GB Selection Announcement European Championships (World Cup 2), World University Championships, and World Cup 3

2022 International Season – the forest awaits!

It has been a fantastic international season already for the GB senior team in the sprint-focused first half of the year, including the first GB medal performances at the World Games since 2005 and at the World Championships since 2013, plus of course Megan Carter-Davies taking a first GB individual world title since Jamie Stevenson in 2003.

Attention now turns largely to the forest disciplines, which dominate the senior international calendar for the second half of 2022, and indeed through to the forest World Championships in Switzerland in July 2023.

British Orienteering is pleased now to announce the teams for the European Championships in August and World Cup 3 in Switzerland in October and to confirm the team for World University Championships in Switzerland in August.

European Championships (incorporating World Cup 2)

This is in Estonia from 3-7 August, featuring Middle, Long, and Forest Relay disciplines. 
British Orienteering is delighted to be able to announce the following team of seven men and seven women:

MEN

WOMEN

The support staff travelling with the team will be Alice Bedwell and Mark Saunders.

The competition website is here, and it will be possible to follow the races via Web TV, live GPS and live results.  Details for this will appear at https://orienteering.sport/live/

World Cup 3

This is in Switzerland from 1-3 October, featuring Forest Relay, Middle, and Long races. 
This round of World Cup races will also act as useful preparation ahead of the forest World Championships in Switzerland next year.

British Orienteering is delighted to be able to announce the following team of seven men and seven women:

MEN

All named athletes will also run in the forest relay (three teams).

WOMEN

All named athletes will also run in the forest relay (two teams).

The support staff travelling with the team will be Tom Bray, Mark Hayman, and Andy Kitchin.

The competition website is here, and it will be possible to follow the races via Web TV, live GPS and live results at https://orienteering.sport/event/orienteering-world-cup-round-3-2/welcome/

World University Orienteering Championships

This is in Switzerland from 17-21 August, with a race on each of five successive days.  The competition features forest disciplines of Middle, Long and Relay alongside sprint disciplines of Individual Sprint and Mixed Sprint Relay. 

Each nation can field four athletes in individual disciplines, two teams in Forest Relay, and one Mixed Sprint Relay team.

The BUCS/British Orienteering team of twelve athletes with allocated disciplines (including one change to the previously announced team, Pippa Carcas replacing Grace Molloy) is:

MEN

WOMEN

More information can be found here.

It will be possible to follow the competition live at https://orienteering.sport/event/fisu-world-university-orienteering-championships-2/welcome/

The support staff travelling with the team are Tom Bray and Jonathan Musgrave.

Congratulations to the athletes in all three teams on their selection – and the very best of luck for the competitions!