Martin "Bilbo" Bagness is a British

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competitor, known for being part of the silver medal-winning relay team at the

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and winning two competitions at the

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Career

In June 1981, Bagness finished one minute behind champion

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in the men's individual event of the

. The following year, he came second again to Hirst at the British Championships, finishing seven minutes after. In April 1984, Bagness won the male competition at the

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, representing the Airienteers club. He finished first on both days of the competition. In June, he won the men's individual event of the British Orienteering Championships. He entered the men's event of the Australian Orienteering Championships in October of that year and finished in first place. Bagness entered and won the British Orienteering Championships again in March 1985. He entered the men's individual competition of the 1985 World Orienteering Championships, but fell during the race and lost. Bagness entered the World Orienteering Championships again in 1987. He finished in 16th place, but was the best placed British representative in the competition. In 1990, ''

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'' reported that Bagness had retired from international competitions. However, he continued to enter, finishing 55th in the men's competition at the 1992

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. Bagness entered the relay race of the 1993 World Championships on a team with Jonathan Musgrave, Stephen Palmer and

Steven Hale Steven Hale (born 9 September 1963) is a British orienteering competitor. He received a silver medal in ''relay'' at the 1993 World Orienteering Championships in West Point, together with Martin Bagness, Stephen Palmer and Jonathan Musgrave ...

. They finished in second place, 15 seconds behind the winning team.

Mapping

Martin Bagness has mapped many of the orienteering areas in the South Lake District, in the territory of LOC (Lakeland Orienteering Club), as well as in many other parts of the UK, notably Scotland. His maps are known for their undisputable accuracy, and unique but intuitive style of crag mapping whereby only crags notable within the nearby vicinity are marked, resulting in a non-standard representation of crags across the map, however avoiding having sections of map with too many or too little crags, improving overall readability and ease to understand the terrain.

References

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