Southdowns Orienteers Forums

The Nower Sunday 16th May

2010-05-12T11:00:46Z

The Nower is an excellent little area on the edge of Dorking, easily accessible from Sussex via the A24. If you are content with a Green, or shorter, course, this could be the place for you on Sunday. Flier on the Mole web site.

If you want a longer course, you could try the Surrey Hill Race.

JK and British Relays

2010-02-28T08:06:59Z

So far the following have signed up for the JK and British Relays (2nd March) Let me know if you would like a run - entries still open.

JK
Rachel Collins
Susan Crickmore
Bryony Crickmore
Neil Crickmore
Anna Chapman
Peter Chapman
John Franklin
Alison High
Darrell High
Chris Hooker
Ali Hooper
Mike Hooper
Joe House
Carol House
Clare Howes
Julia Jarvis
Nick Jarvis
Steve Jarvis
Thomas Jarvis
Chris Lambert
Jane Lambert
Kenny Leitch
Jack Leitch
Matthew Leitch
Alex Lines
Edward Lines
Robert Lines
Alistair Masson
Shona Masson
James Parker
Susan Parker
Barrie Pearson
Lucy Thraves
Simon Thraves
Alan Velecky
Paul Wilson

BRC
Rachel Collins
Jonny Crickmore
Neil Crickmore
Susan Crickmore
John Franklin
Ali Hooper
Mike Hooper
Clare Howes
Julia Jarvis
Nick Jarvis
Steve Jarvis
Thomas Jarvis
Joe House
Carol House
Jack Leitch
Kenny Leitch
Matthew Leitch
Alex Lines
Edward Lines
Robert Lines
Alistair Masson
Shona Masson
James Parker
Susan Parker
Barrie Pearson
Lucy Thraves
Simon Thraves
Alan Velecky
Paul Wilson

SAX KNC - Blean Tonight Thurs 11th Feb - POSTPONED

2010-02-11T09:57:08Z

Message received from our neighbours at SAX re tonight’s KNC event at Blean:

Due to heavy snow in East Kent the KNC event at Blean tonight has been postponed until a later date. A new date will be arranged soon.

Simon Holford
KNC Co-ordinator

SAX KNC Thurs 21st Jan - Change of Venue

2010-01-19T22:08:04Z

From our neighbours SAX - due to unforeseen problems we have had to change the venue for this Thursday’s KNC event from Shoreham Woods to Sevenoaks & Riverhead.

New event details are on the SAX website.

North American Orienteering Festival, June 26 - July 21, 2010

2010-01-16T15:54:12Z

For those interested in an overseas summer trip, this year’s North American Orienteering Festival promises to be an outstanding event. Fantastic terrain, beautiful areas, lots of non-orienteering things to do as well. Whistler, Vancouver, the Rocky Mountains, unique geologic features. And the organizers usually make it quite a lot of fun. Possible to register for part or all of it.

http://naoc2010.com

Happy Valley tommorrow

2010-01-15T15:42:51Z

The DFOK Kent Orienteering League at Happy Valley near Caterham is definately on.

Similar type event to SOG events if you’ve not been before.

The pub next to the car park serves reasonable food. It’s a chain but it’s OK.

Looking at the weather forecast you might want to bring a cagoule.

Sean.

SAX District Event, Sunday 10th January - POSTPONED

2010-01-06T20:28:50Z

I have received the following from Simon Holford of neighbouring club SAX tonight re their event on Sunday 10th Jan:

Due to the continuing bad weather, a decision has been made to postpone the Saxons Hemsted District Event on Sunday 10 January until a later date. Please check the Saxons website, http://www.saxons-oc.org, for details of any future fixtures rearrangements.

Simon Holford

Mapping Officer
Saxons Orienteering Club

Outdoors Show 2010

2009-12-31T13:36:22Z

The annual Outdoors Show is being held at the NEC in Birmingham from 26-28 March 2010. Orienteering is listed as one of the featured activities, as well as many other interests such as:

Camping, Canoeing & Kayaking, Caving, Climbing & Mountaineering, Cycling and Mountain Biking, Geocaching, Gliding, Kite Surfing, Mountain Boarding, Outdoor Photography, Sailing, Scuba Diving, Slacklining, Surfing, Trail & Fell Running, Walking & Hiking, Wild Swimming

The event website is here:
http://www.outdoorsshowextra.co.uk/the_show_2010/Outdoorshomepage/

Half price tickets are available until 9th Jan 2010 using the promo code BESTPRICE.
(£9 adults, U11’s free).

See you there!

Please enter by this thursday for the DFOK regional at Chelwood

2009-12-12T00:41:13Z

Hi everyone,

due to Christmas printing deadlines, we would like everyone to pre-enter for the DFOK regional event two weeks before the event (by this Thursday 17th December). We will still take entries after this date and on the day, but cannot guarentee a map on your chosen course after Thursday.

This year the DFOK regional is being held on the 3rd January at Chelwood Vachery, an excellent part of Ashdown Forest opposite Pippingford Park, unused for orienteering since the mid 90’s when CROC (Croydon Orienteering Club) last held an event there. There is a full range of courses from white to black and a tag course for youngsters. You can choose to run any course. There are suggested courses for your age category which will ensure you score the maximum points possible for your club in the South East League.

Full details are on our website http://www.dfok.co.uk

Best wishes,

Sean.

Practise for the Southern Night Championships

2009-11-13T19:39:21Z

There are plenty of night events these days, but most of them are score events.

The championships however remain resolutely cross-country courses, no skipping that elusive control and moving on!

If you want to practise a ‘real course’ in Sussex before the Southern Nights, there is an opportunity on Saturday 21st November, at Holmbush Estate and Buchan Country Park. Details on the Mole Valley web site. Vince Joyce likes the courses!

This event will also score for the SONIC (Southdowns Orienteers NIght Cup).

There will be a range of courses:

- Ochre (night Yellow/Orange) 1.5km, all along tracks and paths, although the paths can be hard to spot beneath the fallen leaves

- Olive (night Light Green) 2.9km, some long off-path legs, but the controls will be near relocation features (if you can recognise them in the dark)

- Navy (night Blue) 5.1km, controls in the middle of nowhere (but fair, I hope)

- Bottle (night Green) 3.0km, shorter, but not dumbed-down, version of Navy

This event will include the first ever orienteering use of the paintball area, which features bare woodland floor (paintballers don’t like undergrowth any more than we do, but they are allowed to do something about it) and lots of interesting features.

Get charging those torch batteries!