Lots of events to report on, here is a summary: WSX Club Championships Last weekend many of us attended the November Classic at the new area of New Park in the New Forest, organised by SOC. There were some very good runs by many of our members, with the best results: Jon Brooke 2nd/41 on […]

Purbeck weekend It has been a busy few weeks of orienteering, including our successful Purbeck Orienteering weekend, with the first chance to try out the southern dunes at Studland and the new map of Swanage. We were blessed with the weather. Although the control placers all got wet, none of the orienteers did. Thanks to […]

First of all a big congratulations to the following winners of WSX awards: Chairman’s Trophy – Alan Hooper Charlie Morton (best junior improved award) – Esk Medlock Ian Horsey (best adult improved award) – Scott Elford It has been a hot and busy summer of orienteering, with many of us spending a couple of sociable […]

Summer Orienteering When I started orienteering in the early 1990s, the sport seemed to stop between April and September, but now summer seems to me to be an endless procession of opportunities for urban orienteering, European City races, week long festivals of orienteering in Sweden, France, Scotland, Lakes etc, not to mention the summer relay […]

Hope you have all been watching or following the World Orienteering Champs in Denmark. You can pay a small fee of 12 euros to watch live coverage on the IOF website. So far, the GB team won silver medal in the Sprint relays, and then Megan Carter Davies won another silver medal in the Sprint […]