Swansea Bay Weekend
Low key but technical!
Midsummer on Gower
Credit:
SBOC
A gem of a summer festival, hosted annually by another small club, Swansea Bay OC.
What areas Swansea Bay boast. Fiendish dunes test the technical skills but relaxing on the wonderful beaches adjacent is a just reward for your efforts.
Sometimes called Midsummer on Gower, the weekend has not always been held in late June or on the Gower! In 2019 the other-worldly Kenfig near Porthcawl was used.
Events and organisation are low key but this is in proportion to the attendances, which are not high- often no more than a QOFL. Even so, some very good orienteers attend.
There's sometimes a welcome event on the Friday evening. This is typically followed colour coded events or even a relay race on the following days. SBOC usually offer to help fix you up with a relay partner. Sometimes the event will coincide with a Welsh League event offering a Brown course.
| Year | Venues [Map] | Articles or Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | (no events- Croeso 24 instead) | |
| 2023 | Three Cliffs Bay Whiteford Burrows Oxwich Burrows | |
| 2022 | Llanmadoc Hill (Retro) Broughton Burrows (Long) Whiteford Burrows (2x2 relay) | Results (1) Results (2) Results (3) Review |
| 2020/21 | No events- Covid | |
| 2019 | Oxwich Burrows Kenfig Burrows | Review |
| 2018 | Merthyr Mawr West Oxwich Burrows Cefyn Bryn (relays) | Review |
| 2017 | (no event) | |
| 2016 | Rhossili Down Broughton Burrows (held in April) | Results (1) Results (2) |
| 2015 | Clyne Gardens Nicholaston Burrows Rhossili Down | Results (2) Results (3) |
| 2014 | Llanmadoc Hill Whiteford Burrows Broughton Burrows (relays) | Results (1) Results (2) Results (3) |
| 2013 | Whiteford Burrows (relays) Broughton Burrows | Results (2) |
| 2012, 2011, 2010 | (no one from QO went) |
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Who's gone?
The event is a favourite of Andy Rimes and Rosie Wych. Others attending over recent years have been Jeff Pakes, the Lewis family, and in 2022 Roger Craddock, Shelia and Hamish and the Sorrell-Hemmings family.