Prizes for Publicity

[Gross]

Graeme.... that is c**p. You only make number 48 on the list of top 50.... most people will be bored before they get that far

[graeme]

Yes, five places below Oktoberfest does have a bit of a barrel-scraping feel to it.

[besty]

Has anyone noticed what the track word is in the? Radio Times 6-12 Sept?

[Happy]

Has anyone noticed what the track word is in the? Radio Times 6-12 Sept?

Would it be Orienteer?

[mikey]

Definitely an adventure sport going by these photos (it's the result of a hornet attack, apparently).

http://magazin.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/sr ... cu/1122653

[DaveK]

Yes, I see that my translation on Google says '30 competitors Czech Cup relay in orienteering, which attacked hornets. Four people were taken to hospitals, one woman's condition was serious.'

Had a few people stung by wasps from a (not spotted) nest near a control site once when I planned, but I guess hornet stings are somewhat worse?

[King Penguin]

One of our club members suffered a nasty attack by wasps in the Harvester at Sheffield about 3 years ago, having stood on a nest in the ground.

[Gross]

Not for WOC 2015.... Sports editor of local press on Inverness has no knowledge of WOC and zero contact from organisers..... Bit of a joke really.

[Freefall]

Maybe not a massive circulation (2000) and not on the web but front page news here! Don't believe everything you read in the papers by the way.

[DavidJ]

Spotted this in a document I have just been reading about the layout of examination papers here at the University of Reading:
"Please note that the list of degree programmes intended (e.g. Part 2 Examination for BSc Orienteering) is NOT required."

Unfortunately the University does not actually offer this degree

[graeme]

Remarkable! ... Press reporting orienteering as if it was a real sport. Well done MAROC

http://www.deesidepiper.co.uk/sport/loc ... -1-3594562

[Olsoran]

..and thanks Wendles for the photos!

[Sunlit Forres]

Excellent. Whoever wrote that did a great job. It's nice to see local press showing an interest in orienteering - we now need that to spread to the regional and national papers, especially the sports sections whose editors still appear to be oblivious. In Moray we had a more local slant on RTC but useful publicty nonetheless (and more thanks to Wendles for the photo!)

https://www.facebook.com/109323515783662/photos/a.600662043316471.1073741846.109323515783662/727535617295779/?type=3&theater

[NeilC]

Our informal night street league ended up in the sports section of the latest Sussex Living Magazine
http://issuu.com/sussexliving/docs/sl_1 ... 62109525e8 (pg 79)

[Happy]

Good publicity here - http://www.theguardian.com/science/alex ... wings-alps