The Lancaster event is available now (details on the Fixtures page). Despite being in Lockdown British Orienteering guidance shows that we can continue with the Lancaster and Blackburn events in the current format (see www.sroc.org news item 29th September for details). The BO Guidance is as below;
'Within these new restrictions for England, the government continue to
emphasise the importance of outdoor exercise and recreation. Orienteering
remains an excellent, socially distanced sport, and many types of orienteering activity
can be undertaken within these new restrictions in England.
Despite these new measures, orienteering is still very much open for everyone
to enjoy.
Orienteering activities that can continue within the new government guidance
for England areas follows
- Unsupported training activities on your own, with
people you live with, within your support bubble, or with one person from
another household if social distancing is maintained. These include the
use of training maps created by individuals or clubs
- The use of Permanent Orienteering Courses, Virtual
Orienteering Courses and activities such as MapRun events. All Virtual
Orienteering Courses and activities must be open for a minimum of at least
seven days, to reduce the risk of overcrowding
- One-to-one outdoor orienteering coaching
- Mapping and Local planning for future events.
The government guidance is that you should look to reduce the number of
journeys you make. Outdoor
exercise should be done locally wherever possible, but you can and should
travel to do so if necessary (for example, to access an open space).'
It is proposed that the autumn street runs will now be open until the end of
Dec to give you more chance to be spread out/ not meet up and also for
individuals to decide when they feel comfortable to travel. With luck all those
events will be available soon so you can pick which ones you wish to run and so
can opt to stay very local if you wish to. Bob Nash