Emily Benham has had a busy week competing in the Mountain Bike Orienteering World Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic. Britain’s top woman MTBO rider won bronze in the Middle Distance Race in. Emily gained her medal thanks to a strong finish that left her just 10 seconds off Silver and 34 seconds from Gold. In…

Charlotte, Ian and Denise regained the Sarum Trophy at this year’s Wessex Hardy Relays and earned the club another good report in The Salisbury Journal (23/07/2015), together with another of Shane Wilkinson’s fine photos.  The report also covers the previous day’s results from the Marlborough urban race.  All in all we have had excellent coverage…

Sarum’s Club Championship event at Downton Moot made headlines in The Salisbury Journal.  Shane Wilkinson’s great shot of Alex Buck leaving the Start headed a comprehensive account of the Moot event together with Sarum’s good results in the Moonraker and Furrow Hoppers Relays.  It’s good to see orienteering reported alongside the more usual sports.

THE FOREST LEAGUE The Salisbury Schools Forest League is a success story that arose from Sarum’s longstanding Primary Schools outreach programme established by Pam Swienton and Liz Yeadon. Basic skills were taught in schools’ grounds using exercises such as Naughty Numbers, cones and simple relays. Subsequently schools were taken into local woods to learn to…