Last weekend was busy for the enthusiast with the BDO urban event in Basingstoke on Saturday and the November Classic on Sunday. 24 members were at the first and 32 at the second. One of those at the November Classic was Darrell Cruickshank who was competing in, and completing, his first event after his 90th birthday. Our best wishes to him. Both events started cloudy but the sun came out giving lovely Autumn weather. Let’s hope we have similar conditions on Sunday although it looks as though there may be rain by mid-afternoon.
BKO Events
Sunday 8th November – SCOA League event – Bucklebury Common
This Sunday sees the start of the 2015-16 SCOA League with our event at Bucklebury Common. Final details are on the website. There is limited on-the-day entry for those who have not yet pre-entered. Note that this event is also the first event in the BKO 2015-16 Youth League. For details of the event, see: http://www.bko.org.uk/event/bucklebury-common-8-nov-15
Saturday 28th November - Winter Series & Youth League Event
This is an initial warning of the second Youth League event being staged at Black Park to the NE of Slough. Course available are expected to be Short Blue, Light Green, Orange, Yellow and White. For further preliminary details, see: http://www.bko.org.uk/event/black-park-28-nov-15
Other Clubs’ Events
Saturday 21st / Sunday 22nd November – Southern Nights and OK Nuts Trophy
Another 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 the 15th November.
Newsletter
The November Newsletter is with the printer and will be available for collection at Bucklebury. Those not collected will be posted on Monday. Electronic pdf files will be sent out on Friday.
SCOA League Survey
Thanks to those who have already completed the SCOA survey. It is generating good data – however it would be helpful if more members could have a go. The link you need is https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SCOA-Survey. It will only take a few minutes to complete and the data will be useful to the regional committee in planning future regional activities.
