Agenda for Southdowns Orienteers Annual General Meeting 2024

The Southdowns Orienteers (SO) Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place at 1230hrs on Saturday 1^st June 2024 at Worth School, Paddockhurst Road, Turners Hill, West Sussex, RH10 4SD.

A copy of the Agenda SO AGM 2024 can be found here.

A copy of the Draft Minutes SO AGM 2023 can be found here.

A copy of the SO Annual Accounts 2023 can be found here.

British Sprint Relay Championships

At last year's championships our juniors came away with a bronze medal with other teams just missing out on the podium. This year's championships are being held at Birmingham University on June 22nd the day before the individual championships at Warwick University (actually in Coventry). The first entry date for the relays is Sunday 19th May so if you are interested in competing for the club please complete this StrawPoll asap.

As with all national relay championships the club will pay 50% of the entry fee. Note also that the standard entry fee for the individual champs also goes up after May 19th.

SO Successes at the British Championships

A select group of Southdowners headed up to North Yorkshire for the National Championships but came back with one British Champion (congratulations Roger) and four other podium places including a win in the Women's Short Open relay (Heather, Scarlet and Anna). Also on the podium Ruth Rhodes with a bronze in the individual, silver for the Men's Short Open relay team (Tommy, Stan and Pete) and an excellent Bronze for our juniors in their AdHoc Relay (Ben, Harriet and Emma).

Full results for the weekend can be found here

Success at JK International Festival of Orienteering

Congratulations to all those who took part in JK over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Our very own Roger won all his races and got the JK Performance Shield as well as gold medals for the sprint and the two day event in M85L. Darrell High achieved a silver medal in M55L, Heather High a bronze medal in W18E and Ruth Rhodes a bronze medal in W80L over the two-day event.

Summer Trail Runs 2024

Spring club nights returned on Thursday April 11th. Courses have been risk assessed according to this document.

We will meet as a group at 6:30pm each Thursday although we hope to make the activities available online to attempt at your leisure. Courses will be saved in the Trail Runs folder on MapRun (UK/Sussex/Trail Runs).

Please sign up using the Strawpoll and indicate (when appropriate) whether you would like a map provided (cost £1) or are happy to print off your own.

Summer SOG Planners Required

Planners are required for the Summer SOG series events at Worth School, Lancing Manor, Hampden Park and Brooklands Park.

If you have planned before or would like to have a go for the first time, please speak to/email any of the club committee members listed on the contacts page. An event advisor will be available to support you throughout the planning process and on the day of the event.

Entries now open for Sunny Sussex weekend in May

Get your entries in now for a whole weekend of Orienteering between Arundel and Chichester. There’s a Middle Distance race on Saturday, followed by a Sprint race at Oaklands Park and Chichester University. Take advantage of the campsite at Eartham and then it’s a short drive to the Long Distance race at Houghton. Prizes on offer and children’s activities available with lots of opportunity for socialising and catching up with fellow Orienteers. Enter here.