Author: Rebecca Simpson

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NEJS @ JIRCS 2026

In late September, eight members of NEJS travelled to the Junior Inter Regional Championships (JIRCs), held this year in Writtle Forest, near Chelmsford, and organised by the East Anglian Orienteering Association.

Saturday saw some fast running in the individual competition, with a fantastic performance from Jacob, who finished 4th on the M14 course!

After an overnight stay at Essex Outdoors – and plenty of dancing at the ceilidh – Sunday brought the relays. Always a fun event, with team tops and painted faces, NEJS had teams competing in the Girls Open, Boys Open and Mixed Ad Hoc categories. Great fun was had by all, with some quick times from our juniors.

The powerhouse squads of ScotJOS and YHJS dominated the weekend, maintaining their fierce annual rivalry and securing the top two spots overall.

A big thank you to EAOA for hosting such a memorable weekend in the sunshine. We’re already looking forward to JIRCs 2027, which will be hosted by the West Midlands Orienteering Association!

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NEJS summer tour to Silva O’Camp

Earlier this summer 12 NEJS juniors and three coaches travelled to Czechia for the week-long Silva O’Camp – and it was amazing!  As you can see from the photos below this was a fantastic opportunity for our juniors to make new international friends and improve their orienteering skills, and most importantly, strengthen their commitment to the sport. Everyone came back thoroughly exhausted having spent hours in the forest improving their orienteering and having fun. Highlights were – ‘super puncher’, micro-orienteering, tiomila format relays, the Olympic ceremony and the international parade! If you see any of the juniors please ask them about it, I’m sure they will enjoy telling you all about it.

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NEJS training weekend – Dale Park, March 2025

This weekend 7 juniors and 3 coaches from the NEJS travelled to the South Lakes for a day of training at Dale Park, followed by the LOC Cumbrian Galoppen event at Great Tower. An early set-off meant we were ready to train before lunch on the Saturday, starting off with a control pick exercise. The YHOA junior squad had kindly allowed us to join in with their training, so it gave our juniors a good challenge! Visualisation and Simplification exercises followed, but then came the rain!!

Back at our base for the night, High Wray Village Hall, we enjoyed the warmth and the table tennis table!

On Sunday the sun made an appearance and we all enjoyed our runs at Great Tower, some more than others! The juniors were amazing – always keen to learn new skills and techniques, and have lots of fun. Now for the JK and British Long Champs …

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