Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone who attended my talk on April 1st about the Farley Mount surveying and mapping process last year.  

The presentation can be downloaded here - to provide a little narrative, I've annotated the slides (see View\Notes)

One thing I forgot to stress is that I'm happy to have a go at the preparation of geo-referenced materials (LiDAR data, aerial photos, etc) for your mapping projects.

Secondly, you may have received an email from British Orienteering for a two-part introductory webinar covering mapping and surveying.  If you're interested in finding out more about either of those subjects, I'd recommend you sign up - details and registration links are here.

As a club, we've got plenty of mapping and surveying projects of all sizes - so if you're interested in getting involved, please let us know.

The MapRun League has got off to a flying start with nearly 30 competitors having completed the first event so far. If you haven't been to Abbotswood yet, you still have this weekend to get a run in and count towards the League. Meanwhile, the details of the second event, planned by Helen around North Baddesley, are now available. The course will available on MapRun6 from Saturday and you have until the end of the following weekend to complete it (the 18th).

The Introduction to Coaching Course which is free to all members will now be offered via Zoom at the beginning of May as an evening session. Thanks to those of you who have expressed an interest in doing this course. We hope that offering the course via Zoom will enable interested members to take part without having to worry about travel to and from an external venue.

This course will allow you to discuss the following topics amongst others:

-What makes a good warm up session?

-How to lead a map walk for beginners.

-What information do beginners need to get started?

-Setting up a simple star exercise.

-An introduction to the key techniques needed for the different colour courses.

If you would like to chat about this course or to sign up please contact juniors [at] socweb.org

The Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Orienteering is still on offer, so please contact juniors [at] socweb.org for further information or to apply.