14 juniors (aged 7-18) spent a fun 2 days in Robin Hood country improving their skills, with an emphasis on compass & distance work & speed in terrain for the majority. A good time was had by all, including all the coaches & supervising adults. Many thanks to Cath for organising everything (including the weather!!). [nggallery id=39]
[nggallery id=36] Thanks to Carley Dawson for the photos
Well done to the team of Sam “Orange Souffle” Musters, Hannah “Jiu Jitsu” Garside, Gemma “Elvis” Cairns-Smith, Hannah “Huggies” Smith, Jasper “Mountain Rescue” Williams & Matt “Heartbreaker” Hartland who made up the Chasers team for this years Peter Palmer Relays that took place in Sutton Park last night. Get well/running soon to Heather Craig &… Read More »Peter Palmer Junior Relays
A dozen Chasers flew the flag for the club at Croeso 2012, the Welsh 6-day event, held last week around Aberystwyth. What a fantastic week of sunshine and good competition. We had 4 days of classic distance ‘O’ on open moorland, 1 Middle Race in forest, and 1 Urban around Aberystwyth University campus. Best overall perfomances… Read More »Croeso 2012
[singlepic id=1542 w=320 h=240 float=left]Official Results are now live on the OD site here and some better than originally posted first leg runs have appeared. Amongst which I notice I owe Matt an apology as he is officially “unchicked”. On the bright side my team still won though! (and by my team I mean Jill and… Read More »West Midlands Relays Results *Results posted update*
[singlepic id=1457 w=320 h=240 float=right]Firstly many thanks to Tracy for stepping in late in the day and organising a fabulous Summer Pursuit. Also thanks to the Hughes’s for helping put out the tapes and Ray for helping to collect them in. Finally thanks to Jon for allowing us to use his garden for the BBQ The… Read More »Summer Pursuit and BBQ
The rain is not dampening the spirits of Staffordshire Walton Chasers Orienteering Club who are currently ‘on tour’ at the London Jubilee Orienteering Festival based in the Surrey Hills where the Olympic road cycling events will be held in July. The venue for the sprint event on Saturday was the Guildford campus of Surrey University,… Read More »Jubilee Tour Weekend!
Fine, dry weather made for a good British Champs weekend in the Lake District. While there were no shining performances, there were solid runs, and a number of Chasers can be proud of their performances. Best result of the weekend went to John, Jonathan & Bob, who finished in 4th in the M60 relay, only… Read More »BOC 2012
