Hest Bank and Bolton le Sands street event
It was good to be back on an old favourite area, starting from a different venue than before. The weather was chilly but stayed fine which helped, along with excellent planning. Did you get stuck at the busy level crossing? Did you run down the shore path? Add your routes to RouteGadget and compare with others. Results are now on-line here.
Bolton-le-Sands street league
Details for the last nsl event of this year are now available here. Please note that there is no longer the option to pre-order food!
Night Street League
Tonight's event in the night street league was held on a map of Lostock and Markland Hill. RouteGadget is ready for your routes.
Tim Watkins Trophy Sunday 26th November
This prestigious event took place today on a combined map of Caw and Torver High Common, with excellent courses planned by guest planner Scott Collier of KERNO and Black Combe Runners. The Open classes were won by Joe Woodley and Cat Taylor, with the Vets classes trophies going to Andy Simpson and Jo Cleary. Full results are here, and RouteGadget here.
Street O Runs on a different night
It has been brought to my attention that not everyone is aware that the rules of our street league series do allow for people to run an individual event on a different night to the scheduled one. The rule is that you need to notify the organiser in advance to let them know when you wish to run the event, and that this must be sometime before the next event. Also when you do run, you are not allowed to score higher than the winner on the night.
Simpson Ground NWNL event Saturday 18th November
A warm night with not a lot of rain greeted a good turnout of night orienteering enthusiasts at Simpson Ground this evening. See results and RouteGadget for this event.
Garstang Results and RouteGadget
RouteGadget for the latest street league event is now available. Results are here.
Garstang Night Street League event
The next event in the street league is at Garstang tomorrow, Wednesday 15th November.
If approaching Garstang from the south via the A6, please be aware that there are numerous set of temporary traffic lights which can create long delays. If possible, allow plenty of time for your journey but we will make allowances for late starters.
Thank
you to those people who have already booked their meal in advance, The deadline
for ordering food has now passed and any competitors still wishing to eat after
their run may be able to book a meal at registration when they arrive - but as
the pub kitchen closes at 8pm there will only be a limited number of
portions available and these will be allocated on a first come, first served
basis. Sian Calow & Kev Latham
Street League event 2, Ashton
There was a strong turnout on both courses at last night's night street league event, held on the Ashton map in Preston. RouteGadget is available to add your route. Results are here.
Autumn Series event 2, Eaves Wood
A good turnout of orienteers of all ages and experience enjoyed some challenging courses at the surprisingly technical Eaves Wood near Silverdale. Results and RouteGadget are now on-line.
SROC Night Street Series
Wednesday night saw the start of the 2023/24 winter series in rather blustery conditions. Fortunately whilst it was very windy on the open areas near to the beach I am assured that in the streets it was calmer. The results for the event can be found here, and RouteGadget here. if you have any queries about your score then please get in touch with me. This event is also for the Tower Trophy, it can only be won once and competitors' points are adjusted in terms of age and gender by using the special multiplier. As a result of that the provisional winner of this series' Tower Trophy is Vladislav Zavjalov, so many congratulations to him.
A big thank you to all those whose took part and a reminder that the next event on 1st November in Ashton is for the Guild Trophy - details are on the website.
Simpson Ground weekend 18th/19th November
Entries are now open for the forthcoming weekend of orienteering in Simpson Ground. Starting with our North West Night League event on the Saturday evening, and rounded off by a full colour coded Regional Event on Sunday. The night and day areas and courses are different so you can run competitively in both races should you so wish. Entries links are on the Fixtures Page.
SROC Night Street League
With the nights drawing in it is time to start thinking about your fortnightly winter activity. Yes it is time for the SROC Night Street League to start. This series starts off with a bang as the first two events are for two of our prestigious trophies.
Event 1 on the 18th October is based in Lytham and is for the Tower Trophy.
Tim Watkins Trophy 2023
Sizergh Castle Saturday 30th September
Autumn Series 1, Beacon Fell
Around 50 orienteers enjoyed a warm and sunny day of orienteering at the Beacon Fell event with orange, green and score courses available. The course took in a mix of heathland and forest, with some fine views from the park summits across the Bowland Hills to the North East, and over to Blackpool and the Fylde coast in the west.
Conditions were mostly dry underfoot (except for the marshes!), however, the late summer undergrowth made for slower going away from the paths. Most participants completed clean runs, however, a small number of controls were missed due to a couple of mapping/placement ambiguities - apologies to those who lost time here.
Great to see some new orienteers trying the sport for the
very first time, as well as more experienced orienteers and also some
enthusiastic juniors who completed a more technical course for the first time -
very well done! We hope everyone enjoyed themselves and that we might see
you again at future events.
Thank you for coming and to all the helpers on the day. Michael Hendry
For results click here, RouteGadget here.
SROC AGM 2023
The Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 19th September at 7.30 pm. Details of how to join the meeting remotely, or in person, plus the agenda and various reports, are on this page. Please attend if you can.
Fantastic 4th place in the World Masters Orienteering Championships
Well done to SROC member John Embrey for 4th place in the world in the Middle final at WMOC yesterday. No doubt a Bronze would have been nice but still an amazing achievement in Slovakia. All eyes are now on the long finals tomorrow.
A full list of SROC results is here:
| 4 | John Embrey | M65-A (158) | 30:39 | +2:02 | 8:21 | |
| 16 | Miriam Rosen | W70-B (114) | 55:06 | +19:26 | 24:10 | |
| 30 | Julia Preston | W40-A (62) | 59:14 | +24:09 | 13:37 | |
| 30 | Jacqueline Embrey | W65-B (159) | 53:29 | +17:12 | 21:18 | |
| 40 | Matthew Cochrane | M65-C (155) | 49:20 | +19:23 | 15:57 | |
| 41 | David Rosen | M70-C (125) | 1:23:18 | +46:39 | 26:52 | |
| 47 | Jill Cochrane | W65-B (159) | 1:03:42 | +27:25 | 25:22 |
Autumn series approaches
Summer holidays are nearly over but that means the SROC autumn series is nearly here! Entries are now open for the first event, at Beacon Fell on 16th September. Enter here.
Club picnic at Lancaster Uni Sprint
It is with great regret that we have had to cancel the club picnic at the last minute due to high access fees for a small event. However all is not lost and we are inviting all who attend the sprint event at Lancaster University on Tuesday July 4, to bring some food and enjoy a picnic together after the racing. There will also be a prize giving for the sprint series so it should be worth staying around.
Event 5 in the SROC Summer Sprint series - Lancaster University
The final event in the current series is at the complex Lancaster University campus, most recently used for the JK sprint races. This is a top notch area and you get two sprint races for the price of one so don't miss it! It is on Tuesday 4th July; entries remain open on SiEntries up to 9pm on Monday 3rd. See the Final Details.
2023 Club Picnic in Eggerslack Woods, Saturday 8th July cancelled
We regret to inform members that this year's club picnic has been cancelled. This is because of the high access fees combined with a low entry.
Salt Ayre sprint event
The weather improved from the rainy morning and competitors enjoyed warm sunshine for a classic sprint event aound Salt Ayre and Scale Hall. How many noticed how clear the map was to read at 1:3000? Results are on line here, including the series scores to date.
Next event in the Summer Series
Final details for the Salt Ayre event are now on-line. Entries will remain open until 9pm on Monday. Don't miss out there are no entries on the day! Scores in the series to date may be viewed here.
Worden Park results
Results for today's event in Worden Park are on-line, including the series results so far.
SROC Summer Series - next event
Event number three in the current series will be at Worden Park in Leyland on Tuesday 6th June. Final details are now available.
Summer Series scores
Scores after two rounds of the SROC Summers Series 2023 have been published. Best 3 to count out of 5 events.
Williamson Park sprint event 2
Results and RouteGadget for this evening's event in Williamson Park are available via the results page.
Astley Park and Village sprint event
A splendid Spring evening welcomed our first event in the Sprint Series at Astley Park in Chorley this evening. There were a few people trying their first event of this type, and luckily they seemed to enjoy it! Results are now on-line.
Summer Sprint series starts on Tuesday
Don't forget that our summer sprint series starts on Tuesday with our first event at Astley Park.
Events follow at 2 weekly intervals until Tuesday July 4. See website fixtures for further details. Entries via SI entries.
Spring Series 2 at Leighton Hall
There was a fabulous turnout and equally fabulous weather was enjoyed at the event in Grisedale Wood, part of the Leighton Hall estate, today. The intricate detail in the wood cost time for anyone less than 100% confident in their position, but the challenge appeared to be all part of the fun. Results are on-line here, and RouteGadget here. On now to the Summer Sprint (short course) Series, starting in Astley Park on Tuesday 9th May.
Roomes double Silver medals at 2023 JK
There were many notable performances at this year's JK Festival of Orienteering, held in our local area. Standout result at the Sprint on Friday was John Embrey's first place in M65. The JK overall placings depended on the total times for days 2 and 3, Middle Distance in High Dam and Long Distance in Bigland. Heather and David Roome each went home with Silver medals, for W40L and M40L. We congratulate them, and wish the relay teams success for tomorrow! For full results visit the JK results page.
SROC Spring Series
Event 1 in the Spring Series is at Williamson Park on Saturday 18th March. Entries are open on SiEntries, and final details have been published.,
Street League final tables and prizewinners
Results for the Torrisholme and Skerton event are on-line here. Final league tables may be viewed via these links: Gross Scores and Age Adjusted. Congratulations to this year's prizewinners.
Street League final event of the season
The tenth and final Night Street League event was held this evening on the Torrisholme and Skerton map. Afterwards the league prizes were presented. RouteGadget is avaiable here, and results will follow after final checking.
SROC Atheletes Selected for England!
Whitbarrow Replacement event
Street League event 9, Lancaster
Final details for the Lancaster South event on 15th February are now available. This event has been declared to be the John o' Gaunt Trophy event for this current season. Details of the Jo'G Trophy are here.
Knots Wood club handicap results
The annual club handicap incorporated a new (to us) format that certainly kept everyone's brains exercised! Results may be viewed here, and RouteGadget here.
Whitbarrow event cancelled
The event on Whitbarrow has had to be cancelled due to Foresty England declining
permissions on Environmental Grounds. This is despite
Natural England giving us the go ahead for the event. We are hoping that Masterplan who are organising the Saturday event that weekend will be able to put on an informal event on Loughrigg on Sunday instead.
Whitbarrow National event
We are currently experiencing a delay in securing final permission from one of the landowners at Whitbarrow. We hope to be able to open entries soon but at this time we cannot guarantee that the event will proceed. Please check back here for more news.
Tottington (Bury West) street league event
RouteGadget for last night's street league event is ready to add your routes. Results are available here.
Tottington Street O tonight
Street-O tonight is ON
Paul and I have been for a run around the area this lunchtime and decided we are OK to go ahead.
Most pavements and footpaths have a thin covering of powder snow which offers good traction. There are some small patches of ice on some of the more minor roads but these are avoidable. All of the main roads are fine.
Obviously everyone will need to exercise a little more caution than usual but we are good to go ahead. Though not essential, we'd recommend wearing trail shoes to give a bit more grip. Please pass on this advice to anyone who might not see this post.
See you tonight. Matt Driver
Buckshaw street league event
RouteGadget for yesterday's Night Street League event in Buckshaw Village is now available. Results may be viewed here.
Club Handicap 2023
The annual handicap race will be held on Saturday 4th February in Knots Wood, near Lancaster. The handicap (allegedly) gives anyone an equal chance of taking home the trophy, so it's a race for all club members! Afterwards there will be a social gathering at the Victoria Institute in Caton, with a presentation of trophies based on performances over the last year. Please bring a contribution to the Jacob's join meal. Entry is free but do please register on Eventbrite to make sure we have a map for you. More details via the Fixtures page.
Night Street League resumes
After a break for the festive season the popular night street league returns tomorrow, Wednesday 4th January in the highly complex Buckshaw Village. Details here.
What a Cracker!
The New Year Cracker returned to more normal terrain today as over 140 orienteers gathered for the mass start in Low Park Wood, near Kendal. There were many compliments paid to Simonas Sakalauskas's courses, a choice of a classic score or the more fiendish Fours, Fives and Sixes. Nobody managed to collect all the controls on either course within the 45 minute time limit, despite some valliant attempts. Congratulations to Matt Rooke and Cate Matthew, first male and female on the complex course, while Max Wilkinson and Rachel Platt were the first placed on the classic. Full results are on-line here, and RouteGadget is available here.
