The Club's best orienteer?

Readers of the latest edition of CompassSport, the orienteering magazine, may have noticed an article by Dave Nevell where he calculates the country's top 100 orienteers by normalising their ranking scores by age and gender. In other words, he figures out what their potential score would be if everyone were a 28 year old male! There are three SROC members in the list: Karen Nash is our top orienteer in 31st place, followed by Julian Lailey in 54th and Quentin Harding in 57th.

Event Equipment for Lakes 5 Days and Inventory

Club Equipment Officer Peter Knott asks: Could members please check to see if they have any club equipment in their house, shed or garage etc and contact me re returning it to our equipment garage. This is urgent for both the forthcoming Lakes 5 Days and the need to do an updated inventory for insurance purposes. Among the things we are short of are reflective yellow jackets, pin punches, bunged canes and A4 map bags, but this is not a full list. Tel: 01772 683072 Email: pgk36@fsmail.net

Compass Sport Cup - Your Club Needs You (again!)

As you may recall the original CSC had to be cancelled due to the snow earlier this year. The first round is to be held at Formby on September 12th 2010 (see MEROC website for details) Hopefully the weather will be better and as long as sea levels don't rise dramatically it should take place! With the summer holidays fast approaching I need to know who would like to enter as part of the SROC team. I will be at the Lakes 5 Days but it may be quicker to email me. I am waiting for more details and will pass them on as soon as I get them. Mark (club captain).

Summer Series Final Scores

The results (best 3 out of 5) of the Summer Series are here. Congratulations to all our winners, and all those others who competed too. The prizegiving took place at the Club Picnic, but those winners who were not there should contact Martyn Roome on Martyn@mroome.myzen.co.uk to arrange to collect their prize (don't leave it too long or he may have eaten it!) Pictured: M60+ winner Julian Lailey is congratulated by Martyn Roome.

Annual General Meeting

All club members are warmly invited to the club’s Annual General Meeting on 15 Sept 2010 at 7.30pm in the Victoria Institute, Caton. (See map) In addition to the usual reports and election of officers there will be proposed amendments to the constitution. After the formal business is concluded we have an informal chat and some food. Please bring something to share and come and join us.

Next Wednesday evening run - 14th July

Dawn Lock has suggested a run for this coming Wednesday (14th) around the Rivington Reservoir area. Park at the free car park at GR625143 at 6:45pm to run along the banks of the reservoir to Liverpool castle, then directly away from the reservoir to climb to Rivington Tower and return through the Terrace Gardens down to the car park. Please contact Dawn if intending to run.

Club Picnic results

Despite the odd refreshing shower the annual club picnic went very well, with a one hour score event making good use of the whole of the area. Results may be viewed here.

Your club needs your old dibber!

If you have upgraded or are considering doing so please can the club buy your old dibber / SI card? We always need more to hire and are prepared to pay £10. You would need to de-register it first, but that is easy to do when you register your new one. If you wish to do so please contact Bob Nash or the club official manning the download at the next event.

SROC AGM and proposed new constitution

The SROC annual General Meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 15th September 2010. The details of time and place will be published soon, but in the mean time please mark this date in your diary. Members attending the meeting will be asked to vote in acceptance of the revised club constitution, which may be previewed here:

Summer Series Finale at Beacon Fell plus Scout & Guide Champs

The final event in the SROC Summer Series was combined with the Lancashire Scout & Guide Orienteering Championships at Beacon Fell on Tuesday 6th July. Bob Nash planned courses from White through Light Green, giving a suitable test for all ages. Pictured is a group being briefed outside the Visitor Centre and Cafe (unfortunately closed during the event). Results for the event are here, and splits analysis including RouteGadget may be accessed via the Results Index.

Street League 2010-2011 season

Advance warning of the SROC Night Street League dates, venues and organisers has been given by new league coordinator Bob Nash.

Last of the Summer Series

The final event in the latest SROC mini series will be at Beacon Fell on Tuesday 6th July. There are still many prizes to be fought over, so check out the latest scores to see where you stand.

LOC evening sprint events in July

LOC are putting on a series of sprint/park events in July. The first one is at Orrest Head, Windermere on Wed July 14. Checkout their website for further details.