Armed with only a map, compass and headtorch, our very own Charlotte Thornton recently achieved two notable successes in major night orienteering competitions. Charlotte recently won the W75 Southern Night Orienteering Championships held at Tweseldown near Aldershot over a challenging course hosted by the British Army. Charlotte followed that with a fine Silver Medal in…
Posts from November 2021
A bitterly cold, but sunny, Saturday saw another training session for the juniors (and those of a certain age) organised by Des Dickinson. Using the small but complex features making up the Moot at Downton, Des recapped the basic skills practised in previous sessions and then let everyone loose on a Score course that made…
Three successive local events, covering just about all the forms of orienteering on foot, culminated on the Monday evening with Sarum’s contribution to the Wessex Night League using our map of Tisbury. 37 competitors turned on their lights to take on an Odds and Evens score race. The hilly surroundings coupled with some clever planning…
Following on from the previous day’s Salisbury City event many joined the 650 odd who competed in SOC’s November Classic run over/through the leg-sapping heather of Milkham, Slufters and Broomy Bottom. The weather was beautiful but a cold wind ensured that nobody took time out to sunbathe. The added benefit to a 2km walk to…
A long weekend of local orienteering began with the third Salisbury City Urban O race. We were fortunate to be able to start the courses within the Cathedral Close on Broadwalk, close to the Harnham Gate. Competitors had the rather novel experience of a walk to the start through the grounds of Bishop Wordsworth’s School…
On the first evening after the end of Summer Time it was always going to get very dark, even at 5:00 pm. This didn’t stop our juniors turning up for a second training session led by Des Dickinson and involving a lot of glowsticks. This week saw eight juniors and four parents, including Des, getting…