Club nights
Autumn 2017
COACH Building (aerial)
Credit:
COACH Facebook page
Our grant-funded programme included presentations and sessions that promoted learning about and enjoying the sport. It also provided a rare opportunity to socialise and train with fellow orienteers!
Night nav training
What we did...
Click on the links in green type below to learn more.
Did you read our Chairman's Chat introducing the series? Link here.
See also the Physical training programme
| Date | Activities | Reviews/ photos |
| 14th Sept | Welcome evening - Photo-O, Routegadget, Scottish 6 Days | Review |
| 21st Sept | Basic 'O' skills
(note: O= orienteering!) Discussion with maps, route choices, orienteering skills | |
| 28th Sept | Sports Ident timing system (SI)- training | Review |
| 5th Oct | Planning for CATI (the "Come and Try It" event on the Saturday) Briefing of helpers | |
| 12th Oct | Committee meeting- open meeting for members Talk from Phil Conway, British Orienteering development officer for the South of England | |
| 19th Oct | Advanced planning (post- conference)- summary of Exeter Course | Review |
| 26th Oct | (Half term) Training session with elite orienteer Gavin Clegg | |
| 2nd Nov | Purple Pen course for Planners - introduction and discussion for new planners | |
| 9th Nov | Mapping using OCAD, session with software | Review |
| 16th Nov | Use of GPS with QR codes. Score event round Long Run Meadow (LRM) using smart phones | Review |
| 23rd Nov | More use of QR codes. Review of events, including QOFL Preview of QOADs series | Review |
| 30th Nov | Introduction to controlling | |
| 7th Dec | First Aid course - using outside trainers | Review |
| 14th Dec | JOG Presentation & social, After-dark event around LRM (using SIAC) Social & Presentation | Review |