Planner’s comments – Studland Dunes I seem to spend many a weekend driving to South Wales, the Lakes or Scotland in search of technical orienteering terrain. There is a perception among some northerners and Scots that little tough navigational terrain exists in the south, except on sand dunes in Devon and Cornwall, or on Dartmoor. […]

I thought it might be helpful to share with you some ideas for orienteering events in the coming month: 10th September: SOC Hinchelsea & Yewtree Bottom (New Forest) 11th September: NGOC Parkend (Forest of Dean) 18th-19th September: DEVON Caddihoe weekend on Haytor & Hound Tor (Dartmoor) includes Southern Champs 24th-25th September: SBOC Pembrokeshire Orienteering Weekend (Stackpole […]

First of all a big congratulations to the following winners of WSX awards: Chairman’s Trophy – Alan Hooper Charlie Morton (best junior improved award) – Esk Medlock Ian Horsey (best adult improved award) – Scott Elford It has been a hot and busy summer of orienteering, with many of us spending a couple of sociable […]

Summer Orienteering When I started orienteering in the early 1990s, the sport seemed to stop between April and September, but now summer seems to me to be an endless procession of opportunities for urban orienteering, European City races, week long festivals of orienteering in Sweden, France, Scotland, Lakes etc, not to mention the summer relay […]

Hope you have all been watching or following the World Orienteering Champs in Denmark. You can pay a small fee of 12 euros to watch live coverage on the IOF website. So far, the GB team won silver medal in the Sprint relays, and then Megan Carter Davies won another silver medal in the Sprint […]