Rock-Orienteering in Jonsdorf

May 2, 2022

The Saxon-Bohemian Orienteering Days have always been characterised by beautiful control point locations, which first have to be worked out due to countless metres of altitude in many classes. At the 30th edition, the routes in germany led around the rock town of Jonsdorf. Some runners also had to go through the Black Hole.

Felsgelände zur SAXBO

The running times were very different this year. While the women's and men's main classes literally flew over their course in moderate running temperatures and sunshine, the older categories in particular needed longer than the course setter had previously suspected in the sometimes really steep rocky terrain. In the women's main class, the German national runner Patricia Nieke (OOB TJ Turnov) celebrated a sovereign day's victory. The men's race was won by Czech national runner Pavel Kubát (OK 99 Hradec Králové).

As a special highlight this year, the so-called "Black Hole" was opened by the Jonsdorf Mountain Club. Numerous runners headed for the control point in the former millstone quarries or crossed the tunnel through a stone massif.

Among the 880 starters on Sunday, more than 50 families also took advantage of the opportunity to run on an accompanied children's track, and almost 100 participants ran on the free frame tracks.

In the competition centre, there was the typical food and beverage supply as well as the corresponding background music. The children's orienteering was so busy that there were no more rental chips available.

From the organisers' point of view, the whole weekend was once again a complete success. We hope that all participants enjoyed the challenges.

See you next year!

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