Southampton Orienteering Club

Telegraph Woods, West End adjacent to Rose Bowl Cricket Ground. 

I have just updated and completed our planned events & activities to the end of the year - see the event listings for details.

Please also note that due to the Easter school Holidays, there are no activity nights at Gregg School on 8th & 15th of April and there is no monthly club meeting at Wide Lane on 6th April.

You may notice we have no event planned in August. We intend to provide a Local event but the details are yet to be decided.

Hi all,

Just a quick reminder about the Social Night this Friday 19th. See the events section for details.

Also,

Following the sucess of Kieran's event at Anderwood last Saturday I've added a Light Grenen Course to the Local Event at Dibden on 13th March. I've also corrrected the flyer attached to the event page, so feel free to distribute them as you want.

I look forward to seeing you soon.

Cheers,

Simon.

The Gregg School Club Activity Evenings restart again on Thursday 25th February.

They will then be every Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30pm during school term time from February 25th to July 15th - 2010.

The location for these evenings is the Gregg School - Cutbush Lane, Southampton, SO18 2GF. www.gregg.southampton.sch.uk/greggs

The main school building is a magnificent country mansion and the grounds consist of 23 acres of park and woodland which are ideal for orienteering activities. On some evenings we will also be able to use the main hall.

Attached is the list of SOC Helpers and Teams with Start Times.

Team Leaders will make contact with their team members to coordinate activities over the next few days.

Start Times are provisional until Tuesday, but not likely to change

If you have any queries about teams, helping or start times etc please don’t hesitate to contact your team leader or give me a call - Philip Eeles 01425652843 p [dot] eeles [at] btinternet [dot] com.

Please also let David Bonser or myself know if you could assist in collecting controls after the event.

Final Details added 15th January 2010

This event is currently on. However if the weather turns worse again next week please check back on this site. There will be a final inspection on the morning of Friday 22nd and an 'Event Still On' or 'Event Cancelled' notice will be posted on this site.

This item contains a last call for SOC runners, information on subsidised entry fees and helpers details.

SOC Competitors: If you have not yet done so please send your details to Jane Morgan jane [at] morgantj [dot] fsnet [dot] co [dot] uk by Sunday 10th Jan at the latest.

The club has agreed to subsidise entries for SOC members, so even more incentive to compete - Adult fees reduced by half to £3 and Juniors are free (note EMIT Hire stays at Adults £1 Juniors free). Please pay for your entry at Enquiries on the day.

Gavin Clegg (Wessex) has asked us to remind members that there is a Wessex Night League event at Poole Park on 2 January following the club's daytime event. See the attached flier for further details.

The Compass Sport Cup qualifying round wil take place at the SOC event at Hampton Ridge on Sunday 24th January 2010.

Competitors must be pre-entered except those running a Yellow or White course who do not score towards the Cup.

I will need the following information for each competitor:

name,age class for 2010,BOF no. & emit number/hire.

Please e-mail me -jane [at] morgantj [dot] fsnet [dot] co [dot] uk- by January 8th 2010 latest if you would like to be entered.

Katy Stubbs - SCOA Rules rep, has emailed clubs to comment on the attached "Summary of Event Levels".

So far in talks with various members either by phone , email or face to face, the last being me gatecrashing the Wednesday gang's quiet drinking session today, I have got some feedback - thanks for that: but I would really appreciate todays comments on an email as well. This just makes my life easier and so that some of your comments are not forgotten and are omitted.

All,

I have just updated the event list to include outline details of SOC events to the end of July 2010.

This includes details of the events in the new Summer Series - more details of this coming soon.

Please update your calendars and consider whether you can act as Organiser/Planner for any of these events.

I am working to complete a revised guide to putting on a Local event and hope to post it soon.

Thanks for your continued support,

Simon.

Please see attached Final Details documents in both (doc) and (pdf) formats.

Just to confirm that the November Classic is being used as a selection race for Interland

We are pleased also to be hosting the Inter Services Championships

Both the above will be using the advertised colour courses

The 2009 November Classic will be held at Bentley and Fritham on Sunday 1 November. Further information on the event can be found here. Online entries are now open via nTrees.