With the cold dark wet nights now upon us, gym based technical training this week involves 22 members of all ages (the youngest was 9, the oldest was fifty-something!!) sitting back to back describing a route on a pre-planned course to their partner who then has to put it on a blank map. The courses varied from… Read More »Winter Technique Training
Well, the end of the year is fast approaching, which means the inaugural House Team League will soon be officially awarded to one of the teams. I know one team has been out in the lead all year, but the race isn’t over until the last points are counted, so don’t be put off attending any… Read More »House Team League Update
Today the Wightwick Manor National Trust permanent course in Wolverhampton had its soft launch. Using a new map and controls purchased with the Barbara Bradley fund the course will become one of the visitor experiences at the site, helping to promote orienteering and Walton Chasers. The permanent course is the first of many small local… Read More »Wightwick Manor permanent course
Jonathan Howell organised Thursday’s night-O, around a new map of Penkridge. Here are the latest standings. Next event on Thursday in Barton-under-Needwood. League Table @ 08/11/2012 Radford Bank Wildwood Abbots Bromley Penkridge Best 4 Total 1 Ray Collins 25 21 22 22 90 90 2 Andrew Soltysik 19… Read More »Winter Score League – Round 4
Doesn’t time fly when you’re forgetting to do league table updates! I must have been distracted by all the other exciting things happening, like AGMs and O events on the Chase 🙂 Latest event results are now processed, including hot off the press from today – Bury Ditches and Spring Cottage. Congratulations are due to… Read More »House Team League – 4th November Update
Thursday saw the 3rd Winter Score League, this time organised by Andy around Abbots Bromley using a brand new map. After a steward’s enquiry on a couple of route choices, the scores are as follows. League Table @ 1/11/2012 R’ford Bank W’wood Abb Brom Total 1 Mark Garside 22 25… Read More »Winter Score League – Round 3
Somewhat belatedly (apologies), congratulations to our new WM Champions. Last weekend saw the WM Champs held at Saltwells near Dudley. Most got away with a run in the dry and when the rain finally arrived, we could have had a competition of how many juniors can be fitted in one cake tent! Anyway, our 2012 West … Read More »West Midland Champs 2012
After all the coaching at the Junior Training Camp it was decided that the Orangeish and Yellowish groups would have a race on their final course of the day and the results of this are below……apologies for the delay, the piece of paper with the times on it went missing….anyway without further ado Orangeish Adam Mardling… Read More »Junior Training Camp, Walesby & Clumber Race Results
