The following comes courtesy of Chris Branford (WIM) as I couldn’t have written it better myself! Sunday was a bit of a disaster with the ground conditions forcing the cancellation of the Compass Sport Cup and Trophy competition being organised by QO.  Attempts were made to schedule it in the near future but came up […]

Well, the Wessex Region Night League is finally over following a very successful WSX event last night, based at Queens Park Golf Club’s Woodpecker Cafe. The top three places in both the Open and Handicap Leagues were undecided until this event – it was THAT close at the top! It became clear that Peter Suba had […]

Brrrrr……. What a cold weekend for orienteering (or for anything else, for that matter!) But a few hardy individuals ventured out – some even as far as South Wales for the British Night Championships weekend. Peter Suba came a very consistent 5th on Brown at the Pembrey Forest daytime event and in M40 at the Night Championships themselves, […]

Last Thursday, WSX put on the latest Night League event in Boscombe Chine and Gardens and surrounding area. Ian put on a challenging event on a much-extended and improved map, which challenged all competitors, and only 4 people getting all the controls. As usual, there was quite a tussle among the top runners, with Peter […]

Just about tidied and cleaned up after our event on Sunday, which turned out to be a splendid day, weather-wise (apart from a mini snow blizzard at one point!).  Even only having one toilet (due to error on the Brandon Hire’s part) didn’t seem to cause too much problem. As usual, every WSX helper played […]