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May 12, 2025
Ben and Megan Mitchell of Swansea Bay Orienteering Club are the 2025 British Orienteering Champions. Megan took a convincing win in the women’s race through the tough and technical Grizedale Forest. Ben ‘s race was closer but his strength allowed him to pull ahead of the field in the final few controls.
There was more Welsh success in some of the other classes:
Robin Irwin took the silver medal in M16
Alice Bedwell took the win in W65
and in the relays
SBOC ad-hoc team (Bethan Irwin, Kate O’Sullivan and Niall Reynolds) were in 3rd and the SBOC Mens Premier team of Ben, Robin and Megan took an impressive 5th place
Photo credit - Wendy Carlyle