The aim of the event is to challenge soldiers' navigation, use of ground and aerobic fitness through orienteering. The Harris event on day two also provides junior leaders the opportunity to test their leadership under the pressures of time and competition.
Orienteering directly supports dismounted close combat skills by developing soldiers` ability to `read` the terrain and navigate their way through it. The Army Inter Unit Championships presents a competitive environment to test these skills under physical duress and to promote a `warrior ethos` and will to win.
The Inter-Unit Orienteering Championships 2024 will be conducted in three phases, the first being optional. Coaching is on offer during the morning of Wednesday 22 May, immediately prior to the championships. This will be aimed at those who require an introduction, or refresher. Attendance will not be limited but units must declare their intent to attend when registering.
The second phase is the Spanish Score on Wednesday 22 May. Team members run individually to visit all controls in the fastest possible time. Controls can be visited in any order and the team's time is the cumulative time of every member.
The final phase is the Harris Team on Thursday 23 May. The Harris format is an event where all team members receive identical maps and run simultaneously. There are two sets of controls: `spine` controls, which must be visited by every team member; and `other` controls, which must be visit by at least one team member. Both sets of controls can be visited in any order, and the team`s time is that of the last member to reach the finish, multiplied by four.
Equipment
Full leg cover is mandatory, that means no shorts, vests or exposed ankles. Team Captains are responsible for ensuring that all team members are dressed for the weather conditions, hydrated, have a compass, which they know how to use.
Officials
Planner: Maj(Retd) Colin Dickson - BAOC
Controller: Lt Col(Retd) Colin Metcalfe - BAOC
Organiser: WO2 Jason Edwards - RE
Results
Results will not be on display at the event but you can access them online at race-results.info.
Facilities
Tom's Food Wagon. Toilets.
All competitors must ensure they are fully hydrated before starting, there will be limited water at the start/Finish, but none on the course.
From the finish walk back to the EMIT van. Download at the rear of the EMIT van, take your splits print. Retain your ecard so it can be used on Day 2. The on Day 2 if you have a hire ecard drop it in the tray under the printer. Spare back-up cards for Day 2 will be at Registration.
Civilian Participation
For civilians participating in Army orienteering, Public Liability Insurance is provided by Towergate; individuals are advised to have their own private accident insurance. This event is conducted iaw British Orienteering Rules 2020 and land booked iaw the AOA DIO Licence and JSP907.
Personal Responsibility
Orienteering in the Army is classed as individual military training. Competitors are responsible for their own personal safety and for assessing their own abilities to complete the course.
Use of personal data
The personal data you give at entry/registration will be used by the event organisers and their agents for the purpose of processing and publishing entries and results, conducting safety checks and as required by our insurers to validate our cover. Your information will be managed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
Officials
SRO: Lt Col Richard Mawer AAC
Organiser: WO2 Jason Edwards RE
Planner: Maj (Retd) Colin Dickson BAOC
Controller: Lt Col(Retd) Colin Metcalfe BAOC
Name | |
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Sgt Prabinraj Jabegu | |
Main | Name |
103BN REME A - Short A | |
Pete Test - Under 25 B | |
BAOC Bandits - Short B | |
Pete's Test - Under 25 A | |
DSEME - Senior A | |
Pete Test - Female A | |
Defence Academy - Senior B | |
SO Nearly - Short A | |
Pete Test - Under 25 B | |
2 mi - Masters B | |
BAOC Bandits - Short B | |
DSEME - Senior A | |
3 ACS Bn REME - Female B | |
29 Regt RLC - Short B | |
Pete Test - Short A | |
Pete Test - Female A | |
Pete's Test - Under 25 A | |
DSEME - Short A | |
Defence Academy - Senior B | |
Pete Test - Short A | |
SO Nearly - Short A | |
Pete Test - Female A | |
Defence Academy - Senior B | |
103BN REME A - Short A | |
Pete Test - Under 25 B | |
2 mi - Masters B | |
BAOC Bandits - Short B | |
DSEME - Senior A | |
29 Regt RLC - Short B | |
DSEME - Short A | |
Pete Test - Short A | |
SO Nearly - Short A | |
BAOC Bandits - Short B | |
DSEME - Senior A | |
3 ACS Bn REME - Female B | |
29 Regt RLC - Short B | |
MoD Abbey Wood - Short A | Lt Col Craig Alexander |
Army HQ Women - Female A | Lt Col Woo Allen |
MoD Abbey Wood - Senior A | Lt Col Rob Ashton |
The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) - Senior A | LCpl Charlene Baker |
3DSR - Under 25 A | Sig Aayush Bam |
HQ 101 OSB - Masters A | Maj Richard Barrett |
6 REGT RLC - Under 25 B | Pte Elle Bloomer |
GARRC SP BN - Under 25 A | Spr Declan Boswell |
RE Ad-hoc - Short A | Capt Freya Bowen |
4 Army Air Corp - Senior A | LCpl Lewis Bradley |
Defence Academy - Short A | B2 Iain Brant |
1 R ANGLIAN - Senior A | Pte Adam Brook |
3 ACS Bn REME - Female A | LCpl Hannah Brown |
154 RLC - Senior A | PTE Elle Bryce |
3DSR - Short A | Lcpl Rabin Buduja |
3 ACS Bn REME - Female A | 2Lt Elizabeth Bywater |
1 R IRISH - Senior A | LCpl O'neil C |
HQ LONDIST - Masters A | Maj Sally Calland |
1 R IRISH - Senior A | LCpl B Carrington-Porter |
1 R ANGLIAN - Senior A | LCpl Nickolas Cartwright |
1 R ANGLIAN - Under 25 A | 2Lt George Chapman |
1 R ANGLIAN - Under 25 A | Pte Patrick Chesters |
32 Regt RA - Senior A | WO2 Adam Cook |
Army HQ Women - Female A | Maj Kerry Corkery |
Worthy Down Station - Short A | WO1 Hayley Cornforth |
32 Regt RA - Senior A | WO2 Aaron Crush |
HQ 101 OSB - Masters A | Maj Miles Cuff |
Pete's Test - Under 25 A | WO1 P D |
MoD Abbey Wood - Senior A | WO2 Desmond Dickinson |
BAOC Bandits - Short A | Mistress E Dickson |
1 R ANGLIAN - Senior B | Pte Frankie Douglas |
1 R ANGLIAN - Under 25 B | Pte Joseph Drew |
GARRC SP BN - Senior A | Spr Minafen Eakten |
Defence Academy - Senior B | LtCol Bill Eden |
2 R Irish - Short A | Lcpl Simon Edgar |
RE Ad-hoc - Short A | WO2 Jason Edwards |
1 R ANGLIAN - Under 25 B | Pte Kieran Evans |
BAOC Bandits - Senior A | Maj(Retd) Allan Farrington |
BAOC Bandits - Short A | Master Louis Farrington |
BAOC Bandits - Senior A | Son Simon Farrington |
4 Army Air Corp - Senior A | LCpl Mitchell Finley |
6 REGT RLC - Under 25 B | Pte Emily Flitcroft |
2 Military Intelligence - Short A | LCpl Rhona Fraser |
BAOC Bandits - Senior A | Mr Mike Frizell |
1 R ANGLIAN - Senior A | LCpl Reece Fuller |
32 Regt RA - Senior A | Maj Dan Gallagher |
32 Regt RA - Senior A | Capt Matt Garrard |
29 Regt RLC - Short A | SSgt Antony Gelling |
9 Regt RLC - Senior A | LCpl Ajay Ghale |
Defence Academy - Short A | Col Lucy Giles |
2 Sig Regt - Senior A | SSgt Andrew Gordon |
Upavon Stn Ad Hoc - Short A | WO1 Stuart Greening |
1 R ANGLIAN - Under 25 B | Pte Calvin Gumm |
16th Signal Regiment - Short A | LCpl Deepak Gurung |
DSEME - Short A | Sgt Narbahadur Gurung |
The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) - Senior A | Sgt Nawaraj Gurung |
9 Regt RLC - Senior A | SSgt Raj Gurung |
HQ 101 OSB - Masters A | Sgt Sarun Gurung |
9 Regt RLC - Senior A | Cpl Sunil Gurung |
The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) - Senior A | Cpl Vishwas Gurung |
HQ 101 OSB - Short A | Capt Albert Hadcock |
1 R ANGLIAN - Under 25 C | Pte James Hall |
3 ACS Bn REME - Female A | Sgt Susannah Halliday |
Upavon Stn Ad Hoc - Short A | Capt Alan Harris |
103BN REME A - Short A | Capt Gary Harris-Deans |
HQ 101 OSB - Short A | Capt Richard Hartnell |
1 R ANGLIAN - Senior B | Pte James Heenan |
SNOT (Civvy only) - Wednesday | Mr John Hill-Venning |
32 Regt RA - Female A | Sgt Katy Hillman |
6 REGT RLC - Under 25 A | Pte Autumn Johnson |
2 R Irish - Short A | Cpl Keith Johnston |
RE Ad-hoc - Short A | Col Brian Johnstone |
32 Regt RA - Female A | Bdr Abby Jones |
2 R Irish - Short A | Lcpl Adam Jones |
SNOT (Civvy only) - Wednesday | Mr Pete Jones |
2 Sig Regt - Senior A | SSgt Tom Julian |
BAOC Bandits - Senior A | Friend Michael K |
SNOT (Civvy only) - Wednesday | Mr Paul Keeble |
9 Regt RLC - Under 25 A | LCpl Yubaraj Khatri |
4 SCOTS - Senior A | L/Cpl Alan King |
Upavon Stn Ad Hoc - Short A | C1 Cameron Lamond |
GARRC SP BN - Senior A | Pte Ieuan Lewis |
HQ 101 OSB - Short A | LCpl Bradley Lucas |
SNOT (Civvy only) - Wednesday | Mr James Lyne |
154 RLC - Senior A | PTE Callum Macfadyen |
WARGAR - Senior A | Maj Adam Mackness |
MoD Abbey Wood - Short A | WO1 Gareth Mansfield |
4 SCOTS - Senior A | Cpl Rory Martin |
Worthy Down Station - Short A | Cpl Mark Maudsley |
Worthy Down Station - Short B | Cpl Mark Maudsley |
MoD Abbey Wood - Senior A | Lt Col Rich Mawer |
Army HQ Women - Female A | WO2 Kirsty McDermott |
Worthy Down Station - Short A | Cpl Steven Mclocklan |
Worthy Down Station - Short B | Cpl Steven Mclocklan |
1 R ANGLIAN - Senior A | Captain Douglas Mileham |
Defence Academy - Short A | Maj Helen Mills |
GARRC SP BN - Senior A | Capt Diane Mitson |
29 Regt RLC - Short A | Sgt Tom Mould |
WARGAR - Senior A | Lt Col Mark Nash |
1 R IRISH - Senior A | Cpl A O'Sullivan |
HQ LONDIST - Masters A | Maj Jon Oxley |
3DSR - Under 25 A | Sig Pranap Paija |
32 Regt RA - Female A | Bdr Lauren Parry |
Defence Academy - Short A | Maj Simon Phillips |
GARRC SP BN - Under 25 A | Spr Dipsan Phiyak |
1 R ANGLIAN - Under 25 A | Pte Brandon Prime |
6 REGT RLC - Under 25 B | Pte Joe Pringle |
WARGAR - Senior A | Maj Carl Proctor |
GARRC SP BN - Senior A | Cpl Bikash Rai |
GARRC SP BN - Under 25 A | LCpl Pawan Rai |
9 Regt RLC - Senior A | Pte Sachet Rai |
9 Regt RLC - Under 25 A | Pte Sanam Rai |
3DSR - Short A | Sig Sunil Rana |
JHG(N) - Short A | Maj Aaron Rennie |
2 Military Intelligence - Short A | LCpl Ellis Reynolds |
3 ACS Bn REME - Short A | Cfn George Ryan |
6 REGT RLC - Under 25 A | Pte Harry Santry |
6 REGT RLC - Under 25 A | Pte Amira Scholefield |
4 SCOTS - Senior A | Lt Oliver Shankland |
4 SCOTS - Senior A | Hldr Wayne Shaw |
HQ LONDIST - Masters A | Maj Mel Slade |
BAOC Bandits - Short A | Mr Terry Smith |
MoD Abbey Wood - Senior A | WO2 Yuriy Snitovskyy |
4 Army Air Corp - Senior A | Sgt Birendra Sorali |
WARGAR - Senior A | Maj Andy Southby |
29 Regt RLC - Short A | maj Sophie Spencer-Small |
HQ LONDIST - Masters A | Lt Col Sarah Streete |
9 Regt RLC - Under 25 A | Pte Yukesh Sunwar |
16th Signal Regiment - Short A | LCpl Aakash Tamang |
Worthy Down Station - Short B | Captain James Taylor |
16th Signal Regiment - Short A | Sig Lakpa Tenzing |
The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) - Senior A | LCpl Binod Thakali |
HQ 101 OSB - Masters A | SSgt Kanu Thapa |
3DSR - Under 25 A | Sig Sanam Thapa |
3DSR - Short A | Sig Sanjay Thapa |
3 ACS Bn REME - Short A | Lt Joel Thetford |
3 ACS Bn REME - Short A | Sgt Nathan Toye |
1 R ANGLIAN - Senior B | Pte Jone Uluilakeba |
GARRC SP BN - Under 25 B | Unknown Unknown Unknown |
GARRC SP BN - Under 25 B | Unknown Unknown Unknown |
GARRC SP BN - Under 25 B | Unknown Unknown Unknown |
2 Sig Regt - Senior A | WO2 Michael Upton |
1 R ANGLIAN - Senior B | Pte Marc Valera |
2 mi - Masters B | SSgt M W |
154 RLC - Senior A | SSGT Mark Wardle |
3 ACS Bn REME - Female B | LCpl Josephine Warman |
1 R ANGLIAN - Under 25 C | Pte Daniel Wharton |
MoD Abbey Wood - Short A | Maj Aaron Whiting |
2 Military Intelligence - Short A | LCpl Annie Whittemore |
1 R ANGLIAN - Under 25 C | Pte Chad Williams |
154 RLC - Senior A | PTE Tom Winsor |
2 Sig Regt - Senior A | Cpl Kevin Wright |