A competitive contingent of 45 Sarum Orienteers joined 300 others at Cold Ash woods near Hermitage in Berkshire to compete in the regional qualifying heat of the National Compass Sport Cup and Trophy competitions. Sarum were up against Guildford (GO), Basingstoke and District (BADO) and North Wiltshire (NWO) orienteering clubs in the Trophy competition for…

238 Orienteers from as far apart as Cornwall and the Midlands, with ages from 10 to 93, joined Sarum Orienteers for the annual Sarum Saunter level B event held this year in the woods at Fonthill.  Sarum Orienteers thank Mr. Morant for allowing, yet again, the use of Fonthill Wood for orienteering and for his…

We had intended to have two consecutive days in Stonedown, Friday  Feb 3rd was to be a Forest league event with some 150 children from local primary schools competing. Unfortunately Doris – Storm Doris that is – intervened and with the Met. Office forecasting heavy rain and very strong winds a decision had to be…

Orienteers are generally dismissive of heavy rain and mud which was just as well as this is what greeted the 200 who congregated at the Army’s training facility at Copehill Down on Salisbury Plain for Sarum Orienteers’ 2017 New Years’ Day event For the second year running the ghost village, abandoned military equipment and surrounding…

Sarum Orienteers holding their Christmas Social in the comfortable surroundings of the Hub Club at Skew Bridge were delighted that, yet again, Santa Claus found time to park his sleigh and reindeer and drop in to give his festive greetings and to preside over the ritual exchange of presents.     As ever Santa’s knee…

On a cold November night 45 intrepid orienteers assembled in The New Inn in Amesbury to try out the new urban orienteering map of Amesbury in a Wessex Night League event. The event was a Score type with a few twists organised by Sarum Orienteers’ Charlotte Thornton. There were thirty controls to visit in the…

A Classic Weekend Sarum and SOC worked together to put on a great weekend of orienteering by combining the second Salisbury City Race with the November Classic/Southern Championships offering very different challenges to 900 orienteers from clubs as far apart as Cornwall and Cumbria. We orienteers are generally used to preparing to run in forests…

Sarum Galoppen and SCOA League Event 2016   A glorious still, sunny autumn morning greeted runners to the 2016 Sarum Galoppen in Collingbourne Woods. The sunshine glinting through the trees onto the Beech leaves carpeting the assembly area gave no indication to the eager competitors of the hard struggles that lay ahead.   As with…

Caddihoe Chase 2016 Over 20 Sarum members competed in this year’s Caddihoe Chase which took place on the adjacent maps of Godlingston Heath (Agglestone) and Rempstone Heath. On the first day, on the Agglestone map, heavy rain during the morning was followed by a mainly sunny afternoon – apart from a brief but very intense…

Sarum Summer Series#6: Hub Club The South Wilts Sports Club (or Hub Club as we tend to call it) grounds at Skew Bridge in Salisbury were the focus for the final evening training/social session of the Summer. Liz Y put on an interesting test of our knowledge of IOF symbols (and SWOA officials) some well…