Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering

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1967 saw the first Jan Kjellström International Orienteering Festival or "JK", held in memory of Jan Kjellström. The annual JK moved to Easter in 1969, and now regularly attracts a field of four thousand or more. The 1974 JK was the first British event to attract more than one thousand entrants.[1] The JK Trophy is awarded to the winning team in the Men's Premier relay class.[2]

Events

Saturday Sunday
Region Individual Relay
1967 First event
1967 SEOA Hindhead  ?
1968[3] SEOA Haselmere
1969[4] NEOA Kielder Forest Kielder Forest, Lewisburn Area
1970[5] EMOA Clumber Park Shining Cliff
Combined Harvesters Event added to make four days
Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
Region Training event Relay Individual Combined Harvesters Event
1971[6][7][8] SEOA  ? Holmbury Hill Leith Hill
Format reverted to three days
Friday Saturday Sunday
Region Training event Individual Relay
1972[9] WMOA Staffordshire Beaudesert Park Cannock Chase
Format changed to four days
Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
Region Warm-up event Individual Relay Run-down Event
1973[10] SOA Loch Ard South Achray North Achray Balmaha
1974[11] SWOA Speech House, Forest of Dean Speech House, Forest of Dean Brierley South, Forest of Dean Forest of Dean
1975 SCOA N.W. Surrey Star Posts Hawley and Hornley Star Posts
1976[12] NWOA Western Lake District Dalegarth, Eskdale Dalegarth West, Eskdale Dalegarth West, Eskdale
1977[8][13][14] SEOA Lower Bourne Forest Leith Hill Eartham Wood Mytchett Common
1978[15][16] YHOA Rivelin Wharncliffe and Grenoside Strines Hope Woodlands
1979[17] SWOA Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor Bramble Brook  ?
Format changed to four days with individual event decided over two days
Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
Region Training event Individual (day 1) Individual (day 2) Relay
1980[18][19] SOA Mark Hill Dalbeattie Laurieston Mabie Forest
Region Training event Individual (day 1) Relay Individual (day 2)
1981[8] WMOA Lizard Hill and the Gallops, Lickey Hills (2 available)[20] Beaudesert Park, Cannock Chase Bishop's Wood Beaudesert Park, Cannock Chase
Region Training event Individual (day 1) Individual (day 2) Relay
1982 SCOA Star Posts Star Posts Yateley Heath
1983 NWOA Rusland & Finsthwaite Heights Finsthwaite & Stott Park Heights Ulpha Park
1984[21] WOA Hafod Gwenllian Moel y Dyniewyd Braich Bryn Clogwyn Mawr
1985 NEOA Beanley Kyloe Kyloe Callaly
1986[22] EAOA  ? Brandon Park, Thetford Pretty Corner Brandon Park, Thetford
1987[23] YHOA Raincliffe Woods Newtondale Barns Cliff Cawthorne Banks
1988[24] SEOA Selhurst Park Charlton Forest Charlton Forest Longmoor
1989[25] SWOA Gare Hill Longleat Stourhead Stock Hill
1990 SOA Creag Vinean Craig a' Barns Devilla Forest
1991 EMOA Cromford Moor and Black Rock Clumber Park Shining Cliff Clumber Park
1992 NWOA Bigland Tarn Bigland & Backbarrow Bigland Tarn
1993[26] SCOA Burghfield Common Woolmer & Longmoor Long Valley Highclere
1994[27] WMOA Garway Garnstone & Foxley Pyon and Dinmore Big Wood
1995 YHOA Guisecliffe Wood Wass Forest Kilnsey Moor Gilling Woods
1996 NEOA Coate Moor Mulgrave Woods Snotterdale
1997[28] SWOA The Towans South, and Killerton Park Penhale Sands Penhale Sands Lanhydrock
1998[29] WOA Planta Fawr & Foel Offrwm Dolgledr Tir Stent Garthwyllt
1999[30] SEOA Redlands, Dorking Leith Hill Winterfold Hill Hawley & Homley
2000[31] SOA Drumbuie and Craig a'Barns Loch Rannoch Tullochroisk
2001[32] Event cancelled due to outbreak of foot and mouth disease
2002[33] SWOA Sallowvallets Lydney Park, Lydney Moseley Green, Blakeney Lydney Park, Lydney
2003[34] SCOA Hambleden Star Posts Hambleden
2004[35] NWOA/EMOA Simpson Ground Graythwaite, Ulverston Graythwaite, Ulverston Graythwaite, Ulverston
2005[36] WMOA Tackeroo Brown Clee Abraham's Valley Hopwas
Format changed - sprint event introduced
Region Sprint event Individual (day 1) Individual (day 2) Relay
2006[37] YHOA Temple Newsam Ilkley Moor Keldy (formerly known as Cropton & Cawthorne) Bramham Park
2007[38] BOF University of West of England, Bristol Speech House West, Forest of Dean Speech House East, Forest of Dean Caerwent Army Camp, Chepstow
2008[39] SEOA University of Surrey, Guildford Leith Hill Ashdown Forest Eridge Old Park
2009[40] NEOA Newcastle City Kyloe Woods Detchant, Shiellow, Greensheen Hill & Cockenhaugh Dipton Woods
2010[41][42] SWOA Bicton / Exeter University Cookworthy Braunton Braunton
2011[43] NIOA Stranmillis University and Queens Elm Village Tyrella Slieve Croob Tyrella
2012[44] SOA Livingston, Scotland Dunalastair Craig a Barns Newtyle
2013[45] SCOA University of Reading (Whiteknights campus) Hambleden Cold Ash Hambleden
2014[46] WOA Swansea University Merthyr Common Llangynidr Pwll Du
2015[47] NWOA Lancaster University Ulpha Park and Barrow Fell Bigland Graythwaite

Event footnotes

  • JK69. The event was held in NEOA but organised by NWOA.[4]
  • JK69. The Relay was to have been held at Slaley but had to be cancelled due to snow. The event was moved to Kielder Forest, Lewisburn Area.[4]
  • JK74. This event was the first British event to attract more than one thousand competitors.[1]
  • JK81. For this year only, the Relay was held on the Sunday i.e. between the two individual days.[8]
  • JK89. At this event there were two deaths. On the Saturday Swedish visitor Stig Gorman (58) of Mariestad died within sight of the finishing line; and on the Sunday Martin Cochrane (81) of Sarum Orienteers died shortly after starting the Orange colour-coded course.[25]
  • JK98. On the Sunday the courses using the Red start were cancelled due to snow. This decision led to a controversy which was discussed in Compass Sport & The Orienteer and also at British Orienteering Federation (BOF) National Office.[48]
  • JK2001. The whole weekend of events was cancelled due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.[32]
  • JK2006. A sprint event was introduced at this event on the Friday, in addition to the usual Training event. This was an attempt to make the sport more 'spectator friendly' and was part of the International Orienteering Federation’s proposal to make the sport an Olympic sport.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.athleticscholarships.net/other-sports-orienteering-3.htm(Retrieved on 14 October 2008)
  2. ↑ http://owiki.nopeindustries.com/index.php?title=JK(Retrieved on 17 October 2008)
  3. ↑ The Orienteer, July 1968, Vol. 1, No. 2.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Orienteer, April 1969, Vol. 2, No. 1.
  5. ↑ The Orienteer, Jan 1970, Vol. 2, No. 4.
  6. ↑ The Orienteer, Jan 1971, Vol. 3, No. 4.
  7. ↑ The Orienteer, Jun 1977, Vol. 10, No. 3.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 The Orienteer, June 1981, Vol. 14, No. 3.
  9. ↑ The Orienteer, Jan 1972, Vol. 4, No. 4.
  10. ↑ The Orienteer, Mar 1973, Vol. 6, No. 2.
  11. ↑ The Orienteer, Feb 1974, Vol. 7, No. 1.
  12. ↑ The Orienteer, Dec 1975, Vol. 8, No. 6.
  13. ↑ The Jan Kjellstrom Trophy 1977, entry form
  14. ↑ The Orienteer, June 1977, Vol. 10, No. 3.
  15. ↑ The Jan Kjellstrom Trophy 1978, entry form
  16. ↑ The Orienteer, June 1978, Vol. 11, No. 3.
  17. ↑ The Orienteer, June 1979, Vol. 12, No. 3.
  18. ↑ The Orienteer, June 1980, Vol. 13, No. 3.
  19. ↑ Compass Sport, 1980, No. 3.
  20. ↑ JK81 Program
  21. ↑ Compass Sport & The Orienteer, 1984, Vol 5. No. 2.
  22. ↑ Compass Sport & The Orienteer, 1986, Vol 7. No. 3.
  23. ↑ Compass Sport & The Orienteer, 1987, Vol 8. No. 3.
  24. ↑ Compass Sport & The Orienteer, 1988, Vol 9. No. 2.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Compass Sport & The Orienteer, 1989, Vol 10. No. 2.
  26. ↑ Compass Sport & The Orienteer, 1993, Vol 14. No. 1.
  27. ↑ Compass Sport & The Orienteer, 1994, Vol 15. No. 1.
  28. ↑ Compass Sport & The Orienteer, 1997, Vol 18. No. 2.
  29. ↑ Compass Sport & The Orienteer, 1998, Vol 19. No. 1 (and Vol. 19 No. 2).
  30. ↑ Compass Sport & The Orienteer, 1999, Vol 20. No. 2.
  31. ↑ http://www.btinternet.com/~coombs.five/Maronews/(Retrieved on 17 October 2008)[dead link]
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 http://www.happyherts.org.uk/pacemaker/march_2001/foot_and_mouth.htm(Retrieved on 17 October 2008)
  33. ↑ Compass Sport, 2002, Vol 23. No. 1, Page 26.
  34. ↑ Compass Sport, 2003, Vol 24. No. 1, Page 23.
  35. ↑ http://www.sroc.org/jk2004.html(Retrieved on 17 October 2008)
  36. ↑ http://www.butlercole.plus.com/mn/jk2005/(Retrieved on 17 October 2008)
  37. ↑ http://www.sloweb.org.uk/news/jk06.htm(Retrieved on 17 October 2008)
  38. ↑ http://www.jk2007.org.uk/(Retrieved on 16 October 2008)
  39. ↑ http://www.jk2008.org.uk/(Retrieved on 16 October 2008)
  40. ↑ http://www.jk2009.org.uk/(Retrieved on 16 October 2008)
  41. ↑ club minutes
  42. ↑ jk2010 website
  43. ↑ jk2011 website(Retrieved on 9 January 2010)
  44. ↑ jk2012 website(Retrieved on 2 April 2012)
  45. ↑ jk2013 website(Retrieved on 27 December 2012)
  46. ↑ jk2014 website(Retrieved on 25 November 2014)
  47. ↑ jk2015 website(Retrieved on 25 November 2014)
  48. ↑ Compass Sport & The Orienteer, 1998, Vol. 19 No. 2.

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