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Tribute to Kay Sayer by Ian
29th August 1946 – 25th October 2020 Kay and I met at Christchurch Rowing Club in 1974 soon after the breakup of her first marriage. Within 2 years we had moved in together and we jointly raised her 2 sons as our own. She briefly tried rowing but that didn’t fit well with raising a […]
Posted on Thu, 29th October 2020 by Julie AstinChairman’s Chat 20th October
From Vice Chairman, Gavin: Joni Mitchell was singing Big Yellow Taxi on the radio the other day. Part of the lyrics are: “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone” this certainly resonated about our Sport this year. Being the creative bunch we are, we have learnt […]
Posted on Tue, 20th October 2020 by Jolyon MedlockChairman’s Chat 13th October
One of the few benefits of an orienteering calendar with hardly any events in was that at very short notice we were able to postpone the Agglestone event as Storm Alex approached, and re-schedule it the following week. Thankfully we swapped rain and wind for beautiful Purbeck sunshine and were able to show off […]
Posted on Tue, 13th October 2020 by Jolyon MedlockChairman’s Chat 29th September
This is my first Chairman’s chat as Chairman, so a quick thanks to those who sanctioned the decision and to Julie and Jason for handing over the reins. Thanks to Gavin who has stepped up to support as Vice Chair. You won’t want to hear from me every week, so I will update every so […]
Co-Chairman’s Chat – July 6th
It’s great to see that 19 WSX members have been taking part in the MapRun Summer League – and dominating the top 10 positions! In the 4 events held so far, in which Alan Blanchflower has swept all opponents aside, WSX runners have held at least 7 of the top 10 places. Last week’s event […]
