Beacon Fell Night Event on 15 December

Full details are on the fixture list, but remember the early start times: 5.30pm to 6.30pm. For newcomers to night O, this is a good area on which to start. The event is being organised with minimal person-power. If you are able to give a bit of help (e.g. at Registration or collecting controls) Glenys would like to hear from you.

Routegadget for Leyland Street League 4

RouteGadget is now ready for you to add your routes for Wednesday's street event. We are trying a slightly different way of setting up the event this time, which considerably reduces the time taken to set up but requires a little more effort from you, the users! All you have to do extra is to type in your name and time taken, when prompted. The drawing of your route works exactly the same. Any problems should be emailed to Chris Roberts

World Schools team selections announced!

Congratulations to Zoe and Katrin Harding of Lancaster Girls' Grammar School who have both been selected for the Junior Girls select team for next year's ISF World Schools Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh. This follows from their excellent performances in the recent BSOA Championships and World Schools selection races. Full details of all the selections are on the BSOA website.

Street League 4 Leyland

Results for the latest street league event are now available via the results index. Routegadget will shortly be available. The next event is at Blackpool on 12 December, when the coveted Blackpool Tower Trophy will be contested!

Tim Watkins Blodslitet 1 March 2008

This popular race, named after its founder the late Tim Watkins and inspired by the original Blodslitet in Norway, returns to the Lakeland fells in March 2008. On-line entries are now open, and full details may be found on the Blodslitet home page.

Top performances from SROC members at VHI and BSOC

The weekend of 17&18 November saw two major competitions held at opposite ends of the UK. The Veteran Home International at Pitlochry was won by England, including SROC stars Julian Lailey 1st M60 and Quentin Harding 2nd M45. Full results are here. Meanwhile in Dorset the British Schools Orienteering Championship was beset by bad weather, and results are still provisional on Sunday evening. There were some strong performances by SROC juniors and Chris Nash won B8 running 5.4 mins/km! Katrin Harding finished 2nd in G10, Zoe Harding was 4th in G8 and John Ockenden was 4th in B9. There was also a World Schools selection race on Saturday, in which Matt Nash finished 5th on M14 and Katrin and Zoe were 2nd and 4th respectively on W14, so perhaps we may look forward to sending some club members to the World Schools next year (in Scotland). BSOC results are here, or view the BSOA website.

Club training session Saturday 8 December

A second training session to cater for newcomers (adults and juniors) will be run at Beacon Fell on 8 December, from 10.30 to 12.30. Anyone wishing to attend should book a place with Martyn Roome. All are welcome!

Street League 3 Clayton le Woods & update to event 2

Results for the latest street event are now available on the results page. RouteGadget is also set up for this event. The results for event 2 at Lancaster have been updated to include two self-timed runs on later nights. Remember that if you cannot make the night of the event you are allowed to run on a later night as long as it is before the next event and with the proviso that you cannot score more than the winner on the actual event night.

SROC Club League, Gallopen, Colour & Badge standards updated

Club statistician Bob Nash has been scouring the results and rankings tables to produce the latest tables for all the various year-long club competitions. These may be viewed via the Results Index. See also Bob's notes on the tables. Any comments or suggestions from members on how to score Juniors or Adults for next year should be emailed to Bob or posted on the message board to allow comments from others.

Compass Sport Cup 2008

The Compass Sport Cup (inter club competition) is taking place early in 2008! The event will be held at Frodsham Hill, Cheshire, on Sunday 13th January. The key to winning is to get the maximum number of club members out, so the club needs YOU. Based on our 2007 performance, we have a good chance of making it through to the final if we can secure a good turn out.
It is hoped to organise a minibus for the day at a reasonable cost. Please let Sarah Watkins know if you would be interested in using the minibus by Monday 19th November. Also contact Sarah to let her know whether you want to be entered for the event.

Support the NWJS by ordering a personalised keyring!

The North West Junior Squad does a great job of developing our juniors and has an impressive record of success at national and inter-regional level. The squad is run by volunteers and its expenses are funded mainly from its members and fund-raising activities. You will probably have enjoyed a cake or two at the NWJS stall at many events. Now we offer you the chance to support the NWJS by ordering a personalised keyring for only one pound! More details are here, or contact Karen Nash.

Latest Street League scores

Tables for event 2 and totals to date have been added to the Street League results page.

Street League 2 Lancaster North & Central

Results for the latest street event are now available on the results page. RouteGadget is also set up for this event.

North West Night league starts on 10 November at Piethorne

NW Night league events confirmed so far: MDOC 10 November at Piethorne, SROC 15 December at Beacon Fell, PFO 19 January at Tockholes and SELOC 16 February venue TBC. If you are at all interested in night orienteering please contribute to this recent topic on the message board.