British Orienteering

The 2022 World Trail Orienteering Championships in Poland start today!

19 July 2022

World Trail Orienteering Championships, which will take place on July 19-23 in Jelenia Góra, a city in southwestern Poland, at the foot of the Karkonomountains. The terrain is mostly forested with many rocks and stones. 

The World Trail Orienteering Championship is held every other year. The competition is held over a week and contains 3 events: PreO, with a two-day competition, TempO, and Relay. In PreO and Relay, there are two classes, P-class for physically challenged and open class, while in TempO there is only one class.

The Great Britain TrailO team is as follows...

Open PreO:

John Kewley (Manchester and District Orienteering Club)

Tom Dobra (Thames Valley Orienteering Club)

Charles Bromley Gardner (British Army Orienteering Club)

Nick Barrable (South Yorkshire Orienteers)

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Open TempO:

John Kewley (Manchester and District Orienteering Club)

Tom Dobra (Thames Valley Orienteering Club)

Ian Ditchfield (Mole Valley)

Iain Phillips (Leicestershire Orienteering Club)

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P class PreO:

Colin Duckworth (Thames Valley Orienteering Club)

Graham Urquhart (Octavian Droobers)

Peter Roberts (Eborienteers)

British Orienteering is also delighted to be able to include two junior athletes for these championships, Ben Kyd and Dominic Wathey (both members of Manchester and District Orienteering Club). Congratulations and we wish you both a great experience. 

The Championships start today with the Model Event taking place in Borowice and is a warm-up day to get a feel of what is in store. 

The terrain:  small climb, contour and stones/rock details, mostly good visibility.

Official Results from today's Model Event can be found here.

The World TrailO Championships competition programme will continue as follows... 

TRAILO RELAY Wednesday, 20 July 2022
TEMPO - QUALIFICATION & FINAL Thursday, 21 July 2022
PREO - DAY 1 Friday, 22 July 2022
PREO - DAY 2  Saturday, 23 July 2022

Follow the event LIVE here Follow WTOC 2022 through the LIVE tab - where you will be able to find the start lists, results, and solution maps.

Wishing all the Great Britain team selected to compete at these Championships the very best and good luck in the TrailO Relay tomorrow.

European TrailO Championships 2022 - Relay 
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Follow the events LIVE here Follow WTOC 2022 through the LIVE tab - where you will be able to find the start lists, results, and solution maps.

Wishing all the Great Britain team all the very best and good luck in the TrailO Relay tomorrow.