Future Events
Sat 31 Aug
Ham Hill
Near: Yeovil more details...
Sat 7 Sep
Broomfield Village Hall
Near: Taunton / Bridgwater more details...
Sun 15 Sep
Cothelstone Hill & 20 Acre Wood
Near: West Bagborough more details...
Indoor O
Bradford Grammar School
Guessing this format orginated in Scandanavia - and used when there's a white out in the forests? Pete and Jacob Shirvington and Martin Lewis tried it out during their grand O tour of Yorkshire. Pete reports.
Four Days of Limburg
Dutch/Belgian tournament
Seasoned O travellers Andy Rimes and Rosie Wych saught out fresh terrain in the Low Countries...and of course the chance to add another souvenir O top to their collections.
Amazingly, the intriguing series of inland dune areas over there might not be used again - Andy and Rosie report.
Race the Castles
& other urban events
Pete Shirvington took his recent good form from the Bristol urban series with him to the 'Steel City', where he finished 9 / 26 on the veterans course in the Sheffield City Race on Saturday.
Results: Sheffield (Sat) , Lincoln (Sun)
NEW: Martin reports from Wakefield
AGM
Saturday 31 August
Our Annual General Meeting will take place at the Lord Nelson Inn, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, following the Club Championships (link to event page).
A buffet and prize giving for the Forest League and other competitions will precede the AGM.
Organising events
Courses
By popular demand, we're running both an introductory organiser's course and an event safety course. The venue is Broomfield Village Hall, on Saturday 7 September. To register your interest, please contact Karen Lewis.
Urban events
Fast Bucks
The Lewis family ran at the Buckingham event on Sunday 11 August, the latest in the Southern England urban league (SEOUL). Oliver was runner up on his course, in a field of nine. Martin, Issy and Annabelle also went.
Startrack Programme
at Taunton Athletics Club
Each summer,Taunton AC run a week-long programme for those schoolchildren aged 8 to 15 with an interest in athletics. QO were tasked with introducing orienteering to those children on one of those days.
Vikki Page reports.
Skilling up- index & introduction
Hints and tips for improvement
A series of themed training articles and videos. It is aimed at all from those attempting Orange courses to those who would be considered experts.
Most of the articles were written by Richard Sansbury but we have borrowed from other resources on You Tube and other clubs' websites.