Last Call for JK Relay Entries Monday 2nd April

The closing date for entries to the JK relays is fast approaching. If you would like to run and have not told the club captain already then please e-mail the Club Captain with your Name, Age group, BOF number and SI number. Entries to me by Sat 3rd March at the latest. Quentin

British Night Champions!

A small SROC contingent journeyed South to the British Night Championships held on Saturday. David and Heather Roome won their respective classes (M35 & W35) to be declared 2018 champions. Quentin Harding was second in M55 while Helen Ockenden (now CUOC) was third in W21. Congratulations to them all! Full results are here.

Farleton forecast

The organising team for the Farleton event on 4th March have any eye on the long term weather forecast for the coming week. There is a possibility that the event may have to be postponed if conditions underfoot are considered unsafe due to snow or ice. We will post an update here on Friday evening.

Hest Bank results

Provisional results for last Wednesday's street league event at Hest Bank may be viewed here.

Hest Bank Street League

Rowena's and Chris's Hest Bank event took place in dry and cool conditions before retreating in to the pub for some great grub. RouteGadget is ready for your routes, results will follow when available.
Lost Property, an Inov8 black/grey sock size 40-43 was found in the car park after the event.

Nicky Nook lost property

There was a bag containing a hat and gloves left at the start/finish at Nicky Nook on Saturday. If these are yours please get in touch to arrange return. Northernnights@sroc.org

Northern Nights at Nicky Nook

Saturday evening saw the Northern Night Championships hosted by SROC at Nicky Nook. The weather was kind and we had the unusual occurrence of all the pre-entered competitors turning up! Congratulations to the Northern Nights Champions: Open Men David Roome SROC, Open Women Zoe Harding EUOC/SROC, M18- Dominic Dakin SYO, W18- Hannah Hateley DEE, M40+ Duncan Harris DEE, W40+ Susan Skinner WCOC, M55+ John Embrey DEE, W55+ Charlotte Somers-Cocks LOC. Full results here. Also RouteGadget here.

Last Call for CompassSport Trophy Entries - Sunday 11th March

The first round heat takes place on Sunday 11th March at Clowbridge near Burnley, initial details can be found here. The club will subsidise all the SROC entries so that you will be entered for free. A copy of the Clowbridge map can be seen via Seloc's results and routegadget.
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 Wed 21st Feb at the latest. Quentin

Nicky Nook Northern Night Champs & NWNL event 17th February

Final details for the night event next Saturday have been published here. Entries are still open and will remain so until 5pm on Friday 16th.

Southport results

Thanks to smart work by Steve and Mark we now have the results for Wednesday's event.

North West Night League

Check out the latest scores in the NWNL here. SROC's event at Nicky Nook is the next counter in the league, as well as being the Northern Night Champs! Entries are still open on Fabian4.

Farleton Knott Cumbrian Galoppen

Preliminary details for the event on 4th March are now available here. Please note that entries numbers are limited, and entries will open on Fabian4 on 11th February. SROC members wishing to help should contact Mike Johnson.

Night Street League latest

Street leaguers were treated to another new map of a new area last night, with the weather playing ball to boot. RouteGadget has already had a few routes added, why not add yours too? Steve McLean provided an impressive live results service; official results will be available in the usual format shortly. Meanwhile here are the Darwen results which the web elves forgot to post a link to!

2018 Club Handicap

The 2018 Club Handicap took place today on a brand new map of Leighton Hall estate; not used for orienteering for many years. As well as drawing the map Alex Finch also planned the courses and skilfully applied handicaps for all runners. The first SROC member to reach the finish was Chris Roberts. After the race all enjoyed the surroundings of Leighton Hall; particularly the roaring log fire. Food was consumed and club trophies awarded. Results are on line here.