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Urban diaries
SEOUL League runner-up's account of the season
From Page boy to SEOUL boy!
Andrew Page (M12) diarised his family's travels throughout the historic towns and cities of the south in 2016 while taking part in the southern urban league.
Injuries - update
John Fisher
Medals for Gavin and Andrew
Brighton Street race & weekly round-up
Gavin Clegg reports from Brighton where he and Andrew Page dodged the Christmas late night shoppers and revellers to place yet again in the final southern league street race of the season...
Army thank "professional" club
praise for team behind prestigious events
Lt Col Kev Fitchett has thanked and praised the club for putting on the Quantock Weekend of Orienteering three weeks ago. In a letter to Roger Craddock and the members of QO, he recognised the team effort required to put on a 'high level civilian event'.
Contributions to the new website
Could you lend a hand contributing to or managing the new website? Training and permissions can be given to a deputy web manager and news reporters. Also here is a list of those who helped develop the website.
Last JOG of term
Longrun Meadow
After the mammoth effort of the QWO, the club members seek some relief by putting on a simple low-key event! Roger Craddock reports from the final event of JOG for this term, which was held on the Meadow last Saturday...
Welcome to our new website
This was launched on Sunday evening 4th December. You can see from the image how the site should look on various devices (click on it for a larger version).
Profile: John Fisher
A lifetime in sport
QO member John Fisher recounts a lifetime in sport, how he got into orienteering and his recent struggles with injuries...
Quantock Weekend of Orienteering
Elliot shines
With his trusty headtorch, Elliot Smith quite literally shone at QO's Weekend of Orienteering at Ramscombe winning the Southern Nights championship on the Saturday evening.
Gavin wins Euros
In Lille, France Gavin took part in the last Euro City race of the season. 3rd place on the Sunday secured the Mens Super Vet (over 50) Euro City Title for the third year running. Full results here: http://cityracetour.org/
Urban Leagues
Andrew on course for second
The latest standings in the street leagues...after his 3rd place in the Oxford SEOUL at the weekend, even with one race to go, Andrew Page will be second. Both are fantastic achievements – very well done Andrew.
Mud baths and more urban success
Round-up Sat 19th & Sun 20th November
A muddy Kings Cliff plays host to a junior and nights double-header. Meanwhile the Page family continue their tour of southern England's shires and spires for the Oxford City race, where Andrew chases a podium place in the Southern urban league...
Mountain ultra race
Adrian's 10 hour mountain marathon
Adrian Edwards took part in the Brecon Beacons Ultra – 46ish miles! It took him 10hrs, 42 mins and 18 seconds which earned him 88th place out of 216.
Devon Galoppen
& weekly results round-up
QO members excel in delightful Dartmoor daylight and Will Kromhaut wins our second night event of the season...
Heather on fire at Charminster
plus JOG report
Heather Green had an excellent result near Charminster on the South Coast on Saturday (12th November). She won the Orange at Wimborne's Stonebarrow event, with parents Rob and Elaine 5th and 9th respectively on the score. Full results on the WIM website.