Last weekend, 26 Chasers made the trip down to Yelverton, near Plymouth for the Compass Sport Trophy Final. A minibus and multiple car loads made the journey through storm Brian, and we were rewarded with a near dry, if windy day. There were some excellent performances, with counters shown below (top 13 scores to count). Everyone played their… Read More »WCH at the Compass Sport Trophy Final
Next Sunday is Chaser’s October colour coded race and will be held on Shoal Hill, near Cannock. The full suite of courses are available, with something suitable for all abilities. Newcomers welcome! Please see the flyer for full details. Shoal Hill 15Oct17 Stop press: tea, coffee, hot chocolate & cake will be available!
Last weekend, Chasers were well represented at the British Sprint and British Middle Champs weekend. Saturday was the Sprint race in Campbell Park in Milton Keynes followed on Sunday by the Middle race in Wendover Woods. In the sprints, lots of Chasers ran well in the morning qualifiers to get into the ‘A’ finals which… Read More »British Sprint Champs success for Chasers
Next Sunday sees the first race of the autumn season, on Oldacre, on the western edge of Cannock Chase. Experienced and novice orienteers welcome! Parking will be tight – please share transport if you can!! See the flyer for full details: Oldacre 24Sept17 (v3)
Last week, 17 Chasers headed to Scotland to compete in Royal Deeside 2017, the Scottish 6-day biannual event. The week’s competition started with 3 days near Aboyne, followed by 3 days near Braemar. The areas were suitably challenging and the weather kind, and with a club start block day, it was a great social week… Read More »Chasers at the Scottish 6 Days
Today, 2 teams of Chasers headed up into the sunshine at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, Lancashire for the British Mixed Sprint Relays. This is the 1st time this competition has been run (after a trial in Sheffield last year) , and although there weren’t big numbers, it was a good fast and fun relay. The Open Teams… Read More »Chasers at the British Mixed Sprint Relays
One of Chasers’ home grown juniors was competing at the World Orienteering Champs in Estonia last week. Bob Dredge caught up with Matt Crane, who now lives in, and represents, Australia. Matt raced the (brutal) long and middle races. He said he really enjoyed it and being back at WOC. Matt’s wife Grace is expecting their second… Read More »Ex-Chaser Matt Crane at the World Champs
