Virtual TrailO - Ben Kyd wins Hungarian TORUS Trophy

Congratulations go to Ben Kyd MDOC, who has firmed up his claim to be World no. 1 in virtual TempO with overall victories in both the Hungarian TORUS Trophy, held once a month throughout 2022, and the TORUS Christmas Trophy, 12 events held 3 days a week during December. Ben also achieved the best-ever TempO Final result by a British athlete, 21st, at the World TrailO Championships in July.

The best 9 results from the 12 competitions count in both TORUS events. Ben won the Hungarian Trophy for the second year running, this time by a big margin of almost 26 points over the German Ralph Körner. The Christmas Trophy result was much closer; 4.33 points separated Ben from second-placed Italian Marcello Lambertini.

Tom Dobra TVOC in 23rd place was the second Brit. in the final Hungarian results, while it was Robert Finch NGOC who took the second-Brit. honours in the Christmas Trophy, finishing 38th.

Other British orienteers in the top 100 (out of over 900 in the Hungarian Trophy and 750 in the Christmas event):

Hungarian Trophy: Robert Finch NGOC 28th, John Kewley MDOC 30th, Andrew Stemp AIRE 71st, Owain Jones BOK 73rd, River Edis-Smith MDOC 76th, Colin Palmer TVOC 77th, Nicola Morris BOK 99th.

Christmas Trophy: John Kewley MDOC 43rd, Sam Drinkwater MDOC 53rd, River Edis-Smith MDOC 55th, Tom Dobra TVOC 71st, Owain Jones BOK 93rd, Mike Greenwood MDOC 99th.