SJC wrote: But it's not really orienteering is it? More like "Follow the Leader", then outsprint them at the end. Well that wasn't the case at the recent world cup in either the men's or women's finals. It really is a technically and tactically challenging format, but you need well planned courses and pretty even fields. You should get that in international finals. I thought it could have been better planned at the word cup - the route choices were too even (1 or 2 sec differences), except for control 12 which was too obvious (5 sec difference). I think it needs to be about 3 secs (1 ..read more

If they were about that they would be fine, but according to Google the titles translate as: Is the price of printing services in Hanoi expensive? What criteria must be met to make anti-counterfeit stamps? so I think it's unlikely Statistics: Posted by roadrunner — Mon May 27, 2024 10:31 am ..read more

Arnold wrote: I can also imagine a lighter touch version perhaps with only Finals initially as we learn. You would still need some method to select who gets to qualify for the final. graeme wrote: Also, not that much fun for most entrants who get KO'ed early The promotion/relegation format, rather than KO, overcomes that. Also it means that early rounds are more equally matched. Statistics: Posted by pete.owens — Mon May 27, 2024 9:04 am ..read more

Seconded Statistics: Posted by King Penguin — Sun May 26, 2024 7:54 pm ..read more

More practical I think would be to reintroduce what used to be the Elite sprints which everyone could enter, qualifying for A, B, C, D finals. Statistics: Posted by King Penguin — Sun May 26, 2024 7:54 pm ..read more

Wow, what a weekend! - glorious runnable, dry forests (apart from a couple of heavy showers at the relay). Good courses, pretty decent maps and controls in the right place. A great climax to the British orienteering season. Statistics: Posted by Big Jon — Sun May 26, 2024 6:54 pm ..read more

But it's not really orienteering is it? More like "Follow the Leader", then outsprint them at the end. Statistics: Posted by SJC — Sat May 25, 2024 6:55 pm ..read more

and there's a Knock out Sprint going on today in Switzerland. Not that you'd know it from the lack of interest here. But it's not really orienteering is it? Statistics: Posted by Homer — Sat May 25, 2024 11:39 am ..read more

Fun to watch, but they are a brute to organise even with only M and W classes. We can't even get the regular sprint organisation sorted. Also, not that much fun for most entrants who get KO'ed early: I think its a mistake to just take the formats IOF think will work well for TV and assume they're what the average orienteer wants. However, we're doing one as a WOC test race next month... https://www.woc2024.org/for-teams/test-races/ Statistics: Posted by graeme — Fri May 24, 2024 5:38 pm ..read more

You don’t fancy the 2024 Hanoi 5 Day event then? Statistics: Posted by mikey — Thu May 23, 2024 6:23 pm ..read more