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History of the Event          

Fredrikstad Skiklubb FSK)

Results from previous years

Welcome to the Tim Watkins Blodslitet 2008

This mass start, long distance race was renamed the Tim Watkins Trophy in memory of Tim who died following a car accident in March 2005. Tim was instrumental in introducing this demanding race to the UK and had already organised the first two races.

In Norway, each autumn since the 1977, Fredrikstad Skiklubb has staged the original Blodslitet.  During this period it has been raised to an almost cult event, this year attracting 1700 competitors from all over Scandinavia and elsewhere.  The nearest literal translation to "Blodslitet" is "Blood letter". The Tim Watkins Blodslitet may not produce blood, but is designed to challenge at each and every entry category.

This event will challenge an individual’s endurance and mental agility to the extreme over some of the Lake District’s finest orienteering terrain.   

Local orienteers and map-makers Malcolm & Liz Campbell are to plan the event.  Malcolm says: "We're taking it seriously! We'd like to feel that the planning guidelines were sufficiently flexible, obviously within  EWT and safety constraints, to allow us to plan courses that are tailored to the somewhat unusual nature of the area. For example, we both felt that the butterfly loops last year were somewhat token, especially in an open area, and, at the expense of covering much the same ground a number of times, we felt that they didn't really achieve the aim of splitting the field and reducing 'following' in any significant way. Obviously, an area with woodland gives greater possibilities, and there are other, and possibly better, ways of ensuring that the race doesn't turn into a  crocodile (without going down a full Hageby route), and we'd like to explore some of these. Also, given the nature and variation in the area, we probably need to think about very different styles of course for Juniors and for Men's Open, rather than just using the 'cut-off approach' sometimes used at events to minimise planning and control sites."

Tim Watkins