BKO Articles

25 February 2018: Newsletter - 50th Anniversary Special

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the club (originally the 'Reading Orienteering Club'), a special edition of the club's Newsletter has been prepared and distributed ....

23 February 2018: AGM and Annual Dinner

It was the club's AGM this evening. During the evening an important occasion was the presentation of awards. The Derek Harding Award for services to the Club was presented to Martin Wilson who has been Club Captain for several years and who ....

18 February 2018: Navigate the Forest - Results

Results are now available - use the results link. We had glorious weather this morning for our event at Swinley West. It was great to see so many newcomers giving the sport a try. Unfortunately this did result in some queues at peak times and computer difficulties made things slower. We apologise for the difficulties .....

8 February 2018: 50th Anniversary Today!

The original Reading Orienteering Club (ROC) was established at a meeting in Reading attended by a small band of enthusiasts on the 8th February 1968. The minutes record that ...

23 February 2018: AGM and Annual Dinner

The Annual General Meeting will be held on the 23 February. All members are invited to attend on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the original Reading Orienteering Club in February 1968. The AGM will be followed by our Annual Dinner and all members and friends are welcome at this social event. ....

28 January 2018: Concorde Chase - Results and Photos

Thank you for coming to our event at Star Posts today.  We hope you enjoyed the challenge.  Provisional results are available at; http://race-results.info/2018/20180128conc/ . Also now available are a set of photos taken by David Jukes from about 11.50 until about 1.30.  These can be seen on a Flickr album - see: Concorde Chase Photos

12 January 2018: January Newsletter for BKO Members

The January 2018 issue of the Berkshire Orienteers Newsletter is now on its way to club members.  Printed copies have been posted this afternoon and those receiving pdf copies should find these with their e-mails today.  For non-members, the November 2017 issue has now been uploaded to the 'Newsletter' section of our website.

31 December 2017: Race the Campus - Results and Photos available

We were delighted to see so many join us today for our New Year's Eve 'Race the Campus' event.  Results are now available on the results page - use this link to go direct: Race the Campus Results.  A set of photographs taken by David Jukes during the event is also available on a Flickr album page.  Use this link: Race the Campus Photos.  Please let us know if you would l

16 December 2017: 40th Concorde Chase - Entries Open

In the 50th year of orienteering in Berkshire we invite you to join us for our 40th Concorde Chase. We will be returning to 'Star Posts', that part of Swinley Forest to the south of Bracknell. Designated by CompassSport magazine as Berkshire's top orienteering location, Star Posts provides technical challenge through mainly mature pine forest with good runnability. ....

10 December 2017: Saturday Event - Snelsmore - Results and Photos

Thank you to those of you who attended our Saturday Youth League event yesterday morning - we hope you enjoyed it. It was a cold morning but the sun shone and the air was still for the event at Snelsmore Common near Newbury. We were lucky - 24 hours later we would have had to cancel the event due to the overnight snow! ....

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