Southampton Orienteering Club

Start time allocation has been carried out with reference to "BOF Rule 3", "Event Guideline B: Long Distance Events" and "Appendix L: Selection and Seeding" in so far as Appendix L can be applied to a Level B event. This essentially means that competitors may choose a class and a preference for an Early, Middle or Late start time.

The latest SOCK is now available - click on the Newsletter link in the menu. The paper copies will be in the post shortly.

The organisers at Fleming Park have cancelled the Olympic Open Day planned for Sunday 24th July. The orienteering activity will not take place. This is in no way connected to the Love Parks event on Saturday 23rd July which will go ahead as planned.

Contact Pete Davis - sockeditor [at] gmail [dot] com for further information.

We have two events planned in July aimed at introducing newcomers to orienteering. Helpers would be appreciated for both. Saturday 23rd July at Watts and Andrews Parks in Southampton. Offers for this event to Colin Hicks. Sunday 24th July at Fleming Park, offers to Pete Davis please. Contact details are on the Committe webpage.

We also urgently need an organiser for the British Schools Sprint Event. This is hosted by SOC on Sat 8th October at Beaulieu. For further information about what is involved contact Colin Hicks.

Three courses are offered

Yellow for beginners  1.5km (25m climb) 14 controls in the parkland.

Orange for intermediates 2.3km (40m climb) 18 controls in the parkland, woods and a brief excursion into the urban area.

Light Green for the experienced 4.5km (80m climb) 23 controls in the parkland, woods and the urban area.

This year's Summer Series kicks off at Southampton Sports Centre this Saturday (16th).

If you are coming along and can spare a bit of time to help out with registration, helping newcomers, control patrolling or anything else I think of between now and the event I would be very grateful.

Please email me at simon [dot] bevan [at] ordnancesurvey [dot] co [dot] uk if you can help.

See the attached flier for event details.

Thanks in anticpation,

Simon.

SOC Member Philip Eeles is currently on an extended holiday in Spain and Portugal. You can follow his tales and adventures at his blogging page here:

http://philipeeles.wordpress.com/

We now have a version of the SOC Championship calculated on a rolling monthly basis, which is published in the 'members-only' area of the web-site here.

Thumb Compass left in the Club Tent after the CompassSport Cup on Sunday.

Email Philip [dot] Cooper [at] dsl [dot] pipex [dot] com to claim it!!

The events are July 31 to August 6.  Google Oban 2011 for full details.

Two Hungarian orienteering friends plus Philip are planning a trip.  Spaces for one or at most two more in the group.  Rendez vous in Edinburgh or Glasgow, care hire/car share to and from Oban plus camping at the event.

Expressions of interest more than welcome before Christmas so as to get cheap entries and (hopefully) cheap flights from Southampton.

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.