First, congratulations to St Andrew’s School, Pangbourne, for an excellent performance in the British Schools Score Championships 2015 on the 10th October. They came away as the Champions in the ‘Middle, Prep Girls’ category but were beaten into second place in the ‘Middle, Prep Boys’ category. Individually, the children won two bronze and four silver individual medals in their age classes. They are now preparing to tackle the British Schools Championships taking place on Sunday 15th November 2015 at Sandringham County Park, Norfolk.
Lots of information this week -
BKO Events
Sunday 8th November – SCOA League event – Bucklebury Common
Another reminder that our next event is our SCOA League event at Bucklebury. The cheaper pre-entry is available until 1st November but on-line entries will remain open until 6th November. Members should have seen an e-mail requesting help from Organiser Peter Entwistle and reduced price entries will be available for helpers. It you are still able to offer help, contact him on peterentwistle@btinternet.com. For details of the event, see: http://www.bko.org.uk/event/bucklebury-common-8-nov-15
2015 Club Championships
Although this has still to be confirmed by the Committee, it is now expected to be held this year at the TVOC event on Sunday 13th December at Bradenham, near High Wycombe. However is it time we changed the method of determining the ‘champions’? Suggestions of alternative system are welcome – please submit them to the Committee.
Other Clubs’ Events
Saturday 31st October – BADO Urban event - Basingstoke
There is still time to pre-enter this event in the Hatch Warren suburb of Basingstoke. It is part of both the national and Southern England urban leagues so a high level of competition is expected. Standard entry closes next Monday, the 26th October. For a map of the area used at a previous event, see: http://www.bado.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#5 Details can be found on the BADO website at: http://www.bado.org.uk/20151031.pdf
Sunday 1st November – November Classic – Burley, New Forest
The next day sees this year’s November Classic in the New Forest; for details, see: http://novemberclassic.org/2015-event-details/. Note that the final entry date is this Sunday, 25th October - there will only be entry on the day for the Orange, Yellow and White courses.
Saturday 21st / Sunday 22nd November – Southern Nights and OK Nuts Trophy
An initial mention of these two events taking place between Guildford and Dorking. Saturday night is the Southern Night Championships on Holmbury Hill organised by LOK (see http://londonorienteering.co.uk/events/southern-night-championships-2015/) and on the Sunday there is the OK Nuts Trophy event, an annual Level B event organised by SLOW. This is on Winterfold & Pitch Hill. Details on http://slow.org.uk/events/oknuts2015/ For both events, pre-entries close on 15th November.
Newsletter
Time to submit your material for the November Newsletter. Please submit any remaining articles, photos, or news by Thursday 29th October.
SCOA League Survey
We will shortly be circulating details of an on-line survey for orienteers in the South Central region (SCOA) about the current structure of the regional League and the regional championships. Please look out for this and please participate when it does arrive.
