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

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

Congratulations to Team England for taking the win in the 2026 Interland Cup and Junior Trophy.  Held near Calais over the weekend, it was a great team effort and everyone including our club member Olivia played their part in the result!

This weekend, Chasers were represented at the British Champs in South Wales.  Some sterling performances in testing conditions. The individual was in the hills near Brecon, with all seasons in one day!  Best results on the long courses were Fraser in 5th in M16A – just 40 seconds off the podium, and Iain in 4th… Read More »Silver at the British Champs

The annual Compass Sport Trophy team event qualifiers took place yesterday at Sutton Park.  A great turnout from Chasers, and we qualified in 2nd place, not far behind our neighbours Wrekin, for the final in October.  Well done everyone – some great runs, including 3 class winners.  The beauty of this competition is that EVERYONE… Read More »WCH qualify for Compass Sport Trophy Final