Ormskirk results

Apologies for the delay in getting the results on the web. They can be found here. Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend but there were a good number of hardy souls prepared to take on the windy conditions. If you have any queries then please pass them on to Norman Hall as I won't be able to deal with them in the French Alps. I will endeavour to update the league tables by the end of the week. Now on to Lancaster. Bob

Oceania 2015 success

Miriam Rosen was victorious in class W65A in the multi-day Oceania competition held in Tasmania recently. With two first places out of five races and with 4 out of 5 to count Miriam was fortunate that an error near the end of the Middle race only resulted in that result being discarded. Here is a link to the results. David Rosen was placed 16th in M60A.

2015 Club Handicap

More than 30 hardy souls braved the wintry conditions at White Coppice today. Julian's planning and Dick's handicapping proved successful once again, as Oliver Ball just made it home first, very closely followed by Brenda Rutter and Beth Davey. The faster runners with longer courses not quite catching up. Results may be viewed here, and RouteGadget is here.

Ormskirk Street League RouteGadget

RouteGadget for last night's breezy but dry event may be accessed here. Another well-planned and well-attended event, with good facilities at the cricket club. Many thanks to members of DEE for adding this event to the series.

Ormskirk Street League event

A reminder that if you want to order food at the Ormskirk event then you need to send your order to Darren Baker (darrenbaker0284@googlemail.com) by tomorrow evening, Wednesday 7th January, at the latest. Don't forget to let him know if you want meat or veggie.

2015 Club Handicap

The most eagerly awaited event of the year comes round again on Saturday 17th January at White Coppice, near Chorley. All club members are welcome, indeed encouraged, to take part as all will have an equal chance of winning the coveted Handicap Trophy due to the fiendish handicapping skills of Dick Collins. The area has just been re-mapped by Julian Lailey who is also setting the courses. Afterwards we will meet up for the annual prize giving and social, so please bring something for the Jacob's Join meal. More details are on the fixture list.

Join SROC on Strava

Strava is one of several on-line resources that help to record and analyse your training. One of the features is to set up a "club" so that you can share details of runs and perhaps gain motivation from seeing what others are doing. You can join the SROC Strava club here. Runs posted to the club are displayed on this website on the left, below the weather forecast. If you aren't already a Strava user it takes moments to set up an account either by computer or phone app, and you can then upload all your activities!

What a great start to the New Year!

The 14th New Year Cracker was held on the windswept slopes of Traitor's Gill (Caton Moor) today. The surprisingly high ambient temperature did little to warm runners who suffered in the gales and torrential rain. If you weren't there you missed a true test of your mettle. The dire conditions meant that it proved impossible to hold the prize giving as planned, so class winners will be able to collect their prizes at a future SROC event. Congratulations to Ed Calow and Heather Hepponstall, winners of the open classes. Ed was the only runner to visit all 28 controls. Veteran winners were Janet Nash and David Rose, Older Juniors: Helen Ockenden and Connor McGurk. Helen placed third overall and was actually top woman but you're only allowed one prize! Younger Junior Men winner was Josh Sammon. Well done to all finishers for lasting the course. Results are posted here and RouteGadget is ready to go here.