Club Charity 2009

Wessex Orienteers
Informal
Saturday 4th July 2009
Hethfelton, Near Wareham

Courses: Yellow, Orange, Light Green
plus a 45 minute score.

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Wessex Orienteers
Regional Event
Sunday 11th October

Venue: Bisterne South (Near Burley)
Signed from Grid Ref: SU232023
(Sat Nav 50”49’17 1”41’00)

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Wessex Orienteering Club

Invites you to the

SOUTH WEST SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009
SATURDAY 5th SEPTEMBER

The 2009 South West Sprint Championships will take place at the University of Bournemouth on a new map drawn to ISSOM standards by Bill Brown. There will be a two-round competition with a prologue in late morning and a final, in reverse order of times (fastest from the prologue starts last) in the early afternoon. Depending on numbers this may mean 30 second interval starts for the final. The combined times will be used to determine the overall winners. Click here for full details, Under 16 participants require a signed consent form.

Two British Champions are Wessex Orienteers!

Congratulations to Wessex Chairman Richard Arman on becoming British Champion for class M80 at the event in February and to James Crickmore, British Champion for M16S shown below receiving his trophy from Ian Sayer at the Buddens informal.


Wessex & Wimborne Annual Dinner & Dance - Presentation Of Trophies
(Photos by Ian Sayer)

Wessex Orienteers' new Trophy, the Charlie Morton Junior Award was won by James Crickmore M16, the club's Junior Champion for 2008. The trophy was presented by Karen Morton and received on behalf of James by his Father, Roger.

Gavin Clegg receives the Mens Club Champion trophy from Chairman Richard Arman


Richard Arman presenting the trophy for Ladies Club Champion 2008 to Kay Sayer.

Tina Stratford is presented with the Ian Horsey Trophy in recognition of being the most improved Wessex Orienteer in 2008 and winning the Club League.

Hardy Relay - Another win for WSX

Rob Hick organised the Wessex Hardy Relay this year at Hethfelton, one of WSX smaller mapped areas near Wool. The event took place on a gloriously sunny 26th July with teams from WSX, QO, WIM and NGOC taking part in the complex muti-loop, multi-runner handicap relay. Despite having the toughest handicap, the WSX team of Gavin Clegg, Dale Paget, Roger Crickmore and Jon Brooke took the honours on the day with some strong running and also a plan that worked!

There were also a range of colour coded courses enjoyed by around 20 friends and family not taking part in the relay.

 

WSX win the Dorset Coastal Path Relay!!!

July 12th saw the 18th running of the annual Dorset Coastal Path Relay, from just west of Lyme Regis to the mouth of Poole Harbour - a distance of 65 miles.

After 7 hours 36 minutes Martin Lewis, Chris Lee and Nick Hillman finished the final multi-runner leg along Studland beach to bring WSX home in first place for the second successive year.

In total, 27 members of WSX took part in the relay, with teams of 'sprinters' tackling the steep climbs and some of the stronger runners making individual efforts on the longer, more inaccessible sections. Roger Crickmore was the team captain for WSX and planned all of the logistics for the day.

The other teams, in order of finishing were: BOK, KERNO, The SW Junior Squad, SOC, WIM and BKO
For more Coast Path Relay pics, click here.
WSX at the Poole Festival of Sport

On 28th June, WSX took part in the Poole Festival of Sport at Carter Community School in Hamworthy. The event was a chance for people of all ages (though mostly children) to try out new sports and there were around 30 activities to take part in.

Kay Sayer was in charge of organising the WSX stand while Bill Brown had specially mapped the grounds in order to put on a short course and also organised some exercises to try using a grid of cones. Other helpers from WSX on the day were Alan Hooper, Julie Astin and Roger, Tracy and James Crickmore.

Over 30 children had a go and the team collected contact details from their parents in order to alert them to forthcoming events. Hopefully we might see some of them again.