News (Page 11)
GLOBAL WARMING AT FOXBURY? William White’s organisational skills must be exceptional to have booked such a warm and sunny New Year’s Day for Sarum’s first event of 2019 at Foxbury; either that or global warming really is upon us. Whichever, it was a glorious day to hunt around Foxbury for the controls so cunningly placed…
Sarum Orienteers Shine at Day and Night The Southern Night Orienteering Championships were held on the heathland of Puttenham Common and Britty Wood near Guildford in Surrey and Sarum claimed one champion with Charlotte Thornton continuing her long record of success by winning the W70 race. Pat Hart took a good second place in the…
A brilliant result at the weekend for Lucy Butt and Will White – THEY BECAME SOUTHERN CHAMPIONS!!!! We are really proud of both of you – well done!!!!!!
A big thank you to Dave and Denise Mullins who, against the odds delivered a magnificent orienteering event at Hamptworth – now called Franchises Wood – last Sunday; which attracted over 300 runners – a 100 of which turned up on the day! Dave had found an ideal assembly and parking area in the middle…
Oh well, you can’t win them all. After the cancellation of our regional qualifying heat due to the bad weather, the final was always going to be a busy affair and so it proved when Walton Chasers hosted the CSC and CST finals at Hayward Warren on Cannock Chase. Some 1061 orienteers from 26 clubs…
Sarum Score Successes The British Schools Score Championships were held this year at Moors Valley Country Park which made it practical to try to put in a team of our new youngsters. As this is a schools event there were just three small teams representing Harnham, St. Marks and Grateley House junior schools but all…
Thanks to the Defence Infrastructure Organisation Sarum had permission to use Ministry of Defence land near Tidworth to host this year’s Caddihoe Chase. Despite the rather unpleasant weather forecasts over 320 Orienteers braved the inclement conditions to compete in the two day event. The first day turned out to be rather more popular, possibly because…
The Sarum Committee would like to invite all Sarum Members to a social evening on Tuesday 16th. October at the South Wilts Sports Club. The evening will include a short AGM. We would really like to see as many members as possible as we would like to discuss how we are going to do well…
Club Championships 2018: Tinney’s Firs and beyond. Despite inclement weather there was a good turn out for the Sarum event at Tinney’s Firs. As last year’s club champions, Alice Butt and Adam Walker planned a score course that included not only the woodland of Tinney’s Firs but the adjacent urban area, giving a nice mix…
Wessex Hardy Relays 2018 Just to prove that an accumulation of birthdays is no barrier to success, Sarum seniors put in good performances at the Wessex Hardy Relays at the weekend. The event, held at Upton Country Park near Poole, was in the form of a Harris Relay in which teams of three had to…