The MapRun Summer League came to a conclusion last weekend. With three events to count out of five, Andy Snell was pushed into second place by a late run at Shawford by David Currie. Andy was, however, one of only five out of the 30+ competitors to participate in all of the events with Robbie Berryman, Helen Wheelwright, and Steph and Louise Light being the others. Robbie and Helen also feature in the thanks to our planners, along with Ben Adams, Colin Hicks, and Rachel Robertson. Thank you all for such a varied selection of testing courses. I'll also give a special mention to Mike Le Maistre who, despite being a newcomer to orienteering, finished in sixth place.

With Rob moving onto pastures new, I'd like to take the opportunity to thank him for his helping in putting on these events and arranging the accompanying socials. Although the process is fairly streamlined now, there's still a list of things that need to be done for each event, and being able to share that load has been great. Thanks, Rob!

With forest events kicking off now for the autumn we'll take a break from the format but I'm sure MapRun will return! Do let us know what you think of both MapRun and the league. Offers to help, either with organising the league or planning an event are also particularly welcome! In the meantime, remember that all the past events are still available from the MapRun page on the website.

Join us for a Zoom social on Thursday 23rd September at 20:00. Same Zoom details as before. same Meeting ID (984 5777 3825) and same password (available in Members area if you've forgotten).

A chance to discuss the summer of orienteering since we last met on Zoom. Bring a map or story from the summer. The events have included the British Middle weekend in the Lakes, the SOC MapRun leagues, the SW Relays or the Scottish 6 (or 3!) days! I'm sure there is more.

We'll also have a look at the British Champs map coming up early October and discuss how to tackle those tricky sand dunes.