It’s official: orienteers are mad!! This was confirmed to me on Sunday when I was the Controller for the SOC event at Islands Thorns. The weather was atrocious – gale force winds at times, and cold rain – not to mention the quagmire as cars accessed the parking field. Many cars had to be pushed […]

Only a few WSX members ventured out last weekend to events. Peter Suba represented the club at the Southern Night Championships in Penn Wood, and came an excellent 2nd place on M40. He also went to the level C event the next day, also in Penn Wood,  and came 11th on Brown. Well done, Peter. […]

A couple of events to report on from the last couple of days. First of all, the lovely informal organised by WIM at Inside Park, near Blandford on Sunday. A gloriously sunny day saw nearly 100 eager competitors run around quite a complex little area, made more difficult by the horrible undergrowth. Most people did […]

Only one set of results has come through for the events over the past 5 days (how impatient we get these days – remember when we had to wait two or three weeks for the results to come through the post?!) But the results for the Devon Galoppen on Haytor last Sunday were available that […]

I’m sitting here on a Tuesday afternoon with the rain pouring down outside thinking “Weren’t we lucky with the weather over the last three days of events”. The triple series started with the Southampton City Race on Saturday, based in a very futuristic-looking Solent University building called The Spark. It was a great event, favouring […]