Lockdown Orienteering Easter Championships - entries close today at 11am

The Lockdown Orienteering Easter Championships:  Friday 10 April - Monday 13 April 2020 

• Entries close today at 11:00 am (UK time).
• 40 different UK Clubs represented.
• Thierry Gueorgiou joins the action, the man with most World Orienteering Championship Gold medals.
• 18 different countries so far represented. 

Orienteering is cancelled in the UK for some time to come. That includes the JK, Britain's biggest annual orienteering competition which takes places over Easter. To help soften this blow GB Squad member Chris Smithard has created a virtual orienteering competition - The Lockdown Orienteering Easter Championships. Comprising of 12 challenges over the weekend to test many of the different skills involved with orienteering like routechoice and map memory as well as races using the orienteering computer game Catching Features. At the end of the weekend, an overall winner will be crowned.

There will also be JK inspired challenges during the weekend with links to classic JK races over the competitions 50-year history.

If you're up for the challenge or want to find out more please visit:  lockdownorienteering.com/

Be quick entries close at 11:00 am (UK time) this morning!

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