Archive for May, 2017
Chairman’s Chat – May 30th 2017
Springtime in Shropshire (SINS) 2017 has just passed and the Medlock Family and Rob Hick represented WSX there. As we’ve come to expect now, Lyra had a great run on the first day at Long Mynd, coming 1st in W12. Jolyon also came 1st on M40S and Eskarina 3rd on W10B. Rob didn’t fare quite […]
Posted on Tue, 30th May 2017 by Julie AstinJK comes to SWOA 2021
The most prestigious event in the UK orienteering calendar has been awarded to the South West – the JK is coming to us in 2021! This may seem a long way off but, in terms of the effort involved, we need to start work on this now. We are looking for volunteers to fill the […]
Posted on Thu, 25th May 2017 by Alan HooperChairman’s Chat – May 22nd 2017
A great day at the South-West Sprint Championships in Blandford yesterday, saw WSX come away with 5 champions! The event was organised by Wimborne on two areas : Stour Meadows and Blandford St Mary. The weather was glorious and people sat outside on the grass chatting and relaxing in between the Prologue and Final events. […]
Posted on Mon, 22nd May 2017 by Julie AstinDorset Schools Games/ Orienteering Champs 2017
Wimborne Orienteering Club and Richard Keighley, whose year on year work brings this together, ran 160 Children from 13 Schools around a score event at Moors Valley last Friday. The schools attending on this biggest Event so far were (including results):- Senior 1 Clayesmore 2225 2 The Bourne Academy 1755 3 Poole GS 635 4 […]
Posted on Sat, 20th May 2017 by Jason FalconerChairman’s Chat – May 15th 2017
A few WSX members ventured across for the ‘Sunny Sussex Weekend’ of events – and it was! On Saturday morning, there was the Middle Distance event at Angmering, with top 10 places going to: Eskarina =8th on Yellow; Lyra – 6th on Orange; Rebecca – 6th on Light Green and Jolyon – 7th on Blue. A […]
Posted on Mon, 15th May 2017 by Julie Astin