saturday 18th the Middle distance races took place. In the younger girls select race Florence Haines took another Gold Medal. Rona Lindsay of Scotland took Bronze in the same race. Lucy Butt was just outside the medals in 4th place. In the boys younger select race Jack Benham won a Silver Medal and Katrin Harding took Bronze in the Older girls select race.

World Schools Overall Results
OLDER BOYS: Ulverston 7th, England Select Bronze
OLDER GIRLS: King Henry VIII 4th, England Select Bronze
YOUNGER BOYS: Ulverston 5th, Biggar High School 10th, England Select Gold, Scotland Select 7th
YOUNGER GIRLS: Banchory Academy Bronze, Ulverston 4th, England Select Gold, Scotland Select 4th

25 November 2008 05:00  ISF 2009 Spain - Selections Announced
The selections for ISF World Schools Championships 2009 are available here.

24 November 2008 09:55  BSOC08 Lost Property
Lost Property
Long (1.5 m) black plastic case containing poles and a banner belonging to Kingswood School, Bath. Last seen next to the BSOA tent on Sunday at the time of the Prizegiving
Contact Bryce Gibson eMail: bsoc2008 (at) bko.org.uk or tel 01189 472 220 (not after 9pm please)

21 November 2008 19:30  BSOC08 Found Property / Maps / Medals / Prizes
Found Property
Saturday 15th November: spiderman hat • pair of gloves • control description holder (belonging to a W14) • light grey sweatshirt with the word dragon on the front.
Sunday 16th November: compass (not clip on) • blue top for age 14
Maps
There are some maps from Sunday that were not collected. If you want them returned to you give name/school/ address to contact below.
Medals And Prizes
If you did not receive your medal or prize on Sunday please give full details name/competitor number/school/reason to contact below

Contact Bryce Gibson eMail: bsoc2008 (at) bko.org.uk or tel 01189 472 220 (not after 9pm please)

18 November 2008 20:30  BSOC08 Gallery Fixed
The gallery now works correctly AFAICS. Sorry for the problems. Webmaster.

17 November 2008 21:30  BSOC08 Gallery Problems
I am now aware of the problems with reaching parts of the gallery. I've only just got back from the south, sorry. Will be fixed as soon as I can. Webmaster.

16 November 2008 22:55  BSOC08 Gallery Complete
Mega-gallery is now complete. There are 1016 photos available here.

16 November 2008 17:45  BSOC08 Gallery
Gallery is being created now. The first pictures are available here. More will appear during the next few hours. We have over a 1000 to process. As usual only the complete failures will be removed, because we know you like to see yourselves in focus or perhaps not.

16 November 2008 16:30  BSOC08 Results
Results are now available here.

15 November 2008 23:05  ISF09 Selection Race Results
Results for the ISF09 selection races can be found here together with splits here

31 October 2008 21:05  Final Details for BSOC08
Final Details for BSOC08 are now available here. These will be mailed in week commencing 3rd November to all the schools that have entered, along with competitor's start times for the SQE and BSOC, previous map of the BSOC area, and accommodation details for those who have booked.

12 October 2008 20:50  BSSC08 Route Gadget
Route Gadget is now available here.

11 October 2008 22:05  BSSC08 Gallery
More pictures added to the gallery available here.

11 October 2008 19:25  BSSC08 Gallery
The initial gallery is available here. There will be yet more pictures much later this evening.

11 October 2008 18:22  BSSC08 Results
Results are available from the event page.

6 October 2008 15:30  Final Details for BSSC08
Final Details and Sample Map for BSSC08 are now available here

6 October 2008 14:00  ISF 2009, Madrid, Spain 13-20 April - Team Coaches
The BSOA is the organiser for the England team to the above event and is looking for coaches to accompany a select team to the event Details and Application Form.

9 September 2008 12:10  BSOC08: Coaches and Mini-buses
Information about size and time restrictions for coaches and mini-buses are detailed here

1 September 2008 09:30  Entry Forms for BSOC08
The Entry forms for BSOC08 are now available here

24 June 2008 10:50  Initial Information for BSSC08
Initial information for BSSC08 is now available here

24 June 2008 10:40  Selection Criteria for ISF 2009, Spain
The selection criteria for next year's ISF in Spain are available here.

17 June 2008 17:10  Initial Information for BSOC08 weekend
Initial information for the BSOC08 weekend is now available here

6 June 2008 13:50  Embargoed Areas for BSOC08 weekend
Selection Race for the ISF World Schools Championships in 2009
Location: Windmill Hill, Frimley, Surrey
THIS AREA IS EMBARGOED to pupils wishing to compete in the Selection Races.

British Schools Orienteering Championships 2008,
Location: Hawley and Hornley, near Farnborough, Hampshire
THIS AREA IS EMBARGOED to pupils wishing to compete in the Championships.

29 April 2008 15:00  ISF 2008 Scotland - Overview of British Results
A full table of all the English, Scottish and Irish results is now available here. Thanks to the hosts, Scottish School Sport Federations and local clubs putting on such an excellent event. Full results and photographs can be seen on the event web site Although the event is normally biannual it is moving to 'odd' years and it has now been confirmed that it will be in Spain in 2009, selection criteria for the England team will be on the BSOA web site shortly.

28 April 2008 14:00  ISF 2008 Scotland - Summary from Bill Melville
More than 20 countries competed at last week's ISF World School Championships in Scotland and eleven of them left for home on Sunday with medals- including China's Zhan Xi Ying.

Swedish seniors Anna Segersson and Johanna Olsson both went home with triple gold winning both the long and middle distance events, Anna running in the schools section for Eskjo Gym. while Johanna was just as dominant in the select or individual entry event.

Both also helped their countries to both team gold medals.

And there were three golds - long, middle and team- too for English juniors Charlotte Watson and Jonathon Crickmore in their select divisions. There were impressive performances overall from Sweden, England and Latvia. How do they do it?

The Swedes owe much to their Orienteering School system with the two largest Eskjo and Sandviken making up the bulk of their team in Edinburgh, which competed only at senior level.

Swedish Orienteering has a partnership with some six schools over the country where budding orienteers can opt in to get the best of orienteering training as well as teaching in more traditional subjects.

The English have some 59% of schools now doing some orienteering within the curriculum but continue to owe much to those O-enthusiasts who are working in schools across the country such as Ulverston and Nottingham.

But their links with the British School Orienteering Association system which is producing a two way feed between the schools and clubs seems to be producing dividends.

'Our good club orienteers will get school teams together for the British school championships,' says Peter Christopher. 'They know they need to have school teams registered and school teams at these championships if they are to get to them. And they want to be at these championships.'

Latvia's Ivars Klavins, junior schools middle distance winner at Barr Wood, was their only individual gold medalist, but they won seven other silver and bronze and in the team competition they took both the junior men's titles and won senior girls select plus senior men's school bronze. They shared gold, silver and bronze in the final day Friendship International Team event.

'Most schools in Latvia do orienteering,' explains Inguna Valdmane, one of the team leaders in Edinburgh. 'They run after school. In my school they do it three times a week. Often it is not as a sport but as a recreation activity.'

25 April 2008 21:58  ISF 2008 Scotland - Report from Bill Melville
England topped the individual medal table today's (FRI) middle distance event at the ISF World Schools Championship Orienteering in Scotland, running over sometimes tricky terrain at Barr Wood near Stirling.

The English squad picked up three gold medals two silver and two bronze. Charlotte Watson and Jonathon Crickmore, long course winners at Devilla on Tuesday, made it two out of two in the select entry division.

And senior runner Kristian Jones, third on Tuesday beat Tuesday's winner, Swedish 16y age group champion Albin Ridefeldt into second.

Sweden, also with seven individual medals, but just two gold, were runners up, while Latvia were third.

Swedish gold came from two times winners Johanna Olson (senior select) and Anna Segersson (senior schools).

English overall success owed much to Spain's Antonio Martinez , sprint silver medalist in the European Youth Championships last year, who won the senior boys school division by almost two minutes, so stopping a Swedish 1/2/3 result.


Running for Scotland. the Aboyne Academy junior boys' squad won team silver at the ISF World Schools Championship Orienteering at Barr Wood near Stirling today (Friday).

And there was a second individual bronze for Finlay Langlan, their first counter home in the middle distance event, while Joab Matthews and Sam Burgess finished 12th and 14th.

Latvia with a total time of 2h 40m 15s for their best three counters in Tuesdays' long and Thursday's middle distance events won team gold. Scotland won silver with 2h 44m 32s.

And Poland who had gone itno the second day of competition just 8 seconds behind the Scots finished third with 2h 46m06s.

It was a first ever team medal for the Scots at the ISF orienteering championships.

Langlan, who clocked 14m29s, lost ten seconds at one control and missed individual silver by seven seconds behind Latvia's Ivars Klavins (14:09) and Portugal's Luis Silva (14:22).

4 March 2008 10:40  BSOC08 and BSSC08 announced
The British Schools Orienteering Championships 2008 will be hosted by BKO at Hawley and Hornley Commons, Hampshire on 16th November and the British Schools Score Championships 2008 will be hosted by NOC at Sherwood Pines, Nottinghamshire on 11th October.

4 March 2008 09:40  ISF 2008 Scotland, 21-27 April 2008 - Website details
The ISF World Schools Championships 2008 website is here.

4 March 2008 09:31  ISF 2008 Scotland - Selections for Scotland
The selections for ISF World Schools Championships 2008 are listed here.

27 November 2007 00:01  ISF 2008 Scotland - Selections Announced
The selections for ISF World Schools Championships 2008 are available here.

21 November 2007 20:15  BSOC07 DISCOVER ADVENTURE Prize Winner
Discover Adventure have made the draw for the mountain bike. The winner is George Ronson of Bristol Grammar School.

20 November 2007 23:30  BSOC07 Prizegiving
We have sorted out all the trophies, medals and prizes and made the various draws today.

Jeff Butt from Sarum is going to the Lakes Junior Squad training this weekend and is taking many of the trophies, medals and prizes with him. He will give them to the appropriate juniors to take home.

In some cases this has not been so easy and below is a list of schools that we could not identify an appropriate youngster going to the Lakes weekend I am going to the Army event at Everleigh tomorrow (Wednesday) leaving at about 9.30. On Sunday I am going to the event at Hindhead

Contact me on 01258 453716 (not after 9.30pm please) or by email at eMail: bsc07 (at) owls-count.net

Thank you   Chris Branford

20 November 2007 23:30  BSOC07 ULTRASPORT Prize Draw

No	Ticket	Prize	Details - if any
1	126 pink	Ultrasport top
2	31 yellow	£20 Ultrasport voucher
3	46 pink	£10 Ultrasport voucher
4	141 yellow	£5 Ultrasport voucher
5	191 pink	£5 Ultrasport voucher
6	191 yellow	£5 Ultrasport voucher	Lucy Butt
7	166 yellow	£5 Ultrasport voucher	012xx xxxx82
8	156 yellow	Running clothing
9	186 pink	Running clothing
10	731 blue	Running clothing
11	76 yellow	Running clothing	Pickerings
12	146 pink	Running clothing
13	741 blue	Running clothing
14	86 pink	Running clothing

We would particularly like to thanks Ian Kevan of Ultrasport for his financial support of this year's British Schools Championships.

To claim your prizes please contact Chris Branford at eMail: bsc07 (at) owls-count.net

18 November 2007 23:00  BSOC07 Photo Gallery
BSOC07 - Photos are available in this Gallery. Many thanks to David Olivant.

18 November 2007 21:25  BSOC07 and the weather
The event went ahead despite the dreadful weather conditions. Congratulations to all the young people who took part. Due to the weather conditions some runners had to use a different dibber from the one originally allotted to them, so there are some corrections to be made and the results are incomplete. Prize-giving was cancelled to allow teams to make an early start for home and the Trail-O course was postponed. Team results will appear within the next day or so. Prizes, trophies & medals will be distributed either by post or at events over the next few weeks.

18 November 2007 17:00  BSOC07 Results
BSOC07 - Provisional Results are available here. Please note that due to the inclement weather some adustments will be required.

17 November 2007 19:15  ISF Results
BSOC07 - Results for the ISF selection race are available here.

14 November 2007 23:00  BSOC07 Start Lists
BSOC07 - Start lists for the ISF selection race and for the main competition are available on the main BSOC07 page.

14 November 2007 18:15  BSOC07 Saturday Travel
All the roadworks in Sandford have now finished. Please use the normal route from the Baker's Arms to Cold Harbour on Saturday.

4 November 2007 21:05  BSOC07 Hired Dibber Reminder
Reminder to all those running in the Selection Race on Saturday that if they are borrowing an SI 'dibber' to collect it at Cold Harbour before embarking on the mini-buses to Gore Heath

1 November 2007 17:45  BSOC07 Final Details
BSOC07 - Final Details are available on the main BSOC07 page. All entered schools and colleges will be mailed a copy of these final details together the start lists and other papers by 12th November.

31 October 2007 22:20  BSOC07 Entries
BSOC07 - Current entries received appear on the main BSOC07 page. (updated to 31st)

30 October 2007 23:15  BSOC07 Entries Cutoff Date
BSOC07 - Because map print quantities have to be set, Friday 2nd Nov is the last day that postal and eMail entries will be accepted.

22 October 2007 19:20  BSOC07 Entries - Correct Postage Please
BSOC07 - In addition to the difficulties of the postal strike, the organisers are having problems with the Post Office retaining event mail that has the wrong amount of postage. Please ensure the amount paid is correct for the weight and size of the envelope.

15 October 2007 20:30  BSOC07 Entries
During the postal dispute, for peace of mind, a list of entries received will be published. The first list will appear on Friday 19th, and will then be updated as further entries arrive.

7 October 2007 12:30  BSSC07 Photo Gallery
BSSC07 Photos are available in this Gallery. Many thanks to Rob Lines.

6 October 2007 17:45  BSSC07 Results
BSSC07 Results are available on the Results page.

21 September 2007 10:10  BSSC07 Entries Address
The postal entry address may also be obtained from British Orienteering Office 01629 734 042

26 June 2007 19:30  BSOC07 Offer of Accommodation
Leeson House Field Studies Centre just outside Swanage has accommodation for up to 60 children and 10 accompanying staff. Their charges are £22 per pupil per night for full board over a weekend at that time of the year. Accompanying staff are free. Contact: Barry Cullimore 01929 422126

21 June 2007 23:30  BSOC07 Details and Entry Forms now available
Full details and Entry Forms for the weekend including Trail-O and the ISF Selection race are now available for BSOC07 go to Event Page.

21 June 2007 23:30  BSSC07 Details and Entry Form now available
Full Details and Entry form are now available for BSSC07 go to Event Page.

14 June 2007 11:00  Details now available for BSSC07 in West Sussex 6th Oct
BSSC07 will be hosted at Petworth Park, West Sussex by Guildford Orienteers on Saturday 6th October. Event Flyer available here.

6 June 2007 14:00  New BSOA website launched
The new-look BSOA website is now live. The photo gallery will take a few hours to upload all the different event albums.

6 June 2007 10:45  More details available for BSOC07 in Dorset 18th Nov
BSOC07 will be hosted at Bovington, Dorset by SARUM and WIM on the weekend of 17th/18th November. Event Flyer available here.

20 November 2006 11:30  BSOC06 Gallery available
The Gallery is now available. As usual, only the very worst pictures have been removed, so there are a few less than perfect snaps !

19 November 2006 15:04  BSOC06 Results available
BSOC06 Results are available on the Results page.

18 November 2006   BSOA Training and Coaching Weekend, Spring 2007
Next spring, BSOA are offering a training and coaching weekend for selected school orienteers born in 1993 or 1994. Full details and nomination form.

3 October 2006   BSOA AGM 11th November
BSOA AGM will be held on Saturday, 11th November at Bramcote Lorne School, Gamston, Retford DN22 0QQ commencing 1.45pm (short O course in grounds available from 1.00pm)

2 October 2006   BSOC Rules
BSOC06 - Attention is drawn to the BSOC Competition Rules document which should be read in conjunction with the entry form