Jan Kjellström
International Festival
of Orienteering 2014
South Wales
18th April - 21st April
South Wales 18th April - 21st April

Entries now closed

Entries closed at midnight last night, with the SI Entries website announcing "This event is now full so all new entries will be placed on a waiting list".

Some 613 overseas entries swelled the total entry to 3043, giving JK 2014 the largest entry for at least the last five years. The 2226 JK Sprint entries mean that Good Friday will see the biggest entry on record for any UK Sprint/Urban race.

A breakdown of entries by nationality shows strong representation from Scandinivia and also from Ireland:-

GBR 2430   DEN 40   AUS 5   USA 2
NOR 144   FIN 23   LAT 5   ITA 2
IRL 127   FRA 23   AUT 4   LTU 2
SWE 100   ESP 10   CAN 3   HKG 2
SUI 51   GER 8   HUN 3   CZE 1
BEL 50   NZL 5   EST 3      

The breakdown by club shows 249 clubs being represented, with Bristol Orienteering having by far the largest number. The "top ten" clubs were all from England:-

1 BOK 130
2 DEE 85
3 LEI 72
4 AIRE 67
5 DVO 66
6 LOC 65
7 SLOW 62
8 HH 62
9 OD 59
10= HOC 58
10= DEVON 58

MAROC and ESOC from Scotland both have 43 entries, SBOC is the leading Welsh club (40 entries), whilst LVO leads the way for Ireland (29 entries). Søllerød OK from Denmark provides the largest Scandinavian entry with 34.

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