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Oxford University Orienteering Club's biennial Oxford City Race took place at the end of October. It is an exciting urban event due to the permissions it is able to get from the university and its colleges to include their land in the course. Harry Stuart, the organiser and club president, answers our questions below along with Mike Shires of TVOC who ran the event publicity.

On Sunday 20 October Pendle Forest Orienteers held their first ever Major Event hosting the CompassSport Cup Final Competition – an event which has been many months in the planning and many hours on the ground in the weeks leading up to it.

Are you new to orienteering and interested in learning what happens when you come along to your first event? We spoke to Lois Parker from Airienteers to learn more about their recent event, a part of their Saturday Introductory Series, at Beckett Park. Read on, to discover who the events are aimed at, what happens on the day and how you can learn more about their club's upcoming events.

This past weekend Fermanagh Orienteers hosted the 2024 Veteran Home in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

This weekend, Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club hosted a UK and East Midlands Urban League event in the heart of Nottingham City. Hilary Palmer discusses challenges the club had to overcome ahead of the event and how all the hard work paid off to attract a great number of participants who enjoyed their experience of orienteering in Nottingham. 

It was a thoroughly exciting couple of weekends for urban orienteering in September, with the Salford Quays City Race Weekend taking place from 7-9 September and then the London City Race Weekend from the 13-15 September. In this blog, organisers share their overview of the events as they unfolded with some excellent highlights!

On Saturday 28 September, CLARO organised a Sprint Orienteering Event in RHS Harlow Carr Gardens, Harrogate. Here, planner Ruth Ker shares more details of the event, including how they incorporated an accessible orienteering course as part of the event.

Want to know more about what it's like orienteering at university? We caught up with Aberdeen University Orienteering Club's President Jakub Pitula to find out more about how he and others have got involved in the club, what their highlights are from the previous year and why if you are studying there, you might consider joining!

We interviewed University College London Orienteering Club (UCLOC) to find out more about why they value orienteering so much, how getting involved has led to them competing on a National and International level, and the skills they have gained as individuals.

We interviewed Bath University Mountaineering Club (BUMC) to find out more about what orienteering means to them and how they feel this year could be their biggest yet.