MEDIA

• Media coverage
• Press releases
• World Cup Press Team
• Media registration
• Media facilities

Media coverage

• TV coverage
  • BBC London TV News Friday 29 April 6.30pm - live report by Mark Bright from Sprint Qualifier and interview with Heather Monro (clips at 0.23, 13.18 and 15.59 minutes)

• Videos from the Swedish Federation website

  • Sprint Qualifier
  • Sprint Final
  • Relay
  • Long
  • Middle
• Radio coverage
  • Southern Counties Radio Friday 29 April 7.35am - live interview with Chris Robinson, Development Officer
  • Southern Counties Radio Friday 29 April 5.20pm - live report from Sprint Qualifier and interview with Nick Barrable
  • Southern Counties Radio Sunday 1 May 12.50pm - live interview with Dan Marston at the Long Final
  • Southern Counties Radio Wednesday 4 May 7.30-8.30am - Sarah Rollins guest of the day
• Press cuttings
  • Guildford Sports Development News May 2004
  • BOF Focus Autumn 2004
  • Surrey Advertiser 22 Oct 2004
  • CompassSport Dec 2004
  • Running Fitness Dec 2004
  • CompassSport Feb 2005
  • CompassSport Email News Service 28 Feb 2005
  • Guildford Sports Development News Feb 2005
  • BOF Focus Spring 2005
  • Aldershot, Camberley, Fleet The Mail 8 Mar 2005
  • Wandsworth Borough News 16 Mar 2005
  • Route Choice 5 Mar 2005
  • The Kingston Magazine April 2005
  • IOF O-Zine April 2005
  • The Guildford Magazine April 2005 
  • Surrey Advertiser 22 Apr 2005
  • Time Out London 27 Apr 2005
  • UK Sport email newsletterand website feature 28 Apr 2005
  • The Times 29 Apr 2005
  • CompassSport Email News Service 11 May 2005
  • Wandsworth Borough News 12 May 2005
  • South London Guardian 12 May 2005

Press releases

• Orienteers come out of the woods 21 February 2005
• Team GB announced 14 April 2005
• British Orienteering Federation secures sponsorshipfor World Cup 25 April 2005

World Cup Press Team

• Suse Coon
• Christine Robinson
• Deborah Simmons
• Marion Payne-Bird
• Andrew Trimble
• Richard Weston
• Sarah Covey-Crump
• Sarah Brown
• Ginny Catmur
• Gail Parker
• Ned Paul

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Media registration

Media representatives wishing to attend the Orienteering World Cup - please fill in the Media Registration Form and send it to the British Orienteering Federation bofin order to obtain a media accreditation pass.

Media facilities

At each race arena:

• Press marquee/room with tables, chairs and refreshments, sited adjacent to finish
• WiFi (802.11 b/g) networkaccess to the Arena intranet giving live results, radio control times, splits, photos and more. SSID=WCUP2005
• Broadband internet access via a satellite link. The connection will provide 128kbit/sec uplink during the races and from 30 minutes after the races this will increase to 512kbit/sec. This link will be shared with all other accreditedmedia personnel.
• PC and printer
• Hard copy start lists and results
• Spectator controls
• Supervised access to the forest at dedicated sites
• Display of courses and maps after last starter
• Press conference with winners
• Mobile phone network access is estimated as follows: Day 1, Sprint Qualifier - assume all available; Day 2, Relay - vodafone; Day 3, Long - Vodafone, Orange, O2; Day 4, Sprint Final - assume all; Day 5, Middle - O2, Orange intermittent, NOT Vodafone

At event centre, The Spectrum, Guildford

• two press rooms with phone and dial-up internet access - payable on a 'Pay as You Go' basis
• media welcome pack containing
  • World Cup Bulletin 4
  • Surrey Five-O public races programme
  • GB team profiles brochure
  • time schedule including radio and spectator controls
  • previous World Cup results
  • local information