British Sprint Championships
Bath University, Saturday 1st September
Photo: The Prizegiving, by Steve Rush
Women (Women Open A Final)
| . | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice Leake (Airienteers) | 13:51 |
| 2 | Laura Robertson (Edinburgh Southern) | 13:56 |
| 3 | Charlotte Ward (Humberside & Lincolnshire) | 14:03 |
| 4 | Fiona Bunn (Thames Valley, W20) | 15:00 |
| 5 | Cecilie Andersen (Bristol) | 15:34 |
| 6 | Kirstin Maxwell (Roxburgh Rievers) | 15:39 |
Image: section from a previous map
Followers of the GB Orienteers need to have their eyes in more than one place this coming weekend, with World Cup forest races taking place in Norway ( starting on Friday, preview - World Cup Round 3 ) and the British Sprint and the British Middle Distance Championships being hosted by the South West Orienteering Association, Bristol Orienteering Klub and North Gloucestershire Orienteering Club.
Saturday is the sprints, Sunday the middle distance.
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Alasdair McLeod (pictured) and Ralph Street ran the World Champs middle race in Sigulda Latvia today. Ali was 52nd and Ralph was 13th. Ralph improved from being 38th at the first timing point and was less time down on the winner at the end than he was on the then leader at the first timing point.
Kris Jones asked Ralph a few questions after the race.
Continue reading...It was the #WOC2018 middle races today. @Thekrisjones asks @Ralph_Street about his race. pic.twitter.com/0o8BAhKxGY
— On The Red Line (@OnTheRedLineO) 7 August 2018
Megan Carter-Davies recorded the highest British position in today's women's middle distance World Champs race. She was 20th. Cat Taylor was 26th and Charlotte Watson 53rd.
The forest was tough, with mostly low visibility; it was not possible to stay on a bearing because of obstructions, and climbing and crawling needed to be part of an athlete's technique.
Photo: The five GB athletes who will run the Middle races
The World Champs Middle races are on Tuesday 7th.
GB has three women and two men running. Good luck to them. The women's race is first; and a two minute start interval is used.
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First starter 9:56 UK-time
- 11:14 Charlotte Watson
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Photo: Cat Taylor runs through the arena on the spectator passage partway through today's race (credit: On The Red Line).
Cat Taylor came fifth in today's European Championship middle distance race.
Cat Taylor talks with Jessica Tullie after today's race
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Photo: Alan Cherry finishes his race today (credit: On The Red Line).
All four women and three of the six GB men qualified for tomorrow's European Champs middle distance final in today's tough races in steep terrain at Carona.
Alan Cherry ran relatively early and was unfortunately 2 seconds out from what turned out to be the qualification time. It was the next to last starter in his heat who came in 14 seconds too quickly for Alan to make it.
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The Men's and Women's European Middle Champs are on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th May.
Good luck to the ten GB athletes entered, four women and six men, all with a good chance of getting through to the finals on Wednesday.
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(Photo: Wendy Carlyle)
Peter Hodkinson and Cat Taylor won the JK Middle World Ranking Event races at Brereton Spurs today.
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