Harris Attracts Military and Civilian Hordes to Sidbury! Glorious winter sunshine brought many military and civilian orienteers to Sidbury Hill, Tidworth to run in the Military League South (MLS) Team Harris Orienteering Championships Tidworth on Wed. 24th Feb. The event was organised by Cpt. Jason Patt and a small team from 19 Regiment RA, with…
Posts from February 2016
NO BUTTS ABOUT IT Over 220 orienteers competed in Wimborne Orienteers’ Winter Warmer event at Turf Hill and Millersford near Redlynch in the New Forest. The area is largely open and runable, despite the marshes and plentiful surface water, not to mention the gorse and bracken and Tom Butt had a fine run (43min 38…
ORIENTEERS GET WET FEET Waterlogged marshes, streams in flood, surface water and thick heather all presented tough physical challenges at the Wessex Orienteers’ Galoppen event at Bisterne Close, near Burley in the New Forest. The area was well past saturation and it’s undoubtedly true that no one got round a course without having wet feet;…