Long distance entries will open in January 2025.
Pre-entry by championship age class (M/W10 - M/W90) or non-competitive colour coded course (white, yellow, orange, light green)
Entrants must be a current member of British Orienteering or a member of an overseas IOF affiliated federation.
To be eligible to be a British Champion, an individual competitor must on the day immediately preceding the day of competition in question be a member of British Orienteering and either (i) be a British citizen or (ii) have been a member of British Orienteering in each of the three membership years preceding the year of the competition. When entering competitors will be asked to confirm if they are eligible to be a British Champion.
Shadowing is not allowed in championship classes.
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Relay entries will open in January 2025.
Entrants must be a current member of British Orienteering or a member of an overseas IOF affiliated federation.
To be eligible to be a British Champion relay team (with exception of adhoc classes), all competitors must on the day immediately preceding the day of competition in question be a member of British Orienteering and either (i) be a British citizen or (ii) have been a member of British Orienteering in each of the three membership years preceding the year of the competition. When declaring teams, team captains will be asked to confirm if the team is eligible to be a British Champion relay team.
For all classes except Junior and Mixed Ad Hoc, all competitors must be from the same club (unless a neighbouring club alliance as below).
This applies to the following classes:
Clubs from the same Association and/or geographically adjacent clubs are permitted to form combined teams (“Alliances”) for participation in the British Relay Championships. The same applies to JK Relays and British Mixed Sprint Relay, and a different alliance can be formed for each team at each event. Alliance teams are competitive and will be eligible to win trophies.
Clubs may only combine to enter “Alliance” teams if they have already entered as many complete teams as they are able to in each class.
In circumstances where combined teams are formed, clubs must pick their best runners for their own club team or teams before seeking to form an alliance to give their additional junior orienteers the opportunity to run in the competition. Any attempt by clubs to do otherwise may lead to their alliance team being declared non-competitive. The spirit of this initiative is, therefore, that clubs form teams from their own members and are encouraged to develop their own club juniors; it is not the intention for 'elite' teams to be formed.
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In the case of curtailment or cancellation of the event due to circumstances beyond our control, we reserve the right to retain all or part of the entry fees.
Competitors may only cancel their entry if the event itself has not been curtailed or cancelled. Refunds will be given to cancellations by entrants as follows: