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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.

This year, West Cumberland Orienteering Club hosted the Peter Palmer Junior Team Relays 2024. Janette McHendry tells us more about the planning process for this year's competition, and the army of volunteers who made the event a thoroughly enjoyable experience for our junior club members that took part.

We spoke to Stirling University Orienteering Club (STUOC) club member Holly Stodgell, who shared more about why she got involved in the club, the social benefits of joining a university orienteering club, and the key skills she has gained during her time as a Committee member. We spoke to club member Holly Stodgell, who shared more about why she got involved in the club, the social benefits of joining a university orienteering club, and the key skills she has gained during her time as a Committee member.

We continue to highlight the incredible work of our university orienteering clubs, and our focus in this blog turns to Edinburgh University Orienteering Club (EUOC). Here, they tell us why being a part of a team that took home a gold medal at the FISU World University Orienteering Championships was so special, and what their aims as a club are for the upcoming year.