New Year Cracker entry on the day

On-line entries are now closed, but with sunshine forecast for New Year's Day in Grange over Sands there are still about 50 maps available for entry on the day. Please arrive in plenty of time to register, and read the details!

Out with the old and in with the new

We spent from mid November to mid December in Nepal

so I did almost no running then.

New Year Cracker entries

On line entries will remain open until Saturday evening, to allow late entries to secure a map and to save time and queuing on Sunday morning. There will still be plenty of on-the-day entries available but please arrive in plenty of time to be processed before the mass start. On-line entries link:

Next event - the 16th New Year Cracker

This year the Cracker moves to Eggerslack Woods near Grange Over Sands. This is a mass start score event so please read the details to ensure you know where to park and the format of the event. Pre-entries are now rolling in on Fabian4 so don't miss out!

North West Night League

Follow this link to the current league positions after two rounds. The point allocation for each of the three courses is unchanged so overall points will be the same. However, the league coordinator has changed the age groupings so that the 40 year olds are now grouped with the 20-34 year olds. This is because nearly all of the male competitors were in the M40+ table.
Remaining timetable of events is as follows:

14/01/2017 LOC Blakeholme, Windermere
21/01/2017 MDOC Teggs Nose, Macclesfield
04/02/2017 SELOC Amberswood, Wigan
04/03/2017 DEE Marbury Country Park Northwich
Sponsored by Bright Bike Lights

With thanks to Chris Rostron

Street League results

Results are now published for the Leyland event. Tables for Gross Scores and Age Adjusted Scores have also been updated at the half way stage in the series.

Leyland street league event

Last evening saw the fifth event in the SROC Night Street League series in Leyland on a very warm night. Results will be available soon, but in the mean time please add your routes to RouteGadget.

16th New Year Cracker

1st January means time for the next SROC New Year Cracker! This time the event will be in Eggerslack Woods, close by Grange Over Sands. Parking will be in public car parks in Grange, and there is a mass start at 1pm for all. Please consult the flyer for further information. On-line enteies (recommended to guarantee a map) are open on Fabian4.

Night Street League

The fifth event in the night street league 2016-17 series will be in Leyland on Wednesday 14th December. This event is also hosting the "Preston Guild" trophy and marks the half way point in the season. Details over on the fixtures list.

Carnforth results

Results for the latest street league event may be viewed here.

Carnforth Street League event

Event 4 in the Night Street League was a mental challenge - 60 or 75 minutes? Take the long loops or stay in the town? RouteGadget is ready for your routes here, and results and league scores will follow as soon as possible.

White Coppice results

Results for last night's North West Night League event have now been added to the results page, or directly from here.

NWNL White Coppice

A dry but cold night for the opening event in this winter's NWNL. A good variety of woodland and moorland to test those night skills. Thanks to Julian and his team for staging the event. RouteGadget is ready for your routes HERE. Results and splitsbrowser can be viewed via routegadget,

SROC National Champions

(Pictured) Miriam Rosen receives her brick for winning Women Ultra Vets in the UK Urban Oienteering League 2016. Jane Anthony was victorious in the Women Super Vets category. These awards recognise consistent performance at urban races held all over the country over the last year. We would also like to congratulate Rowena Browne (W50) and Mike Johnson (M55) for winning their age classes in the English Fell Running Championships, also held over a series of events across the country. Rowena and Mike were competing as members of their fell running club, Bowland Fell Runners.

Street League event 3, Ormskirk

Provisional results for yesterday's league event are now available here.

Torver High Common results analysis

Photo: the view from assembly. As well as the results and split times you may now access RouteGadget, Winsplits Online and Splitsbrowser for today's event. Results have been uploaded to the BOF results page so you can check out your ranking and UKOL points! Photos from Laurence Johnson here soon.

Torver High Common

Raw results for today's level B event are now on-line here. Further analysis including RouteGadget, Winsplits Online and UKOL scores to follow soon. Also photo links.

Torver start times

The start times for this Sunday's event on Torver High Common are now on display on the Fabian4 website. Limited entry on the day will be available.

Autumn Series Beacon Fell event

The final event in the 2016 Autumn Series was held in bright but chilly conditions today at Beacon Fell. Results are on-line here.

Lake District November weekend

Final details for the SROC level B event on Torver High Common on 13th November have now been published. Download the pdf here.

Night Street League event 2, Fleetwood

Results for the second street league event are on-line here. Street Leaguers might not know that there are two special trophies to compete for each year. This year the Guild Trophy (for the best points per hour at a nominated event near Preston) will be contested at the Leyland event on 14th December. The much coveted Tower Trophy (similar rules but an event near Blackpool) will be settled at the Poulton event on 8th March. You may only win these trophies once so previous winners are not counted when deciding the new victor.

Upcoming events

Event two in the Night Street League is at Fleetwood on Wednesday 2nd November on a newly digitised map. If you prefer running in daylight then a warm welcome awaits you on the 5th November at Beacon Fell Country Park for the 3rd and final event in this year's Autumn Series.Competitors from beginners to the experienced are catered for with a beginners/improvers course as well as a 4.9km technical course. More details may be found on the Fixtures page.

New Night Street League season opener

The SROC Night Street league returned on Wednesday with a beautiful evening around Ashton in Preston. Results are on-line here. RouteGadget is ready for your routes here.

Williamson Park results

Another excellent, testing event was held today in Williamson Park, part of the Autumn Series. Results are on-line here. RouteGadget for the event is here.

Autumn Series event 2 Williamson Park, Lancaster

Come and try Orienteering in spectacular Williamson park. There will be a pleasant easy course for all that will take in a full loop of the park's most interesting and unusual features. Full guidance given at the start so if this is your first time we can help to get you going.

The park has steep slopes, crags, open woodland and hidden clearings and these are featured in a longer technical course of 4.7km. See fixtures list for more details.

Last Call for Compass Sport Trophy Entries

The final takes place on Sunday 16th October at Tankerlsey Wood near Sheffield, initial details can be found here. The club will subsidise the entries such that you pay £7 for adults and juniors are entered for free.
All club members are encouraged to take part but entries must be made through the club captain. If you have not told the club captain already and would like to run in the event then please e-mail the Club Captain with your Name, Age group, BOF number and SI number. Entries to me by Sat 1st Oct at the latest. Help us make an earnest defence of our 2015 title. Quentin

November weekend

Entries are now open for the November Lake District Orienteering weekend, jointly organised by SROC and LOC. The weekend comprises a middle distance event at Sandscale  Haws on the Furness peninsula (LOC) on Saturday 12th November and a long distance event organised by SROC at Torver High Common near Coniston on Sunday 13th November. Entries can be made at www.fabian4.co.uk.

We are also looking to recruit as many SROC members as possible to help at the Sunday event. All helpers will get a 50% entry discount. For your discount code and to offer help please contact the organiser (Tony) at antonymarlow@gmail.com.

AGM reminder

All members are reminded that the 2016 AGM will be held at Garstang Fire Station from 7.30 pm on Thursday 22nd September. All are welcome, please bring some food to add to the Jacob's Join social after the formalities have been attended to.

Autumn Series off to a great start

Today's Eaves Wood event treated a mixture of newcomers and seasoned orienteers from around the region to glorious weather and the challenges of navigating without paths on the map! Results are on-line here.

Entries Wanted for CompassSport Trophy Final - Sunday 16th October

Following our successful qualifying round at Timble, we are soon to compete in the Final on Sunday 16th October at Tankerlsey Wood near Sheffield. All club members are encouraged to take part but entries must be made through the club captain. If you can commit to running in the event then please e-mail the Club Captain with your Name, Age group, BOF number and SI number. Please help us make an earnest defence of our 2015 title. Quentin

SROC Autumn Series

After the many SROC successes at foreign and UK holiday events over the Summer we now return to our own club's more local series of events. The first is at Eaves Wood near Silverdale on Saturday 10th September and will offer courses for beginners and experienced orienteers. More details here.

Orienteering at Lytham Sport Festival - help needed

As part of the Lytham Sport Festival I am putting on a Come-and-try-Orienteering event in the grounds of Lytham Hall on Saturday 27th August. The event will consist of three courses: white, yellow and orange and start times will be from 10:30 to 15:30.

Sprint Series Co-ordinator's comments

Five events and five sunny Tuesday evenings. Thanks to all 86 competitors for coming to the Sprint series and to the Organiser's - Stewart, Mike, Julian, Sarah (and myself) for putting on challenging / enjoyable sprint courses. The mixture of urban, country park and university/college grounds certainly provided us with a wide range of terrains and a variety of mental and physical challenges. Myerscough was the only venue where all controls were correctly visited by all competitors.
Thanks also to Chris, Bob and Mike for providing the computing support .

Well done to the Series winners - Jane, Luigi, Helen, Finlay, Anna and Mike.
Ray Pickett

Sprint Series finale at Myerscough College

The last event in the SROC Summer Sprint Series was a suitable challenge around the newly extended map of Myerscough College. After two hard fought races the league totals were totted up and prizes awarded to the worthy winners in each age category. Results for this and all the series are linked from the series page. Final league tables and conformation of class winners will be posted when available.

NW Sprint Champions!

SROC NW Sprint Champions at Offerton on Saturday. From left: Luigi Lerose, Jane Anthony, Finlay Johnson, Miriam Rosen & Laurence Johnson. Don't miss the final SROC sprint event of the current series, today, at Myerscough.

Summer Sprint Series finale

The fifth and final event in the 2016 SROC Summer Sprint Series is just a few days away! This will be at Myerscough College on Tuesday 12th July, using an updated and extended map. There will be the usual two stages of Prologue and reverse-order start Final, each a proper sprint race in itself and with total times combined to establish your position. Soon after the last finisher there will be the series prize giving so don't miss this last chance to improve your league position. Click here for details of the Myerscough event, and current league standings after four events are here.

Lancaster University Sprint

Results for yesterday's sprint series event are linked from the series page. RouteGadget is also available.

Summer Sprint series event 4

Details of the next event in the sprint series have been added to the fixture list. Don't miss the chance to run on the JK Sprint map of Lancaster University, updated of course.

Summer Sprint Series scores

The third Summer Sprint event was keenly contested on a warm summer evening in Worden Park. The pressure of sprint orienteering got the better of several experienced orienteers and a modest turn-out meant that high league points were gained by the successful finishers. With 2 events remaining league winning positions (JM 14-, JW 14-, M, W, SM55+ and SW 55+) are still all up for grabs (best 3 out of 5 to count). Latest league table.  Next event : Lancaster University 5th July.

Worden Park RouteGadget

RouteGadget is now ready for the Prologue and Final at Tuesday's sprint event.

Worden Park results

Results for yesterday's sprint series event in Worden Park are linked from the usual series page.

Summer Series, event 3

Details for the next Summer Sprint event on 21st June have been added to the fixture list.

Success at the British Sprint & Middle Distance Championships

The Sprint Champs were held in the Olympic Park on Saturday, followed by the Middle Champs at Leith Hill on Sunday. Jane Anthony(W60) and Quentin Harding (M50) are British Sprint Champions! Quentin was second (M50) in the Middles, and Mike Johnson (M55) came third. Congratulations to all. Full results for the weekend are here.

Summer Sprints Series latest league table

The league table for this year's summer series has been updated with scores from Williamson Park. Best three events out of five to count, next event on 21st June in Worden Park.

SROC Newsletter

The latest issue of the SROC Newsletter, including a report of our win in the recent Compass Sport Trophy heat, may be viewed on-line (pdf) by following the link that's always on the home page. Contributions, in words and/or pictures, are always welcome and should be addressed to the Editor, Dick Collins.

Williamson Park sprint event

Today saw the second in the series of Summer Sprint events. Williamson Park remains a popular venue and we had a terrific turnout and only just enough maps! Results are available from the series web page, and RouteGadget is ready for your routes.

Scout and Guide Champs 14th June

Details for this event, which is open to all whether they are part of the Scouts & guides or not, are on the Fixtures page. We still need some more helpers to make the event run smoothly. Any volunteers would be able to run as well. Please contact Bob Nash.

Club Win at Timble

Thirty-three club members made the trip to the 'dark side' of Yorkshire to take part in this postponed round of the CompassSport Trophy. Timble wood provided a good test and many emerged with tales to tell, such is the joy of orienteering. Fortunately, we emerged convincing winners of our heat and can now prepare for the final. It was great to see so many club members at the event, there was a good level of camaraderie and many were sporting their new club tops, it all lent to a real club spirit.
Results for the event can be found on the CLARO website. Photos on our club facebook page
Please keep the date for the final clear, Sunday 16th October at Tankersley near Sheffield.

Summer Sprint 2, Williamson Park

Details for the second event in the sprint series have been added to the fixture list.

Cottam RouteGadget

RouteGadgets for both the Prologue and Final events at the Cottam Summer Sprint are now ready, access via this link.

Sprint Series league scores

The league table showing scores for event 1 is now available here. This is also linked from the series webpage which may be accessed using the picture link on the left side of the home page.

SROC Sprint Series

The Summer Sprint Series got off to a great start tonight with a return to the Ancient Oak and the compact Cottam urban map. Results are linked from the series web page.

Battleaxe 2016

The Warrior OC Battleaxe series ended this evening with an event in Mickleden near Great Langdale. After the barbecue, prizes were presented, including two SROC winners. Rebecca Rooke (pictured with male winner Jack Wright) won the Ladies trophy, and Quentin Harding was Male Vets winner. Fans of midweek races now look forward to the SROC Summer Sprints and LOC Summer Series, not to mention the SELOC Summer Street series. No excuses for a lack of exercise over the next few weeks!

Summer Sprint Series

The popular SROC Summer Sprint Series is about to return for the 2016 season. Check out the series flyer and event description. The first event will be at Cottam on Tuesday 24th May. More details here. These events are aimed at all abilities and are intended to be fun, with a good social aspect as well as plenty of friendly competition.

Picnic RG

RouteGadget is now available for the Club Picnic. Share your route and see where everyone else went!

Club Picnic

Beautiful Spring weather served to enhance an enjoyable event at Traitor's Gill today. The picnic itself followed the orienteering, and the sheltered woodland setting was appreciated by all. Results may be viewed here. Runners who claimed to have visited the non-working control have been credited with it. Any other queries please get in touch.

Its official!

Winning SROC team at the British Relays. Rebecca Harding, Heather Roome and Rebecca Rooke (plus Harriet). Results are now on-line at http://siresults.co.uk/2016/boc/ Also on the podium were the W50 team of Deb Murrell, Rowena Browne and Jane Anthony who finished in the Silver position. Well done to all who took part.

Breaking news from the British Relays

SROC HQ has received a message to say that the Women's Premier team of Heather Roome, Rebecca Harding and Rebecca Rooke has won the trophy! We await official results confirmation, and indeed results from the other relay classes.

British Orienteering Championships

Congratulations to Quentin Harding, M50L Champion at today's BOC held at Brown Clee. Also in first place were Michael Finch (M12B) and Philip Gager (M70S). Second places for Finlay Johnson (M14A), Julian Lailey (M70L) and David Rosen (M60S). Becca Rooke was 3rd on W21L. Full results here.

Spring Series final scores

Final league tables for the 2016 Spring Series are now available here. Congratulations to the category winners, especially Beth Davey with an almost perfect 88 points from three events, and Finlay Johnson who won the Men's Open M16-M55 category while still an M14.

Worden Park RouteGadget

The Routegadget for Worden Park is now available here.

Worden Park Spring Series event

The third and last event in the 2016 Spring Series was held in pleasant spring weather in Worden Park, Leyland today. Competitors on the technical course had two free order sections and a map exchange to contend with, which allowed only the more interesting parts of the park to be used. Results are on-line here, RouteGadget will follow later.

CST Rescheduled for Saturday 4th June

Our CompassSport Trophy round that was postponed last April has been set for Saturday 4th June. Revised details of this event can be found HERE.
All club members are encouraged to take part but entries must be made through the club captain. The club will subsidise the entries such that you pay £5 for adults and juniors are entered for free.
If you were committed to running in the event in April then please e-mail me to confirm whether you can still run or not. If you were not in the original team and would like to be involved then please e-mail me your name, age group, BOF number and SI number. E-mail the Club Captain by Wednesday 18th May. Quentin

SROC Northern Champions

Congratulations to Quentin Harding and Brian Jackson, victorious in the M50 & M70 classes at yesterday's Northern Championships held at Mulgrave Woods near Whitby.

Club Picnic

The SROC club picnic will take place this year on Saturday May 14. Please note this change from recent years as the July date found many people unable to attend. The venue is Traitors Gill on Caton Moor amongst the wind generators. However the picnic itself will be nicely sheltered in a nearby wood. Mass Start score event at 2pm. Odds and evens or normal score. Please bring food and drink to share as well as crockery and cutlery and chairs and/or picnic mats.

Coaching and the Spring Series

Saturday 23rd April sees the third and final event of the SROC Spring Series at Worden Park, Leyland (see fixtures tab for further details). Coaching - free to Club Members (others £2 per person) - is being offered before event at 11.30AM (lasting 1 hour, so you will be ready to take part in the event itself). The coaching is aimed at beginners/improvers and will include bearings, distance estimation and pacing.
If you would like to come to the coaching please let Martyn and Sue know on Martyn@mroome.myzen.co.uk by close Sunday 17th April at the latest, and preferably right away!

North West Night League

With the night league season ending we can see the final league tables. Congratulations to Quentin Harding and Heather Roome, top man and woman. Quentin scored the maximum 120 points and Heather scored 117 which beat all the other men!

JK festival of orienteering

The weather may have tried to dampen the spirits but for those SROC members who made the short journey to Yorkshire this was a true weekend of top class orienteering competition. The Day 1 Sprint saw victory in M50 for Quentin Harding and 2nd in W60 for Jane Anthony.

Spring Series scores

With just one more event to go, at Worden Park on 23rd April, the Spring Series is in full swing. Latest scores and league tables are linked from here.

Spring Series 2, Duxbury Park

Nice weather and a good challenge today in Duxbury Park, Chorley, for the seconf Spring Series event. Results may be viewed here, and RouteGadget for this event is here.

Cottam scores and league winners

So the 15/16 Winter Series has come to an end with a pleasant night for running at Cottam.

Street League Finale, Cottam

A good turnout enjoyed the novelty of a mass start event in perfect conditions before the prize giving for the Night Street League series in Cottam last night. The event is now available on RouteGadget.

Night Street League, Horwich scores

The results for the Horwich event last Wednesday have been published here. League scores may be viewed here. Prizegiving for the series will take place after the finale mass start event from The Ancient Oak in Cottam this Wednesday.

Spring Series event 2, Duxbury Park

Final details for the event in Duxbury Park, Chorley, on Saturday 19th March may be viewed here.

Last Call for British Relay Entries

The British Relay take place on Sunday 1st May on Brown Clee. Details of the event can be found HERE.
All club members are encouraged to take part but entries must be made through the club captain. The club will subsidise the entries such that you pay £10 for adults and juniors pay £3.
If you have not already done so please e-mail the Club Captain the following information by Tuesday 22nd March:
1) Name
2) Your 2016 age group
3) Your BOF number
4) The SI number you intend to use
Lets get some teams together and have some fun, Quentin

Street League event 10, Horwich

With apologies for the delay, RouteGadget is now ready for Wednesday's night street event at Horwich. That was the last in the current season but there is still the finale mass start event and prizegiving next Wednesday at the Ancient Oak, Cottam.

Spring Series scores

Scores in the 2016 Spring Series may be viewed here. The next event in the series is at Duxbury Park on Saturday 19th March.

CompassSport Trophy Event Postponed

Claro have just announced that their CST event has been postponed due to the car parking field being unusable following the recent wet weather. They hope to reschedule the event as soon as possible, probably to a date in May. When that date has been defined I will contact all concerned to see whether they still wish to take part. Quentin

Lytham results

Results for the latest Night Street League, and the current League Tables.

Night Street League

The Tower Trophy event was "blessed" by a little cooling rain although very early or late runners stayed dry. Who won the trophy? We will have to wait until the calculations have been completed to find out! Meanwhile here is RouteGadget for the event. Don't miss the tenth event in Horwich in two weeks' time. Please note that food must be ordered in advance; please see the published details.

Last Call for CompassSport Trophy Entries

The first round of the CompassSport Trophy takes place on Sunday 13th March at a Claro event just north of Ilkley. Details of the event can be found Here.
All club members are encouraged to take part but entries must be made through the club captain. The club will subsidise the entries such that you pay £5 for adults and juniors are entered for free.
If you have not already done so please e-mail the Club Captain the following information by Sunday 28th February:
1) Name
2) Your 2016 age group
3) Your BOF number
4) The SI number you intend to use
Lets get a good club turn out again, Quentin

Spring Series

The first of the 2016 Spring Series was held today at Healey Nab, near Chorley. The damp conditions made for lots of slips and slides but nevertheless the courses were enjoyed by those who made the effort to turn out. Results may be viewed here, and RouteGadget for the event is here.

Upcoming events

Don't miss the Spring Series event at Healy Nab on Saturday 20th February. This is the first time we have used this area for a number of years. The next Night Street League event follows on Wednesday 24th February at Lytham, incorporating the hotly contested Tower Trophy. Remember that you can only win this trophy once, so it's bound to go to someone new!

Bamber Bridge night street league 8

Last night's street O featured a newly extended map and a new venue, together with a mentally challenging course. RouteGadget is here, results here, and league tables here.

Next events

Details of the next Street League event at Bamber Bridge on Wednesday 10th February and the Spring Series event at Healey Nab on Saturday 20th February are now available.

JK Relay Entries 28th March

In order to take advantage of the cheaper entry fees for the JK relays I need to enter our club's teams by 11th Feb. The club will subsidise each entry by £5 so that your contribution would be £9 as an adult, £4 as a junior. Are you interested in joining in this year? Is so please e-mail the Club Captain the following information:
1) Name
2) Your 2016 age group
3) Your BOF number
4) The SI number you intend to use
Details of the event can be found at: JK Relays, Huddersfield 28/3
Lets get some teams together, Quentin

Chorley results

The latest night street league results may be seen here, and the league scores have been updated as well.

Street League 7, Chorley

Thank you to Matt & Jill Cochrane for providing an extended Chorley map and staging a well received street league event. RouteGadget is now ready for routes to be added.

Club Champions

Here is a list of all the club trophies awarded at the recent Annual Social & Prizegiving at Levens Institute, which followed the Club Handicap, won by Iain Embrey:

CompassSport Trophy, JK Relays & British Relay Entries

Entries for the above events will soon be needed, details of each can be found at:
CompassSport Trophy, Blubberhouses 13/3
JK Relays, Huddersfield 28/3
British Relays, Bridgnorth 1/5
The club will subsidise these team entries by £5. If you would like to get involved please e-mail the Club Captain including the following information for each person to be entered:
1) Name
2) The events to be entered
3) Your 2016 age group
4) Your BOF number
5) The SI number you intend to use
Lets get some teams together, Quentin .

Club Dinner again

Just to say that preferences are needed for dessert as well as starter and main. Thanks

Club Dinner

This year's club dinner will be held on Friday March 18 at The Mill at Condor Green, Thurnham Mill Lane, LA2 0BD. Time - 7 for 7.30. Speaker Wendy Dodds. Cost £25 per person for a 3 course meal with tea and coffee. Numbers limited to 40. Please see menu and let me know your choice of starter and main. Please pay by cheque to SROC and send to me  rowenacbrowne@gmail.com

North West Night League

Here is the latest league table after the first three events. With three more events to go and your best three scores to count there's still time to make a play for the prizes!

Club Handicap results

The results from the 2016 Handicap in Low Park Wood are on-line here, also RouteGadget.

Heysham results

Results for the most recent street league event may be viewed here. Go here to view all the results from the series so far, including the current league tables.

Club Handicap and Annual Social & Prizegiving Saturday 16th January

The weather is set fair for this year's club championships race in Low Park Wood near Kendal. All club members are invited to attend as you can be sure that the handicapper has determined exactly the right challenge to ensure that everyone has an equal chance to win! There will be a mass start at 1 pm, so please arrive in plenty of time to be issued your handicap and be ready to walk to the start by 12.45. Afterwards the social and prizegiving will be held in Levens Institute, just a few minutes drive from Low Park. Please bring something to eat to add to the Jacob's Join meal. Tea, coffee and juice will be provided.

Street League event 6, Heysham

A cold but not too damp night for everyone to enjoy the seaside village of Heysham. RouteGadget is now ready for routes to be added.

Heysham Street league 13th Jan - Food

For those that have not pre-ordered food, a limited food menu will still be available so come along for a sociable evening. Details for the event can be found via the fixtures list.

Heysham Street League 13th January - Get your food orders in now

The next street league is taking place from the Strawberry Gardens Pub in Heysham. To cater for the numbers expected they would like you to pre-order your food from their MENU. If you have not already told me your order then please e-mail the Organsier your choices by Thursday 7th Jan. Details for the event can be found via the fixtures list.

New Year Cracker Thanks

A big than you to all the people/organisations that enabled this event to happen:
To the National Trust (especially Gemma Wren) and Mr Barber, as landowners.
And to Holgates Caravan Parks, who opened up their touring caravan site for the parking and their superb toilets, especially for the event. We collected £148 on the gate which Holgates have asked to be donated to the charity Pancreatic Cancer UK.

New Year Cracker Prizewinners

The final results will be posted shortly, but I can reveal the prizewinners!
W14   Evie Conway AIRE
M14   Finlay Johnson SROC
W18   Sarah Pedley EPOC
M18   Laurence Johnson SROC
W Open   Lucy Todhunter SROC
M Open   Calvin Routledge BAOC
W60   Elizabeth Hindle LOC
M60   Simon Filmore LOC
Newcomers on the Simple Score   Will and Caroline Walton IND


Please contact me Martyn@mroome.myzen.co.uk to arrange collection at a suitable event. We promise not to eat the prizes in the meantime!


Note: Colin Hicks SOC and Simon Filmore LOC have been returned the points they lost in the draft results, due to understandable confusion over the missing controls! This issue does not affect anyone else.
Finally, I would like to thank all those runners, including several SROC, who gave up their maps and runs to others. And to those that went round as a pair or with less than the desired number of maps in their group. Truly a case of loaves and fishes!

New Year Cracker results

We must apologise for a couple of problems affecting both the event and the results for the New Year Cracker at Arnside Knott today. We hope that anyone who kindly donated their map after we discovered there was a record number of entries (we had 25% extra maps available, over and above previous similar events) has received a refund and can relax in the warm glow of having made a sacrifice to help others. The very strange and unexpected theft of three controls, only two of which were detected and replaced before the start, caused an enigma for the organisers. Some people claimed to have been to 120 only to waste time looking for something that wasn't there. Unfortunately not everyone so affected mentioned this, so there is no clear and fair way to allow points for anyone affected. Then we had a minor equipment failure at download which contributed to the download queue and meant that we didn't capture the correct course at that point. This has therefore delayed the publishing of results. Draft results are now on-line here, and these will be updated with any late corrections tomorrow. If you spot any obvious anomalies please contact Martyn Roome. A list of prize winners will also be published tomorrow.