BBC Sport is supporting the governments mission to get more people playing sport by offering sports clubs a platform to promote their activities on bbc.co.uk.

From June 22, the BBC Things To Do website will promote sport taster sessions to the public on behalf of sports groups. It’s part of the BBC’s work to help inspire the public to try out sport this summer and build a lasting Olympic and Paralympic legacy.

The project will be promoted throughout the summer by BBC Sport and to the 3.3 million unique daily visitors BBC Sport’s website, so it’s a good way to promote sporting opportunities to a wide audience.

Not-for-profit and/or publicly-funded clubs are eligible to register and upload sport taster activities on Things To Do, if they meet the following criteria:

·      The activities must be run from 22 June 2012 onwards

·      Sessions must include active participation in sport

·      Activities should either be free of charge or run on a cost recovery basis

·      The sport must be accessibleto the general public, not just members

·      Sessions must happen on a specific time on a specific day.

Clubs can find out more, sign up and start promoting their sport taster activities at www.bbc.co.uk/thingstodo/activitymaker

For advice on increasing participation in your club, please speak with your areas Participation Manager.

What a great day, the bussing worked out well as far as I was concerned. Those bus drivers were as cool as cucumbers on the narrow Eskdale roads.

The weather was sunny and bright, showing off the superb  Lake District scenery at its best today.

How did the pundits do? Well Ralph Street did admit during his stint with the commentary , along with the tale of his culinary advancements since the JK – cooking a vegetable risotto and not making his mother ill was the highlight of this tale, that his track record at predictions was not great.

Yes that would appear to be so.  Instead of his top three Women’s 21 Elite of Claire Ward, Sarah Rollins and Mhairi McKenzie it was as follows :

1^st Sarah Rollins BAOC 75.06 for 9.8km with 505m climb

2^nd a mere 5 seconds down, Heather Gardner SROC 75.11

3^rd Claire Ward ESOC 78.10

For the Men 21 Elite, his predictions were Hector Haines, Oli Johnson and David Scorah

Winners were:

1^st Hector Haines EUOC 92.01 for 15.6km and 690m climb

2^nd Murray Strain INT 93.12

3^rd Chris Smithard DEE 94.34

Oli  Johnson was fourth in 95.48 and a look at the splits shows that he was in the lead at control 10 but dropped 2 minutes at 11 and 1 minute at each of 13 and 25. However the rest of his splits pretty much matched those of Hector Haines.

W818E winner was Zoe Harding SROC in 62.17 for 7.6km 365m climb

W20E winner Katrin Harding SROC took 66.16 for the same course.

M18E winner Ciaran Allen DEE took 79.11 for 11.1km and 540 m climb

M20E winner was Jonathan Crickmore SO in 67.55 for the same course.

Full results for all classes and splits are to be found here.

Helen Errington

The British Individual Long Distance Orienteering Championships 2012 and British Relay Orienteering Championships 2012 take place this weekend in the Lake District.

The weekend starts with a warm up event at Low Rigg Keswick today Friday 4^th May, followed by the individual championships taking place in Dalegarth on Saturday 5^th May. The main event assembly is in Dalegarth and the competitors not staying in the valley are mainly being transported by coach or  some are using the Ravenglass and Eskdale railway, to get from the car parking in Ravenglass to the assembly area.

Starts are from 11.00 to 15.00 tomorrow and hopefully by 16.30 for most classes, we will know who the 2012 British Champions are. This race also incorporates a round of the Future Champions Cup, the UK Cup and the Masters Cup.

The relay is being staged at Helsington Barrows near Kendal, with the former Kendal race course being used as the car parking and assembly area. If there is anyone with too much energy left over after their relay run, they can race round the 1 mile course and compare their time with the winning horses when the race course was last used in the 1990s.  The relay is also one of a series that together form the UK relay league.

On the bank holiday Monday there will be a race in Kendal, starting from near by the Town Hall. The Kendal urban event is part of the Nopesport Urban League, the North West Urban League  and the Masters Cup.

Full details can be found on the Event website.

Many congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to represent Great Britain at the Junior World Orienteering Championships, being held in Korsice, Slovakia from 7^th-14^thJuly 2012. 

There will be an Athlete Contribution of £100 for the Junior World Orienteering Championships and £50 for the pre-JWOC Training Camp which is being held in the Lake District from 6^th-7^th May 2012.

Please confirm your acceptance of selection by sending an email to Sarah Hague, National Talent Manager by Friday 20^thApril, and also arrange payment of your Athlete Contribution which needs to be sent to the National Office and received by Friday 4^thMay.

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Many congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Youth Orienteering Championships, being held in Bugeat, France from 27^thJune – 1^stJuly 2012.

EYOC is included in the programme to give aspiring and talented young athletes an introduction to International Competition and a British Team environment.

Please confirm your acceptance of selection by sending an email to Sarah Hague, National Talent Manager by Friday 20^thApril, and also arrange payment of your Athlete Contribution which needs to be sent to the National Office and received by Friday 4^thMay.

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Many congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to represent Great Britain at the World University Orienteering Championships in Alicante, Spain from 30^th June to 7^thJuly 2012.

In particular, congratulations to Anwen Darlington who has been selected to make her senior international debut.

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Many congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Orienteering Championships in Mora and Falun, Sweden from 14^th-20^thMay.

The teams attending this competition are doing so on a self-help basis and the teams have been selected from those athletes who made themselves available for selection on that basis.

Particular congratulations to Lucy Butt, Dave Schorah and Chris Smithard who will be making their debuts at this level of senior international competition.

After seeking legal advice I can confirm that the above proposal was ratified at the AGM with 69.5% of the votes cast.

The legal responses stated:

‘Provided the Special Resolution adopting the new Articles of Association pursuant to "Special Proposal 3" did not specify a different time and/or date upon which the new Articles of Association would take effect, the Articles of Association took effect immediately upon the passing of the Special Resolution.  Assuming the changes contained in "Proposal 4" do not require a change to the new Articles of Association (and can therefore be passed by Ordinary Resolution), I can confirm that Proposal 4 was validly passed at the AGM.  Note that the new Articles of Association need to be filed at Companies House within 15 days of their taking effect.’

Tom Bruce, Solicitor, Farrer & Co, 66 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LH

That from 1^st January 2013 British Orienteering will have a single tier of membership with two categories:

• Senior – any member aged 21 or older on 31^st December of the membership year
• Junior – any member aged 20 or younger on 31^st December of the membership year

Membership fees will be nominal and capped at a level such that the budgeted amount of money to be raised from membership fees will not exceed 25% of the budgeted total income to be raised from membership and levy fees.

AND

That from 1^st January 2013, a single rate of levy will be applied to all participants at all events except those covered by a British Orienteering Partnership Agreement. The principle that three juniors (M/W20 and younger) will count as one senior for levy purposes remains, but full-time students will no longer be treated as juniors for levy purposes unless they are juniors.

From 1^st January 2013 until amended fees will be as follows:

Senior member – £5.00

Junior member – £2.00

Levy per senior equivalent participant – £1.00 

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