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Highfield Maprun Social Venue change

By Colin Hicks , 15 September, 2026

Please note that as the Crown Inn is currently closed, the social following on from the Maprun this Thursday 17th September 2026 will be at the Brewhouse and Kitchen, Highfield Lane, Southampton, from 8pm onwards. The MapRun mass start at 7pm will still be from the Crown Inn car park.

Entries open for Burley West

By Webmaster , 15 August, 2026

Given recent weather, it may seem premature to think of Autumn, but as we head towards September, we'll soon be able to orienteer in the New Forest again. Our next event is at Burley West, on Sunday 20th September, and entries are now open on Racesignup. This is the area used for last year's November Classic and thankfully is unaffected by the recent fire.

If you are new to orienteering, don't be put off by the fact that it is a Regional event - there will still be the full range of courses, and novices on the White, Yellow, and Orange courses benefit from reduced entry fees.

Get your entries in by the 11th to guarantee your choice of course. Entries will remain open until the 16th, but only subject to map availability.

Fleming Park results

By Alastair Moir , 1 August, 2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Fleming Park on Saturday for the final event of our 2026 Summer Series.

Find out how you got on in the Results 

Our next event will be at Burley West in September - keep an eye on our website for more details as they are released.

In the meantime, our MapRun league continues. We're in North Baddesley for August, before moving to Highfield in September.

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Julia Loring

1 month 2 weeks ago

Organisers Comments

Many thanks to all those who came along to the event yesterday in the blistering heat. There was a great mix of experienced and enthusiastic new orienteers in attendance.

It was a little busier than anticipated so apologies for any queues you encountered while we got ourselves sorted.

As always thanks to those SOC members who helped on the day. To Steve and Alastair for computing, Wing and Norman for standing in the full sun (for 1.5 hours) managing the start. To Rachel for her coaching of new orienteers and the control placing and collecting team – Matthew, Lisa, Paul, Ian and Chris.

Thanks to Eastleigh BC for allowing us to use Fleming Park for the event and finally, to Tim the planner for a great variety of courses.

Julia 

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