It’s official: orienteers are mad!! This was confirmed to me on Sunday when I was the Controller for the SOC event at Islands Thorns. The weather was atrocious – gale force winds at times, and cold rain – not to mention the quagmire as cars accessed the parking field. Many cars had to be pushed […]

Only a few WSX members ventured out last weekend to events. Peter Suba represented the club at the Southern Night Championships in Penn Wood, and came an excellent 2nd place on M40. He also went to the level C event the next day, also in Penn Wood,  and came 11th on Brown. Well done, Peter. […]

A couple of events to report on from the last couple of days. First of all, the lovely informal organised by WIM at Inside Park, near Blandford on Sunday. A gloriously sunny day saw nearly 100 eager competitors run around quite a complex little area, made more difficult by the horrible undergrowth. Most people did […]

Only one set of results has come through for the events over the past 5 days (how impatient we get these days – remember when we had to wait two or three weeks for the results to come through the post?!) But the results for the Devon Galoppen on Haytor last Sunday were available that […]

At the recent November Classic event in the New Forest, many WSX Club members fought hard to take the Mens and Ladies Championship trophies off the 2016 winners – John Cook and Lyra Medlock. But to no avail! Both John and Lyra had great runs – Lyra actually winning her class and thereby becoming the […]