Solve your Christmas gift problems with SROC

Wanting some club kit for Christmas? The club has a variety of O tops in club colours and in most sizes. These are: Trimtex (tighter fitting O tops) £32, Silva short sleeved O tops (conventional looser fitting) £24, South Ribble Junior Squad O tops (an eye catching, go faster red!) £16, and some junior sized Silva O trousers £12, not forgetting the club buff at only £10.. All of these are considerably below current prices. Contact me if you are interested. Martyn Roome 01995 603885.

Low Park Wood night event final details

The SROC event in the North West Night League for this season will be in Low Park Wood, near Kendal, on Saturday 5th December. There are courses suitable for newcomers to night orienteering as well as the more experienced. If you enjoyed the Spook-O come and enjoy another local wood by night! Final details are here.

Whitbarrow ranking list points and age class results

Results for the Regional event at Whitbarrow have now been uploaded to the BOF ranking list. To view the scores and results by age class (as converted automatically when submitting results) click here.

Cottam street league results

Results for the Cottam event on Wednesday 25th November are now available here.

Whitbarrow Regional results

Preliminary results are now available here. Follow these links for RouteGadget, Winsplits online, Splitsbrowser and colour standards.

New BOF survey about orienteering competitions

Those who are not regular visitors to the British Orienteering website may not know about the survey added recently. The Board are looking to get your feedback and opinions about current orienteering competitions, why you enter some and not others, how far you will travel, whether you like to compete against everyone on a course or against your friends or age group, do you like relays or is your preference for individual competitions? And would you like more inter-club competition?

Cottam night street league event 25th November

RouteGadget for the Cottam event is ready to receive your routes.

Tim Watkins Blodslitet 2010

Entries are now open for this premier long distance race, being staged on Farleton Knott next February. For more details see the flyer or visit the webpage. To enter go to Oentries.

Whitbarrow tuck shop

The North West Junior Squad will be at Whitbarrow selling soup, sandwiches, tea and coffee and, of course, cakes to raise funds for the squad, so please come and support them! The weather is likely to be sunny but cold, so what better than a hot cup of soup or a hot drink and a snack after your run?

Cover photo

Subscribers to the national orienteering magazine CompassSport will have been greeted by the smiling face of SROC junior Ben Selby as they bent to pick up the latest edition from the doormat. We'll forgive Ben for running in his Fredrikstad top since we do have a special relationship with that Norwegian club. This set us wondering how many other SROC members have featured on the cover of this magazine over the years. We can think of a couple, but why not join this discussion on the message board and fill in the blanks for us.

SROC members run well for their schools

The British Schools Orienteering Championships were held at Druridge Bay in the North East on Sunday 22nd November. SROC was represented by pupils from Lancaster Girls Grammar and Lancaster Royal Grammar Schools, and they brought home several medals. LGGS achieved 2nd year 7 girls (helped by a member of LOC!), 4th year 8 girls and 1st year 12 girls. Leading individual results include Zoe Harding 1st yr 10, Katrin Harding 2nd yr 12, Jenny Tynan 7th yr 12 and John Ockenden 6th yr 11. Congratulations to them and all those who took part. Full results are here.

Possible traffic delays travelling to Whitbarrow

We expect there to be roadworks on a short stretch of the A590 which could potentially cause delays for anyone approaching the event from the East. Follow this link for more information.

Whitbarrow control descriptions

For Whitbarrow control descriptions click here for shorter courses and here for longer courses.

Whitbarrow Regional event final details

Final details for the event on Sunday 29th November are available here. Control descriptions will be added shortly. Please note that no specific start times will be allocated; pre-entered runners should turn up at the start within their desired start block.

Morecambe street league results and league tables

Results and revised league tables are now available for the latest night street league event.

Night Street League - event 3, Morecambe, 11th November

Another pleasant evening for a run; we've been lucky so far this season! RouteGadget has been prepared for you to add your routes. If you are unsure how to do this please consult this message board thread.

North West Night League

There's more to night orienteering than Spook O! There are a number of night event series around the region, and SROC has an event each year which is part of the North West Night League. This year our event is in Low Park Wood on Saturday 5th December, so if you enjoyed Eaves Wood come and give it a try. Courses range from Orange to Blue, so something for nearly everyone. The first NW Night League event of the season was held by DEE last Saturday and the league table may be found here.

Calling all SROC members!

The 2010 Compass Sport Cup 1st round will be held on 24th January at Watergrove, hosted by SELOC. All club members who can turn out on the day are needed to make sure of our place in the final! It matters not whether you expect to be in the top few places on your course; everyone can help by reducing the scores of runners from other teams. Club Captain Mark Edwards needs to hear from you now.

Latest Street League Positions

Results of Event 2 at Whalley have now been converted into League points. Quentin Harding has a clear lead, with maximum points. Can anyone beat him at next week's event (Nov 11) in Morecambe?

Junior training Saturday 14th November

Details of the next junior training session have been added to the SRJS page. Any junior interested in attending, who need not be a SROC member, should contact Ian Selby by 12th November.

Spook O results

Here are the Spook O results. Did you end up with your own points or someone else's?

Spook O lost property

In the excitement of being chased by vampires and toasting marshmallows several people managed to leave something behind at Eaves Wood. If you are missing a grey thinsulate hat, a yellow torch with "Crosscrake, Burton" label, a child's black cape with yellow bats on it or a pink Eurohike headtorch, contact Martyn Roome, to arrange collection.

Spot your favourite spook

Many more photos from Saturday's Spook O at Eaves Wood have been added to the gallery, thanks to lensmen Mark Edwards and Martyn Roome. Results for this score event with a twist will be available shortly.