Two trophies were finally united with their worthy winners at Sarum’s Everleigh event. Joan Hambleton finally gets her hands on her medal for 3rd place in W80L British Championships – after a mere eight months. No, that isn’t Gareth Bale handing over the medal but our very own topknotted Jeff Butt. Paul Lane wasn’t able…
Posts from November 2022
Sixty seven Orienteers, including 23 from Sarum, donned headlights and took to the streets of Salisbury for a Wessex Night League event. A fortunate gap in the rain gave everyone a dry and reasonably warm night out. Unfortunately for Planner Charlotte and Organiser Liz, however, a mid-afternoon downpour drenched them when putting out controls in…
Coming to a location near you! All three ’Norths’ – true, magnetic and grid – are currently lined up over the UK and the alignment point is moving slowly NNE-ish. If you haven’t already seen it this go to this link to the Ordnance Survey to read about this geospatially historic event.
A large Sarum contingent took part in this year’s November Classic located this year at New Park between Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst. The forecasts for heavy rain didn’t bode well but, in the event, the rain largely held off for the runners, apart from the occasional short, but intense, showers. An added bonus was that a…