Street League event 5, Chorley

As we reach the half-way stage in the current street league season the results for Chorley may be viewed here, and RouteGadget is here.

Compass Sport Cup 2023

SROC have been allocated to the NWOA round, hosted by DEE at Bickerton Hill on Sunday 12 February (SY14 8AU). SROC membership has been growing and we have now crossed the divide and become a "big" club. This means we are in the Cup, not the Trophy, for 2023. We now need 25 qualifying runners for a full team (as opposed to 13 in 2022) - subject to a maximum of 4 in each of the CSC agebands.

Chorley Night Street League event postponed

The event scheduled for Wednesday 14th December has been postponed due to the continuing freezing conditions and the quantity of ice on many footpaths and pavements. It will instead take place one week later, on Wednesday 21st December. We hope to see you all there!

Chorley street league event Wednesday 14th December

There is a risk of event postponement due to unsafe conditions underfoot, and all competitors are strongly advised to check here for any further information before travelling to the event.

Street League event 5 Chorley

For details on the next street leagiue event on 14th December please see this fixture list post.

Horwich results

Results for Wednesday's event are now on-line here. There's just one more event before the Christmas break: Chorley on 14th December. Santa hats and Christmas jumpers optional!

Horwich night street league

There was a big turnout for the fourth street league event of the series in Horwich last night. Results will be published after final checking but in the meantime you can add your route to RouteGadget.

22nd New Year Cracker

The New Year Cracker returns in its original format on New Year's day 2023.We will be returning to an old favourite: Low Park Wood near Kendal, which has been thoroughly re-surveyed and the map updated. Entries are now open on SiEntries.

Preston Guild Trophy 2022-23 season

Congratulations to Steve Wilson for winning the Preston Guild Trophy at the last Street O. It is based on your gross scores (no age adjustment and cannot be won by a previous winner- in this case only John Embrey scored better).

Fulwood results

Results for Wednesday's street league event are on-line here.

Fulwood North street event

Last night saw the third event in the current night series, using a new map of an area not visited for some time. Results will be posted when available, but in the meantime why not add your route to RouteGadget?

SROC - Night Street League - Tower Trophy

The Kirkham and Wesham Event was the venue for deciding this years Tower Trophy winner. The scores are age and gender adjusted and the winner cannot be a previous winner of the Tower Trophy. This year's winner is Mark Seddon, so many congratulations to him. Bob

The next event, on Wednesday 16th November, sees your chance to win another prestigious award - the Preston Guild Trophy! Details here.

Autumn Series event 3

As the 2022 Autumn Series was drawing to a close, runners enjoyed unseasonal warmth at Beacon Fell. Results and RouteGadget are now available.

Beacon Fell North West Night League event

A warm evening (for November) and stars to navigate by. Results and RouteGadget are now available.

Kirkham and Wesham results

The results are now available. Who's taking an early lead in the league? There's lots of time to improve your best five scores so be sure not to miss any events!

Kirkham & Wesham night street league event

Well the weather turned out much better than forecast, with hardly any rain and only moderate winds. The decision to go ahead was therefore vindicated and the lucky runners enjoyed the clear map and well positioned controls. RouteGadget is ready for your routes and, as always, results will be published as soon as possible.

Weather update 08.00 Wednesday morning

The high winds are now forecast to abate in the late afternoon, along with the heavy rain, leaving us with a dryish and somewhat blustery weather window in the evening. The event will therefore go ahead as planned. We look forward to seeing many of you there contesting the coveted Blackpool Tower Trophy! This will definitely be won by someone new because the rules don't allow it to be awarded twice to the same person.

Weather warning! possible event postponement

With the forecast high winds on Wednesday we are keeping a very close eye on conditions for the next street league event at Kirkham. A late decision on whether to continue as planned will be made, and the outcome will be shared on the SROC website and Facebook. Please check back before traveling to the event.

Night Street League 2022-2023

The street league got off to a great start at Ormskirk on Wednesday evening. RouteGadget is ready for your routes and the results are now available. Meanwhile charge your batteries for the esteemed Tower Trophy event in a little under two week's time. Details are on the fixtures page.

58th AGM news

The 58th SROC AGM was held on 4th October at Lancaster University. This was the first face to face AGM for three years, but also included the facility for members to join in on-line, resulting in a good turnout of over twenty members. Minutes of the meeting are available here. Headline news: we have a new Chairman, Martyn Roome. Both SROC and BO membership fees remain unchanged. The other AGM papers are still available.

Autumn Series 2, Williamson Park

Pleasant sunshine (for the most part) greeted a select band of keen orienteers today in Williamson Park. All seemed to enjoy their courses, some even had a second go! Results and RouteGadget are now available.

Night's are drawing in, the Night Street League is getting nearer!

The ever-popular Night Street league will commence the 2022-2023 season on Wednesday 19th October in Ormskirk. Details are available via the fixtures page or direct from here. Events continue through the darker months at two week intervals. These events are a great way to get some competition in, help get back into running after a lay-off or just to enjoy the social aspect. Start and finish is usually from a pub serving food, with the top league places always hotly contested.

SROC 2022 AGM

 Details for this year's AGM on 4th October may be found on this page.

Autumn Series begins

The first in the current series of events was held at Arnside Knott today. Balmy conditions and a choice between cross-country and score courses helped to make for an enjoyable event. Results and RouteGadget are linked from the results page.

Club Picnic

Today saw a return to the wooded Roeburndale valley for a scorching hot club picnic. Never has the shade of trees been so welcome! Congratulations to the worthy winners, results are on-line here. The mass start time was adjusted by 15 seconds because the timer was that much slow.

Myerscough College Summer Sprint Series event

The last summer series event for this year, and a fitting end to a most enjoyable series. Myerscough campus is a suitably challenging area for split second decision making demanded by sprint orienteering, and good use was made of it by the planner, John Taylor. Results and RouteGadget are accessible via the results page.

Avenham & Miller Parks Summer Sprint Series event

What a fantastic event this evening in the charming Miller and Avenham parks! Glorius weather, a new map and excellent courses planned by Dave Hargreaves. Results and RouteGadget are now available.

Cottam Summer Sprint Series event

The somewhat complex urban terrain of Cottam hosted the latest summer sprint, with this one also counting in the North West Urban League. For results and RouteGadget links visit the results page.

Williamson Park Summer Sprint series event

Another great and well attended event in Williamson Park this evening. Results are on-line here, and SROC RouteGadget is here.

Wellington Wood Summer Sprint series event

This evening's event in Wellington Wood, near Dolphinholme, saw the wood in perfect condition for orienteering. Julian Lailey had set challenging courses where lapses of concentration were paid for in seconds lost, resluting in places lost too. Results may be viewed here. (For the Score course results, click on Prologue). RouteGadget is available, either for Prologue & Score or Final.

Blakeholme National event

 

Results for today's event have been published here. RouteGadget for the event is here. Our photo shows the two main people you should thank for a great event, Gavin Smith (left) planner, and Tony Marlow, organiser. Photo credit Jo Matthew.

Blakeholme start list

 Please check the start list to remind yourself of your chosen start block. See you on Saturday!

Lakes 5 - cheaper entry deadline approaches

Entries for the premier summer holiday event are open and the next closing date is 30^th April. Details here Lakes5 Days, or go straight to Entries |Lakes 5 Days. 

British Orienteering Championships 2022

The British long and relay champs took place this weekend in the South East. A contingent of SROC members made the trip and the stand out result in the long was Lucie Todhunter's 1st place in W40L. Congrstulations to her! Top ten places went to Finlay Johnson (4th M20E), Mike Johnson (6th M60L), David Rosen (9th M65S), Martyn Rooms (9th M70L), Julian Lailey (6th M75L), Maisie Todhunter (4th W10A) and Sue Roome (10th W70L). In Sunday's relays the leading SROC teams were the Men's Short team of Alex and Tom Matthew and James Todhunter and the M/W70 team of Martyn Roome, Miriam Rosen and Paul Ferguson. Both teams gained bronze medals. Full results here.

Sizergh Spring Series event

The Sizergh event went ahead in pleasant sunny conditions today. A good mix of beginners and experienced orienteers enjoyed their courses. Unfortunately the event was marred by one unidentified  competitor who decided to take a short cut over a wall (marked with a purple line as uncrossable) near the start. We hope this thoughtless action has not prevented us from being able to use this area in the future. Please, always take note of markings depicting out of bounds areas and uncrossable features. Results are posted here, and RouteGadget is here. Lost property: a blue hooded top, size medium, left in the download tent.

Street League Prizegiving

Many thanks to all those who came and ran on what turned out to be a disappointingly damp evening and especially those who were able to collect their prizes. However I think a good time was had by all and this series finished with a very pleasant evening in a pub which treated us well. The results for this event are here and RouteGadget can be found here. So you can put your torches, reflective bibs and pencils away until October and yes we do already have a full series for 2022/23. Thanks to the many who have supported the events over the series and hope you will be able to take part in the next one. Bob

Sizergh spring series event 12th March

Final details for the next spring series event have been published here. The event is almost full with entries closing tomorrow evening, or when full if that happens before then. There will be no entries on the day.

Street League 2021-22

The final tables for the series are now on the web, however the final trophy was to be challenged for at Bamber Bridge. This is the GUILD TROPHY which is based on the gross scores, not adjusted for age and gender, and cannot be won by anyone who has been a previous winner. The winner for this year is Peter Brooke, many congratulations to him. Bob

Street League Event 10 - Bamber Bridge

This was the last event in the series and the weather was kind giving those who ran very pleasant conditions. Quite a good turnout with a number of new faces which is pleasing. The pub did us proud in terms of the accommodation and the food. Results are here. We can now finalise who gets what in time for next weeks prizegiving at Cottam. Bamber Bridge RouteGadget is here. Bob

Cottam street league finale event 9th March

Details and Further Details of the prizegiving event next Wednesday have been published. Please read if you are a street leaguer, and take note of the SI-card (dibber) advice, and the penalty rate per minute late!

Street League 2021-22

The latest series is drawing to a close with the final scoring event on Wednesday at Bamber Bridge. Not only is it the final event in which you can add to your points score, it is also the venue for one of our prestigious trophies, The Guild Trophy. Don't forget that a competitor can only win it once so you may well be in with a chance.

All our trophies and prizes are awarded the following Wednesday at our Prizegiving in Cottam.  

I look forward to seeing you at both events. Bob

Hest Bank results

 Results for the recent street league event at Hest Bank are on-line here.

Hest Bank street league event, the calm before (and after) the storm

Conditions post Dudley and pre Eunice were just about ideal for this evening's event, so the decision to put the date back was a good one. RouteGadget is ready to go and results will follow when availabale.

***Hest Bank Street League postponed by one day***

Thanks to the forecast Storm Dudley's very strong winds, not to mention heavy rain, the decision has been taken to move Wednesday's event to Thursday 17th (one day later), all other details being the same. We apologise if this has thwarted various best laid plans but we are sure you will enjoy the event much more on Thursday! As always, there is the possibility of running the event on a different evening so long as you contact the organiser to request a map and answer sheet beforehand.

Wednesday's street league event and high winds

Because of the exposed registration area and the forecast high winds on Wednesday evening it will not be possible to use the usual display boards. However the information on the boards is already available by following the links posted below, on 31st January.

SROC through to CompassSport Trophy final again!

Club Captain John Embrey steered his ship to victory in somewhat damp conditions at Hawse End today. SROC's score totalled 1291 against Borderliners' 1281 and Pendle Forest's 1257. There were many notable performances by club members which will no doubt be written up in the next newsletter. Keep Sunday 16th October clear in your diary for the 2022 final in Scotland.

Healey Nab Regional event

Today's regional event, on a new map, was enjoyed by a wide mix of orienteers from across the region. The cold wind and hail showers did only added to the challenge! Results have been published here, and you can add your route to RouteGadget here.

Darwen street league event

 RouteGadget for the Darwen event is here, results here.

Street League events, 2nd & 16th February

Street Leaguers travelling to Darwen for the next event on 2nd February are warned to expect delays at roadworks on the A666. Comprehensive details for event number 9 in the series have been published. Competitors are advised to also view the Risk Assessment and Hazards Map.

Club trophy winners

After the handicap formalities were out of the way there followed an al fresco trophy presentation for the various club championships. The first trophy awarded was the newly created Dick Collins Trophy, named in honour of our sadly missed friend and stalwart of the club. This will be awarded to the person considered to have done the most on behalf of the club in the previous year, and for 2021 the well-deserved recipient is Martyn Roome. Other trophies:

Club Handicap, Lord's Lot Wood

A broad spectrum of orienteering experience was brought to bear on the fiendishly complicated collection of courses devised by Peter Moseley in the long awaited return to Lord's Lot. After a group of "non-competitive" runners the first official handicapped runner home was Ben Todhunter. Congratulations to him! Results and RouteGadget are available.

Night Street League latest

Event 7 in the 10 event series was held in Helmshore this evening. RouteGadget for the event is on-line here and results here.The next event, in two weeks' time, is at Darwen. Details here.

Torrisholme Turf event on Thursday 10th February

The third in the current series of Turf events will take place in Torrisholme, between Morecambe and Lancaster, from 19.00 on 10th February. This will be a "closed" event which means the organiser has to add you if you want to join in. For more information see these details.

Morecambe Street league event 5th January

Well done to everyone who ran the first street league event of the new year. Yes the temperature was just above freezing but with no wind or rain it felt warmer. A few people ran the event in much wetter conditions on Thursday so we have held off posting RouteGadget until now. Results are here.

Club Handicap 2022

This year's club handicap will be held in Lord's Lot Wood on Saturday 22nd January. Entry to this event is free, but is open only to SROC members and invited guests. Handicaps are devised so that anyone can win the prized Handicap Trophy. After the orienteering there will be a social gathering with Jacob's Join feast and the annual prize giving ceremony. To register for the event, and for further details, go to the event on Eventbrite. 

A cracking good start to the year!

Over one hundred orienteers, ranging from first-timers to ex national champions, battled it out around the Lancsaster University campus today, in weather that felt more like April. We apologise for the lack of live results on the day but the gremlins were well and truly at work on our IT equipment. Results are on-line here, and RouteGadget for the event is here.