Night Street League

With three more events to go in the ten event series (plus the series finale), and with the best five results to count, we are starting to see a bit of a shake up in the league tables as some of the less regular runners have amassed five scores. You can see the gross scores and age-adjusted scores. The St Annes event scheduled for this evening has been postponed because of the very high winds forecast.

JK Relays - If you want to run then tell your captain now

To take advantage of the cheaper entry fees for the JK relay I need to have entered teams by 16/2/14. If you would like to be included in a team and have not already let me know that you are interested then please do so before 14/2/14. Please contact Quentin now if you would like to enter, giving him your 2014 age group, BOF membership number and SI number.
Entry is £10 for adults and £5 for juniors, to be paid to the club captain on or before the day. It is not refundable if you are unable to attend.
After this date further teams can be entered but at a cost of £9 extra per team and the team combinations may be less flexible.

Interland 2014 selections

Congratulations to Zoe & Quentin Harding and Laurence Johnson (travelling reserve)on their selection for the England Orienteering Squad. Details on the Orienteering England website. Interland Cup 2014 is on 30th March at Bruay La Buissière in the Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Looking to try Orienteering?

Saturday 15th February sees an ideal event at Williamson Park Lancaster, with starts from 12.30 to 1.30. Full details here. Full help and coaching will be provided on the day.

An evening of celebration

Saturday December 6th 2014 at Garstang. Part of SROC's Golden Jubilee programme. You can book your place for this 'must go to' event by giving £5 to Peter Knott or Karen Quickfall. 'First come first served' Places might be limited. Please make cheques payable to 'SROC' Cash also acceptable. We would like to see as many members and past members as possible at this event. Please pass this information on to any past members you may be in contact with or pass contact information to Peter Knott. Peter Knott and Karen Quickfall

Tree planting on Beacon Fell, a 50th anniversary event

Twenty members of SROC rolled up their sleeves on Friday 31st January and helped to plant hundreds of trees at Beacon Fell. The planting was arranged by Mark Gordon of GlobalRenewables acting on behalf of Lancashire County Council. Five large tree were donated by J A Jones Nursery of Southport to symbolise each decade of the club’s existence. The planting is part of the master plan for the sustainable development of Beacon Fell Country Park. The first photo shows Club President, Peter Knott, Club Chair, Mark Edwards and John Gillow from JA Jones Nursery planting one of the larger common oak trees. The second photo shows Alex Finch, Quentin Harding and Peter Knott acting like all good workmen, watching John Gillow do all the hard work. A bit later on it did some serious snowing and we were all glad to get stuck in to get warm. Martyn Roome

Fulwood street O, Wednesday 29th January

Congratulations to Jane and John for 'organising' such a lovely evening for running. Although from a personal point of view it was perhaps too tempting, must remember that I can't run as far and as fast as I think! Anyway the results are on the web for your perusal. The league tables and the Guild Trophy winner will be added later just in case there are any appeals. As Jane says - see you at St. Annes. Same weather please Ray. - Bob

Twitter feed

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