Thanks to Walton Chasers for hosting yesterday’s event.
Victories were shared between clubs:
The Relay results are here and Individual course results are here.
The League points have been updated after event five at Burton Dassett and the three way fight continues.
Wrekin are still in the lead with Octavian Droobers using their home advantage to move into second place just 58 points behind. Harlequins have slipped to third but will host the next event at Burlish top on the 19th November.
Orienteering is very fortunate to benefit from a massive volunteer effort that keeps costs of entry much lower than they would be otherwise and thus makes the sport more affordable to a wider audience. However, there is an anecdotal concern that our volunteers are getting tired and that with an ageing membership, clubs are finding it increasingly difficult to continue to provide activities that they would like to put on.
The Orienteering Foundation
Sound familiar? Worth looking at in more depth? The Orienteering Foundation is looking for people who would be willing to study this issue in the coming months.
Further details are here https://www.orienteeringfoundation.org.uk/volunteer-effort-project
The closing date for applications is 15/10/23.
Many thanks to the event officials and volunteers at yesterday’s event. Comments, Results, Splits, and Splits by course, are now available, as are Routegadget and Splitsbrowser.
This was the third event in the West Midlands Urban league and the points have been updated here.
Most of the categories are still wide open with one event to go and the best three to count. Congratulations to Eloise Lee (Womens Open) and Chris McCartney (Veteran Men), both Harlequins and both guaranteed an overall win if my artithmetic is correct!
The final will be at Woodside on the 15th October, hosted by Wrekin Orienteers.
The points for the West Midlands Urban league have been updated here following the first two events at Tamworth and Rugby.
All the categories are still wide open with two events to go and the best three to count. Congratulations to Eloise Lee (HOC) who is leading Women’s Open with 200 points and is the only West Midlander with a perfect score at this stage.
Harlequins are organising the third event in the series at Malvern on the 10th September and the final will be at Woodside on the 15th October, hosted by Wrekin Orienteers.
This will be held on Monday 2nd October at 7.30pm at The Great Barr Hotel, B43 6HS. There will be an option to attend remotely via Zoom. The Agenda and the Zoom details will be sent via Club emails before the meeting.
The next West Urban Midlands League event takes place at Malvern on Sunday 10th September. This is an urban area with plenty of variety – everything from parks, formal private gardens, sports grounds to common land and urban streets. Details are available on the Harlequins website. The closing date for lower fees is 3rd September so don’t delay, enter now through https://www.fabian4.co.uk/.
The next West Midlands League event takes place at Burton Dassett on Sunday 3rd September. The area offers good running on a compact but hilly open area with complex contours in the centre.
It is located between Banbury and Leamington Spa just a few km south of Junction 12 on the M40. More details are available on the Octavian Droobers website.
The closing date for pre-entry to guarantee a map on the course you want to run is this Sunday, so enter now through https://www.fabian4.co.uk/!
Entries are now open for this event, which is the first one in the West Midlands 2023 Urban League.
The details are on the Walton Chaser’s website and entries are open via the Pre-entries app..
Provisional Results and Comments for all three days are now available in the Springtime on Shropshire website.
Photos from day 3 at Corndon are here courtesy of Charlie Leventon.