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The NOC juniors accounted well for themselves finishing fifth at the Final of the Yvette Baker Trophy hosted by BKO at Cold Ash, Hermitage near Newbury. Leading clubs were DEE 873, OD 867, BOK 863, SARUM 859, NOC 845, HOC 838, WCH 828, EBOR 819 and HH 802. Full Details

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Still unable to calculate results until confirmed Badge Times are published. The matter has been raised with the event controllers. Ray

The NOC Club Championships are held at the SYO National event next weekend. If you aren't one of the 60 who've already entered, it is still possible to enter on the day. SYO Website

Just a reminder that there is other information on the club forum: www.noc-uk.org/forum/index.php. For instance there is a poll about offering club tracksuit tops - don't miss your chance to vote !

NOC is introducing a check on BOF Membership cards when you register for courses. A discount of £2 will be available on production of a valid card.

The checks will be for all events starting from Bestwood Country Park on 26th November.

There will be an "Introductory Coaching up to 'Orange' standard skills for all" session from 10-11am preceeding the District Event at Bestwood Country Park on 26th November.

Just a reminder that the event at Wellow planned for 29th October has been cancelled.

NOC finished fifth out of the ten clubs competing for the Compass Sport Cup. OD retained their title with SYO and BOK making up the top three.
Richard Robinson

Details of Junior and Club Coaching can be Link no longer available found here.

Coach Will Leave the bridge at McArtur Glen nr M1 J28 at 06:15 Pick up the coach here: RR, AB, PB, JB, DB, Martins'. M1 J26 on A610 in bound layby - 06:25 Pick up coach here: DC, Evans', KP, JT, KT. Nott'm High School - 06:35 Pick up coach here: AC, Hodkinsons, SH, AL, ML, MN, EN, HN. West B'ford Library - 06:50 Pick up coach here: AD, CH, PO, DO, SW. Donnington Services (the coach bay) - 07:10 Pick up here: KL
These times are the time I'm intending the coach to leave so please make sure that you arrive prior to the departure time. If anyone would now like to go on the coach or get on the coach at a different location to what I have specified then please let me know. The coach will depart the event at approximately 16:00 so will be back in Nott'm at around 18:30 - 19:00.

Event Details see news item for 29th August below for Event details/maps and here are start times. We will have two club tents at the event: let's have everyone baseing themselves from there rather than in cars/coaches. Look out for the club banners.    Richard Robinson

Regretably, NOC has had to cancel the event at Wellow planned for 29th October.

Start Times are available here   Richard Robinson

The AGM will be held at Bramcote Hills Comprehensive School (off Moor Lane), commencing 8pm.
The Agenda is available here.    Nicola Olivant

The Coach will be leaving from the Bridge over McArthur Glen and having pick up at J26 on the A610, Nott'm High School and then West Bridgford Library. Could eveyone that has indicated that they would like to go on the coach please let me know by email or just replying to this post where they intend on joining the coach.

If there are people that would like to now go on the coach there are still places available, it is also still not too late to get entries to me if there are people who now can or would like to go.
Richard Robinson

There is now a club forum available at www.noc-uk.org/forum/index.php. There are public discussion forums (fora if you prefer), and private forums for registered members of the forum. NOC members should therefore register, and membership will be confirmed by the forum moderators before the private forums become available to you.

There is also a RSS feed available from the forum. The link can be found on the top right of the page. Club members will be provided with another link that includes a feed from the private pages too.

NOC had three teams competing in this year's Peter Palmer Junior Team Relays at Sutton Park. The top team finished in fourth position overall and second handicapped team just three minutes behind Octavian Droobers. The team comprised of Tim Martin, James Tayor, Sarah Claxton, Jenny Evans, Joy Hodkinson, Ben Lord, Matthew Green and Peter Hodkinson.

The other two NOC teams gained valuable experience, but more importantly enjoyed the social side that this event is famed for.    Results are here

NOC had three young women competing for Great Britain across Europe this summer:

• Rose Hodkinson went to her first Junior World Championships at Druskininkai, Lithuania. In a large field, she came 97th in both the Sprint and the Long races.
• Alison O'Neil who was competing at the World Championships held at Aarhus, Denmark for the second time and improved her personal placing from 40th two years ago in Sweden to 30th in the Long Race and was in the GB Women's team which came 11th at the World Champs Relay.
• Helen Palmer was representing GB for the third time at the World University Orienteering Championships in Košice, Slovak Republic and ran the second leg for the Women's team which gained the Gold Medal, pictured here on the podium with team mates Helen Bridle, Rachael Elder and Mhairi Mackenzie
  

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Richard has now received the following documentation:

• Final Details
• Event Layout
• Partial Map

Richard has received more information from BAOC. The event will be using EMIT, and the entry fees are changed. Revised details are now available in this document. Note closing date for entries is 14th September.

Details are now available in this document. Note closing date for entries is 14th September.

There will be a Club Training Day at Rufford Country Park on Saturday 14th October. It will be suitable for Juniors and Adults. All welcome, especially newcomers. More details from Andrew Powell

The 2006 AGM will be held on 12th October as the Bramcote Hills Sports College. Formal details to follow.

Congratulations to the prize winners on the four courses of the successful NOC Summer League 2006. The prize winners were:

	White	Yellow	Orange	Technical
1st	Kieran Huggan NOC - 520pts	Jack Lord NOC - 525pts	Hannah Horsewill NOC - 508pts	David Olivant NOC - 488pts
2nd	Elizabeth Bedwell DVO - 378pts	Max Elliot NOC - 497pts	Ben Lord NOC - 507pts	Ian Wells LEI - 432pts
3rd	Francesca Littlewood NOC - 294pts	Kierran Sawford NOC - 460pts	Joe Elliot NOC - 487pts	Tim Cairns IND - 406pts
full table of results

Prizes can be collected from the results/download tent at the next NOC District event at Blidworth on 1st October or alternatively by contacting Richard Robinson

Congratulations to Alison O'Neil who has been selected to represent Great Britain at the World Orienteering Championships in Denmark at Long Distance and in the Relay.

The final place NOC finished was 359. There was a mass start at 9am for over 1000 teams on last leg, around 600 on 6th leg runners and a few 5th legs. So some finishing after me did finish ahead.

Andy's leg also wasn't 7.7km - it was a beastly 12.9km! He had a flyer though.

Richard

NOC finished a respectable 331st at the Jukola Relay in Finland. To put this in perspective: there were 1320 teams competing!

Team members were Peter Forester, Mick Lucking, Andrew Llewellyn, Peter Hodkinson, Rob Palmer, Andrew Powell and Richard Robinson. Team Leg Details Results

Amazingly AndrewL overtook 340 other teams during his leg of 7.7 km to take the team from 941st to 601st. That means he must have overtaken someone every 22.6m!!!

Congratulations to:
The BOF M/W 14/15s Summer Tour to Lagganlia: Fiona Claxton and James Taylor
Helen Palmer and Alison O'Neil have been selected for the GB team for the World University Championships in Slovakia in August.

It has arrived! And looks pretty awesome too. You must have paid off the full amount before you can have it. I will be at club training on Thursdays and the Harvester and a number of the Summer League events. You can contact me about collection. If you haven't ordered one and would like one then please again get in contact with me. The price is £28.50 for tops and £15 for trousers.
Richard Robinson

Further congratulations to our NOC juniors who have been selected for BOF summer tours:
M/W16 Summer Tour, Gothenburg: Sarah Claxton
M/W15 Summer Tour, Badaguish, Glenmore: Laura Evans and Peter Hodkinson

Congratulations to Rose Hodkinson who has been selected for the GBR squad at the Junior World Championships, 29 June - 9 July Lithuania, and for the JWOC 2007 Training Camp, 22-28 August in Croatia/Slovenia.

The new club kit is expected to be delivered on May 22nd
Richard Robinson

A seven strong NOC team comprising of Peter Forester, Peter Hodkinson, Rob Palmer, Mick Lucking, Andrew Powell, Andrew Llewellyn and Richard Robinson will be heading out to Finland on 16 June to take part in the world's largest orienteering relay, the Jukola, held in the South West area of Finland near the town of Salo where almost 15,000 competitors are expected to compete and many more expected to spectate.

The Jukola relay is a seven man relay similar in format to the UK Harvester with course lengths between 7.8-14.4km. The relay starts at 23:00 on Saturday 17 June, shortly after the sun set at 22:49 and althought the sun is not expected to appear again until 03:44, twilight hours mean that there will only be complete darkness for less than an hour. With around 1200 men all starting in a mass start the sight of them all trying to even make it into the forest should be something to behold.

Prior to the Jukola Relay the Venla relay, the womens version of Jukola starts at 14:30 with teams comprised of four runners with leg lengths between 4.2-7.9km. With the majority of the teams from Finland and Scandinavia the race should be very spectator friendly. More information on this fantastic event can be found at www.jukola2006.net. If this trip proves successful and the interest is there this trip could be done on a regular basis as this is a competition all orienteering fanatics should taste.

Today at the ISF World Schools Orienteering Championships, at Grinava, Slovakia, Peter Hodkinson came 3rd in the H2 Select Classic race.

Well done to the following NOC members who finished in the top three of their respective classes:

1st	Jenny Evans (W14A); Elizabeth Parkinson (W14B); Hilary Palmer (W55L); Peter Bowen (M20S); Andy Sykes (M40S); Bob Alderson (M65S).
3rd	Sian Roberts (W20L); Mark Burley (M20S).

In addition, the team of Matthew Wallace, Tim Martin and Peter Hodkinson finished 3rd in the M48- class at the JK Relays. Congratulations to all!

Training will now alternate between circuits training one week, training run the next. Circuits are adaptable for everyone, club members taking part range at present from 8 years old to W55s. Each session is led by our own club member Eddie Nicholson.

The training run is suitable for all. Runs from 2-10K. Terrain is hills or flat park or woodland, it is up to you.

Start 6.30pm, Bramcote Hills Sports College, Moor Lane. Meet Gym for circuits, PE Classroom for run. Cost adults £1.00 per week, juniors 50p

Feel you can't keep up with others? If you prefer you can start without the pressure of others or you can run with Club members. Maps will be available of the park with suggested training runs. You don't have to run it all to start, just come along and build up the training at your own pace.

Chat afterwards. Bring along a recent map to discuss with club members.

	Circuits		Training Run
	20 April		27 April
	4 May		11 May
	18 May		25 May
	1 June		8 June
	15 June		22 June
	29 June		6 July
	13 July		20 July

Extra coaching sessions can be arranged if required

Thanks to everyone who turned out for NOC yesterday, it was close but we did enough to get through. Nearly everyone that went either scored or knocked points off of other clubs.

The Final is on at Greenham Common nr Newbury on Sunday 15th October 2006 and is being hosted by BAOC. We can win this competition but we'll need everyone to run, I'm giving you advanced notice so people don't go booking holidays; we will need you.

As normal we will take a coach down again and hopefully we can fill it. The event is around a 3 hour drive from Nott'm so we could book some accommodation and travel down the day before and do some training on the Saturday as a club. But we could only do this with enough interest. Please let me know if this is something you would be interested in as accommodation would have to be sought quite promptly. eMail Richard

NOC 2333 WAOC 2299 NOR 2256 LEI 2104
NOC go through to the CSC Final as our late finishers just move us ahead of WAOC and NOR.
Richard by mobile TXT

The Evans family are organising a NOC run-in competition for day 1 of the JK. There will be 8 categories:
W and M 16- W and M 18-40 W and M 45-60 W and M 60+
We will have a list of everyone's name on a clipboard in the tent or by the banner, and would ask people to write their (honest) time next to their name.

There would be prizes for the winners of each category and also the slowest overall time.

For those who didn't collect their maps for either day of the British Championships weekend you will be able to collect them from Richard Robinson at the Compass Sport Cup match on Sunday (go to the club tent) or at club training on Thursday evenings.

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Photos courtesy of Andrew Llewellyn

The new kit should arrive around the end of April. For those that haven't ordered any kit but would like to extra tops and trousers have been ordered and the cost will be held at £28.50 for a top and £15.00 for trousers until this stock has gone. After this the price will rise substantially. For those that have ordered kit you are reminded that you will not receive your kit until the full amount has been paid. If you would like to order new kit please eMail Richard.

NOC had two teams finish in the top three at this year's BRC in Sussex. Rose Hodkinson, Helen Palmer and Alison O'Neil finished in second place in the Women's Open class just a couple of minutes behind winners CLOK with Sheffield University in third. Robert Palmer, Jeff Colbert and Stephen Wright jnr finished in third position in a large field on the Men's short behind SARUM and winners TVOC.

Congratulations to Peter Hodkinson (M16A), Andrew Llewellyn (M20L), Peter Bowen (M20S), David Hodkinson (M21S), Bob Alderson (M65S) and Elizabeth Parkinson (W14B) who all won their respective Classes. Peter Hodkinson is the 2006 British Champion at M16.

There were also top three finishes for Jamie Martin (2nd - M12B), Reece Towne (3rd - M16B), David Cooke (3rd - M55S), Hannah Horsewill (2nd - W10A), Elizabeth Parkinson (1st - W14B), Hilary Palmer (3rd - W55L), Pauline Olivant (3rd - W55S) and Valerie Gebbett (3rd - W65S).

All details for the event are posted on the event website - homepage.ntlworld.com/roger.stenson2/CSC2006/
Name Course - Age - Class SI No Start Time Jeff Colbert 1 - Brown - Mens Open M21 24997 10:36 David Winsor 3C - Blue - M45+ M20- M55 261330 10:52 Derek Mill 3C - Blue - M45+ M20- M55 12438 11:00 John Woodall 5 - Green - M60+ M65 264234 11:00 Sarah Claxton 7 - Light Green - M/W18- W16 503586 11:00 James Robinson 1 - Brown - Mens Open M21 247165 11:08 David Olivant 3C - Blue - M45+ M20- M55 33359 11:08 Barry Mawby 5 - Green - M60+ M65 957205 11:08 Katie Taylor 7 - Light Green - M/W18- W16 331853 11:08 Nicola Olivant 2 - Blue - Womens Open W21 202144 11:08 Pauline Olivant 4 - Green - W45+ W20- W55 33309 11:08 Mark Burley 3C - Blue - M45+ M20- M20 401239 11:16 Andrew Wallace 3C - Blue - M45+ M20- M45 247446 11:24 Matthew Wallace 7 - Light Green - M/W18- M16 400596 11:26 Ashley Cooke 1 - Brown - Mens Open M21 220055 11:26 John Palmer 5 - Green - M60+ M60 33218 11:26 Clare Claxton 4 - Green - W45+ W20- W45 236188 11:26 David Cooke 3C - Blue - M45+ M20- M55 400484 11:32 Garry Drew 3C - Blue - M45+ M20- M50 261709 11:40 Samual Horsewill 8 - Orange - M/W14- M14 235548 11:44 Anthony Donaldson1 - Brown - Mens Open M35 50321 11:44 Tony Buckland 5 - Green - M60+ M70 202148 11:44 Laura Evans 7 - Light Green - M/W18- W16 50345 11:44 Hilary Palmer 4 - Green - W45+ W20- W55 33219 11:44 Margaret Buckland 6 - Short Green - W60+ M75+ W65 202139 11:44 Peter Bowen 3C - Blue - M45+ M20- M20 400811 11:48 Nick Evans 3C - Blue - M45+ M20- M45 50337 11:56 James Taylor 7 - Light Green - M/W18- M16 331852 12:02 Richard Robinson 1 - Brown - Mens Open M21 511511 12:02 Stephen Wright 5 - Green - M60+ M60 37153 12:02 Jenny Evans 8 - Orange - M/W14- W14 50335 12:02 Catherine Hughes 2 - Blue - Womens Open W35 50368 12:02 Janet Evans 4 - Green - W45+ W20- W45 50373 12:02 Andrew Llewellyn 3C - Blue - M45+ M20- M20 503522 12:04 Mick Lucking 3C - Blue - M45+ M20- M45 33032 12:12 Peter Hodkinson 7 - Light Green - M/W18- M16 503574 12:24 Alan Beardsley 3C - Blue - M45+ M20- M55 32933 12:24 Bob Alderson 5 - Green - M60+ M65 10914 12:24 Rose Hodkinson 4 - Green - W45+ W20- W20 503515 12:24

Due to lack of uptake we have had to the cancel the coach to the regional round of the Compass Sport Cup in Thetford. There were too few wanting to use it to make it financially viable. NOC subsidises the coach to help those that aren't able to drive themselves down, but with less than 20 wanting to use it, it was felt too much to lose so much money. Instead we will be all travelling down by Car. Richard Robinson, Team Captain

Please find below the planned teams for the BOC and JK Relays subject to injuries and illnesses. I have placed runners in what I perceive to be the best order as it is probably likely that I'll have to register all the teams at the event. If you think different or have any queries please let me know:

BOC Relays

A - Mens Premier NOC 1 Rob Palmer / Andrew Llewellyn Andrew Powell Richard Robinson	B - Womens Premier NOC 2 Rose Hodkinson Helen Palmer Alison O'Neil	C - Mens Short NOC 3 Rob Palmer / Andrew Llewellyn Jeff Colbert Stephen Wright Jnr
C - Mens Short NOC 4 Tim Martin Peter Bowen Ray Barnes	D - Womens Short NOC 5 Emily Parkin Laura Evans Jenny Evans	D - Womens Short NOC 6 Janet Evans Hilary Palmer Helen O'Neil
E - M40 NOC 7 Nick Evans Eddie Nicholson Stephen Martin	K - M18 NOC 8 James Taylor Matthew Wallace Peter Hodkinson	K - M18 NOC 9 Daniel Hughes Reece Towne Peter Lynas
M - M14 NOC 10 Chris Houlton David Lynas Harry Nicholson	R - Junior Ad Hoc NOC 11 Samual Horsewill Hannah Horsewill Craig Woods	R - Junior Ad Hoc NOC 12 Calum Goodger Matthew Wetton

JK Relays

A - JK Trophy NOC1 Andrew Powell Andrew Llewellyn Rob Palmer Richard Robinson	B - Womens Trophy NOC 2 Rose Hodkinson Helen Palmer Alison O'Neil	C - Mens Short NOC 3 Peter Bowen Stephen Wright jnr Jeff Colbert
C - Mens Short NOC 4 Andrew Wallace Alan Gould Ray Barnes	D - Womens Short NOC 5 Emily Parkin Hilary Palmer Helen O'Neil	E - Men 120+ NOC 6 Tony Donaldson Mick Lucking Nick Evans
E - Men 120+ NOC 7 Stephen Martin Mick Lord Eddie Nicholson	F - Women 120+ NOC 8 Clare Claxton Janet Evans Catherine Hughes	J - M48- NOC 9 Matthew Wallace James Taylor Peter Hodkinson
J - M48- NOC 10 Tim Martin Daniel Hughes Reece Towne	K - W48- NOC 11 Sarah Claxton Jenny Evans Laura Evans	L - M/W40- NOC 12 Fiona Claxton Matthew Green Harry Nicholson
L - M/W40- NOC 13 Craig Woods Jack Lord Ben Lord	L - M/W40- NOC 14 Calum Goodger Danny Brown Chris Houlton

Richard Robinson, Team Captain

So far I have only received 24 entries for this with the deadline long gone and only 10 indicating that they will be going on the bus. This will almost certainly see NOC lose in the regional round of this competition but will also see NOC lose a lot of money from the coach hire. There is still time to get you entry to me so please help out the club.
Thanks, Richard

Due to loss of parking field and forecast heavy snow the Organiser, Planner and Controller have agreed that the event should be cancelled. We are hoping to re-schedule the event for a Saturday in May. Neil Forrest DVO

Congratulations to the NOC class winners:
M14 Bertie Tapp-Scotting W14 Jenny Evans M16 James Taylor W21 Emily Parkin M21 Richard Robinson W35 Catherine Hughes M45 Stephen Martin W45 Janet Evans M50 Michael Napier W50 Helen O'Neil M60 Stephen Wright W75 Norah Jones M70 Tony Buckland

Just a reminder that volunteers are still needed to staff the Orienteering stand at the NEC Outdoor Show. Please contact BOF if you able able to help. Link no longer available.

Support the British Squad by taking part in the Fantasy UK Cup. The British Orienteering Squad support fund offers small grants to athletes with World Class potential who come up with their own plan for self-organised training camps. To maintain the ability to help our athletes, the support fund is running the Fantasy UK Cup.

What is the Fantasy UK Cup? Fantasy UK Cup is an orienteering game in a similar vein to games run in newspapers such as Fantasy Football. You choose a team of 10 orienteers then sit back and let them rack up points for you. At any point during the game you can make transfers if your team isn't performing as well as you would like, and at the end of the season, the team with the most points wins.

Here are the Link no longer availablefull details.

DVO are looking to fill the accommodation they have booked:

I sure you have all heard of this competition but are put off by night Orienteering or having your body clock messed up by getting up at silly hours. Well this year's Harvester looks like being different.

The Harvester is amongst three events that look to be a quality w/e of Orienteering. On the saturday there will be a sprint race that is also part of the UK Cup series and is followed by the Harvester Relays that will start before Midnight so that they finish at a reasonable hour. This will give you enough sleep before the SOL5 regional event on the same area on the sunday. Many of the legs will be in the light at this time of year so don't worry too much if your not a fan of night orienteering.

For those of you interested in the Football, England's opening game against Trinadad and Tobago is on the Saturday, I've mentioned this to one of the organisers so hopefully a TV will be provided, failing that we'll find a pub. :)

Once I have got names of those interested (even if you'd like to do the Saturday and Sunday races and not run the Harvester), I can sort out travel arrangements. Richard Robinson, Team Captain

As per the entry below (31st Jan), please remember to enter the various Club Competitions via the team captain before 7th March.

Just a polite reminder to you all that it's the East Midlands Championships on the 5th March at Stapleford Woods. Entries close on the 18th Feb (this coming Saturday) so please get your entries in.

More info is at www.logonline.org.uk

Steve Bones, LOG

Due to the late arrival of the samples the deadline for orders has been extended by a week till the 19th February 2006. Samples will be available to try on at club training at Bramcote school on Thursday. For those of you that are unable to try on the club kit the measurements are
Size Top Trousers Leg Waist XXL 44" 35" 34" XL 42" 34" 33" L 40" 33" 32" M 38" 32" 30" S 36" 30" 29" XS 34" 29" 28" XXS 32" 28" 27" XXXS 29" 27" 23" XXXXS n/a 26" 19"
The kit is designed to be tight fitting against the skin to wick away sweat. If you would like a looser fit I would suggest a size or two larger than your normal size. The order form can be found here. If you have any queries or questions regarding the new kit you can contact me by email.

Okay before you all run away screaming it's not as arduous as you think....

I need a willing assistant to give me a hand in sorting out a few minor problems in New Park Wood ( older members may remember it to the East and joining to Rufford Park)

Nearly all of the wood is now runnable but there are several point features I just cannot fix without someone to assist with the triangulation. All you need to do is to hold a pole to and act as a visual target for the rangefinder so I can pinpoint the features accurately rather than just approximating them.

Mapping advice will of course be freely given if you are interested (just try shutting me up!) probably followed by a slap up nosh at "The Limes" Cafe

To take place hopefully on a forthcoming Saturday

Any takers email me and we can discuss.    Cheers Keith Streb

NOC are currently looking at the possibly taking a team to the Jukola/Venla Relays in Finland. Jukola Relay is the biggest sporting event in Finland. It will bring almost 15,000 competitors and even more spectators to the area. The estimated attendance is about 30,000 people. Jukola Relay is also one of the most well-known sporting events in the country and it attracts people from all around Finland. More information about this fantastic competition can be found here. If you are interested in taking part then please email Richard Robinson.

Club Coaching Day is held in the Lake District at Bishops Wood (used for JK 2004 Relays and JOK Sprint 2000 and 2006)
Combine this with the regional event on Sunday 23rd April on Graythwaite (JK 2004)
Cost: £5 adults; £2 juniors
No accommodation provided (East Midalnds Junior Squad will be staying at Hawkshead Youth Hostel which may still have space)
Stay up north for the week following the JK in Yorkshire and finish the week with some quality Lake District Terrain!
Applications need to be in by end of March so let me know by March 20th if interested Andrew Powell.
(Controls will have been put out of technical difficulty 3 to 5, maps will be supplied, control descriptions and master maps available, so it will be like having a permanent course for the day. You can do your own thing or follow some of my suggested exercises to test particular skills)

Richard Robinson has produced a comprehensive document (revised 8th Feb) giving details of Club-entered events for 2006:

• 2nd Apr BRC Midhurst
• 9th Apr Compass Sport Cup Thetford
• 17th April JK Relay Bramham Park
• 27th May Scottish Relays Banchory
• 10th June Harvester Hawick
• 10th June Footpath Realy, Miller's Dale

Please complete the form (within Richard's document) as soon as possible, the first closing date is 7th March.

Congratulations to NOC's 'podium' runners at the British Night Championships held at Hawley and Hornley in Berkshire:
1st M16 Peter Hodkinson 2nd M16 Timothy Martin 1st W20 Rosemary Hodkinson 1st W35L Catherine Hughes

Provisional Summer League is:
Sat 20 May Bulwell Hall Sun 11 Jun Brierley (new area) Sun 18 Jun Holme Pierrepont Sat 24 Jun Burntstump Sun 9 Jul Bevercotes (new area) Sat 15 Jul Colwick Park Sun 23 Jul Rushcliffe CP Sun 30 Jul Nottingham University

The new design for the club kit has been decided and I now need your orders so that I can give the supplier numbers and sizes of the kit that we require. The top is made by Noname with high quality wicking fabric to keep your body dry and to help regulate your body temperature. The trousers are made from 100% polyester and with full comfort sewing. Orders should be placed now to ensure delivery before the major competitions this year. Order now to not only look good as an individual but to also help raise the profile of the club ..... full information.

Members may want to read this BBC News item.

Congratulations to Dave, Hazel and Steve for taking the top three placings, and to James for becoming "Best Newcomer"
Class Time Gold %age Gold M55S David Cooke 40:35 57:08 71.03 Club Champion W50S Hazel Rice 36:56 50:26 73.23 Runner-Up M60L Stephen Wright 64:49 83:52 77.29 3rd Place W12 JW3 Elizabeth Parkinson 31:42 39:37 80.00 M10 JM1 William Parkinson 18:26 23:02 80.00 W12 JW4 Jenny Evans 45:24 56:45 80.00 M14 JM5M Peter Hodkinson 54:52 68:35 80.00 M50L Michael Napier 62:07 77:38 80.01 M50L Garry Drew 63:07 77:38 81.30 M21L David Hodkinson 68:49 82:55 82.99 M40L Stephen Martin 76:14 90:38 84.11 M14 JM4 Harry Nicholson 42:31 49:40 85.60 M21L Andrew Powell 71:24 82:55 86.11 M45 M40L Nicholas Evans 79:30 90:38 87.72 M40S Andy Sykes 63:52 72:45 87.79 M14 JM4 Bertie Tapp Scotting 44:21 49:40 89.30 M21L Richard Robinson 75:07 82:55 90.59 W45 W40L Clare Claxton 89:02 96:08 92.61 M55L David Olivant 79:22 85:01 93.35 W50L Hilary Hodkinson 79:15 84:03 94.29 W50L Helen O'Neil 80:49 84:03 96.15 M16 JM5M Matthew Wallace 66:23 68:35 96.79 W20 JW5S Sarah O'Neil 47:30 48:56 97.07 M14 JM5L Timothy Martin 76:51 78:28 97.94 M45L Edward Nicholson 78:09 78:50 99.13 W50S Pauline Olivant 50:08 50:26 99.41 W18 W21L Rosemary Hodkinson 74:40 74:45 99.89 W10 JW2 Hannah Horsewill 35:28 34:45 102.06 W16 JW5S Sarah Claxton 51:10 48:56 104.56 M60L Peter Hubberstey 88:41 83:52 105.74 M12 JM3 Samuel Horsewill 32:14 29:42 108.53 M18 JM5M Oscar Tapp Scotting 75:40 68:35 110.33 M14 JM5M James Taylor 76:32 68:35 111.59 M45L Robert Parkinson 90:45 78:50 115.12 W40S Chris Horsewill 74:57 64:37 115.99 M50L John Middler 92:08 77:38 118.68 M21S James Robinson 79:37 64:36 123.25 Best Newcomer W21S Nicola Olivant 69:40 55:47 124.89 M35L Anthony Donaldson 85:42 68:32 125.05 M45S Andrew Wallace 74:56 58:50 127.37 M21S Ashley Cooke 84:17 64:36 130.47 M45L Peter Brookes 103:42 78:50 131.54 W21S Emily Parkin 76:13 55:47 136.63 W45L Yuko Martin 116:40 85:02 137.20 M18 JM5M Robert Drew 95:33 68:35 139.32 M50S Tony Horsewill 84:14 57:56 145.40 W40L Janet Evans rtd M60S Bob Alderson dsq W35L Catherine Hughes rtd