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British Sprint and Middle Distance Championships 2016 A small flock of Sarum Orienteers headed east to compete in the 2016 British Sprint and Middle Distance Championships. The sprint races were held in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, an area of reclaimed wetlands in the Lea Valley that includes some of the iconic structures used in…
Tamar Triple Success for Sarum Orienteers Seventeen Sarum Orienteers competed successfully in the three day Tamar Triple festival which involved running in three different types of race over the Bank Holiday weekend. It was a weekend of good performances from Sarum with five club members coming away as SWOA middle distance Champions. Day 1 was…
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…
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.…
Sarum Orienteering Club has planned a series of Club Nights for the next few months, at various venues around Salisbury – usually on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. The first evening will be at Salisbury Arts Centre on Tuesday 19th April. There are some training and fun events for the Juniors and beginners and a…
Old Fonthill Abbey grounds will be open on Sundays 1st & 15th May – to wander about & see the Bluebells and Rhododendrons; browse books and sample barbequed sausages, soup & cake – all in aid of Parkinsons UK plus local charities. Fonthill Abbey May 2016 Flyer