Future Events
Sat 24 Nov
Thurlbear Wood
Near: Taunton more details...
Sun 2 Dec
Great Breach Wood
Near: Street more details...
Sat 26 Jan
Culm Davy
Near: Wellington more details...
Venice street race
What streets?!
We're used to events being rained off, but held so soon after the ancient city's worst floods in a decade, it seems amazing this race actually went ahead! Tony Hext celebrated a big birthday in style there.
Inside Park
SW League
A good-sized QO contingent travelled down to Dorset, with those on the long courses getting to run across seemingly every square metre of this woodland based campsite. There were good results, with a dozen of our 17 runners achieved 'course standard'.
First dibs
Newcomer finds lost SI card
Like finding a needle in a haystack...no, we're not talking about "that" control on your last course. Rather, what happens when those neat little timing chips we attach to our index fingers go missing during competition (and hopefully not into a pile of brashings)
New members
A warm welcome
Two families at very different stages in their orienteering journey:
The Brodie family of Taunton, new to our junior group also
The Chavasse family of Minehead, lately of Deeside OC of Cheshire and very strong orienteers indeed
Willett Hill JOG
All courses visited the tower at the top of the hill so everyone had a chance to catch their breath and enjoy the views!
It was good to see people chatting at the end comparing their courses and discussing their route choices.
JOG's autumn term finale
Thurlbear Woods
Our junior group meets at Thurlbear on Saturday, with a final opportunity to run locally in 2018 the following Sunday at Great Breach Wood (2 December).
Forest League
Next event
We leave the Quantocks now for the eastern ridge of the Poldens and Great Breach Wood, a popular venue last time out in 2015. Like Blackborough, it's on a plateau bordered by steep slopes.
Skilling up
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.