New Forest event

SW League
Oliver Lewis was QO's star of the day at Blackwater where he beat 14 others to win the Orange course. Al Hemmings won the White. On an unexpectedly lovely bright, dry day, about 15 QO enjoyed this runnable mixture of wood and heathland.
Club clothing

Be seen in your club colours in the new 2020/21 season!
We have club t-shirts, O-tops and possibly still some jackets, in a range of sizes.
Please let us know if there are any other club clothing items you feel we could be producing e.g. hoodies
Spinney JOG/ social

It started with a flurry of snow which gave way to sunshine. Then JOG as usual before heading indoors for a course planning workshop, social and a curry at the end. What a busy day!
Beat The Trail

Reviewed
We've now had two BTT's, which have attracted a mixture of trail runners and orienteers. So how has the new format gone down so far? Thanks to the following report from Devon OC's Martin Yeo, who has run both BTT's to date.
MapRun street series
2019-20 review
Congratulations to Miffy Treherne for winning the series!
Also well done to Martin Lewis for winning the Short course league and Nath Fernandes the motor-assisted category.
Local League

Analysis: QOFL series
League tables after Lydeard Hill event are here
There are some clear leaders on some courses, but still enough time for those with at least one strong run behind them to catch those people up.
Huish Woods weekend

Junior training
Annabel Carter and Jacob Chattell's reports describe the weekend from a junior perspective and Vikki Page's piece gives a coach's point of view.
Coaching: review

Ashton Court
Karen Lewis took Oliver and Annabelle to Bristol OK's coaching session at Ashton Court on Saturday (4 January) and it sounds like they all got a lot out of the morning.
Karen reports...
Inter-club competition
Captain's call
Because of our new and rather unrealistic status as a "big" club, our captain Chris Hasler has an extra challenge this year making up a full team to take part in the heat near Gloucester on Sunday 15 March. Please email Chris ASAP if you'd like to take part.
Beat the Trail

Calling all trail runners!
Another 7 km trail race for you ... with a twist.
Again, it's taking place at the same time as another orienteering event, this time at Ramscombe, Quantocks on Sunday 23 February.
Entry is on the day only (no online option).