The multi-day events come thick and fast in the summer, and a group of Chasers headed up to the Lake District for 5 days of competition. Some big walks to the starts to get us high on the fells made for a spectacular week, with all but one day dry. 4 of the 5 days… Read More »Chasers at Lakes 5-day
12 Chasers made the trip to Gothenburg, Sweden for the annual O-Ringen competition, the largest orienteering event in the world each year. This year, there were some 15,000 runners from all over the world. We were treated to some fantastic technical terrain in 5 days in the forest and the sun shone which made for… Read More »Chasers at O-Ringen 2026
This year’s Peel Pursuit Race took place over a new route, and a great evening for the runners and those that came to support and enjoy the BBQ and social in the sunshine. The handicap race was won by Ray, just ahead of Christine and Stuart. Fastest runner was Jonah in a time of 15:55,… Read More »Peel Pursuit 2026 Results
Last weekend saw Chasers represented at the British Mixed Sprint Relays and British Sprint Individuals, both held in Bristol. The relays were at the University of Bristol, and we had a team of 4 out, racing around the hilly campus. The following day we were at the University of the West of England, for the… Read More »British Sprint & Sprint Relays 2026
Chasers had 3 teams in this year’s 4-person 2-mile relay, held at Staffordshire Showground. Great runs all round, even after some late shuffling of teams, and doubling up by Jonah, Fraser, and Alastair. In keep with tradition, Andy continued his run of competing in every race since it started in 1988! More photos here: Showground… Read More »Showground Relays 2026
This year’s annual low-key 2×2 relays were held at the the Old Shooting Butts – a great little area for a relay, and we were pleased to see members of some of our neighbouring clubs come along to enjoy the fun. Our expected fastest teams unfortunately mis-punched, leaving the top spots for others to nab. … Read More »Old Shooting Butts 2×2 relay results
It was a local outing for a couple of major events last weekend, at Brown Clee Hill in Shropshire – the British Middle Champs on Saturday followed by the Midland Champs on Sunday. Chasers were out in numbers, and we had some great runs. In the Middles, Iain was again on the podium, with a… Read More »British Middles and Midland Champs
Easter saw the annual Jan Kjellstrom festival of orienteering, this year way up north in Perthshire. Around 20 club members made the journey and we were treated to some fantastic technical terrain, and some challenging weather – as one of the organising clubs put it: Storm Dave 0 – Orienteers 1! We started with a… Read More »JK 2026 success for Chasers
