New Year Cracker moves to Lancaster University

Plans are now in place for the replacement event at Lancaster University. Details are on the fixture list. This is a score event with a choice of 45 or 60 minutes, suitable for all abilities with many prizes! Details of prize categories are included on the final details which may be viewed here.

New Year Cracker potential cancellation

The approach road to this event at Ulpha Fell, and all the available parking areas, are currently treacherous with ice. As this is unlikely to thaw sufficiently before New Year's Day the organiser has decided to seek an alternative venue. This is likely to be Lancaster University, pending permissions. Check back here nearer the event - The Cracker must go on!

Season's greetings

The SROC web elves would like to wish all SROC members past and present, their families and anyone else who may visit this site a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and injury-free New Year! We hope to see some of you at the New Year Cracker.

Ulpha Fell - venue for the 9th New Year Cracker

This is what the woods at Ulpha looked like today, with planner Mark Edwards (right) and Chris Roberts enjoying the snow while checking control locations for the New Year's Day event. More snowy shots are in the gallery.

Blow away the Christmas and New Year cobwebs!

SROC offers the 9th New Year Cracker, a mass start score event on New Year's Day. The 2010 event will be in the compact technical woods that are called Ulpha Fell, near Meathop. If you still hanker after O action after that, try the MDOC mass start "John of Goats" charity event in Lyme Park on 2nd January. Details of both events are on the fixture list.

Night Street League - halfway stage

League scores for the first five events have now been added here. The league now breaks for Christmas and resumes at Longridge on Wednesday 13th January 2010.

Hest Bank Street League results

There was an unusually high number of incorrect answers given by runners at the most recent street event, so planner Steve Wrigley has double-checked all of the control sites and has allowed alternate answers at two of them. Results have now been added to the Night Street League page, or may be viewed here.

Compass Sport Cup - Your Club needs you

The qualifying round for the Compass Sport Cup takes place on Sunday 24th January at Watergrove, Wardle, Rochdale (SELOC Regional Event), GR SD 907174. Postcode OL12 9NJ. Courses: Orange to Brown count towards the final total. To qualify for the final in October (Burbage SYO) we need to win the qualifying round. We need as many runners as possible as everyone's run is important. The top 25 from each club count towards the final total but every team member can play their part by pushing our opponents down the results list. We won this event in 2008 and it would be great to be there again. If you want to be entered please email Club Captain Mark Edwards giving age class, BOF no and SI card no.

Ripley Sessions over Christmas

The last Ripley session before Christmas will be on Tuesday 15th December. Since the sports hall is now in exam mode, we will be using the old gym near the swimming pool. Map
After Christmas, sessions resume in the old gym from Tuesday 5th January with a new Gym master in charge to help with those New Year resolutions.

Street League 5 Hest Bank

How lucky are we! Another fine and warm night for the last street event this year. RouteGadget is now ready to receive your routes.

Latest North West Night League scores

The first two events of the NWNL season have been unusually well attended. Is this the year when regular orienteers realize what they are missing? The league table may be viewed here, and details of the next event on 19th December are on the fixture list.

Club Welfare Officer

The SROC Welfare Offcier is Sue Roome. Sue's role is to help protect young people and vulnerable adults within the club. She is the person to contact if anyone has any concern that a club member may be being bullied or abused. The idea is that if all concerns, however small, are reported to one person, then a real problem should be picked up quicker. More details here.

Low Park Wood night event 5th December

A record night event turnout despite the damp weather! Results are here, also Winsplits online, Splitsbrowser and RouteGadget.

Festive Junior Training in Williamson Park, Saturday 12th December

All juniors, whether club members or not, are invited to attend the next junior training session on Saturday 12th December. Details are on the SRJS page.

How are you doing in the Street League?

With only one more event to go before the Christmas break the Street League is getting more interesting as more people log several scores. Remember, it's your best five that count at the end of the season. Latest tables are here.

Bonus local event this Saturday 5th December

Lakeland OC are organising a low key local event, suitable for all standards of orienteers, in Low Park Wood on Saturday 5th December. They are using the same area as the SROC night event later that day, so if you want to be competitive in the Night League don't run in the daytime event. Click here for details.