Membership
join up or renew for 2020
From 1 November you can join us and receive two months' free membership in addition to your 2020 subs.
Membership gives you access to discounts, entry onto league tables and a certain level of insurance cover while running at events.
Neroche JOG
Strong gusts of wind and rain swept across the SW throughout the night before and the morning of the Castle Neroche JOG.
A glance at the photos will tell you that we got drenched but still had a great time.
Training courses
Planning
A neighbouring club is offering a planning course soon.
Bristol OK's offering is on Saturday 4 January.
Please contact them for further details.
Coming up
November Classic & more
Not featuring on our event page listing is the annual November Classic weekend, on 2/3 November. The Classic itself is always in the New Forest on the Sunday. More than 10 QO are already going. Start list (Fabian)
More about the November Classic
Also: other regional and major events soon
Whitchurch Common
SW League season begins
Despite the rainy start to the day, 22 QO headed to the opening race of the new SW League season, up on Dartmoor. They were rewarded with a great event, some good runs and sunshine which made hanging around afterwards a pleasure.
Henlade Hill JOG
Ray and Sue Toomer certainly made the most of Henlade Hill small venue though it is, with a variety of interesting courses.
We had another great turn out which was surprising as the weather forecast was not grand.
General news
Croeso 2020 - Welsh 6 Days preliminary details available here
Report from latest committee meeting (3 Oct) now available- here
Latest monthly newsletter from the SW Orienteering Association- here
New training website (as featured in CompassSport magazine, June 2019): Better Orienteering - here
The health benefits of 'green exercise'- survey
Weekend action
Liverpool urban & New Forest
A trio were up on Merseyside for an urban double header while on Sunday seven headed down to the New Forest for Wessex OC's annual Dorset Delight race.
NEW: brief report from Martin Lewis
Netherclay JOG
One of the courses had some senior orienteers well and truly 'foxed' this week...for planner Jenny West presented them with a blank map with bearings but very little else to go on!
A great exercise for anyone who's ever tried it, even in an area you think you know well.
Caddihoe Chase
& SW Long Distance champs
Congratulations to the new SW Long Distance & Caddihoe Chase champions Tom Hasler (M18), Oliver Lewis (M12), Annabelle Lewis (W12).
In total, fifteen QO braved the testing weather on Sheeps Tor, Dartmoor over the two events.
NEW: Photos & Day 2 report