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Trail O success for Matt Leitch

The national Trail-O championships were held in conjunction with BOC and saw Matt win a gold medal for being the top junior (and beat his dad as well).

Heap Juniors win British Relay Title

On day 2 of the British Championships Tommy was joined on the top of the podium by siblings Stan and Scarlet as together they won the Junior Ad Hoc relay trophy.

Tommy Heap: British Champion

When many others were running in circles around High Dam, Tommy kept his cool to win M12A by almost four minutes. Also on the podium was Ali Masson 3rd in M20E.

Friston Central SOG results

The results from the SOG event held at Friston Central are now available on the Results Page here. Updated SOG League tables are also online.

TempO and PreO successes for the Leitch family

Kenny and Matt Leitch earned podium places for their performances in this precision form of orienteering.

Many SO juniors on the JK relay podium

With Easter eggs being awarded to members of the first six junior relay teams there was much munching of chocolate going on in the club tent. The best performance was from our mini relay team of Heather High, Kieran Fitzpatrick and Ella Boyle who finished second in their race.

Mike Gammon becomes JK Champion

Many congratulations to Mike for winning the M85 category at the JK. Joining him on podium were Stan and Tommy Heap who both got Silver medals for their performances in M16 and M12 respectively.

Photos from JK middle distance

Here are some photos of later starting Southdowns Orienteers and some others competing today in Ambersham:

Ambersham

Tommy takes the plaudits on Day 2 of the JK

Following in his brother’s footsteps Tommy Heap leads the M12 forest stage of the JK after the middle race. Can he hold on during Sunday’s long race to take the JK title? Also holding a podium position overnight is Mike Gammon in M85. Results at http://www.sportident.co.uk/results/2017/JK2017/Day2/stage2_index.html

Stan Heap wins JK Sprint Title

Those hours spent drawing up an orienteering map of Brunel based on street maps and aerial photographs paid off as Stan was crowned M16 JK Sprint Champion. He was joined on the top of the podium by Club Captain Neil Crickmore in his first year as an M55. Results can be found at http://www.sportident.co.uk/results/2017/JK2017/

SO Club Jacket

Another order for SO club jackets will be made next week (12th April 2017).

SO Members Power England to Interland Victory

Scarlet Heap, Stan Heap and Chris Hooker were part of the victorious England team at Interland in Belgium at the weekend.

Junior session at Borde Hill - 09.15 Sat 8 April 2017

All SO Juniors are invited to attend this Saturday’s session at Borde Hill which takes place ahead of Easter’s JK.

Past junior squad members dominate Uni champs

Jack Leitch and Ali Masson were part of the winning Edinburgh University relay team that helped them retain the inter-University title over the weekend. Jonathan Crickmore running for Herriot Watt ran the fastest relay lap of the day to bring his University into third and also won the individual race on the Saturday, with Jack and Ali in 8th and 10th respectively.

SO Summer Park-O Series Goes Contactless

Contactless punching will be used, alongside conventional punching, at all the 2017 SO Summer Park-O events.