Posts by Wessex OC Members
JK comes to SWOA 2021
The most prestigious event in the UK orienteering calendar has been awarded to the South West – the JK is coming to us in 2021! This may seem a long way off but, in terms of the effort involved, we need to start work on this now. We are looking for volunteers to fill […]
Posted on Thu, 25th May 2017 by Alan HooperCo Chairmans Chat 19 March
Compass Sport Trophy in Roundhill New Forest. Our team co-ordinator James Crickmore said :- “Thank you for everyone who came along to the Compass Sport Trophy Round today. It was rather wet underfoot with the occasional downpour from the skies, but it was nice to have a good area of runnable woodland for a change. […]
Posted on Mon, 18th March 2019 by Jason FalconerCo Chairmans Chat 12 March
23 of us went out yesterday in the Spring sunshine, hail and cold to compete at the SARUM Saunter, on Great Ridge Wiltshire- a piece of managed forest that can only be described as ‘classic’. The last time this place was used for a regional event was 2014 when I twisted ankles so badly had […]
Posted on Mon, 11th March 2019 by Jason FalconerCo-Chairmans Chat 05 March
Hello, Three Night events to report on this week- the second ever Sunset and Beyond relay from SOC Saturday eve, created as part of their 50 year celebrations was certainly that—it went from gloom at the start to pitch dark and for the last runners rain, but that why we like this sport. Unlike things that […]
Posted on Tue, 5th March 2019 by Jason FalconerCo- Chairmans Chat 26th February
A quiet weekend so only the Wessex Night League Event 17 to report on. This was the rescheduled from 31 January event cancelled due to that moody weather. Netley sits just over the Itchen bridge in Southampton, the event taking in streets around Netley and the parks in the area. 6 Wessex runners went along, […]
Posted on Sun, 24th February 2019 by Jason FalconerCo- Chairmans Chat 19 February
This weekend just past SARUM put on a local event and Night League Event 15 In Stonedown near Sixpenny Handley, This area is actually joined to the Rushmore estate which we are holding our Dorset Delight event in on 05 May. I like places like this, you drive up a fire road track and then get […]
Posted on Tue, 19th February 2019 by Jason Falconer