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Caddihoe Chase 2018
& SW Long Distance champs
Bill Vigar retained his M80 South West long distance and Caddihoe Chase titles, while Tony Hext achieved an impressive long distance result of third place on M70.
Results: SW Champions - Caddihoe Chase - Website
The Soggy
...I mean The Spinney
Unremitting rain was forecast and that’s what we got for our first event at The Spinney, Kingston St. Mary.
Round up
Weekend action
The new season has really got going, with three events in the region this weekend plus the London City race, where Andrew Page made the junior men's podium. Meanwhile, M80 Bill Vigar took 3rd place in Devon OC's club champs, up on Dartmoor.
Vivary Park JOG
& Come And Try It
Jenny West planned the first JOG of the Autumn Term at Vivary Park and the surrounding urban area. Many runners and others in the park enjoyed the maze.
Photos (via Dropbox): 1- Various, 2- Presentations
Gard of honour
Sue is new club champ
In winning Sunday's contest at Ham Hill, Sue Gard showed what an open contest our annual club champs are. Sue's is the 14th different name to be inscribed on our magnificent trophy in the last 15 years.
British Middle & Sprints
Stock Hill / Bath Uni
Two of the biggest events on the calendar came to Somerset with the national sprint finals at Bath University and the middle distance title competed for at Stock Hill near Wells the next day.
Planners' hints & tips
Slideshow now available
Steve Robertson's recent illustrated talk at Broomfield Village Hall focussed on lessons learned from a wide variety of events over many years. As a refresher or for those that didn't attend, the presentation can now be viewed here.
O 5 Dias
In Spain
Not content with just doing the Lakes 5 Days and O France, Andy Rimes and Rosie Wych have just completed their third multi day event of the summer! Andy finished 4th out of 40 overall in his M55 class.
News round up
on TV
- Our sport was the subject of some serious coverage on BBC's the Adventure show recently
- QO has a new membership secretary
- Events round-up
MapRun series
Summer 2018
Graham Hartley explains why he found Richard's summer smartphone series inspiring, even after a hot summer pounding the tarmac in a seemingly endless sequence of urban races throughout the South West...
Lakes 5 Days 2018
Index, results & links
An amazing number of members took advantage of this quadrennial opportunity to orienteer in some of the most breathtaking scenery in the UK. Besides testing themselves on some of the most challenging - and wet - terrain! Who doesn't know how to navigate via marshes now?
Publicity attempt
at Combe Hill
Publicity is difficult enough to obtain for minority sports like ours, which lie largely off the media's radar. The patience of club president Mike Crockett was tested while seeking a mention for the club on Radio Bristol and BBC Somerset recently. Mike reports...
Street series
Maprun
Richard Sansbury has planned four weekly street events within Taunton. You can run the course any time you like during its allotted week. Download a copy of the map & the free app onto a smartphone, then read these notes - and you're ready to go.
Planners' hints & tips
Monday 20 August
Steve Robertson is inviting members to an illustrated talk at Broomfield Village Hall. There's no need to pre-book your place- just turn up on the night if you can. "Half time" refreshments will be served.
Lakes 5 Days 2018: Day 3
Whinlatter
Situated in the north west of the Lake District the course area was steep working forest with surrounding areas of open fell. Weather was significantly better than earlier days so much so that waterproof hooded jackets were not required!