With much sadness we report the death of Pam Swienton after a fight against cancer. Pam may not be well known to everyone in the Club but for many years she has been an absolute mainstay of the work we have done promoting orienteering in schools in Salisbury and across S. Wiltshire and the Avon…
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The second event in the Sarum Summer Score Series took us over to Downton where Peter had planned a ‘linear score’ course in the Moot which is a great place for a small course as there are so many contour features in a small (250x200m) area. It is very much orienteering in three dimensions. The…
Sarum takes Orienteering to Warminster Schools On a glorious sunny day in May over 140 children in years 5 and 6 from nine primary schools in Warminster, Westbury and Trowbridge and neighbouring villages took time out of normal lessons to take part in an orienteering competition held in Southleigh Wood, Warminster organised by Sarum Orienteering…
A small contingent of 13 Sarum Orienteers joined 500 other runners to compete in the Chiltern Challenge held in Wendover Woods in Buckinghamshire. The Chilterns are famed for the Red Kite populations that they support and it was quite uplifting on the drives there and back to see these magnificent birds in flight. When the…
Sarum Summer Series #1 Sarum’s first summer evening event was held at St. Edmund’s Arts Centre in Salisbury using a small part of the Salisbury City map including The Greencroft and Bourne Hill. On a beautiful sunny evening a small group of club members first honed their basic control picking skills with several short routes…
Warminster’s first ever urban orienteering event, run by Sarum Orienteers, saw 135 runners tackle one of eight different courses around the streets, shopping centres and open land in the historic west Wiltshire town. Planner Carolyn Dent, supported by the experience of Controller Chris Branford, provided some interesting challenges for competitors on a sunny Spring Sunday.…
240 orienteers travelled from as far away as Cornwall and Ayr to take part in the Sarum Saunter in Grovely Wood. Although the woodland looks to be open the thick undergrowth makes some parts of the wood very difficult to run through at speed making route choice important. Mark White wrestled with the terrain and…
In glorious spring sunshine over 550 orienteers from as far away as Cornwall and Surrey competed at Hollands Wood near Brockenhurst in the regional qualifying heat of the National Compass Sport Cup and Trophy competitions. The open deciduous forest offered fast, if not technical, running. The lack of highly technical ground was offset to some…
Sarum Orienteers annual dinner was held again at the Hamptworth Golf and Country Club. Nearly 40 members enjoyed good food and conversation in one of those rare occasions when we manage to get together without all the hassles of helping to run an event. This all would never take place without the hard work of…
The 2015/16 Wessex Night League has just ended with Sarum’s own Charlotte Thornton glowing in the darkness to win the Women’s Handicap class. This is Charlotte’s third win on four years confirming her consistency in this challenging format. For the first time there was a prize for the competitor who completed the most races. This…