News

We have been drawn against MDOC, DEE and DVO at the MDOC Irwell Valley heat. Please not that there are a few age group/course changes this year. Further details to follow.

Brown Men Open
Short Brown M20- M40+
Blue Women Women Open
Blue Men M50+
Green Women W20- W45+
Green Men M60+
Veterans Short Green M70+ W60+
Junior Men (Green) Men 18-
Junior Women (Short Green) Women 18-
Orange Men Men 14-
Orange Women Women 14-

Merry Christmas to all members of NOC and orienteers everywhere.

Fantastic news, we have a new chair of the club, congratulations to Andrew Breakwell on his appointment.

Well done to all those runners at Canklow last Sunday. Below is the list of prizewinners. If your name is on the list then you have won a prize! Prizes will be available at the Walesby event. See you all there.

10 : 1st Finlay Lowthian
12 : 1st James Lowthian, 2nd George Carley, 3rd Fraser Ridgway
14 : 1st Alastair Flynn
16 : 1st Jack Lord, 2nd Alexander Ridgway
18 : 1st Ben Beresford, 2nd Cameron Ridgway
21 : 1st Andrew Powell
40 : 1st Paul Beresford, 2nd Keith Lowthian, 3rd David Sissons
45 : 1st Francesco Lari, 2nd Anthony Donaldson, 3rd Robert Gibb
50 : 1st Nigel Mockridge, 2nd Paul Hudson, 3rd Andrew Ridgway
55 : 1st Richard Llewellyn, 2nd Andrew Wallace, 3rd Mick Lucking
60 : 1st David Winser, 2nd Keith Streb
65 : 1st David Cooke, 2nd John Palmer
70 : 1st Bob Alderson
75 : 1st John Woodall
10 : 1st Alice Carley
14 : 1st Eleanor Cooley
16 : 1st Jessica Beresford
40 : 1st Catherine Hughes
50 : 1st Oonah Ridgway, 2nd Wendy Foster
65 : 1st Hilary Palmer

A reminder that it's the 2013 NOC club champs this Sunday (15th December) at SYO's event at Canklow Woods.

The event details state that there is now a short green course too (which was not previously advertised). I have therefore amended the class/course combinations that you need to run in order to be eligible for prizes (see attached flyer)

Prizes will be awarded for top 3 in junior age classes and 1st place in senior age classes. 1st place will receive a box of Lindor chocolates or Celebrations for Senior and Junior age classes respectively. 2nd and 3rd places in junior classes will receive a large bar of Cadbury's 'bubbly'. Prizes will be presented at the NOC event at Walesby the following weekend (22nd December).

In addition to the usual courses, there will be a head-to-head "Chase" course with handicapped mini mass starts for each age class, with the fastest off last and the winner being the first past the finish line. The Chase course will be c6.5km long and is broadly equivalent to a blue course. The first mini mass start will be at 11:00 for M70+/W55+ with the last start around 11:20 for M21. The exact start times for intermediate classes will be available on the day. It is hoped that the Chase will offer an informal but competitive way to spice up the annual Walesby event. See the forum if you wish to add your comments.

Bassetlaw's latest news can be found here.

Good news from the Bassetlaw Sports Awards.

Bassetlaw Orienteering Club Juniors were awarded 'Junior Team of the Year', at the annual ceremony, that took place at Retford Oaks Academy, on Friday 6th December.

They were up against 7 other junior teams representing football, athletics and badminton.

Derek Redmond was the Guest of Honour (see picture)

Mention was made of their achievements at the British Schools Score Championships, British Schools Championships, Yvette Baker Trophy competition, East Midlands Championships and NOC championships.

Well done to all of the junior orienteers in Bassetlaw !


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Photographs taken at the East Midlands Orienteering Championship prize giving are available here.

NOC's winners at Spring Cottage

W40 Catherine Hughes
W50 Janet Evans
M16 Rowan Lee
M18 Ben Beresford
M21 Richard Robinson
M55 Paul Morris
M70 Bob Alderson
M75 John Woodall

Full results can be found here.

Saturday's event at Ashby was the last in this year's East Midlands Urban League. Well done to our 2013 champions.

Men’s Veteran: Francesco Lari
Men’s Superveteran: Paul Morris.

Full results can be found here.

The Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club 2013 Club Championships will be held at South Yorkshire Orienteers event at Canklow Woods on Sunday 15th December 2013.

Further details and which courses to enter can be found here and more details from SYO are available here.

Prizes will be distributed at the NOC Xmas event at Walesby.

Fantastic news, congratulations to Emily and Andrew Powell on the arrival of Alice Mary Powell(pictured below) on Tuesday 5th November, weighing in at 7lbs 4oz.


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Well done to the NOC junior orienteers in Bassetlaw who have been nominated for awards at this year’s Bassetlaw Sports Award Ceremony.

George Carley has been nominated for the U14 Boys Sports Person of the Year Award, Will Parkinson for the Junior Volunteer of the Year Award and the Bassetlaw Juniors have been nominated for Junior Team of the Year.

The ceremony takes place at Retford Oaks Academy, on Saturday evening 7th December.

The minutes from this year's A.G.M. can be found here.

Bassetlaw's latest news can be found here and don't forget that this Saturday is the final event in the Bassetlaw Autumn series at Wellow.

For the fourth and final year NGOC is offering the orienteering board game "Forest Challenge" for sale. All profits will be donated to the Woodland Trust. Also on offer for this Christmas only is the new game "Urban-O", which includes "photo-O", "maze-O" and "string-O" games.

Details of the games are available here.

NOC members are invited to the NOC AGM which will take place after Saturday's Worksop College fixture, afternoon tea (tea + cakes at approx. 3.00 p.m.) will be served prior to the meeting.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ORIENTEERING CLUB
Saturday, October 19th 2013

Worksop College

AGENDA
1 Members Present
2 Apologies
3 Review the Minutes of the 2012 AGM
4 Matters arising from Minutes
5 Chairman’s Report
6 Treasurer’s Report
7 Election of Auditor
8 2014 NOC Membership Fees
9 Election of Officers and Life Members
Current Committee members are prepared (and are eligible) to stand for re-election to their positions with the exception of Team Captain, Fixtures Secretary and Junior captain for which nominations are required.
10 Plans for the Forthcoming Year
11 Substantial new equipment purchase for the club (which will be based in the North of the county)
12 Open Forum
13 Close of Meeting

The minutes from last year’s meeting (2012) are available at here.

Fantastic results from the North and South of the county

Great report from Robert Parkinson
2 Gold, 1 Silver and 4 Bronze Medals at the British Championships. Six local schools made the long journey to Northumberland for the 2013 British Schools Score Orienteering Championships, that were held at Druridge Bay Country Park, near Amble. Each orienteer had 45 minutes to visit as many controls as possible. They were awarded 10 points for every control they visited but lost 5 points for every minute they took over their allotted 45.

As the afternoon progressed the results kept being updated as competitors finished. Eventually, we were able to celebrate a number of good results from Bassetlaw’s juniors. At the prize giving Sebastian Price and Angus McCallion, from Worksop College Prep School, who ran as a pair, were awarded the Gold medal for winning the Year 5 Boys race.

Individual bronze medals were also won by George Carley (Year 8 Boys - Elizabethan Academy), Elle Severn + Emma Robinson (Year 5 Girls - Bracken Lane Primary, Eleanor Cooley (Year 9 Girls - Worksop College).

In the school team competition Worksop College Prep School Boys won Gold in the Middle/Prep Section while their girls team also did well coming home in 2nd place. Tuxford Academy completed an excellent day when their Senior Boys won Bronze medals in the Boys Upper Secondary team section.

Meanwhile Jim Clarke had this to say
On Saturday 12th October 2013, members of the Nottingham High School Orienteering team made the long journey to Druridge Bay in Northumberland for the British Schools’ Score Championships. In a score event, the object is to navigate to as many controls as possible in the time allowed.

A challenging course was set with a number of controls on the sand dunes plus a route choice to challenge even the most experienced Orienteers, meaning that some were over ambitious in the controls they attempted.

The school team almost all ran well and achieved some good results. In the Lower Secondary School (Years 7-9) age class an incomplete team still managed to finish in 3rd place.

In the Upper secondary school age class the school team were narrowly beaten into 2nd place by a strong team from Torquay Grammar School.

Individually Matthew Sutton, Donald Flynn and Thomas Ward all finished in the top 10 of their age class. Sam Davis finished 5th in the Year 7 age class, while in the Year 12 and 13 age class, Nick Malbon was 4th. Our two individual medalists were also in the Year 12-13 class - James Mellor came 3rd and Jack Smith 2nd.

Peter Hodkinson is in the news again, the Elite Development Squad is focused on preparing athletes to deliver top 20 performances at the World Orienteering Championships in two to five years time. See further details here.

Well done to Peter on his selection for England's under 23 team (see here)

Details on the run are here and the results are here.

NOC members can now do a first aid course, free of charge! This offer is open to all members, you don't have to be a coach. A fantastic opportunity to pick up a new skill.

Places are limited so contact Mark Webster for further details.

Here are some courses coming up.......

Sport Nottinghamshire has a number of 3 hour evening first aid courses on offer at £15 e.g. 6th November at County Hall and another at West Notts. They seem to run them fairly frequently.

See: http://www.sportnottinghamshire.co.uk/training-and-development/

It looks to be a good course and will be of interest to everyone(not just coaches) and is available for anyone who takes part in sport and is resident in Nottinghamshire.

Note: coaches now have to decide for themselves what level of first aid they should have. This 3 hour course covers CPR, sprains, bleeding etc. and is specifically geared to sports coaches.

The latest copy of the NOC newsletter has arrived. Many thanks to Ben Beresford for creating this edition and to those who sent in their stories. If you didn't receive your e-mail last week with a copy of the B&G then we don't have an up to date e-mail for you. Please let David Sissons know your correct e-mail. Black and Green September 2013

NOC members are invited to the NOC AGM which will take place after the upcoming Worksop College fixture, afternoon tea (tea + cakes at approx. 3.00 p.m.) will be served prior to the meeting.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ORIENTEERING CLUB
Saturday, October 19th 2013 at 3.30 p.m.

Worksop College

AGENDA
1 Members Present
2 Apologies
3 Review the Minutes of the 2012 AGM
4 Matters arising from Minutes
5 Chairman’s Report
6 Treasurer’s Report
7 Election of Auditor
8 2014 NOC Membership Fees
9 Election of Officers and Life Members
Current Committee members are prepared (and are eligible) to stand for re-election to their positions with the exception of Team Captain, Fixtures Secretary and Junior captain for which nominations are required.
10 Plans for the Forthcoming Year
11 Substantial new equipment purchase for the club (which will be based in the North of the county)
12 Open Forum
13 Close of Meeting

The minutes from last year’s meeting (2012) are available at here.

Calling all juniors, Saturday is an ideal time for those who have entered the British Schools Score Championships to practice their technique as Saturday's event is a 45 mins score. The British Schools Score Championships are taking place on Saturday 12th October 2013 at Druridge Bay Country Park, Morpeth, Northumberland. There is still time for people to enter the schools championships as entries need to be submitted and postmarked no later than Tuesday 24th September 2013. At this stage only the number of competitors is needed.

New dates now added for the Saturday Challenges. Go to the Rushcliffe Orienteers page for further details.


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A few photos from the Shireoaks event that hopefully capture the atmosphere. Dave Booker features in two action shots, can you spot them both? The Shireoaks Photos.

A new area and a new map with some very interesting courses. See you all at Shireoaks on Saturday afternoon.

Here is a short version of EMEWS and to remind folk that the East Midlands Orienteering Association AGM will be held on the 16th September 2013 in the Pace Room, St Mary’s Church, Clifton Village, Nottingham at 7.30pm. After the AGM Natalie Shaw of British Orienteering will give a talk on the programmes currently being undertaken by British Orienteering and to discuss any feedback we may have.

Sport Nottinghamshire has a number of 3 hour evening first aid courses on offer at £15 e.g. 6th November at County Hall and another at West Notts. They seem to run them fairly frequently.

See: http://www.sportnottinghamshire.co.uk/training-and-development/

It looks to be a good course and will be of interest to everyone(not just coaches) and is available for anyone who takes part in sport and is resident in Nottinghamshire.

Note: coaches now have to decide for themselves what level of first aid they should have. This 3 hour course covers CPR, sprains, bleeding etc. and is specifically geared to sports coaches.

The next edition of the NOC magazine is in the process of being compiled. Ben Beresford will be the guest editor for this edition. Therefore, if you have any material which you would like to contribute, could you let Ben have them via this email address by the end of August.

The latest tables are as follows, well done to those claiming a top three place (and a prize)

If you spot anything that needs correcting then please let Paul Beresford know a.s.a.p.

Introductory Course
Medium
Short Technical
Long Technical

We now have a good stock of shirts in a variety of sizes. They are £20 each with junior sizes £15 (probably for under 8's) Please contact Mark Webster for further details.


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NOC Tops.

With the final fixture of the Summer league fast approaching here are the latest tables.

The latest edition of the newsletter can be found here.

A colour coordinated outfit spotted at the Sherwood Pines 10k. NOC top in action. Yes, it's Gary Peet behind those glasses.

Further to the earlier story, Keith Streb has put quite a few names to the faces. Can you fill in the blanks?

The team photo
Names key
The names

Just to remind everyone that the start times are 10:00-11:00 on Saturday, earlier than normal due to a cricket match starting around noon.

The latest standings in the NOC Summer league are now available.

Introductory : Medium : Short Technical : Long Technical

The NOC juniors performed very well in the Yvette Baker Trophy Final, that was held in Belton Park, on Sunday (7th July).

They finished a very creditable 9th out of 13 teams, just 1 point behind 8th place. The clubs best performance for 3 years. Good performances were recorded across all age groups despite the head high grass, nettles and very hot temperatures.

NOC provided trophies to every junior who represented the club in this national final.

Many thanks also to their parents who took them to the event and to team captain Will Parkinson.

Maps from this event have been collected and will be available at future NOC events. We also have the maps for any NOC runner who competed before the Yvette Baker event. Please see Will to reclaim your map. Bassetlaw juniors can collect their maps at the training session in Thoresby, on Wednesday evening (10th July).

For all those juniors entered, have a great run and enjoy Belton Woods. Entry on the day is also available for the open courses (yellow to blue) if you fancy popping along and supporting the NOC Juniors. Further details are here.

On Sunday June 30th at the NOC Berry Hill Level D event I will be putting on some exercises for people to practise using the compass - aimed at people who are moving on from TD3 (Orange) to TD4/5 (Light Green/Green).

This will be available 9.30 - 10.30 and is for anyone who would like to practise before doing their 'run' - you will still be competitive; I will be using a small area of the park. No charge for the coaching.

It would be good to know in advance who may be coming along for map extract printing! Please let me know by midday Saturday.

Coaches are welcome too - to help or to see what I am doing!

Many thanks

Hilary Palmer

Contact Hilary here

Thanks to Keith Streb for sending in this picture of the NOC team that won the Compass Sport Cup in the early 90's. "Thought this might make a interesting addition to the previous Compass Sport photo. It's the first time we won it back in the early 90's, up near Skiddaw if I remember correctly. Tim Hills ( centre : dark blue fleece) was chairman" The team photo.

The Yvette Baker Trophy final is at Belton, on Sunday 7th July. The YBT event is pre-enter only. Others can compete either before or after the YBT competitors. Details are available on the LOG website.

Can any junior wanting to compete please e-mail Robert Parkinson (e-mail here) so he can enter you. It is £5 to enter (you can pay Robert on the day) but our team needs to be declared before then.


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Results are on the website, apparently is was quite muddy for an urban event?

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Fantastic coverage of the sprint event, unfortunately Richard Robinson doesn't feature but it is certainly well worth watching. http://www.svtplay.se/video/1259115/4-6-17-00

Richard Robinson is currently in the middle of this tour, all the best Richard for the upcoming races. It is an eight day competition with five stages and forms part of the IOF World Cup 2013 series. This year two stages are being held in Oslo on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd June, one stage is being held in Stockholm on Tuesday 4th June and the final two stages are being held in Turku (Finland) on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th June.

British Orienteering are currently providing reports http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk and the actual tour website can be found at http://www.nordicorienteeringtour.com/ including live results and live t.v. Richard, don't forget to smile for the cameras.

Fantastic news for Nick Malbon who has been selected for the talented juniors Stockholm tour. Further details here.

Fancy some coaching? The session will start at 5pm and will be lead by licensed coaches.

Meeting at the Hicks Lodge car park SK328156 / LE65 2UP

Peter Hornsby will lead on a contour interpretation exercise for all who compete on Orange course upwards.

Chris Bosley will lead an exercise for beginners and those who are experienced on White and Yellow courses.

The LEI summer league event follows with starts from 6.30. See LEI web page

All EMOA members are invited. It would be helpful to let Peter (e-mail here) or Chris (e-mail here) know in advance to help assess number of maps etc.

It will take place in Eastwood the third Tuesday of the month starting and finishing at the Sun Inn. First event will be 21 May(tonight)

There will also be a Run Challenge on the first Tuesday of the month in Beeston, starting at the car park for Broxtowe Council offices on Foster avenue. Next date 4th June.

Pre-book or just turn up on the night.Run it, Find it, Answer it!

A 45 minute recreational running activity combined with a fun question and answer challenge. Aimed at people who enjoy the outdoors – whether orienteering, running, jogging or walking. It’s a fun challenge to train your brain and body whilst exploring your local area.

All the participants start at the same time. Using a map with 20 check points drawn on, the aim is to locate as many of them as possible in 45 minutes and answer a question at every point. This could be a post box number or lamp post and each correctly answered question is worth 10 points.

No experience of map reading is necessary and Run Challenge is a perfect opportunity for individuals to compete and see their results via the Run Challenge website http://www.runchallenge.org.uk/

Register at 6pm, ready for mass start at 6:30pm. £3 to enter.

Well done to the juniors who have qualified for the Yvette Baker Trophy Final. It will be on 7th July, at Belton, near Grantham and hosted by LOG. It would be good to get as many as possible to this event.

Thank you to all the juniors who attended the LEI event on Saturday. There were some very encouraging performances, we had 18 participants competing against the juniors from OD and LEI.

The club would like to invite all NOC juniors to represent the club in the EM regional round of the Yvette Baker Trophy.

The event takes place on Saturday 18th May at LEI's Bradgate Park. More details can be found here. This is also an EM league event i.e. not just for juniors.

All NOC juniors are eligible to compete and we hope as many of you a possible will come and run for the club. There are courses from yellow to green, most juniors can run whichever course they normally take part on, with only some restrictions on age or if you are a high level orienteer. The scoring system is such that the more runners we get there, the more points we can deny the opposition, so everyone’s score helps the team. Boys and girls score separately. Please try to attend.

Coach Robert Parkinson will be on hand to help out and choose the right course for you(if required)

The new NOC top will also be available to buy, Mark Webster will have the stock on Saturday and if all goes to plan, then Hilary Palmer will also have a selection on Sunday at SYO's urban event.

Well done to Peter Hodkinson who has been selected to attend the Elite Development Coaching Camp and EuroMeeting which is being held at Craggan Outdoor, Grantown-on-Spey, PH26 3NT from Sunday 28th July until Monday 5th August 2013. Full selections.

Shirts have arrived! They will be available to buy at the Rushcliffe event. We have a stock of 60+ shirts in a variety of sizes. They are £20 each with junior sizes (probably for under 8's) slightly cheaper. Don't worry if you can't get to Rushcliffe, there will be plenty of opportunity to get your hands on one and we will be ordering some more shortly for those sizes that prove popular.


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It's not a secret anymore.

Congratulations to Amy and Richard Robinson on the arrival of Grace Robinson. Grace arrived during last weekend's British Championships, perfect timing for a star of the future.


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Well done to all those who travelled for this year's long distance championship. Some fantastic results in the individuals (some very close finish times) and the relays.

NOC's top ten finishers

Individual
M14B 4 Thomas Ward
M16B 2 Benedict Harwood
M18L 2 William Parkinson
M21E 10 Andrew Llewellyn
M21L 9 Justin Gathercole
M21S 1 Andrew Powell
M35L 2 Anthony Squire
M55S 6 Robert Parkinson
M65S 2 David Olivant
W21S 4 Sian Roberts
W21S 9 Emily Powell
W50S 10 Angela Lucking
W60S 8 Hazel Rice
W65L 3 Hilary Palmer

Relays
Men's premier
1st Peter Hodkinson representing OUOC
3rd Andrew Llewellyn, Anthony Squire, Andrew Powell

M18
4th Nick Malbon, William Parkinson, Ben Beresford
10th James Mellor, Jack Smith, Rowan Lee

M14
8th Christopher Cutajar, Thomas Ward, Simon Warrener

M/W12
3rd James Lowthian, William Stewart, William Baker

The latest newsletter can be found here.

Run it, Find it, Answer it!

A 45 minute recreational running activity combined with a fun question and answer challenge. Aimed at people who enjoy the outdoors – whether orienteering, running, jogging or walking. It’s a fun challenge to train your brain and body whilst exploring your local area.

All the participants start at the same time. Using a map with 20 check points drawn on, the aim is to locate as many of them as possible in 45 minutes and answer a question at every point. This could be a post box number or lamp post and each correctly answered question is worth 10 points.

No experience of map reading is necessary and Run Challenge is a perfect opportunity for individuals to compete and see their results via the Run Challenge website http://www.runchallenge.org.uk/

Meeting point is the Broxtowe Borough Council offices car park, Foster Avenue, Beeston NG9 1AB. Register at 6pm, ready for mass start at 6:30pm. £3 to enter. Will take place first Tuesday of the month. Please forward this to any friends who are close to Broxtowe.

Catherine Hughes

There is also a flyer available page 1 and page 2.

Planners / Controllers Event : There are a few spaces on the Planners / Controllers course on 27th April at Rushcliffe. We would encourage all planners / controllers with some experience to attend. There are a number of changes to the Rules being discussed which all planners and controllers need to be aware of. In addition there will be discussion on the middle distance planning for this year’s British.

EMOA Novice Mappers Course
A training course for new mappers is to be held at Riseholme College, Lincoln on Saturday 28th September and Saturday 5th October 2013. This is a two day course and will cover surveying techniques including using a GPS, basic OCAD training and will include Mappers Safety as required by British Orienteering. The course will be suitable for anyone who has an interest in helping tidy up existing orienteering maps and those with some mapping experience who wish to develop further. If you are interested please let David Olivant know, Dave will be putting together full details for the EMOA website later

Local Coaching Sessions
Coaching sessions for any EMOA club members (any age; aimed at people who are progressing from Orange to Light Green courses) are being arranged to coincide with club evenings and local events as follows:
May 2: Bramcote Hills Park (NOC), club evening - contours (big features, using contours to aid navigation)
May 6 or maybe 13: LEI clubnight, content TBC, depending on areas available.
May 11: Rushcliffe Country Park (NOC - on the side of the Summer League event) – bearings/corner cutting
May 25: Rosliston (DVO - on side of informal event) – bearings through the woodland
June 18: Bradgate Park (LEI - on side of summer league event) – contours and big features
June 30: Berry Hill (NOC - on side of summer league event) - bearings/corner cutting in woodland
For more details please look at the club web site for details of the club evening or local events which are the locations for the coaching. EMOA members are welcome at any of the sessions even if you are from a different club!

The 14th annual Bassetlaw Primary Schools Orienteering Festival took place in Kings’ Park, Retford, on Tuesday. This year, the children were challenged to complete a score orienteering course, which involved visiting up to 20 different control sites in 20 minutes. Each control was worth 10 points, with points deducted if they went over the allotted 20 minutes.

Schools arrived at different times throughout the afternoon and after a brief map walk to familiarise themselves with the map they set off at staggered start times.

The standard was high with many runners scoring 180 points or more. In the team event both of the top 2 teams scored an impressive maximum 600 points and were eventually split by the total time it took to collect the 600 points

Top 10 Individual results
1st Cameron Ho + Charlie Furness (Worksop College Prep School)
2nd Tom Cooley + Calum Wright (Worksop College Prep School)
3rd Ellie Bull + Will Scully (Bracken Lane)
4th Will Lyons + Alan Jose (St Josephs)
5th Maisy Cairns + George White (Sir Edmund Hillary)
6th Angus McCallion + Sebastian Price (Worksop College Prep School)
7th Olivia Marrow + Joe Smith (Sir Edmund Hillary)
8th Adam Duffner + Joseph Smith Misterton Primary
9th Matthew Pavier + Grace O’Rielly (Worksop College Prep School)
10th Elliott Everatt + Matthew Parry (Blyth Primary)

Team Result
1st Worksop College Prep School
2nd Ranby C of E Primary School
3rd Sir Edmund Hillary Primary School
4th Misterton Primary School
5th Bracken Lane Primary School
6th St Joseph’s RC Primary School
7th Carr Hill Primary School
8th Blyth Primary School
9th Sherwood Junior School

Loughborough University held the sprints last Saturday, there were no NOC medals this time but plenty of runners made it through to the A finals.

11th Rowan Lee M16
5th Anthony Squire M35
5th Richard Robinson M21
8th Peter Hodkinson M21
15th Helen Parkinson W45
11th Janet Evans W50
16th Jane Booker W55

Sunday saw the middle distance event at Stanton Moor and Hilary Palmer won gold by over 4 minutes in the W65 class, Anthony Squire picked up a silver in M35.

Other top 10 finishers were
4th Richard Robinson M21
6th Bob Alderson M70
5th Catherine Hughes W40

Thanks to Hilary Palmer for sending in this press cutting of the NOC team that won the Compass Sport Cup in 2003. How many faces do you recognise? The qualifying heat must have been held at Blidworth Woods(16th March 2003) and it looks like you had to use master maps, see the Gallery of images for some great fashion sense.

Richard Robinson and Peter Hodkinson have both made it through to the selection pool stage for this year's World Orienteering Championships. Further details are here. WOC 2013 is to be held in Finland in July.

The latest copy of the NOC newsletter has arrived. Many thanks to Richard Robinson for creating this edition and to those who sent in their stories.

Click here to view it

A conference for planners and controllers is being organised by EMOA for Saturday 27th April. It will be held at Rushcliffe Country Park. Further details are available here.

Gary Peet is organising the "The Brierley Forest Park Orienteering Challenge" – Saturday 13th April (and every second Saturday in the month until September)

Come and enjoy a walk or a run in the lovely surroundings of Brierley Forest Park, Huthwaite.

There will be an easy, long (4.8km) and score courses available, with the cafe open for refreshments afterwards.

Registration is at the visitor centre between 10.30 & 11.30 am.

Cost is: Adult £3 per map; Juniors £1 per map.

More details are available from Gary on 07955 183701 or e-mail WNO@noc-uk.org.

Will Parkinson (Junior Captain) would like to remind/inform everyone that the Yvette Baker qualifying round is next month, on Saturday 18th May. It is at Swithland an LEI area.

The final is in LOGland, at Belton, on July 7th and if we have got our information right then there is an added bonus to qualifying this year (we will have to check this)

If NOC win the heat they are through.
Also as long as NOC, DVO and LEI field complete teams then if
LEI win the heat then whoever comes second will also go through.

This is due to the position LEI juniors achieved last year in the final. The rules are here.

The final standings in the NOC winter league are now available. Thanks to Paul Beresford for keeping count of the scores. They are still subject to change as Paul and the organisers have to try and decipher many different styles of handwriting! Please contact Paul with any discrepancies you happen to find. The tables are here

Thankfully the weather was clear (but cold) for last weekend's JK action in the Chilterns.

Reading University held the sprint race on Good Friday. Podium finishes for Anthony Squire (Silver on M35) and Hilary Palmer (Bronze on W65) got the weekend off to a flyer. Top 10 finishes for Harry Nicholson (4th MOpen) and Jane Booker (9th W55).

Saturday saw action at Hambledon, a very runnable area with not a bramble in sight! Sunday moved to Cold Ash, a more intricate area, more suited to map readers. Both areas' times were combined to provide a JK Champion. Anthony Squire once again provided the stand out result, winning gold on M35. Andy Llewellyn (M21L) and Andrew Powell (M21S pictured below) also topped their lists. Hilary Palmer once again appeared on the podium, taking silver on W65L.

Victoria Littlewood (W18L) and Robert Parkinson (M55S) both finished in 2nd place and Ben Squire didn't let his father have all the limelight finishing 3rd on the M10B course.

Other top 10 finishes were, David Booker (5th M55S), Anthony Donaldson (5th M45S), Catherine Hughes (10th W40L), James Lowthian (10th M12A), David Olivant (4th M65S), John Palmer (6th M65S), Helen Parkinson (8th W45S), Richard Robinson (9th M21E), Jack Tiffin (5th M21V) and Jordan Webster (5th M18S).

Monday saw the relays return to Hambledon with Richard Robinson, Anthony Squire and Peter Hodkinson 5th in the JK trophy race. Nick Malbon, Jack Lord and Ben Beresford came in 9th on the Men's Short class. All in all, a super JK, next year it's South Wales.


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It's the JK long weekend. Have a great run to all NOC members travelling down this weekend. A NOC tent and feather banner are also making the journey so please look out for it, it will be there for days 2+3 and the relays. There are a few new members making the trip so it would be great to meet up at the tent. http://www.thejk.org.uk/jk2013/

A new initiative is being launched to allow newcomers their first sports session for FREE, last year saw the "Game On" programme offer sessions for just a £1. Keep reading the article as NOC are mentioned right at the end. Further details are here.

Last weekend saw the 2013 Nottinghamshire fell running championships. NOC members took the gold and silver medals!

Gold 42:47 Richard Robinson (Sutton Harriers)
Silver 46:08 Anthony Squire (Holme Pierrepont RC)

Nottinghamshire fell race results.

Worksop college is on this afternoon. Robert Parkinson and Andrew Ridgway are looking forward to welcoming you for fun in the snow.

Final details are now available for Saturday's event. Please take note of the special symbols information. Final details are here.

The planner's comments are now available via the results page.

Final details are now available for Saturday's event. Please take note of the special symbols information. Final details are here.

Shush, don't give this secret away, keep it to yourself! We've been here before, fingers crossed that it won't take too long for some major progress. It's a secret.

The Spring edition of British Orienteering's Focus magazine sees NOC third in the list of clubs based on the total number of events and activities that each club have organised. In total NOC had 138 events and activities in 2012. Full figures for all the clubs in the UK can be found on page 30 of the magazine which is sent out to all members of British Orienteering.

Closing dates are fast approaching for the JK, the JK orienteering festival is the biggest event in the UK and this year is being held in Berkshire (The Chilterns); the relays are on the final day (1st April).

Relay events involve teams of 3, running in succession and 'handing over' in the assembly area. They are sociable events with a good team atmosphere and NOC enter several teams at both these events each year with a mixture of competitive and not so competitive teams, so please don't feel you have to be of a certain standard to participate.

Please see the attached flyer for details of the classes (courses) for the JK, as well as the usual details I require you to email me if you wish to run and the deadline by which I require this information! Note there is a new class for the JK relays this year - M/W210+ (see PDF attachment). The deadline is a couple of days before the final event closing date so that I can do a selection and enter the teams! JK deadline 4th March.

As always, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me.

Andrew Powell

JK Relay classes
JK details for NOC

Also if you haven't already received an e-mail about this then NOC don't have the correct e-mail address for you, David Sissons is keeping this list up to date so please contact him with your e-mail address.

A fantastic weekend for NOC member Peter Hodkinson, Peter took the individual title and Oxford University took the men's relay by just 6 seconds.

Individual results and relay results.

The NOC Bassetlaw Spring Series is taking place in March and April.

There are four events, all taking place on Saturday afternoons, in and around Bassetlaw.

16th March - Ollerton Pit Wood
23rd March - Worksop College
6th April - Langold Country Park
13th April - Thoresby North

Registration from 12.30pm - 2.30pm
Starts 1.00pm - 3.00pm
£3 adults, £1 children, £7 families.
No car park charges

We also have some flyers available, please feel free to use them to publicise the events.

A4 PDF file and A5 PDF file


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Details of the 20th Annual European Foresters’ Orienteering Championships can be found at www.efol.eu The event is taking place in Wejherowo (near Gdanks), Poland, and anyone even remotely involved in forestry is entitled to participate, as is their family.

Thanks to the 25 runners who represented NOC yesterday, all of them counted at the regional round of the Compass Sport Cup. NOC came 5th out of the 7 'big' clubs which was a good result.

Team results are here and the course results are here.

The UK Orienteering League is a new league based competition for individuals and club teams. The first two fixtures happened last weekend at Tankersley.

It's early days but our leading individual is Nick Malbon.

The NOC team is currently in 10th place and our contributing scorers are Mark Webster (M45), Julie Webster (W45), Richard Robinson (M21), John Palmer (M65), Hilary Palmer (W65), Edward Nicholson (M55), Nick Malbon (M18), Mick Lucking (M55), Jack Lord (M16), Kevin Lomas (M55), Catherine Hughes (W40), Wendy Foster (W50), Paul Beresford (M40) and Ben Beresford (M18)

Further details are available at http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/site/ukol/Home

The latest newsletter is available as a .pdf or as .doc file.

SYO held this year's event at Tankersley with eleven NOC members enjoying the demanding area.

Richard Robinson shared 1st place on the elite course with Jonathan Crickmore (SHUOC) both having an identical time of 72:06 !

Catherine Hughes came in 2nd on the W40L course and Michael Lord produced a 1st on the M50S course. Andis Celinskis 2nd on M21S completed NOC's podium finishers.

The NOC contingent

M21L Richard Robinson (Joint 1st), David Hodkinson 22nd
M18L Ben Beresford 5th, Nick Malbon 6th (1 second behind Ben)
M21S Andis Celinskis 2nd
W40L Catherine Hughes 2nd
M40L Paul Beresford 6th
M45L Mark Webster 18th, Anthony Donaldson 19th
M50S Michael Lord 1st
M55L Mick Lucking 7th

The full results can be found here.

Well done to Janet Evans on claiming the W50 title.

A big thank you to Paul Beresford for taking on the organiser role and here is a message from Paul.

"Thank you to all the helpers and officials who put so much time in to making the Midland Champs a successful event. I acknowledge the commitment, flexibility and professionalism of all the helpers for whom I am indebted as organiser, the event would not have been what it was without their help. Thank you"

Photos from Budby, Midland Champs can be found here kindly posted by Brian Ward

Final details for the Midland champs. have now been published and are available here.

The snow is melting fast, it will be wet and cold, but the event is definitely going ahead. Please dress appropriately. Final details document.

Late entries can still be made for the Midland Championships at Fabian (subject to map availability)

Due to the forecast for more snow tomorrow (Friday), and then a thaw on Saturday, we shall be leaving the inspection until as late as possible on Saturday to see whether it is safe to travel to the area and to proceed with the event. We shall try to go ahead if at all possible but competitors should bear in mind that there will be lying snow, it will be cold and wet, and you should take the usual precautions! A further message will be placed on this website mid afternoon on Saturday. PLEASE WATCH THIS SPACE!

Final details document

On-line entries at Fabian will close at midnight tonight (Thursday 24th January 2013). Colour coded courses will still be able to enter on the day (White, Yellow, Orange, Long Orange and Light Green)

Provisional course lengths are now available here.

An EMOA conference day for planners and controllers will be held at Rushcliffe Country Park in April. It is a FREE day, there is no cost and the agenda looks really useful, so don't delay and book your place on the course a.s.a.p. Further details are here.

The tables have been updated after the recent Vicar Water fixture and they can be found here.

Our match has now been confirmed as being the LEI event at Fineshade. Entries need to be in by the 30th January to Andrew Powell. Please see the attached flyer for further details.

The provisional results are now in for the 2012 league. Well done to all the NOC participants.

Certificates (for the first three in each class) and prizes (for the winners) will be presented at the LEI event at Charnwood Forest on 20 January.

NOC's top three finishers are........

White : Tom Cooley 1st & Finlay Lowthian 3rd

Orange : Jamie Lowthian 2nd & Fraser Ridgway 3rd

Orange : Eleanor Cooley 3rd

Short Green : Tony Buckland 3rd

Green : Jane Booker 1st

Blue : Paul Morris 3rd

Brown : Catherine Hughes 3rd

The full set of 2012 tables and the 2013 fixtures can be found at http://www.emoa.org.uk/league/index.html

Please don't forget to renew your membership for 2013, the costs are £3 for a junior and £7 for a senior.

The fee is made up of

NOC Club Fee = £0 seniors and £0 juniors
EMOA Association Fee = £2 seniors and £1 juniors
British Orienteering Fee = £5 seniors and £2 juniors

You can renew online by logging into the British Orienteering website and following the renew link. New members can also join by following link about membership. www.britishorienteering.org.uk/

Further information from British Orienteering is provided below.

A new British Orienteering membership scheme was adopted at the 2012 AGM. The resolution passed stated that from 1 January 2013 British Orienteering will have a single tier of membership with two categories:

Senior – any member aged 21 or older on 31 December of the membership year
Junior – any member aged 20 or younger on 31 December of the membership year

The British Orienteering membership fees for 2013 will be:

Senior member – £5.00
Junior member – £2.00

To be a member of British Orienteering you will still need to be a member of an affiliated club and association and pay the appropriate club and association membership fee where they apply.

You will be able to renew your membership from 1 November 2012 for the 2013 membership year. This is later than in previous years when renewal commenced from the 1 September.

2013 Membership Scheme Frequently Asked Questions

Will British Orienteering still have a Local and National Level of Membership?

No, British Orienteering will only have one level of membership.

Will British Orienteering still have junior, senior, student, family and associate grades of membership?

No, British Orienteering will only offer senior or junior membership.

Will clubs still be able to have a family or student membership category and will the British Orienteering membership database be able to support this?

Yes, clubs can continue to offer a family and student membership category and the British Orienteering membership database and online payment system will support this.

If each member of my family is now an individual member of British Orienteering, will each member of my family now receive separate communications from British Orienteering?

No, the British Orienteering membership database will automatically group individual members together who are in the same club and live at the same address. Households will therefore only receive one communication from British Orienteering. E.g. one copy of Focus magazine.

Will the renewal period still be January to December?

Yes, the membership year remains as January to December with people being able to join or renew for the following year from the 1 November.

When can I renew my membership?

You can renew your membership from the 1 November 2012. This is a change from the 1 September to allow clubs more time to set their fees for the following year.

Will I receive a Renewal reminder?

Yes, British Orienteering will send you a renewal reminder in early November 2012 stating your membership fees for 2013. If our membership database contains an email address for your household, the renewal notice will be sent electronically, otherwise a reminder will be sent by post.

How can I renew my membership?

You can renew online via our website, over the phone by telephoning 01629 734042 or by post.

When will I receive a membership card?

The cost and necessity of membership cards has been discussed and we have decided to no longer issue cards, and will instead provide a letter confirming your membership and the relevant details. As with renewals, if our membership database contains an email address for your household, the membership confirmation will be sent electronically, otherwise a letter will be sent by post.

Will British Orienteering still offer Direct Debit as a payment method?

Yes, the ability to pay membership by direct debit will be continued. However now the membership fees are so low there will no longer be a £1 discount for paying by direct debit. Notice of Direct Debit payments will be sent by email where feasible.

How can I check my contact details are up to date and/or provide you with an email address?

You can change your contact details and provide British Orienteering with an email address by logging into the members area of the website. Alternatively please contact the National Office on 01629 734042 or info@britishorienteering.org.uk

Further Information

If you have any questions regarding the membership scheme please contact the National Office:

Tel: 01629 734042

Email: info@britishorienteering.org.uk

Happy new year! Have a great 2013.