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Yvette Baker Trophy Final Photos

Last weekend the junior squad travelled to Nottingham to compete in the YBT Final. The event photos are here.

SO Ladies win Harvester

Bry, Clare, Sue, Lucy and Lucy picked up the Women’s Open trophy at the Harvester relays with Lucy Thraves on the last leg overhauling the runner from the 2015 British Relay Championship winning club SN to take victory after pre-race favourites FVO mispunch.

First closing date for SO jacket orders: Sun 14 Jun

To have any chance of getting club jackets in time for the Scottish Six Days then we need to place the order by Monday June 15th.

Event Safety Training Course

Karen Ashworth will be running a 3 hour event safety course in both July and September. For further information and how to register for one of the courses, read the attached details:

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SO Ladies win Gold at SE Relay Champs

Congratulations to Anna, Sue and Jill who won the Women’s relay class at Hainault Forest
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Junior trip to the YBT Final at Nottingham University

Please let Robert Lines or Julia Jarvis know if you are available to represent the club on Sunday 5 July 2015. A coach has been organised and will depart from Crawley on the morning of the event. The map is online here.

SO Junior James Lund wins Sussex Championships 100m

This weekend’s Sussex County Athletics Championships saw James Lund (U15) take gold in 100m and silver in 200m. There was silver for Jack Leitch (U20) in 5000m, and bronze for Matthew Leitch (U20) in 1500m.

SO Juniors win places on GBR summer tours

Top SO juniors Alistair Masson (M18), Jack Leitch (M18) and Stanley Heap (M14) have each been selected to attend a British Orienteering training camp this summer.

SO Juniors win at British Middle Distance Championships

There were gold medals today for SO Juniors Alistair Masson (M18E) and Stanley Heap (M14). In the senior categories there was also a win for Roger Maher (M75). Tommy Heap took his second silver medal for the weekend in M10. Photos.

Tommy Heap wins silver medal at British Sprint Champs

SO Junior Tommy Heap (M10) took silver and club captain Neil Crickmore (M50) won bronze today at Aldershot Barracks. Photos.

SE and Harvester Relays

These two inter-club relay competitions are coming up over the next few months. Anyone interested in competing should contact the club captain.

SO Club Championships 2015

The latest SO Club Championship tables for 2015 have been updated following the first 2 events at Parham & Oldhouse Warren as below and also on the Results page.

Hurry, Hurry Only One remaining!

A planner is required for Sprint 5 of the Summer Sprint Series 2015 at Hotham Park, Bognor Regis on Thursday evening 9th July 2015. Contact Steve Blount on theblounts(at)tiscali.co.uk or speak to him at an event to secure this once in a lifetime opportunity.

Stanley Heap featured in CompassSport April 2015

Pages 30-31 of this month’s CompassSport feature SO junior Stanley Heap (M14) who won the 2015 Midland’s Championships. Stan describes his race and there are accompanying maps and photos.

SO Successes at BOC

Roger Maher (M75) and our U18 relay team of Matt, Jack and Ali came away with trophies from the weekend’s British Long and Relay Championships.