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to SPORT -  17th Aug
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Orienteering
COPY
 Cork's Marcus Pinker was overall winner in the premier M21A age group title
at the Five Days on the Beach orienteering event in Portugal.
Running in a series of coastal dune and forest trials near Avanca Pinker won
the three final events.
Toni Donovan recovered from a bad start in the women's elite field to finish
3rd on day four and 2nd on day 5.
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Orienteering- Clean sweep for Luder
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Switzerland's Simone Luder laid claim to sporting greatness as she completed a first ever full house of individual titles at the World Orienteering Championships with middle distance success yeterday at the Swiss town of Trin.

Luder, with sprint and long distance wins behind recovered from mid course errors to clock 32m40s for the 4.5km course and beat former world number one Hanne Staff (Norway) into 2nd by 17 seconds.

Britain's Heather Monro came through from 37th after 1.5km to take 10th  in 32m31s.

Thierry Gueogiou, 3rd in Tuesday's sprint, gave French orienteering its first ever world title, winning the men's 5.0km event in 30m08s.
He beat Norway's former world champion Bjonar Valstad into 2nd by 2m 37s while sprint champion Jamie Stevenson was best of the British back in 19th place.
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RESULTS
Orienteering - World Orienteering Championships- Switzerland
Middle Distance - Trin
Men 5.0km
1 T Gueorgiou (Fra) 30m08s
2 B Valstad (Nor) 32:45
3 O Kristiansen (Nor) 33:08
British placings -
19 J Stevenson (Edinburgh/ S Yorks) 35:05
22 O Johnson (Bristol/ S Yorks) 35:37
M Crane (Walton Chasers) failed to qualify
Women 4.5km
1 S Luder (Switzerland) 32:40
2 H Staff (Nor) 32:57
3 H Jukkola (Fin) 33:32
British placings -
10 H Monro (London/ Halden) 37:43
32 H Bridle (Wimbourne) 42:57
47 J Whitehead (York Eborienteers) 47:06
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Orienteering
COPY / RESULTS
A costly, early mistake dashed Heather Monro's long distance medal hopes at the World Orienteering Championships in Switzerland yesterday as home country favourite Simone Luder retained the title, adding to her sprint title win on Tuesday.
Monro, 25th after 2km, finished the nervy run that followed back in 14th place.
The Swiss made full use of home advantage, the experienced Thomas Buhrer taking the men's title while Brigitte Wolf took women's bronze.
Over 16.7km Buhrer came through late to finish 2 minutes clear in 1h 48m20s.
Dan Marston of £dinburgh Interlopers picked up nine place in the second half to finish 14th and Britain's best in 1:56:09.
Aberdeen's Jon Duncan, suffering in the heat, finished 25th in 2:03:27.
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RESULTS
World Orienteering Championships- Switzerland
Long Distance final - Eschenberg, Winterthur
Men 16.7km 840m climb
1 T Buhrer (Switzerland) 1h 48m20s
2 Y Omeltchenko (Ukraine) 1:50:35
3 E Wingstedt (Swe) 1:51:08
4 C Jorgensen (Den) 1:51:42
5 M Mamleev (Rus) 1:51:55
14 D Marston (GBR/ Edinburgh Interlopers) 1:56:09
25 J Duncan (GBR/ Grampian) 2:03:27
O Johnson (GBR/ S Yorks) dnf
Women 11.8km
1 S Luder (Switz) 1:26:14
2 K Arewang (Swe) 1:29:19
3 B Wolf (Switz) 1:32:52
4 E Engstrand (Swe) 1:33:59
5 S Gemperle (Switz) 1:34:28
14 H Monro (GBR/ Halden) 1:38:36
23 H Wootton (GBR/ Worcester) 1:45:12
35 J Whitehead (GBR/York) 1:50:51
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Orienteering - *****Stevenson takes world sprint title *****
COPY / RESULTS
Jamie Stevenson trounced the opposition to take the World Orienteering Championship sprint title at Rapperswil in Switzerland yesterday finishing over 19 seconds up on the best of the opposition with his time of 12m 43.70s for 2750m.
Yvette Baker won Britain's only other world title at Inverness in 1999.

The Swedish based Edinburgh man opted out of the classic long distance championship - the qualifier was on Monday with the final today (WED) - to concentrate on the two shorter events.
"My best international results have been over the shorter distances," explained the European middle distance bronze medalist, "I felt I had to specialise and I have no regrets".
Running in soaring temperatures through the twisting cobbled streets of old Rapperswil, he was already 14s up on Czech leader Rudolf Ropek at the 1.5km check point.
Ropek eventually took 2nd.
"I've had a very good run," said Stevenson, " I was going fast although I didn't know it at the time and my legs were heavy with lactate."
He sprinted into the finish in the local ice stadium to a tumultuous welcome  from a crowd who already knew that top contenders Yuir Omeltchenko - the Ukrainian Park Race world number one and 2001 double short distance medalist Pasi Ikonen, had dropped away.
"It was a fantastic and such a surprise," said Stevenson.
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Switzerland's world number one Simone Luder set up her bid to take all three individual medals winning the women's sprint from fellow Swiss Marie-Luce Romanens.
Swedens Jenny Johansson took 3rd, to push Vroni Konig-Salmi into 4th to stop a Swiss clean sweep of the medals.
British champion Sarah Rollins was 10th.
RESULTS
Orienteering - World Orienteering Championships- Rapperswil, Switzerland
Sprint
Men - 2570m
1 J Stevenson (GBR) 12m 43.7s
2 R Ropek (Czech) 13:2.8
3 T Georgiou (Fra) 13:4.2
4 Y Omeltchenko (Ukr) 13:8.7
5 M Mamleev (Russia) 13:9.4
21 N Barrable (GBR/ Forth Valley) 13:59.8
Women 2570m
1 S Luder (Switz) 13:21.3
2 M-L Romanens (Switz) 13:30.8
3 J Johansson (Swe) 13:40.1
4 V Konig-Salmi (Switz) 13:47.1
5 Z Fey (Romania) 13:48.7
10 S Rollins (GBR/London) 14:42.2
17 H Bridle (GBR/ Wimbourne) 15:30.0
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Orienteering- Munro posts world title intent
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Heather Munro posted due warning of intent finishing 2nd in her long distance heat at the World Orienteering Championships in Switzerland yesterday.
All six British runners won through on a day of few surprises at Zugerberg where steep valleys, brambles, and temperatures over 30 degrees provided tesing going with route choice at a premium.
Munro's performance placed her amongst the top contenders and showed every sign that she is maintaining the form that saw her win the O-ringen Five Day title last month.
Switzerland's 1995 short distance world champion Marie- Lucie Romanens won their 6.2km heat in 52m04s while Munro took 2nd in 53:34.
"I made a shaky start," admitted an ebullient Munro, adding, "I feel I have more to give in the final."
RESULTS
Orienteering - World Championships, Switzerland
Long Distance Qualification (17 from each heat qualifies for Wednesday's finals)
(winners plus British)
Women-
H1 6.19km - 1 M-L Romanens (Switzerland) 52m04s
2 H Munro (GBR/London) 53:34
Ht2 6.17km 1 P Haapakoski (Finland) 56:01
12 J Whitehead (GBR/York) 68:38
Ht3 5.95km 1 S Luder (Switzerland) 43:05
11 H Wootton (GBR/Worcester) 53:13
Men -
Ht1 9.5km 1 M Mamleev (Russia) 67:43
10 D Marston (GBR/ Interlopers) 74:40
Ht2 9.4km 1 M Finger-Gron (Denmark) 65:07
8 J Duncan (GBR/ Aberdeen) 72:33
Ht3 9.5km 1 B Valstad (Norway) 69:36
7   O Johnson (GBR/ Sheffield) 75:40
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Orienteering 2- Scots winners at interarea
COPY / RESULTS
Aberdeen's Oleg Chelepin and fellow Scots internationalist Mhairi Mackenzie
were senior winners at the Interarea Junior Orienteering event at Cannock
Chase yesterday.
Chepelin beat Edinburgh team mate Scott Fraser into 2nd clocking 50m13s to
Fraser's 51m41s.
Carlisle based Mackenzie, running for North West England, won the senior
girls event by just over a minute with her time of 46m25s while Scots team
runner Fiona Berrow (Lock Eck)  was 3rd in 48:22.
Duncan Coombs from Aberdeen won the M16 event in 45m46s.
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RESULTS
British Interarea Junior Championships- Cannock Chase
M18 1 O Chepelin (Scotland) 50:13
2 S Fraser (Scotland) 41:41
3 D Halliday (West Midland) 55:33
W18 1 M Mackenzie (North West) 46:25
2 A O'Neill (East Midlands) 47:29
3 F Berrow (Scot) 48:22
Other winners
M16 D Coombs (Scot) 45:46
W16 J Thompson (West Midlands) 39:45
M14 A Bushnell (West Midlands) 32:19
W14 C Taylor (North east) 28:50
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Orienteering
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Edinburgh's Jo Stevenson won the Norwegian Orienteering Festival 3.7km
sprint at Lillomarka clocking 28m43s to finish amlost two minutes up on the
opposition.
Interloper's world championship pre-select and former British champion Dan
Marston finished 3rd in the men's 4.7km sprint, 2m 20s down on Swedish
winner Pal Skogedal with his time of 30m39s.
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Subject: COPY- Fife teacher win adventure
 

> (Melville Sport - Montgreenan, Kilwinning, Ayrshire KA13 7QZ)
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> to SPORT - 28th June
> from Bill Melville 01294 85037
> Adventure racing
> COPY
> Fife teacher Helen Diamantides, named this week to run for Britain at next
> weekend's European Mountain Racing Championships in Italy, helped Team
Saab
> Salomon win this year's Hebridean Challenge Adventure Race.
> The five day event for five strong teams took in a total of 652km over a
> circuitous diverging route between Stornoway on Lewis to the Isle of
Barra.
> It may seem a strange way to build up for a major international outing but
> mountain racer Diamantides is used to tough going, being a veteran of both
> the Karrimor Mountain Marathon and the Scottish Island Peaks race.
> The Challenge, which encompassed mountain and road biking, hill running,
and
> sea kayaking ended with a whole day score orienteering race on and around
> Barra followed by a swim out to Kisimul Castle.
> The Tom Gibbs Saab Solomon squad of British orienteering champion Steve
> Birkenshaw, hill runners Diamantides and Morgan Donnelly plus  British
> international paddler Ian Tordoff moved away from the opposition over the
> last day to finish almost an hour and clear in 38h o8m.
> Salomon XA-YAK, centred on the Jon Brooke runnersup squad of last year
were
> 2nd once again in 39:46.
> The all-Scottish squad Wild Outdoors led by mountain runner Stuart Whitlie
> dropped back to finish 3rd in 33m09s.
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Orienteering

Results -
Scottish Orienteering League, No4, Loch Rannoch
Men 9.2km
1 P Walder (Clydeside) 79m05s
2 B Hartman (Interlopers) 83:41
3 B Rattray (Clydeside) 93:54
Women 5.9km
1 G Godfree (Interlopers) 59:14
2 S Dunn (Mar) 65:24
3 C McNeil (Unatt) 78:18
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Orineteering - British elite championships
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Ed Nash (Kings Newcastle) and Jenny Whitehead (York Eborienteers) were first time winners of the British Elite Orienteering Championship classic distance titles at High Dam in the Lake Distict yesterday.
Nash, who reports, "I've got the psychology worked out", clocked 87m28s for the 12.1km course to push world championship preselect Jon Duncan (Grampian) and S Yorkshire's Oli Johnson (2nd and 1st respectively in Saturday's middle distance championships) into 2nd and 3rd by almost four minutes.
Whitehead, 2nd last year, won by over three minutes with her time of 67m45s for 7.7km.
Kim Buckley (Interlopers) added silver to her Saturday bronze while Sarah Rollins (Army) added bronze to her Saturday gold.
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Results
Orienteering- British Elite Championships-Lake District.
Classic Distance - High Dam (SUN)
Men 12.1km
1 E Nash (Kings Newcastle OB) 87m28s
2 J Duncan (Grampian) 91:10
3 O Johnson (S Yorks) 91:21
4 C Parry (Edinburgh Uni) 93:36
5 N Barrable (Forth Valley) 96:33
Women 7.7km
1 J Whitehead (York Eborienteers) 67:45
2 K Buckley (Edinburgh Interlopers) 70:54
3 S Rollins (Army) 75:43
4 G Godfree (Interlopers) 78:02
5 H Winskill (S Yorks) 80:09

Middle Distance - Haverthwaite (Sat)
Men 4.3km
1 O Johnson (S Yorks) 31m18s
2 J Duncan (Grampian) 32:20
3 E Nash (Newcastle Old Boys) 32:58
4 C Parry (Edinburgh Uni) 33:27
5 A Etherden (East Pennines) 34:33
Women 3.7km
1 S Rollins (Army) 31:26
2 J Whitehead (York Eborienteers) 31:45
3 K Buckley (Edinburgh Interlopers) 32:59
4 H Winskill (S Yorks) 33:01
5 H Wootton (Harlequins) 34:03
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Orienteering- Duncan and Buckley take titles
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World championship team select Jon Duncan (Grampian) underlined his superiority in tanking the men's elite Scottish Orienteering Championship title at Geln Truim near Newtonmore.
His time of 1h 20m 52s for 11.1km of wet, heavy going put him over thirteen minutes up on Forth valley's Nick Barrable who took 2nd place in 1h34m20s.
Interlopers Kim Buckley beat clubmate and title holder Gillian Godfree into 2nd clocking 1h 06m 21s for 7km to Godfree's 1h 08m 08s while former British team runner Kirsty Bryan-Jones (Forth Valley) finished 3rd in 1h 09m 23s.
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Orienteering- Duncan under pressure.
COPY
Aberdeen's Jon Duncan, preselected for August's World Championships in
Switzerland, will come under fire from a strong contingents of British team
hopefuls at today's (SAT) Scottish Individual Orienteering Championships at
Glen Truin near Newtonmore.
This is a  British National Event series race, so the elite men's lineup
includes fifteen English entries headed by Newcastle's Ed Nash and the
Octavians British relay title winning squad from last weekend.
But the main opposition for the Scottish Championship trophy will come from
tile holder Tim Lenton, league leader Al Buckley (both Interlopers), and
Forth Valley's Nick Barrable.

Tough going, made tougher by recent rains, is promised and Lenton is famous
for his tough ground running but then Duncan is no slouch either  on heavy
ground.

Women's title holder Gillian Godfree can expect strong opposition from
Interlopers clubmate Claire Williams who has worked her way back from a
road traffic injury to enjoy her best season to date.
Last week she was joint first in the UK Cup race in Sheffield.
Former British internationalist Hazel Dean (Forth Valley) finished 3rd there
and could feature on Speyside.

The Kincraig Highland wildlife Park is the venue for tomorrow's (SUN)
championship relays with Interlopers the club to beat in both the men's and
women's open events.
And the weekend closes with an open non-championship race at Alvie near
Kincraig on Monday.
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Orienteering- double british gold for scots
COPY
Edinburgh Interlopers won the women's premier title at the British Orienteering Relay Championships near Sheffield, leading from the start.
The trio of Kim Buckley, Janine Hensman, and Saturday's UK Champions series trial winner, Claire Williams clocked a total time of 1h49m07s to beat York Eborienteers into 2nd by two seconds short of 10 minutes.
Clydeside's Donald Petrie, John Emeleus, who moved from 2nd to 1st on the second lap,  and David Robertson won the Men 35 title beating Thames Valley into 2nd by over four minutes with their time of 1h54m58s.
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Orienteering- Young Scots supreme
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Murray Strain, Scott Fraser (both Edinburgh Interlopers) and Mhairi Mackenzie (Borderliners) won three of the four finals at the Future Champions Cup two race decider near Dunkeld while Edinburgh University anglo Heather Gardner won both under 20 races.
Junior u-18 winner Mackenzie also had the best combined time for both u18 and u20 women.
The results saw all except Fraser take their age group cups.
Grampian's Oleg Chepelin, beaten into 2nd by Fraser in both the short and classic finals won the men's under18 cup.
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RESULTS.
Orienteering - Future Champions Cup Finals, Dunkeld.
Short - Craig Vinean
Under 20-
Men 3.9km 1 M Strain (Interlopers) 23m57s; 2 M Speake (Eborienteers) 24:51
Women 2.8km 1 H Gardner (Edinburgh U/ York Ebor) 25:11; 2 L Daniel (Sheffield Uni/Bristol) 27:30
Under-18
Men - 3.9km 1 S Fraser (Interlopers) 27:18; 2 O Chepelin (Grampian) 27:26
Women 2.8km 1 M Mackenzie (Boderliners) 26:56; 2 C Manning (S Wales) 26:58
Classic - Birnam Hill
Under20-
Men -8km 1 Strain 58:12, 2 D Hodgkinson (Nottingham) 63:56
Women 6km 1 Gardner 56:38; 2 Daniel 63:49
Under 18-
Men 8km 1 Fraser 65:50; 2 Chepelin 68:23.
Women 6km Mackenzie 53:41; 2 Helen Gardner (West Anglia) 61:52
Final Cup placings-
Men u18 - 1 Chepelin 327pts; 2 Fraser 315
Women u18  1 Mackenzie 355; 2 F Berrow (Lock Eck) 315
Men u20 1 Strain 355; 2 G Gristwood (Coventry Octavians) 332
Women u20 1 Gardner 341; 2 Daniel 306.
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Orienteering- Nordic Open Champs
COPY/ RESULTS
Sprint title winner Emil Wingstedt won the prestigious classic championships title at the Nordic Open Championships in Flens in Sweden yesterday while two times former world champion Hanne Staff came out of retirementto take the women's title.
Britain's Heather Monro finished 8th, Jamie Stevenson 19th and Jon Duncan 20th.
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RESULTS-
Orienteering
Nordic Open Championships, Flems, Sweden
Classic
Men
1 E Wingstedt (Sweden) 82m22s
2 M Mamleev (Russia) 83:20
3 J Lakanen (Finland) 83:23
Leading British placings-
19 J Stevenson (S Yorks/Edinburgh) 89:12
20 J Duncan (Grampian) 89:54
Women
1 H Staff (Norway) 63:22
2 J Johansson (Sweden) 64:57
3 V Konig-Salmi (Switz) 65:22
Leading British placings-
8 H Monro (S London) 67:11
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Orienteering- Stevenson takes Nrodic champs silver
COPY/ RESULTS
Jamie Stevenson got his title bid off to a good start at the Nordic Open Orienteering Championships in Flens in sweden yesterday taking sprint silver behind Sweden's European chamion Emil Wingstedt.
Stevenson clocked 12m44s over the 2.8km course to finish 13 seconds down on the winner and was pleased with his performance as he goes on to chase  more coveted wins in the next two days.
"He was faster than me through all 14 controls, " he said, " but it was a good technical race for me. The result isn't that important. The feeling of a race without mistakes is."
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RESULTS-
Orienteering
Nordic Open Championships, Flems, Sweden
Sprint
Men 2.8km
1 E Wingstedt (Sweden) 12m31s
2 J Stevenson (GBR) 12:44
3 J Nasman (Swe) 12:54
British placings-
18 D Marston (Interlopers) 13:23
28= E Nash (Newcastle Kings) 13:32
34= R Wren (East Pennines) 13:41
43 O Johnson (S Yorks) 14:07
Women 2.5km
1 M-L Romanens (Switzerland)
2 K Arewang (Sweden)
3 H Jukhola (Finland) 12:16
British placings-
6 H Monro (S London) 12:16
28 S Rollins (Army) 13:07
30 J Whitehead (York Eborienteers) 13:12
36= H Wootton (Harlequins) 13:28
54 H Winskill (S Yorks) 14:25
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Orienteering- Stevenson takes Nrodic champs silver
COPY/ RESULTS
Jamie Stevenson got his title bid off to a good start at the Nordic Open
Orienteering Championships in Flens in sweden yesterday taking sprint silver
behind Sweden's European chamion Emil Wingstedt.
Stevenson clocked 12m44s over the 2.8km course to finish 13 seconds down on
the winner and was pleased with his performance as he goes on to chase  more
coveted wins in the next two days.
"He was faster than me through all 14 controls, " he said, " but it was a
good technical race for me. The result isn't that important. The feeling of
a race without mistakes is."
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RESULTS-
Orienteering
Nordic Open Championships, Flems, Sweden
Sprint
Men 2.8km
1 E Wingstedt (Sweden) 12m31s
2 J Stevenson (GBR) 12:44
3 J Nasman (Swe) 12:54
British placings-
18 D Marston (Interlopers) 13:23
28= E Nash (Newcastle Kings) 13:32
34= R Wren (East Pennines) 13:41
43 O Johnson (S Yorks) 14:07
Women 2.5km
1 M-L Romanens (Switzerland)
2 K Arewang (Sweden)
3 H Jukhola (Finland) 12:16
British placings-
6 H Monro (S London) 12:16
28 S Rollins (Army) 13:07
30 J Whitehead (York Eborienteers) 13:12
36= H Wootton (Harlequins) 13:28
54 H Winskill (S Yorks) 14:25
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Orienteering- medal chances for brits in Nordics
COPY
Jamie Stevenson, Jon Duncan (Grampian) and Heather Monro are in the strong
British squad which competes at the Nordic Open Championships which gets
underway in Flems in Sweden today (Thur)..
Second only to August's World Championships, the event once again attracts a
world class field.
Action gets underway with the sprint, continues tomorrow (FRI) with the
classic distance race, concludes the individaul programme with the shot race
on Saturday while the relays are scheduled for Sunday.
The British squad will certainly be looking to challenge for the medals in
both relays while European Championship short distance bronze medalist
Stevenson, must on current from be a medal prospect in all of the individual
events.
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TO SPORT 21st Apr
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Orienteering- Northern clubs dominate at Jan Kjellstrom Relays
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Northern club runners dominated both the opposition and the terrain in yesterday's Jan Kjellstrom Open Relays at Hambelden Woods near Henley.
With speed the priority on fast south of England terrain Cumbria's Warriors won a close four lap battle with Edinburgh University to take the Jan Kjellst4om Trophy for the second time while the Women's Trophy went to York Eborienteers who beat Edinburgh Interlopers into 2nd after another close tustle over three laps. South Yorkshire finished 3rd in both.
That said, the Warrior quartet of Rob Baker, Roger Goddard, Jeremy Edwards and Dids Jenkins hale from across England and they went out ready to sacrifice running speed for accuracy.
"we decided we didn't want to miss any controls," said Edwards. "In all we lost maybe 15 seconbds in errors."
Edinbrugh's Murray Strain led Baker home by over a minute on the 8.5km opener but then Goddard converted the deficit into a half minute lead. His was the fastest "short" 6km lap of the day at 27m46s.
Edinburgh regained the lead on lap three but Edwards kept in contact leaving Jenkins to do the business on the final 8km circuit.
Despite illness, injury and lack of training their last man started with the advantage of forced absence form Sunday's race at Bracknell. Fresh legs saw take the lead at half way and forge a 38 second lead by the line.
Success came doubly sweet for Eborienteers' anchor Jenny Whitehead for she lost 2 crucial minutes at what some thought was a wrongly placed control at the same venue in Saturday's individual race.
Eborienteers Irish internationalist Aislinn Austin finished 8th in the pack on the opening 7km lap but Heather Gardener, u-20 elite winner on Sunday, came through on the middle 4.8km circuit to hand Whitehouse a 50m lead.
"I started out hard to avoid running with the others," she said.
They never saw her after the first control and she came home the winner and over a minute clear.
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RESULTS
Orienteering- Jan Kjellstrom International Day 3
Relays
Men 8.5km, 2X 6km, 8.5km
1 Warrior (Cumbria) R Baker 2, R Goddard 1, J Edwards 2 D Jenkins 1 - 2h 21m 54s
2 Interlopers (Edinburgh) 2h 22m 31s
3 S Yorkshire (Sheffield) 2h 23m 51s
Women 7km, 4.8km 7km
1 Eborienteers (York) A Austin 8, H Gardner 1, J Whitehouse 1 - 1h 54m 31s
2 Interlopers (Edinburgh) 1h 55m 47s
3 S Yorkshire 1h 55m 51s.
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TO SPORT 20th Apr
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Orienteering
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Jon Duncan (Grampian) and Heather Monro (S London) maintained the status quo of British elite orienteering as they won the Jan Kjellstrom International individual titles at Bracknell yesterday.
British short distance title holder Duncan took the JK title for the first time finishing almost five minutes clear of the opposition with a two day total of 1h 55m 37s.
"I've finally done it," he said, "It's nice to win."
British women's number one Monro, with a total time of 88m08s won by just over two minutes.

Despite victory, the Oslo based woman made no secret of her disappointment with her 10.8km run yesterday at Star Posts, for her sights are set on August's World Championships and she seeks perfection.
"That was shocking," she said, "I didn't get into it on the way to number one and those first few controls set the tone."
But she won on both days and was good enough to hold off sprint champion Sarah Rollins (Army) and title holder Hannah Wootton (Harlequins) who finished 2nd and 3rd.

Duncan too won his 5.8km first day run near Henley beating Oli Johnson into 2nd after the    Sheffield man made a mid-course route choice blunder and compounded the felony by tumbling into a bed of nettles.
So Duncan set out last in yesterday's massive 18km race, a reverse order formula that produced an exciting climax.
By half distance he had caught Johnson and then dropped him with 4km to go.
"You're a hero," Johnson told him at the finish. "A brilliant run, just too strong for me."
Yorkshire's Dickie Wren, 7th on Saturday, had set the total time to beat.
The only question was could Duncan beat it.
He did with Johnson taking 2nd overall while Wren held on to third.
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Results-
Orienteering- Jan Kjellstrom International
Day 1 Henley
Men 5.8km
1 J Duncan (Grampian) 29m50s
2 O Johnson (S Yorkshire) 30:06
3 E Nash (Newcastle Kings) 30:44
Women 4.8km
1 H Monro (S London) 27:19
2 S Rollins (Army) 28:33
3 H Wootton (Harlequins) 29:52
Day 2 Bracknell
Men 17.9km
1 J Duncan 85:47
2 R Wren (East Pennines) 87:51
3 O Johnson 90:11
Women 10.6km
1 H Monro 60:49
2 S Rollins 61:41
3 H Wootton 64:00
Overall Men 1 Duncan 115:37, 2 Johnson 120:17, 3 Wren 120:45
Women 1 Monro 88:08, 2 Rollins 90:14, 3 Wootton 93:52
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Orienteering- Teenager makes British senior team but drops out for exams
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Carlisle  based Scots 17 year old Mhairi Mackenzie is named in the newly released British senior lineup for the Nordic Open Orienteering Championships in Sweden next month but she has turned down selection because of her school exams.
With a run for Scotland in Lithuania already on her schedule for next month she says, "I've got my A-levels this year and I couldn't really miss more time at school."
During the first of the Nordic team trials Mackenzie was winning the British Future Champions Cup race for juniors at Dunkeld.
But she turned out for last weekend's decider at the two day Aros Elite Test in the Lake District and finished up with Britain's best in 4th position both times out.
"I decided to go because it was near me," says the girl who stopped "just wandering about" and started serious orienteering just two years ago. "I knew I'd had a good run and my orienteering was really clean."
But she adds- "It has all been a bit of a surprise."
Fellow Scots team runner Jo Stevenson will take her place in Sweden.
Others selected are -
Men J Duncan (Grampian) O Johnson (Bristol) D Marston (Edinburgh Interlopers) E Nash (Newcastle Uni) J Stevenson (Goteburg/ S Yorks) R Wren (East Pennines) Res- N Barrable (Forth Valley)
Women H Monro (S London) S Rollins (Army) J Whitehead (York Eborienteers) H Winskill (S Yorks) H Wooton (Harlequins) Res- J Stevenson (S Yorks)
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Orienteering - Duncan wins
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British international number two Jon Duncan (Grampian/Aberdeen) was overall winner of the two day Aros Elite Test in the Lake District.
In Saturday's 4.3km middle distance race Duncan clocked 23m24s to beat Newcastle student Ed Nash into 2nd by 29 seconds.
"I was running harder and faster on the hills," he said.
Yesterday Bristol's Oli Johnson won over 9.8km in 59m40s while Duncan took second with 61m54s.
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Edinburgh's Swedish based European short distance bronze medalist Jamie Stevenson won the British Sprint Championship title at Yeovil for the first time beating Grampian's title holder Jon Duncan into 2nd by 15 seconds with his time of 13m57s for a tricky 2.7km course.
"There was one leg I didn't take the route I wanted and I hesitated before the 2nd last control," he said,"but apart from that I'm satisfied."
But British women's number one Heather Monro, fresh from World Championship training in Switzerland was beaten into 3rd.
Despite a 20 second route choice mistake, Londoner Sarah Rollins (Army) added the sprint title to her recent Night Championship success.
She clocked 16m29s for her 2.3km course to beat Yorkshire's Jenny Whitehead (Ebor) into 2nd by just two seconds while Monro (South London) was another sevens seconds down.
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RESULTS
Orienteering, British Sprint Championships, Yeovil
Men 2.7km 1
1 J Stevenson (Goteberg) 13m57s
2 J Duncan (Grampian) 14:11
3 R Wren (East Pennines) 14:35
4 E Nash (Newcastle Uni) 14:54
5 N Barrable (Forth valley) 15:04
Women 2.3km
1 S Rollins (Army) 16:29
2 J Whitehead (York Eborienteers) 16:31
3 H Monro (South London) 16:38
4 H Wootton (Harlequins) 16:43
5 H Winskill (S Yorks) 16:53
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ORIENTEERING RESULTS

RESULTS
Orienteering, British Sprint Championships, Yeovil
Men 2.7km 1
1 J Stevenson (Goteberg) 13m57s
2 J Duncan (Grampian) 14:11
3 R Wren (East Pennines) 14:35
4 E Nash (Newcastle Uni) 14:54
5 N Barrable (Forth valley) 15:04
Women 2.3km
1 S Rollins (Army) 16:29
2 J Whitehead (York Eborienteers) 16:31
3 H Monro (South London) 16:38
4 H Wootton (Harlequins) 16:43
5 H Winskill (S Yorks) 16:53
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British National Event 2- Frome
Men 13.4km
1 R Wren (E Pennines) 76m03s
2 J Stevenson (Goteberg) 76:43
3 J Duncan (Grampian) 76:45
Women 8.7km
1 H Monro (S London) 58:59
2 S Rollins (Army) 63:24
3 H Winskill (S Yorks) 63:37
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Scottish Short Race Series, Blackspout, Pitlochry
1 B Hartman (Interlopers) 31m00s
2 J Emeleus (Clydeside) 32:36
3 A Lewsley (Borderliners) 34:05
Women
H Hartman (Interlopers) 39:34
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Scottish League No2, Drumbuie, Dunkeld
(all Interlopers unless otherwise stated)
Men 9km
1 A Buckley 70m47s
2 R Lee 74:27
3 B Hartman 77:00
Women 6km
1 H Hartman 77:52
2 S Lewsley (Borderliners) 96:02
3 K McMillan (Manchester) 106:57
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British Future Champions Cup no 2- Dunkeld
Boys-
Senior
1 O Chepelin (Grampian) 64:08
2 E Kellehe (Norfolk) 71:59
3 W Spain (Lakeland) 73:36
Junior
1 D Coombs (Mar) 49:58
2 R Farring (Herts) 57:38
3 D Tett ( S Yorks) 61:31
Girls
Senior
1 M Mackenzie (Borderliners) 51:01
2 C Manning (S wales) 66:20
3 F Berrow (Lock Eck) 68:57
Junior
1 E Brit (Manchester) 46:59
2 J Thompson (Walton) 47:02
3 R Brocklebank (Lakeland) 47:03
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Orienteering- Stevenson
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Jamie Stevenson travels from Sweden to contest this weekend's British Sprint Orienteering Championship near Bristol with good recent form behind him.
In Sunday's Nordic series relay at the Danish Spring Cup meeting near Hillerod Stevenson failed by just two seconds to give his new club Goteborg the title.
The Scot was fastest of the day over the final long lap as he brought Goteborg through from 3rd into 2nd and almost made up the 1m 52s deficit on Russia's European middle distance champion Michael Mamleev.
Mamleev won the classic race in Hillerod when defending trophy holder Stevenson checked in at a wrong control.
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Orienteering- Rollins wins Danish night race again
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Two times British champion Sarah Rollins (Army/London) won the Danidh Spring Cup night race for the 2nd year in a row at Hillerod.
Clocking 34m 11s  for the 4.2km course, she beat Sweden's Laila Haglund into 2nd by 77 seconds while British team mate Helen Winskill (S Yorkshire) was 4th in 37m14s.
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RESULT
Orienteering-
Danish Spring Cup Night Race, Hillerod
Women-
1 S Rollins (Army/ London) 34m11s
2 L Haglund (Sweden) 35:28
3 Z Fey (Norway) 36:33
4 H Winskill (S Yorkshire/ Sheffield) 37:14
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Orienteering- Stevenson's in action as international scene turns serious
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Scotland's British international number one Jamie Stevenson heads the large British turnout at the Danish Spring Cup meeting in Hillerod where Sweden's Frederic Lowengren and Switzerland's Simone Luder, who topped the world rankings last season, will be the people to beat.
Today's classic distance races are also qualifying events for the Park World Tour series in Asian later this season.
Hannah Wootton and the on form Sarah Rollins, number two and three on the British international rankings last season, head the British women's presence.
But Interlopers Lorna Eades, who feels she proved national squad selectors wrong with her recent run at Cannock, and current Scottish league leader Sarah Dunn, turnout with good sized Scottish entry along with Edinburgh's British domestic rankings topper David Godfree, plus juniors Murray Strain (Edinburgh Uni), Mhairi Mackenzie (Borderliners) and Fiona Berrow (Loch Eck).
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Orienteering
RESULTS
Mar Open, Ballogie
Long-
1 J Duncan (Grampian) 49m48s
2 O Chepelin (Gramp) 57:00
3 R Coombs (Mar) 60:21
Women C Martin  (Mar) 90:18

East of Scotland League- Bowhill, Selkirk
Long- 7.7km
1 P Walder (Clyde) 52m59s
2 B Hartman (Interlopers) 54:27
3 C Godfree (Interlopers) 55:28
Women - H Hartman (Interlopers) 73:31
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Grampian's Jon Duncan and Forth Valley's Nick Barrable made winning starts to the UK Cup series at Cannock Chase, Duncan winning the Night Event by over a minute with his time of 51m51s for 9km while Barrable was two minutes clear of the opposition in the 12.9km classic race with a time of 73m33s.
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Result
Orienteering- UK CUP Series - No3. Cannock Chase
Men 12.9km
1 N Barrable (Forth Valley) 73m33s
2 R Wren (East Pennines) 75:51
3 M Strain (Edinburgh Univ) 77:14
Women 8.76
1 S Rollins (Army) 60:46
2 H Wootton (Newcaslte Univ) 62:36
3 L Eades (Edinburgh Interlopers) 65:47
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Result
Orienteering- Walton Badge Event, Cannock Chase
Men 12.9km
1 N Barrable (Forth Valley) 73m33s
2 R Wren (East Pennines) 75:51
3 M Strain (Edinburgh Univ) 77:14
4 N Conway (Airienteers) 78:06
5 M Nixon (South'ton) 78:23
Women 8.76
1 S Rollins (Army) 60:46
2 H Wootton (Newcaslte Univ) 62:36
3 L Eades (Edinburgh Interlopers) 65:47
4 K Buckley (Interlopers) 67:05
5 G Godfree (Interlopers) 67:42
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Orienteering - scot league
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Scottish champion Tim Lenton and former league title holder Sarah Dunn were winners at the first of the Scottish Orienteering League fixtures near Tummel Bridge.
Lenton's strength on rough going saw him clcok 54m49s for 8.75km and beat Interlopers clubmate Grame Ackland into 2nd by over four minutes.
Dunn (Mar), clocked at 65m09s for 6.8km, beat Borderliners Stella Lewsley into 2nd by a minute while i major error left Forth Valley's Hazel Dean 5 minutes down in 3rd.
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Newcastle's Chris Hall and Edinburgh's Jamie Doe won the men's and women's open races at the first ever mountain bike orienteering event in the UK Orienteering Cup at Cannock Chase yesterday.
Hall benefitted from an early start on a wet day which saw the late starters suffer in the increasingly muddy going.
He cloked 80m41s for the 13.35km course to beat Matlock's Steve Heading into 2nd by just five seconds.
Doe with a time of 69m13s for 9km beat British foot orienteering internationalist Helen Winskill (formerly Hargreaves) into 2nd by 45 seconds while Janine Hensman (Edinburgh Interlopers) finished 3rd in 71m54s.
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Result- Orienteering UK Cup series No1.
Mountain Bike - Cannock Chase
Men 13.35km
1 C Hall (Newcastle) 80m41s
2 S Heading (Matlock) 80:46
3 P James (Bristol) 82:20
Women 9km
1 J Doe (Edinburgh) 69:13
2 H Winskill (S Yorks) 69:58
3 J Hensman (Edinburgh) 71:54.
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Orienteering- Duncan starts UK Cup bid
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Aberdeen's British international number 2 Jon Duncan and Scottish women's champion Gillian Godfree head the strong Scottish club contingent at Cannock Chase this weekend for a novel start to the UK Cup series.
Last year, Duncan finished runnerup to Bristol's Oli Johnson while Godfree finished 3rd behind Londoners Sarah Rollins and Heather Monro.
Two days of competition get underway today (SAT) with the first ever mountain bike event in the series. As a cross-country time trial rather than a score event, it is in itself something of a rareity.
Duncan gives this one a miss but competes in this evening's night event - the first in the series for two years.
Tomorrow's classic distance race has attracted a truly British calibre entry with only the Scandinavian based national team runners missing.
The exit to the English Midlands has led to a depleted entry for the first of the scottish League events near Pitlochry.
Forth Valley's Hazel Dean and Mar's Sarah Dunn, runners up to Godfree last year, stand to steal an advantage.
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Orienteering- British Night Championships

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London based British internationalist Sarah Rollins (Army) retained the British Nigh Orienteering Championship title at Hexham clocking 55m29s for 6.5km to beat Irish internationalist Aislinn Austin into 2nd by almost 4 minutes.
Newcastle's Karrimor mountain marathon winner Steve Birkenshaw won the men's title beating Scot champion Jon Musgrave into 2nd by 1m 44s with his time of 61m07s for 9km
RESULTS
British Night Orienteering Championships, Hexham
Men 9km
1 S Birkenshaw (Kings Old Boys) 61m07s
2 J Musgrave (Mar) 62:52
3 N Northrop (Weat Anglia) 66:55
Women 6.5km
1 A Rollins (Army) 55:29
2 A Austin (York Eborienteers) 59:14
3 C Williams (Edinburgh Interlopers) 60:14
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Orienteering- Musgrave goes for british night title
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Scots champions Jon Musgrave and Sarah Dunn ( both Mar) bid for the British Night Orienteering Championship titles this weekend at Hexham.
Musgrave runs over 9.1km and, with last year's top two Ollie Johnson (Bristol) and Dan Marston (Interlopers) missing stands a good chance of taking the title for the first time. He beat Aberdeen's British team number two Jon Duncan to win the Scottish at Tentsmuir.
Night orienteering may not seem Musgrave's scene for the World veteran bronze medalist is famed for his hard running attack and relocation techniques that can lead to deep trouble in night events.
But Musgrave is willing to change.
"I keep in contact with the map, go steadily, and take care," he says.
And he adds "I'm going reasonably well just now. I trying to get hyped up for it while at the same time approach it sensibly."
Forth Valley's Steve Nicholson and Clydeside's former Scottish title holder Patrick Walder also compete.
London's Sarah Rollins, who beat Heather Monro into 2nd last year starts as women's favourite over 6.5km while Dunn, plus Interlopers Claie Williams  must expect to be in the running for a minor medal against a small but good class field which also includes British team runner Helen Palmer and leading  junior Vicki Brocklebank.
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Former Scots internationalist Jenny James, currently based in Brussels,  won the Burnham Beeches Badge Event finishing over three minutes up on the opposition with her time of 60m31s for 8.3km.
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British juniors dominated the U-20 fields at the Cadiz Trophy meeting at Barbate in Spain.
Bristol's Laura Daniel and Argyl's British age group champion Fiona Berrow finished first and second over two days of competition while Graham Gristwood (Mole Valley), Chris Sellens (Essex) and Mark Nixon (Southampton) filled the first three places.
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Orienteering
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Free trips to run in the 14 day Park World Tour series in Asia in November are on offer for the top three finishers in the new European Pre-tour Series.
The next 12 men and women will get their travel expenses part paid on a sliding scale.
Unlike previous Park Tours which operated on an invitation basis the new series will be open to all contenders who can win through the pre-tour qualifiers.
These get underway with the classic distance event at the Danish Spring Cup in April, and continue with sprint events at the Nordic Open in Sweden, the Swiss pre-worlds sprint challenge (both May), the Forssa Games in Finland (June) and the World Championships in Switzerland in August.
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