HEALTH & WELLBEING
ORIENTEERING COURSE AT RAF LEEMING GIVES COMPETITORS THE RUN AROUND
Orienteers from the Military League North viewed RAF Leeming in a new light when they took part in the Station’s first competition in the sport.
The event attracted more than one hundred competitors from across the region to navigate their way round three courses designed to challenge experienced orienteers as well as those trying the sport for the first time.
It was organised by Sqn Ldr Rachel Sullivan and Chris Poole, who are based at the North Yorkshire Station as well as being experienced and successful orienteers in their own right. Chris said: “For me, there is a technical challenge and I also enjoy the running. You can go to such beautiful places and I have done orienteering all over the world.”
Whilst orienteering is often associated with runs through woodlands, the RAF Leeming event focused on the increasingly popular urban side of the sport, which can provide fast and intense navigation and challenge a different set of skills. Chris said: “It’s slightly more technical and very much about route choice – which could be down to which side to run around a building. There might not even be much difference in the distance – but the time taken to make that decision could win or lose a race.”
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