Planners urgently needed

There are a number of our small Summer events that don’t yet have a planner. Are you able to help?

14th June Brooklands Park, Lancing (yellow, orange & sprint - event advisor and support provided by Chris Hooker)

3rd July Washington Common, Ashington (evening event - any format, often a trail run)

19th July St Ann’s Well Gardens, Brighton (yellow, orange & sprint - event advisor and support provided by Julia Jarvis)

Please consider it - if you haven’t planned before, there is plenty of help available. We really need more people to plan events.

Contact Di T, Anna, Steve B, Steve J or one of the event advisors if you can help.

New Committee Members Needed

Our club is a great example of action and teamwork. The large amount of events and training sessions are only possibly through an enormous volunteering effort.

Some committee positions have now become vacant through either limited terms or changing personal circumstances. This is a chance for you to help shape our club.

We are looking for volunteers to take on the following roles:

Permanent O course promoter
Publicity officer
Social secretary
Additional junior rep to work with Emma

Could one of these positions be for you? You will be joining a great team!

Harvester and British Sprint relays

Two more inter-club relays are being held this Summer starting with the return of the Harvester Relay which is being held in Kent this year, so close to us. Then at the end of August are the sprint relays in East Anglia - again not too long a journey. It would be great to get a decent number of SO teams at both events and as always the club will subsidize entries. To that end we have set up a StrawPoll to indicate interest for the Harvester and, for the committed, this Racesignup page for members to enter (the club captain will officially enter teams). For the cheapest entries please indicate your availability by May 26th (Harvester) and 19th July (Sprint).

Sign up for SO Junior Camp 28-29 June

The SO Junior Squad are running a junior camp from 12noon on 28th June to 3pm on 29th June. It will take place at the private woodland at Knowlands and all SO junior members are welcome to take part from younger to older.

It's an opportunity to take part in some great training exercises, mini competitions, fun games, camp fires, tasty food and camping. It’s also a great place to get to know friends and have a bit of fun.

Check out details and photos of the last camp we did here https://www.southdowns-oriente...

Summer Trail Runs 2025

Summer trail runs return on Thursday April 3rd. Courses have been risk assessed according to this document

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

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.

Southdowns Orienteers Annual General Meeting 2025

Notice is hereby given for the Southdowns Orienteers Annual General Meeting to be held 12:30 pm Saturday 7^th June 2025 at David White Hall, Hellingly Community Hub, Hellingly, BN27 4EP.

The AGM is open to all and includes the annual award of adult and junior trophies, as well as certificates for the Autumn SOG series. Do come along and show your support.

A draft agenda can be found here.

Southdowners reap rewards at JK2025 Festival of Orienteering over Easter

The Easter bank holiday weekend is always the time for the JK International Festival of Orienteering. This year it took place in South Yorkshire and many club members took part. Our notable results at the Sprints were Roger Maher M85 Silver, Emma Chapman W14 Bronze and Mark Johnson M10 Bronze. For the overall two day competition Roger Maher M85 Gold and Emma Chapman W14 Bronze. James Curtis showed great skill in the Trail-O and claimed top spot in the juniors. For the relays the Men's Short team won silver and the Women's short team got bronze.