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Results from Sun 17 MarGravetye & YBT/S Heat

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Planners Report. Thank you for coming out and braving the weather. Unfortunately for everyone, Gravetye and water don’t go so well! The woodland is much less slippy without the rain and I imagine that drier conditions would have resulted in faster times and a …

SO Juniors win YBT Heat at Gravetye

Heat Team

Congratulations to our junior team who won today's Yvette Baker Trophy (YBT) heat at Gravetye Manor. Despite the rain and mud there was great team spirit, lots of fun and amazing map reading and running!

We had strong competition from the TVOC team, the final results were: SO 895 points, TVOC 893 points. We had five people score maximum points and lots of excellent runs from our whole squad.

Sun 17 MarRead more…

JK and British relay entries

Relay

I am now taking expressions of interest for the two big relay championships taking place this Spring. The JK Relay on Stanton Moor, near Matlock, on April 1st and British Relay Championships on April 14th near Whitby.

To express an interest in running in one or both of these please complete this StrawPoll or e-mail the club captain. Since the entry fees for these events are quite steep the club has agreed to subsidise 50% of the cost of each relay.

Wed 3 JanRead more…

Spring Club Nights 2024

Club Night

Spring club nights returned on Tuesday January 2nd. Many thanks to Euan Marsh for once again taking the lead on these. Courses have been risk assessed according to this document.

We will meet as a group at 6:30pm each Tuesday although we hope to make many of the activities available online to attempt at your leisure. Courses will be saved in the Club Night folder on MapRun (UK/Sussex/Club Nights).

Please sign up using the Strawpoll and indicate (when appropriate) whether you would like a map provided (cost £1) or are happy to print off your own.

Mon 1 JanRead more…

CompassSport Cup Cup

CSC 2017

This annual inter-club competition kicks off with a regional heat between SO, SLOW, HH, TVOC and SN at Esher Commons on Feb 18th. Although entries have to be made by the club captain, to facilitate this I have set up a Racesignup page for SO members (note that this is not visible from the Racesignup home page - you have to use this link). I will then transfer entry details from this to the official entry system. Could SO members wishing to represent the club at this event please 'enter' by Wed 31st January.

Sun 31 DecRead more…

Brighton City Race 2023 official event video

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The Brighton City Race will be back in 2025 as a level B national event. Check out all the excitement in this year’s official event video which is now online. It was shot in 4K, so if you change the settings in YouTube it’s even easier to see who’s who. There are photos here. We had a couple of items of lost property: A grey Decathlon hoodie (size L); and a Decathlon control description holder. Looking forward to the next BCR already. Happy Christmas, Rob.

Sun 24 DecRead more…

Virtual Orienteering

Maprun

During Covid times many clubs, including SO, set up a number of so-called virtual courses which club members could do on their own using the MapRun app. Instead of finding control flags participants used the GPS facilites of a smartphone or smartwatch to confirm that they had reached the desired locations. The courses that we set up are still available to use and links to them are listed below. In some cases the course may have expired - if you come across any of these please contact the club captain who can reset them.

Fri 1 DecRead more…

SO have four new Southern Night Champions

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Competing at the Oldhouse Warren SOG earlier in the day proved to be good practice for the Southern Night Championships hosted by the British Army in terrain consisting of army barracks, firing ranges and bracken-infested woodland. Congratulations to James Yule (M20), Neil Crickmore (M60), Ruth Rhodes (W80) and Roger Maher (M80) who were all victorious and came away with a range of trophies.

Sun 26 NovRead more…

Volunteers

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Volunteers are the heart of our club. Every event is run by volunteer club members and all are encouraged to get involved. It's a great way to learn new skills and get to know your fellow Southdowners a little better.

Our Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for finding Planners, Organisers and Controllers for events. The Event Planners usually find their own volunteers for the 'on the day’ tasks such as car parking, newcomer assistance and control collecting, however, the Volunteer Coordinator will also help find volunteers for these positions if required. In addition to this our SI team, responsible for registration and download, is always keen to train up new helpers and the Volunteer Coordintor will happily put you in touch with them.