Announcements
Andy Thornton 1949-2020 It is with regret that I have to advise everyone of the passing of Andy Thornton, a dear friend who was a keen SARUM orienteer and lead coach who massively contributed to our sport.Andy passed away on 29th October 2020, aged 71yrs, after losing his battle with cancer. The South West Junior…
Zoom in on Sarum’s first virtual AGM For the first, and hopefully the only, time the Sarum AGM, on October 20th 2020, was held courtesy of Zoom. Although lacking opportunity for the usual social interaction there was a good turnout. With Chris Huthwaite acting as host for the meeting outgoing Chairman Brian Hart was able…
Want to get back Orienteering? Try our new Virtual Courses! We now have a range of SARUM Virtual Orienteering Courses for members to test themselves upon, whilst we await a return to proper orienteering. Click here for the current list of courses (new ones coming soon!). These are done through the UsynligO orienteering app, available…
The Caddihoe Chase 2020 has been cancelled by Wimbourne Orienteering Club
What a great evening we had at the Club Dinner at Wellow Golf Club on Friday night! Thank you all for coming and contributing to a lovely atmosphere. It was the largest turn out yet with 48 members signing up but 2 unable to turn up due to illness. This is Sarum’s biggest social event…
Sarum Takes Its New Year’s Day Event to a Brand New Area It’s a rare pleasure when Sarum is able to launch a brand new orienteering map so a first event on Martin Down was a special way of celebrating the start of a new decade. Competitors must have been wondering what was in store…
A weekend of orienteering in the Forest of Dean After days of torrential rain the clouds lifted to give a delightful (reasonably) sunny weekend of day and night orienteering organised by NGOC, BOK and BAOC and Sarum runners competed in all three events. The events were originally scheduled for earlier in the year but access…
A small but perfectly formed contingent of Sarum Juniors comprising one girl and five boys travelled to Black Park near Slough to take part in the British Schools Orienteering Championships. The courses took the runners through open forest on a good, complex path network that offered good, fast and technical orienteering. There were some good…
A dark, chilly November night was brightened by the headlights of Orienteers who took to the streets of Salisbury to compete in a Wessex Night Orienteering League event organised by Sarum Orienteers. Sarum’s Ricky Thornton planned the challenging courses which required runners to visit control sites scattered throughout Salisbury’s Medieval street network and beyond. Runners…