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[Updated with NZ champs maps] JK in Great Britain, Kolmårdsmedeln in Sweden and New Zealand Championships are some of the events which have been held these Easter holidays. Read on for results and courses. Above a snapshot of the first part of the JK long distance is shown.
With the World Championships in Scotland this year, the participation at the traditional JK Easter races in Great Britain was larger than usually this year.
Kyburz and Gueorgiou on top again
In the men’s class Matthias Kyburz shows that he is in excellent spring form – winning both the sprint (together with Fraser) and middle distance – and finishing 3rd in the long distance. Thierry Gueorgiou used the opportunity to show that he is back after his January injury with a clear victory on Sunday’s long distance – but more than a minute mistake on the middle distance is not up to the French runner’s usual standard – only 6th on the middle distance for Gueorgiou. The British athletes showed that they have prepared well for 2015 with Scott Fraser winning the sprint (together with Kyburz) and Graham Gristwood in 2nd at the middle distance.
Cat Taylor showing World Championships shape already
In the women’s class British Cat Taylor shows great shape – winning the long distance with more than 3 minutes – and finishing 5th on the middle and 2nd on the sprint. The Danish women again show strong team results; Emma Klingenberg wins the sprint and Ida Bobach wins the middle distance. Swiss Julia Gross also impressed with all three races within Top 4 – with the best results in the long distance with a 2nd place. Judith Wyder (Switzerland) did not deliver her best results this weekend – losing time both running and orienteering wise.
Bergman going strong
Another notable individual race this weekend is Kolmårdsmedeln (with many of the Kolmårdskavlen runners present) – won by Gustav Bergman and Helena Jansson – both show great form this weekend. Finally there has been some nice racing in New Zealand with the NZ championships sprint, middle and long.
See results and maps from the races below. Some maps are still missing – please leave a note if you know where to find the maps & courses.
Full results
Matthias Kyburz (Swiss Orienteering Team) and Scott Fraser (INT) run the same time with Andreas Kyburz (Swiss Orienteering Team) in third place at 0:15. Matthias Kyburz won 9 of 26 legs and did less than half a minute of mistakes.
Scott Fraser took the lead at the first control and stayed in front until control 2. The race lead then changed between Alasdair McLeod (3rd – 6th control), Matthias Kyburz (7th – 9th control) and Alasdair McLeod (10th – 13th control) until Matthias Kyburz took over the lead at control 27 of 26 controls.
| 1. | Matthias Kyburz | Swiss Orienteering Team | 15:57 (+0:00) |
| 1. | Scott Fraser | INT | 15:57 (+0:00) |
| 3. | Andreas Kyburz | Swiss Orienteering Team | 16:12 (+0:15) |
| 4. | Kris Jones | SBOC | 16:23 (+0:26) |
| 5. | Søren Bobach | Danish National Team | 16:26 (+0:29) |
| 6. | Mårten Boström | IFK Lidingö SOK | 16:30 (+0:33) |
| 7. | Andreas Rueedlinger | Swiss Orienteering Team | 16:32 (+0:35) |
| 8. | Murray Strain | INT | 16:36 (+0:39) |
| 9. | Vojtech Kral | Czech orienteering team | 16:52 (+0:55) |
| 10. | Andreas Hougaard Boesen | Danish National Team | 16:58 (+1:01) |
Full results
Emma Klingenberg (Danish National Team) won 31 seconds ahead of Catherine Taylor (OK Linne) with Maja Alm (Danish National Team) in third place at 0:42. Emma Klingenberg won 12 of 23 legs and did nearly no mistakes.
Judith Wyder took the lead at the first control and stayed in front until control 3. The race lead then changed between Catherine Taylor (4th – 5th control), Emma Klingenberg (6th – 7th control) and Catherine Taylor (8th – 12th control) until Emma Klingenberg took over the lead at control 13 of 23 controls and kept it until the finish.
| 1. | Emma Klingenberg | Danish National Team | 15:34 (+0:00) |
| 2. | Catherine Taylor | OK Linne | 16:05 (+0:31) |
| 3. | Maja Alm | Danish National Team | 16:16 (+0:42) |
| 4. | Julia Gross | Swiss Orienteering Team | 16:33 (+0:59) |
| 5. | Sara Luescher | Swiss Orienteering Team | 16:59 (+1:25) |
| 6. | Hollie Orr | LOC | 17:11 (+1:37) |
| 7. | Ruth Holmes | SN | 17:18 (+1:44) |
| 8. | Sarina Jenzer | Swiss Orienteering Team | 17:20 (+1:46) |
| 9. | Sabine Hauswirth | Swiss Orienteering Team | 17:23 (+1:49) |
| 10. | Emily Kemp | Angelniemen Ankkuri | 17:28 (+1:54) |
Full results
Matthias Kyburz (Swiss Orienteering Team) won 19 seconds ahead of Graham Gristwood (FVO) with Fabian Hertner (Swiss Orienteering Team) in third place at 0:31. Matthias Kyburz won 3 of 23 legs and had time losses of more than a minute.
Matthias Kyburz took the lead at the first control and stayed in front until control 2. The race lead then changed between Thierry Gueorgiou (3rd – 4th control), Søren Bobach (5th control), Matthias Kyburz (6th control), Graham Gristwood (7th – 8th control), Andreas Kyburz (9th – 13th control), Matthias Kyburz (14th – 15th control) and Andreas Kyburz (16th – 18th control) until Matthias Kyburz took over the lead at control 19 of 23 controls and kept it until the finish.
| 1. | Matthias Kyburz | Swiss Orienteering Team | 34:02 (+0:00) |
| 2. | Graham Gristwood | FVO | 34:21 (+0:19) |
| 3. | Fabian Hertner | Swiss Orienteering Team | 34:33 (+0:31) |
| 4. | Andreas Kyburz | Swiss Orienteering Team | 34:34 (+0:32) |
| 5. | Philippe Adamski | TAD | 34:37 (+0:35) |
| 6. | Thierry Gueorgiou | Kalevan Rasti | 34:40 (+0:38) |
| 7. | Douglas Tullie | RR | 34:47 (+0:45) |
| 8. | Baptiste Rollier | Swiss Orienteering Team | 34:53 (+0:51) |
| 9. | Scott Fraser | INT | 35:19 (+1:17) |
| 10. | Søren Bobach | Danish National Team | 35:28 (+1:26) |
Full results
Ida Bobach (Danish National Team) won 49 seconds ahead of Hollie Orr (LOC) with Julia Gross (Swiss Orienteering Team) in third place at 1:47. Ida Bobach won 2 of 23 legs and did less than a minute of mistakes.
Hollie Orr took the lead at the first control. The race lead then changed between Sarina Jenzer (2nd control), Ida Bobach (3rd – 4th control), Catherine Taylor (5th control), Ida Bobach (6th control) and Hollie Orr (7th control) until Ida Bobach took over the lead at control 8 of 23 controls and kept it until the finish.
| 1. | Ida Bobach | Danish National Team | 37:16 (+0:00) |
| 2. | Hollie Orr | LOC | 38:05 (+0:49) |
| 3. | Julia Gross | Swiss Orienteering Team | 39:03 (+1:47) |
| 4. | Maja Alm | Danish National Team | 39:57 (+2:41) |
| 5. | Catherine Taylor | OK Linne | 40:10 (+2:54) |
| 6. | Beata Falk | Hagaby GoIF | 40:19 (+3:03) |
| 7. | Sara Luescher | Swiss Orienteering Team | 40:36 (+3:20) |
| 8. | Eva Jurenikova | Czech orienteering team | 40:40 (+3:24) |
| 9. | Amélie Chataing | NOSE | 41:23 (+4:07) |
| 10. | Sabine Hauswirth | Swiss Orienteering Team | 41:25 (+4:09) |
Full results
Thierry Gueorgiou (Kalevan Rasti) won 45 seconds ahead of Fabian Hertner (Swiss Orienteering Team) with Matthias Kyburz (Swiss Orienteering Team) in third place at 1:52. Thierry Gueorgiou won 6 of 31 legs and did less than a minute of mistakes.
Fabian Hertner took the lead at the first control and stayed in front until control 2. Thierry Gueorgiou took over the lead at control 22 of 31 controls and kept it until the finish.
| 1. | Thierry Gueorgiou | Kalevan Rasti | 86:29 (+0:00) |
| 2. | Fabian Hertner | Swiss Orienteering Team | 87:14 (+0:45) |
| 3. | Matthias Kyburz | Swiss Orienteering Team | 88:21 (+1:52) |
| 4. | Andreas Kyburz | Swiss Orienteering Team | 88:25 (+1:56) |
| 5. | Wojciech Kowalski | Polish National Team | 90:15 (+3:46) |
| 6. | Graham Gristwood | FVO | 90:29 (+4:00) |
| 7. | Jan Prochazka | Czech orienteering team | 90:42 (+4:13) |
| 8. | Vojtech Kral | Czech orienteering team | 92:16 (+5:47) |
| 9. | Douglas Tullie | RR | 92:46 (+6:17) |
| 10. | Pavel Kubat | Czech orienteering team | 92:48 (+6:19) |
Full results
Catherine Taylor (OK Linne) won 3:35 minutes ahead of Julia Gross (Swiss Orienteering Team) with Ida Bobach (Danish National Team) in third place at 4:14. Catherine Taylor won 13 of 24 legs while doing several minutes of time losses.
Ida Bobach took the lead at the first control. Catherine Taylor took over the lead at control 2 of 24 controls and kept it until the finish.
| 1. | Catherine Taylor | OK Linne | 68:55 (+0:00) |
| 2. | Julia Gross | Swiss Orienteering Team | 72:30 (+3:35) |
| 3. | Ida Bobach | Danish National Team | 73:09 (+4:14) |
| 4. | Hollie Orr | LOC | 75:25 (+6:30) |
| 5. | Sabine Hauswirth | Swiss Orienteering Team | 75:25 (+6:30) |
| 6. | Helen Palmer | MAROC | 77:59 (+9:04) |
| 7. | Eva Jurenikova | Czech orienteering team | 78:00 (+9:05) |
| 8. | Claire Ward | ESOC | 79:20 (+10:25) |
| 9. | Sara Luescher | Swiss Orienteering Team | 79:54 (+10:59) |
| 10. | Judith Wyder | Swiss Orienteering Team | 80:11 (+11:16) |
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Full results
Duncan Morrison (Hawkes Bay) won 6 seconds ahead of Nick Hann (Wellington) with Gene Beveridge (North West) in third place at 0:20. Duncan Morrison won 12 of 25 legs and did nearly no mistakes.
Duncan Morrison was in the lead all the way from the first control to the end of the race.
| 1. | Duncan Morrison | Hawkes Bay | 15:13 (+0:00) |
| 2. | Nick Hann | Wellington | 15:19 (+0:06) |
| 3. | Gene Beveridge | North West | 15:33 (+0:20) |
| 4. | Thomas Reynolds | North West | 15:56 (+0:43) |
| 5. | Shamus Morrison | Wellington | 16:02 (+0:49) |
| 6. | Karl Dravitzki | Taranaki | 16:21 (+1:08) |
| 7. | Per Melander-Often | North West | 16:22 (+1:09) |
| 8. | Darren Ashmore | Bay of Plenty | 16:48 (+1:35) |
| 9. | Alistair Richardson | Peninsula and Plains | 17:04 (+1:51) |
| 10. | Brent Edwards | Nelson | 17:12 (+1:59) |
Full results
Laura Robertson (Hutt Valley) won 25 seconds ahead of Lizzie Ingham (Wellington) with Imogene Scott (Nelson) in third place at 1:00. Laura Robertson won no legs, but was 2nd on 15 of 21 legs and did nearly no mistakes.
| 1. | Laura Robertson | Hutt Valley | 14:19 (+0:00) |
| 2. | Lizzie Ingham | Wellington | 14:44 (+0:25) |
| 3. | Imogene Scott | Nelson | 15:19 (+1:00) |
| 4. | Renee Beveridge | North West | 15:56 (+1:37) |
| 5. | Sonia Hollands | Counties Manukau | 16:57 (+2:38) |
| 6. | Gunhild Rogne-Halland | NTNUI Norway | 17:14 (+2:55) |
| 7. | Sarah O’Sullivan | Wellington | 17:40 (+3:21) |
| 8. | Tessa Ramsden | Red Kiwi | 18:00 (+3:41) |
| 9. | Becky Gray | North West | 18:20 (+4:01) |
| 10. | Erin Paterson | Taranaki | 18:29 (+4:10) |
Full results
Nick Hann (Wellington) won 2:23 minutes ahead of Shamus Morrison (Wellington) with Chris Forne (Peninsula and Plains) in third place at 2:39. Nick Hann won 9 of 25 legs and did less than a minute of mistakes.
Nick Hann took the lead at the first control. Nick Hann took over the lead at control 6 of 25 controls and kept it until the finish.
| 1. | Nick Hann | Wellington | 35:20 (+0:00) |
| 2. | Shamus Morrison | Wellington | 37:43 (+2:23) |
| 3. | Chris Forne | Peninsula and Plains | 37:59 (+2:39) |
| 4. | Gene Beveridge | North West | 38:27 (+3:07) |
| 5. | Thomas Reynolds | North West | 38:44 (+3:24) |
| 6. | Karl Dravitzki | Taranaki | 39:28 (+4:08) |
| 7. | Duncan Morrison | Hawkes Bay | 41:12 (+5:52) |
| 8. | Brent Edwards | Nelson | 41:18 (+5:58) |
| 9. | Jan Perutka | Hawkes Bay | 41:40 (+6:20) |
| 10. | Carsten Joergensen | Peninsula and Plains | 42:53 (+7:33) |
Full results
Lizzie Ingham (Wellington) won 6:18 minutes ahead of Renee Beveridge (North West) with Imogene Scott (Nelson) in third place at 7:38. Lizzie Ingham won 12 of 19 legs and had time losses of more than a minute.
Lizzie Ingham was in the lead all the way from the first control to the end of the race.
| 1. | Lizzie Ingham | Wellington | 32:21 (+0:00) |
| 2. | Renee Beveridge | North West | 38:39 (+6:18) |
| 3. | Imogene Scott | Nelson | 39:59 (+7:38) |
| 4. | Laura Robertson | Hutt Valley | 40:51 (+8:30) |
| 5. | Tessa Ramsden | Red Kiwi | 42:49 (+10:28) |
| 6. | Rebecca Smith | Bay of Plenty | 44:07 (+11:46) |
| 7. | Jenni Adams | Peninsula and Plains | 45:27 (+13:06) |
| 8. | Gunhild Rogne-Halland | NTNUI | 45:30 (+13:09) |
| 9. | Georgia Whitla | Peninsula and Plains | 46:23 (+14:02) |
| 10. | Becky Gray | North West | 49:10 (+16:49) |
Full results
Nick Hann (Wellington) won 3:23 minutes ahead of Gene Beveridge (North West) with Duncan Morrison (Hawkes Bay) in third place at 3:27. Nick Hann won 11 of 27 legs and had time losses of more than a minute.
Duncan Morrison took the lead at the first control and stayed in front until control 2. Nick Hann took over the lead at control 3 of 27 controls and kept it until the finish.
| 1. | Nick Hann | Wellington | 86:12 (+0:00) |
| 2. | Gene Beveridge | North West | 89:35 (+3:23) |
| 3. | Duncan Morrison | Hawkes Bay | 89:39 (+3:27) |
| 4. | Shamus Morrison | Wellington | 91:49 (+5:37) |
| 5. | Thomas Reynolds | North West | 92:54 (+6:42) |
| 6. | Chris Forne | Peninsula and Plains | 94:24 (+8:12) |
| 7. | Brent Edwards | Nelson | 98:54 (+12:42) |
| 8. | Jan Perutka | Hawkes Bay | 102:29 (+16:17) |
| 9. | Karl Dravitzki | Taranaki | 104:20 (+18:08) |
| 10. | Alistair Richardson | Peninsula and Plains | 112:32 (+26:20) |
Full results
Lizzie Ingham (Wellington) won 53 seconds ahead of Laura Robertson (Hutt Valley) with Imogene Scott (Nelson) in third place at 4:48. Lizzie Ingham won 8 of 18 legs while doing several minutes of time losses.
Laura Robertson took the lead at the first control and stayed in front until control 4. Lizzie Ingham took over the lead at control 13 of 18 controls and kept it until the finish.
| 1. | Lizzie Ingham | Wellington | 73:00 (+0:00) |
| 2. | Laura Robertson | Hutt Valley | 73:53 (+0:53) |
| 3. | Imogene Scott | Nelson | 77:48 (+4:48) |
| 4. | Gunhild Rogne-Halland | NTNUI | 83:41 (+10:41) |
| 5. | Becky Gray | North West | 85:34 (+12:34) |
| 6. | Renee Beveridge | North West | 86:23 (+13:23) |
| 7. | Rebecca Smith | Bay of Plenty | 86:24 (+13:24) |
| 8. | Jenni Adams | Peninsula and Plains | 95:39 (+22:39) |
| 9. | Georgia Whitla | Peninsula and Plains | 95:49 (+22:49) |
| 10. | Tessa Ramsden | Red Kiwi | 98:22 (+25:22) |
Full results
Gustav Bergman (OK Ravinen) won 18 seconds ahead of Olle Boström (Järla Orientering) with Emil Svensk (Stora Tuna OK) in third place at 1:43. Gustav Bergman won 11 of 16 legs and had time losses of more than a minute.
Emil Svensk took the lead at the first control. Gustav Bergman took over the lead at control 3 of 16 controls and kept it until the finish.
| 1. | Gustav Bergman | OK Ravinen | 30:41 (+0:00) |
| 2. | Olle Boström | Järla Orientering | 30:59 (+0:18) |
| 3. | Emil Svensk | Stora Tuna OK | 32:24 (+1:43) |
| 4. | Oskar Andrén | OK Tisaren | 32:30 (+1:49) |
| 5. | Jens Wängdahl | Nyköpings OK | 32:31 (+1:50) |
| 6. | Rassmus Andersson | OK Linné | 32:32 (+1:51) |
| 7. | Ludwig Ljungqvist | IK Hakarpspojkarna | 32:40 (+1:59) |
| 8. | Joakim Svensk | Stora Tuna OK | 33:12 (+2:31) |
| 9. | Mattias Millinger | Järla Orientering | 34:45 (+4:04) |
| 10. | Henrik Jonsson | OK Rodhen | 34:48 (+4:07) |
Full results
Helena Jansson (Leksands OK) won 31 seconds ahead of Anna Forsberg (Göteborg-Majorna OK) with Marttiina Joensuu (SK Pohjantähti) in third place at 2:00. Helena Jansson won 4 of 14 legs and did nearly no mistakes.
Anna Forsberg took the lead at the first control and stayed in front until control 8. Helena Jansson took over the lead at control 9 of 14 controls and kept it until the finish.
| 1. | Helena Jansson | Leksands OK | 34:34 (+0:00) |
| 2. | Anna Forsberg | Göteborg-Majorna OK | 35:05 (+0:31) |
| 3. | Marttiina Joensuu | SK Pohjantähti | 36:34 (+2:00) |
| 4. | Lisa Risby | OK Kåre | 36:39 (+2:05) |
| 5. | Karolin Ohlsson | Järla Orientering | 36:46 (+2:12) |
| 6. | Josefine Klintberg | Eksjö SOK | 37:06 (+2:32) |
| 7. | Lovisa Persson | OK Tisaren | 39:03 (+4:29) |
| 8. | Ellinor Tjernlund | OK Vilse 87 | 39:23 (+4:49) |
| 9. | Rahel Friederich | Leksands OK | 39:27 (+4:53) |
| 10. | Lilian Forsgren | OK Tisaren | 39:32 (+4:58) |
“Matthias Kyburz (Swiss Orienteering Team) won 0 seconds ahead of Scott Fraser (INT)”
Looks like that was written by a bot…
:) Testing some automatic split analysis stuff, but not really a bot… The interesting thing is to get out key info which you don’t see directly from the results, i.e. who had potential to win and where/how the race was decided. Not sure I’ll ever get there, but I’ve got some stuff going which is beyond that simple intro there…
Results and GPS-tracking for season opening competitions in Estonia won by Mikko Siren of Finland and Annika Rihma.
Results: http://www.okvoru.ee/html/2015/Karjalase/web/
GPS tracking:
Men day 1 http://sportrec.navirec.com/ui/#1ahq4kf
Men day 2 http://sportrec.navirec.com/ui/#1ahq4te
Women day 1 http://sportrec.navirec.com/ui/#1ahq4s0
Women day 2 http://sportrec.navirec.com/ui/#1ahq4uo
Thanks!
I am really shocked that IOF-ranking is still missing for these races. Thats something wrong! Definitely, IOF have to learn how to work without delays.
Results are in Eventor, so it looks like this is some technical issue with getting results from Eventor to ranking.orienteering.org?
I have no idea. But for me it is clear sign of low professional level. I saw in 2015 that sometimes delays with IOF ranking points was more then 2 weeks after completion of competitions!!
Mike, why are you so concerned? It is just an insignificant technical problem. Really, there is no media or others who are desperately waiting to see WR points. They will fix it sooner or later but don’t expect better WR system in near feature. It seems that more than this is not an option because WR is not very high on a priority list. The whole value of competition system (WR points) has almost no value today. Do you know anyone within the system who is keen to make a push for WR? Only a better support and timely results IT processes are not enough.
When you mentioned “low professional level” this suggests that someone must be responsible for whole WR and for each part of the system. I read in FOC minutes that within the IOF the person in charge for WR is Vincent Frey FRA. It is not clear who is responsible for what par of processes but I believe that for daily technical/operational tasks (IOF office), IT tasks and bugs (Eventor/contractor) and for rules and importance of WR (Vincent).
In Russian O-team your high position in IOF World Ranking is a main criteria for WOC-selection (both for sprint and for long/middle). Also good starting position at WOC gives this year a really good advantage. All things together push runners to hunting for IOF ranking points. But right now it is really tricky to understand your current position (and ranking level of competitions) with such a huge delay problem.
But you can get high points only at few events per year. Most of the WRE events are local event where points are very low and have no meaning. From IOF perspective forcing runners to hunt WR points should not be the main objective of WR or the only one advantage left within the system. In my opinion it is also wrong that WR points has so big importance on WOC starting list if we all know that WCup and WR events are not a priority events among the majority of best athletes. WOC starting list could be based also on coutry quotas based on previous WOCs. It would be more fair to all who cant participate at these high points events through the year and the system would be align with the WOC qualification system. WR should be about better promotion of sport and athletes.
Samo! Actually it is possible to improve your position in strong WRE. In fact most tricky thing is that it is impossible to identify strong WRE. Sometimes runners earn 1400 for victory, sometimes even with huge margin winner gets just 1200-1300. Runners got small points this year from Portuguse WRE. In my opinion it is necessary to have on-line table with potential WRE points in IOF eventor: when some strong runner is making entry then every one can see new estimations about WRE-points. Then runners can prioritize limited resources for strong WRE. Otherwise it is not clear about any competitions: are Silva League-2015 (Danish Spring/POM/JK/etc.) gonna be strong enough to earn 1400 points or not?..
Exactly! You are talking about levels. In tennis you know exactly how many points each event is worth. WR failed here. There is a fixed winner points for WOC, WC and ROC no matter who enter the event and a scale from 800-1400 for all other events. This is a main problem because no one can predict the outcome. A good system has a fixed table for all levels or statistical formula for all levels as we had in old system. As it stands today we have two different system. The easy solution would be to have also fixed winner points for all local WR events. Like in tennis.
Let’s say a basic local WR event is worth 1300 points and if organizer has a prize money up to 1000 eur for best six runners this local event would be worth 1350 and with even better prize money this local event could rise its points up to WOC level 1500 points. This would be transparent system for organizer and also for runners and good for promotion of sport.
@Samo: I agree with you. I did not know about such system in tennis. But it sounds rational! Can you right a few words about possible solution in Orienteering, please? I will published in http://vinogradovcoach.blogspot.ru/ or may be Jan will published in World of O.
@Jan: What do you think?
If we start discussion then we will have a chance to promote this idea to IOF. I think it is not so difficult to implement some-kind of online score system inot Eventor. And I think that it should be helpful for Orienteering’s promotion.
Scott Fraser was equal first in the JK Sprint
Thanks! Fixed that now.
Still there at the top …
“The British athletes showed that they have prepared well for 2015 with Scott Fraser in 2nd at the sprint and Graham Gristwood in 2nd at the middle distance.”
Semi-automated is a great idea though, particularly if it means more detailed coverage/analysis of more events :-)
Ouch. I fixed it in two places, but there was yet another one. Thanks!