CompassSport Magazine

06/05/2026

Vol.47 / Issue 2 went to our printers S&G in southern Wales yesterday. Contents include coverage of Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering 2026 in Scotland, British O Champs: Long, Relay, Night, Middle Championships, 50 years of WIGHTO, Georgia Navigator Cup pt.2, Mapping Corner #7, Safety Column #25, Competitions and more.
Many thanks to our advertisers: Lakes Climber, OCAD AG App, Lakes5 2026, NAOC 2026, 50th WIGHTO Anniversary Weekend, Fabian4 Online Entry Service, , PWT Park World Tour Italy Orienteering.it 5+5 Sardinia 2026, Wellbeing, Mourne Mountain Marathon 2026, WOC World Orienteering Championships 2026 & BOC Sprints in Bristol.
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18/02/2026

Vol. 47/1 - FEB26 is now at the printers! Contents includes the 12th Stockholm Indoor Cup (SIC), the 7th BIG 5 Orienteering Week in the Cradle of Humankind, Mal Harding Extreme-O from Georgia, 2025 CompassSport Newsletter Awards, Mountain Marathon Review Calendar for 2026, Steel City Weekend in Sheffield by South Yorkshire Orienteers & Sheffield University Orienteering and Fell Running, Maze-O in Israel, WMOC 2025 and 25th Scottish 6 Days Orienteering summaries, BSOA Champs, Ferrei Headlamp review, Mappers Corner #5, Photo-O Solution, 2026 BOF rule changes, Safety Spotlight Column on Missing Orienteers, and much more!

Photo from the Southern Champs by Edward Lines

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17/12/2025

The final issue of 2025 - Volume 46/6 - DEC26, is being posted today from our printers S&G in South Wales. Expect it to hit UK doormats in a few days.
Cover shot is of M65 John Embrey SROC in Girona, ESP at WMOC on his way to his 3rd World Masters Sprint title.
The issue contains our much anticipated annual Foreign Multi-Day Events Calendar, coverage of World Orienteering Championships in Kuopio, FIN, Junior European Cup in Scotland, World Games in China, Sprint Planning in multi-level areas by Dylan Bryant, Delaware Valley Orienteering Association (DVOA)'s 25th Susquehanna Stumble, O-Board game by our in-house Cartoonist Paul Johnson, 56th OMM from Shap, eastern Lakes, Using SIAC punching, Mappers Corner #4 by Alasdair Pedley, World Cup Final in Uster, SUI and Grace Molloy's brilliant KOS Silver, and the usual columns.

A shout out to some of our advertisers! Lakes Climber, Peel Land Surveys, Irish Orienteering Championships - Forest & Sprint, Lakes5, OOcup Ireland 2026, Cyprus International Orienteering Festival, Compass Point O Shop, Trail Head Torches, GAPP Czech Orienteering Tour, BOC Nights hosted by Orienteering, SAX & DFOK CRET Urban weekend extravaganza, BOC Long & Relays, BOC Middles & Midland Champs weekend hosted by OD & HOC, Gdańsk City Race and Wyspa O-Cup in Poland by Harpagan Orienteering Club, Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering 2026 Perth and Highland Perthshire, Swiss Orienteering Week 2026 in Portes du Soleil and 5 Days 2026 - Val di Sole.

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Is CompassSport magazine value for money?
It is interesting to note the Swedish Magazine Orienteraren is now £15 an issue (4 a year) for addresses outside of Sweden. (£10 for those in SWE.) CompassSport is £7 UK, £8.33 for non-uk European addresses and £9.33 for Outside Europe. And you will find MANY MANY more maps in CompassSport.

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21/11/2025

Issue 5 (aka OCT25) just went to our printers S&G in South Wales late last night. Another issue of pure O delight. Coverage inside the magazine includes Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club at 60, Accessible Courses in O, How to win and not get selected, BOC Sprints & Mixed Sprint Relays, 41st CompassSport Cup Final, European Orienteering Championships 2025, 18th O-EVENT 2025, GBR Elites Abroad with a West Cumberland Orienteering Club member, and all the usual columns and sections, including the annual Photo-O sponsored by the 2026 Lakes 5 Days!
A shout out to some of our advertisers! Lakes Climber, Peel Land Surveys, Irish Orienteering Championships - Forest & Sprint, Lakes5, OOcup Ireland 2026, Cyprus International Orienteering Festival, Compass Point O Shop, Trail Head Torches, GAPP Czech Orienteering Tour, BOC Nights, Saxons Orienteering Club & Dartford Orienteers CRET Urban weekend extravaganza, BOC Long & Relays.
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📷 Wendy Carlyle at the BOC Sprints at UEA

25/09/2025

Issue 4 (aka AUG25) went to our printers S&G in South Wales late last night. Another issue of pure O delight. Coverage inside the magazine includes EYOC 2025 in Brno, CZE (Cover shot of Finn from the Sprint), Antwerp Sprint Orienteering Meeting 2025 in Turnhout, Belgium, 41st Harvester Relays hosted by JOK, Jukola 2025, European MTBO Championships, OMM Lite, Southern Navigators Orienteering Club at 60, Idre World Cup #1, 5th Coast and Islands in Shetland, GBR Elites abroad features an Interlopers Orienteering Club - Edinburgh member, Manchester and District Orienteering Club O-Ring 60th event, Informal Event Format #69 is CluedO by Saxons Orienteering Club and more...

A shout out to some of our advertisers! Orientación Canarias G-Com and LPA City Race (CRET #1 of 2026!), Lakes Climber, Peel Land Surveys, Irish Orienteering Championships, BIG 5 Orienteering Week, Mourne Mountain Marathon, Lakes5, Ireland 2026, Cyprus International Orienteering Festival, Compass Point O Shop, Trail Head Torches.
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📷 Eszter Kocsik

15/09/2025

Just over a 1000 runners took part in the 41st CompassSport Cup Finals, held in some fine dunes by Redcar at South Gare hosted by Cleveland Orienteering Klub. South Yorkshire Orienteers took the CSC for the 18th time by only 5 points ahead of Forth Valley Orienteers and Interlopers Orienteering Club - Edinburgh took the small clubs Trophy for the 6th time.
Course winners' prizes were vouchers from CompassPoint shop and presented by owner Romauldas Stupelis HOC.
Full report in a coming CompassSport Magazine!
Many thanks to Peter Guillaume SYO who is standing down as the CompassSport Cup Coordinator having done the job for over 20 years. He will still carry on doing the entries. Andrew Kelly CLARO will now take over Chairing the CSC Steering Committee.
A huge thanks to all in CLOK and beyond who made this fabulous weekend and competition happen.
Next year's CSC Heats are on the 22nd February 2026. Final will be 18th October 2026 at Pippingford Park, Ashdown Forest, hosted by Mole Valley. Put those dates in your diaries now!

📷 by Anthony Barrable / CompassSport Magazine

17/06/2025

Vol.46/3 - JUN25 went to our printers in South Wales this morning. We have extensive coverage of JK 2025 hosted by YHOA and BOC Long & Relays hosted by NWOA. We also cover the Long Night at the 78th TioMila Relays, O-Myths on Seeding, Informal Event Formats at WCOCs Xmas event, Ex-GBR Elites #23 covers a Marine who competed in 2 of the earliest WOCs, Who are all the 21s?s of a Border Liners Orienteering Club member, Competitions, Reviews from Warmies and inov-8 All Terrain Running TRAILFLY Zeros, and all the other usual columns and features.
A shout out to some of our advertisers! Scottish 6 Days Orienteering, Orientación Canarias G-Com and LPA City Race, Lakes Climber, Peel Land Surveys, European Orienteering Championships 2025, Irish Orienteering Championships, BIG 5 Orienteering Week, Mourne Mountain Marathon, Lakes5, Eborienteers White Rose Weekend, South London Orienteers London City Race, Ireland 2026, Devon Orienteering Club Caddihoe Chase, Cyprus International Orienteering Festival.
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Cover Photo: Robert Lines with colour editing by Will Heap. Taken at JK25 Day 3 - Wharncliffe Long Distance - featuring M35 Champion Andrew Llewellyn of Forth Valley Orienteers

15/04/2025

Vol. 46/2 aka APR25 went to our printers in South Wales this lunchtime. As usual it has a super variety of content and loads of maps to marvel at. BOC Nights, Middles, USA Junior Nationals in Texas, 1st Purbeck Hill Challenge, Lipica Open by Train, a new Mapping Corner column, O Myths #14, Safety Column #19, Know Your Club O-Tops!?, 11th Stockholm Indoor Cup (SIC), Informal Format #67 courtesy of Saxons Orienteering Club Kent Night Cup at Perry Wood, Who are all the 21s? Column containing a Quantock Orienteers, RC #5 includes BUCS, 37th Interland, Talent Squad Training, Special Selection Race in exotic Crawley, and lots more of course.
Cover shot by the legendary Robert Lines from BOC Middles in MVland.
A shout out to some of our advertisers: OMM Lite / Grasmere Gallop, World Masters Orienteering Championship 2025 world masters orienteering, Lakes Climber, BIG 5 Orienteering Week Scottish 6 Days Orienteering, Antwerp Sprint Orienteering Meeting, Peel Land Surveys, , Fabian4 Online Entry Service, European Orienteering Championships 2025, BOC Sprints & Sprint Relays hosted by EAOA, Mourne Mountain Marathon, Ravinen's 3-kvallars, Cyprus International Orienteering Festival, , in shropshire, and more!
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15/02/2025

Vol.46/1 - FEB25 issue went to the printers yesterday, Valentine's Day. The cover show's a Claro Orienteering stalwart starting at Airienteers Indoor-O Event at Bradford Grammar School at the end of last year. Photo by the great Wendy Carlyle AIRE.
This issue contains extensive coverage of the 11th Orientación Canarias G-Com event on Gran Canaria, SROC - Red Rose Orienteers's 60@60 event at Lancaster University on NYD, Mountain Marathon Review Calendar for 2025, 2024s World University Orienteering Championships, Who are all the 21s? column features Lakeland Orienteering Club, 50 years of being a Mapper article by a Devon Orienteering Club member, Croeso 2024 winners, Informal #65 features a Border Liners Orienteering Club event, Photo-O Solution, Eyes and O article, CompassSport Newsletter Awards, and more...
A shout out to some of our advertisers: Irish Orienteering Championships, Lakes Climber, BIG 5 Orienteering Week, Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering, Scottish 6 Days Orienteering, Sprint Orienteering Meeting, Peel Land Surveys, , Fabian4 Online Entry Service, European Orienteering Championships 2025, BOC Long & Relays, BOC Sprints & Sprint Relays, Northern Champs Weekend, Mourne Mountain Marathon, OK Ravinen's 3-kvallars and more!

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29/01/2025

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79dv84215no

Car park challenges at the Concorde Chase last Sunday hits the BBC news.

Vehicles had to be towed out a field one by one in an operation lasting about seven hours.