just been having a browse through the results and their were 450 people give or take at this event. thats a huge number. lots of families and lots of youngsters. i can't remember seeing a colour coded event this big for a long time. The home club are surely going to receive over £1000 in entry fees.Has the new change in naming events to district, regional etc worked?
Are DVO doing something spectacular in attracting new people to orienteering?
shining cliff event at the weekend
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eddie - [nope] cartel
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shining cliff at the weekend
The previous week there was over 500 at a district event in the Forest of Dean run by NGOC in direct competition with our own event at Sandwell Valley - well I had to make my excuses as the NGOC event was in the schools league - and of course my kids had to go - that's my story anyway! - Is the tide turning do you think?
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shining cliff at the weekend
This was a SW gallopen as well as an Avon Schools League - first class event - very physical but they had real problems with the SI - the queue was right round the car park when we got there, in the end they gace up trying to put everyone into the system and just collected the entry forms and did it all after. Lots of good people there - good convenient car park and a great atmosphere despite the glitches. just the kind of thing to keep people coming back - of course beautiful winter weather helped!
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My opinion is that at last orienteering is coming into the 21st century, the general public perception of the sport has changed a lot. I remember when I first started o-ing, in 1994, a lot of people associated orienteering with rambling, not the high-intensity, aerobic sport it actually is. I spent a long time trying to explain to some people that the sport was more like cross-country or fell-running, than hill-walking. Effectively orienteering is hill-walking on speed.
With a new breed of coaches coming through, that give the sport a younger character, the only way is up, as more youngsters can identify with the younger crowd. I am not saying that a good job wasn't done before, but the general perception of the sport was not correct, this has been rectified by what I consider gentle exposure through the national press, with most boradsheets having an article on the sport in the last 4 years. Which is pretty good considering that orienteering is only a fringe sport.
This forum is exactly what the sport needs, with the voice of the younger generation being heard, as to be honest who goes to the BOF agm. At least the forum is a way in which those in Matlock can see what we as a vocal segment of the orienteering populus think. Personally, I orienteer for the orienteering, the politics of the sport do not interest me, but on this website they are actually discussed in a reasonable manner, with the structure of the UK relay league being an excellent example
With a new breed of coaches coming through, that give the sport a younger character, the only way is up, as more youngsters can identify with the younger crowd. I am not saying that a good job wasn't done before, but the general perception of the sport was not correct, this has been rectified by what I consider gentle exposure through the national press, with most boradsheets having an article on the sport in the last 4 years. Which is pretty good considering that orienteering is only a fringe sport.
This forum is exactly what the sport needs, with the voice of the younger generation being heard, as to be honest who goes to the BOF agm. At least the forum is a way in which those in Matlock can see what we as a vocal segment of the orienteering populus think. Personally, I orienteer for the orienteering, the politics of the sport do not interest me, but on this website they are actually discussed in a reasonable manner, with the structure of the UK relay league being an excellent example
Now, I know you're a feminist, and I think that's adorable, but this is grown-up time and I'm the man.
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Aahhh, but they will do eventually, they can't ignore it really. It gives direct access to opinions, once they find out about it, I suspect they will read it.
Now, I know you're a feminist, and I think that's adorable, but this is grown-up time and I'm the man.
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Helen Winskill (who works for BOF) is aware of this site, she just hasn't got round to playing around on it yet. I will beat it into her tonight...
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hmm. well i thought the course was quite good, in the second half there was about half a dozen of us just following each other round
there was quite a lot of older runners slowing it down i reckon
for my 1st green though i thought i did all right
there was quite a lot of older runners slowing it down i reckon
for my 1st green though i thought i did all right
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shining cliff was well attended cos the weather was amazing and its about the only technical area (and hilly) area in the East Mids. Its basically a steep rocky hillside popular with MTB and sunday walkers who look at you as if you're a complete idiot (can we blame them?). But its too hilly for me liking and the brown went from the bottom of the hill (~120m) to top (250m) three times.
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If the folk at Matlock have got any sense they are listening to your every word ( well maybe not the banter topics ) This is exactly what is needed - remember not everyone in power there actually orienteers, and speaking as a veteran I hope your are right about the new young profile of the sport.
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