Focus ?

[PhilJ]

Should we expecting BO Focus about now? New membership cards, magazine etc, anybody received theirs?

[NFKleanne]

Not got anything here yet?

[Spookster]

Should we expecting BO Focus about now? New membership cards, magazine etc, anybody received theirs?

As of last Wednesday, it was "at the printers", so it should be with you before long.

[RJ]

And with CompassSport (Dec issue) due any moment as well it should fill quite a few hours of semi slumber for the Xmas season!!! Can't wait.

[Big Jon]

Shameless plug: Both Focus and CompassSport have adverts for the Scottish Champs/JubileeFive.
On line entry should be open this week (All being well!)

[Mrs H]

.....and also March in the Marches (Great Malvern Urban Race and Midlands Champs) entries already open on Fabian 5

[Spookster]

entries already open on Fabian 5

Is that a major upgrade from Fabian4?

[Mrs H]

whatever

[harry]

I think one of my New Year's resolutions is going to be to only enter events that use either
https://oentries.com/

or eventor (http://eventor.orientering.no/)

I already entered the JK so 2012 is going to be a pain free year for entering o-races!

[andypat]

Harry - I think Pyrat has found your Nope password again....

[Ravinous]

CompassSport was dispatched Monday so expect copies to bump on to your doormat from tomorrow, Wednesday. Who will be the first to find 'Where's Oli?!' ....

[Homer]

Well, my CompassSport arrived this morning.

Great read as ever, thanks Nick.

Dave Nevell's article on WOC results doesn't make happy reading though, particularly for our top women. I presume there is nothing there that wouldn't already be known by the BOF performance coaches, but I'm expecting some healthy debate to follow...

[Spookster]

I'm expecting some healthy debate to follow...

Well, here's how the IOF Federation League has our men and women ranked, in the latest issue of Ozine.

Federation League (for leading 20 athletes in World Ranking)

Women:
1) Sweden 95343 points
2) Finland 86338
3) Norway 77574
4) Switzerland 75957
5) Czech Republic 73259
6) Great Britain 70975
7) Australia 69513
8 ) Denmark 55192
9) Russia 50482
10) New Zealand 41040.

Men:
1) Sweden 98568 points
2) Switzerland 95846
3) Norway 88519
4) Finland 85258
5) Czech Republic 78688
6) Denmark 76561
7) Great Britain 75279
8 ) Australia 72554
9) New Zealand 67824
10) Italy 63221.

Of course with stats you can prove almost anything...

I haven't seen CompassSport yet, but it sounds very interesting.

[AndyC]

Of course with stats you can prove almost anything...

As France aren't in the listing and they have at least 3 very good men.........

[greywolf]

Federation League....

Wot no France?

...doesn't make happy reading though, particularly for our top women...

but as the author points out, the "decline" is mostly because Yvette Baker & Heather Munro have proved a difficult double act to follow...