This year’s 4-day JK was held (mostly) in the southern Lake District with the initial Sprint Event taking place on the Lancaster University campus. Sarum runners clearly enjoyed the University urban environment and achieved some great results. The Lakeland events proved rather more challenging with the large number of northern and overseas runners proving difficult…
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On perhaps the first genuinely pleasant Spring day of 2023 over 200 orienteers competed in the Sarum Saunter held at Great Ridge. At this time of the year the undergrowth is at its best allowing runners to experience the better aspects of the forest (steep inclines excepted). Andrew Graham planned some excellent courses and the…
Congratulations to Jackie Butt, Dan Cope and Charlotte Thornton for their successes in the 2021/22 Wessex Night League. and seen here proudly showing off their Trophies. Dan was first man in the Open Class and 4th in the Handicap. Jackie (on the left) and Charlotte (on the right) were 3rd and 4th placed ladies in…
It is with great sadness that we report that our President, Ron Ley, passed away on February 19th aged 99. Ron was one of the founding members of Sarum Orienteering Club and was, for many years, our most competitive and successful runner, competing into his 90s. He will be sadly missed not just by us…
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers! It’s been a slightly less chaotic year and it’s been great to see so many from Sarum out orienteering again: long may it continue. Santa and his little O-elf hope you all have wonderful Christmas Day with your families. Enjoy lots of scrumptious food…
Planner Martin Goddard devised challenging Green, Score and Orange courses, plus a Yellow course, to fit into the small area of the Dur Hill map. Poor Martin was struck down with an infection just before the event and was unable to be there and Controller Ian Peirce nobly took on the task of putting out…
Congratulations to Charlotte Thornton for another impressive night run. This occasion was the Southern Night Championships held this year at Broadstone Warren, beyond Crawley. The map was divided into two areas, each having a pretty good path network. The courses initially led runners through a more open area, with lots of marshes, rough open and…
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…
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.