News

The presentations for the NOC Club Championships took place at Bramcote last Sunday. Here are some pictures.

Well done to the East Midlands junior squad on their great efforts today at Bramcote, the results are now available here.

Bassetlaw are holding the annual pizza relay night on Wednesday (16th December)

All warmly welcome. Meet in the CCF classroom at Worksop College. 6.30pm - 8.00pm.

Contact details are here.

Thank you to all of you who came out and enjoyed a crispy-soggy day at Longstone Moor.

Prizes to be collected next Sunday (20th December) at Bramcote Hills.

M10 Finlay Lowthian
W12 Alice Carley
M14 George Carley
M16 Alastair Flynn
M21 Andrew Llewellyn
M40 David Sissons
M45 Keith Lowthian
W45 Helen Parkinson
M50 Francesco Lari
W50 Janet Evans
M55 Nicholas Evans
M60 Richard Llewellyn
W60 Jane Booker
M65 Andrew Breakwell
W65 Hilary Palmer
M75 John Woodall

Rushcliffe Country Park, Ruddington, NG11 6JS (main car park & follow orienteering sign)

Good chance of a mince pie after your run.

Saturday 12th December 11.30am - 12.30pm

Further details here.

I Hope everyone is enjoying the festive period and has been braving the various storms to train for the NOC club champs, which is next Sunday at Longstone Moor. Further details below and on the day details are at http://www.derwentvalleyorienteers.org.uk/details/Longstone%20Moor%202015%20flyer%20v3.pdf

See you all then!

Andy

The club championships will be held on Sunday 13th December 2015. Team manager Andy Llewellyn has put together the following details.

Saturday 5th December at Burntstump Country Park 11am to 1pm

How can I improve my fitness?

How can I be sure to find that elusive pit/tripod/boulder I lost a lot of time finding at the last event?

Come and find out some answers to those questions with the help of NOC coaches. There will be some exercise ideas and some technical help - you will be able to practise at your own level and there will be no results or split times.

You might improve your orienteering going to events every weekend OR you can fast-track improvement by coming to club training with friendly coaches and a pub on site where we can have a drink and some food afterwards.

Parking: Burntstump Inn, NG5 8PQ

Please let me know if you plan to come so I know how many maps to print

Hilary Palmer (contact Hilary)

Bassetlaw Orienteering Club are meeting this Wednesday, 2nd December.

Meet in the CCF classroom at Worksop College.

There will be a micro course on the parade ground and then an orienteering course using the school grounds. Headlights provided but please bring your own if you have one.

6.30pm - 8.00pm.

Homemade refreshments when the activities have been completed.

£2 adults, £1 juniors

In two weeks time (Wednesday 16th Dec) we will be having our annual pizza relay night.

All warmly welcome.

Contact details are here.

Well done to NOC's East Midlands Champions.

W60 Jane Booker
M16 Alastair Flynn
M21 Richard Robinson
M55 Kevin Lomas

The UK Orienteering League has just finished. Fixtures are now out for next year. Anthony Squire produced the best individual result, congratulations on his 3rd place. The team score was made up of the following athletes John Woodall (M75), Joe Taunton (M21), Anthony Squire (M35), Rose Schorah (W21), Richard Robinson (M21), Helen Parkinson (W45), Hilary Palmer (W65), Mick Lucking (M55), Keith Lowthian (M45), Andrew Llewellyn (M21), Peter Hodkinson (M21), Nicholas Evans (M55), Janet Evans (W50), Jane Booker (W60), Ben Beresford (M20)

The East Midland Urban league finished last weekend at Matlock, congratulations to the NOC winners, Alastair Flynn, Anthony Squire and Paul Morris.

Junior Men

1 Alastair Flynn
2 James Lowthian
3 Donald Flynn
4 Simon Warrener
5 James Peet

Open Men

1 Anthony Squire

Veteran Men

2 Francesco Lari
3 Andrew Ridgway
4 Graham Thorne

Veteran Women

2 Helen Parkinson

Supervet Men

1 Paul Morris
2 Robert Parkinson

Ultravet Women

2 Hilary Palmer

Next year's fixtures are already available here.

Bassetlaw Orienteering Club are meeting this Wednesday, 18th November. Meet in the CCF classroom at Worksop College.

There will be a micro course on the parade ground and then an orienteering course using the school grounds. Headlights provided but please bring your own if you have one.

6.30pm - 8.00pm.

Homemade refreshments when the activities have been completed.

£2 adults, £1 juniors

Contact details are here.

Well done to Worksop College Prep School who came 4th in the Middle/Prep Whole School team category at the British Schools Orienteering Championships, held on the Sandringham estate, on Sunday 15th November. The team also won an individual Bronze medal when NOC’s Ben Drohan and Edward Howard, running as a pair, came 3rd in the Year 5 Boys event.

Ben Squire running for The Becket School came 2nd in the year 7 boys event.

Full results are here, and photographs are now available on the British Schools website.

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

Rushcliffe Country Park, Ruddington, NG11 6JS (main car park & follow orienteering sign)

Saturday 14th November 11.30am - 12.30pm

Further details here.

We are changing the venue for Wednesday evening (4th Nov).

Worksop College are having a bonfire and fireworks party on Wednesday,so we will be training at Ranby House School instead. Meet outside the Old Gym at 6.30pm.

Bassetlaw Orienteering are meeting this Wednesday, 4th November.

Meet in the CCF classroom at Worksop College.

There will be a micro course on the parade ground and then an orienteering course using the school grounds. Headlights provided but please bring your own if you have one.

6.30pm - 8.00pm.

Homemade refreshments when the activities have been completed.

£2 adults, £1 juniors

Pictures from today's event are now on our Facebook page and on our Facebook group.

Sport Nottinghamshire are running two courses next week, one at County Hall(Monday 18:00) and one at Retford Town Hall(Tuesday 18:30). Any NOC member who wishes to participate should register directly, NOC will refund the fee £25. More details can be found at http://nottingham.sportsuite.co.uk/events/2015/11/emergency-first-aid

Rushcliffe Country Park, Ruddington, NG11 6JS (main car park & follow orienteering sign)

Saturday 24 October 11.30am - 12.30pm

Further details here.

Apologies for the last 24 hours absence of the full club web site. This was caused by reasons beyond our control. Everything should be working again now.

The latest newsletter from the East Midlands is now available here. It covers the EMOA A.G.M., the volunteer development day, the development plan, the latest standings in the EMOA leagues and the latest fixtures list.

Congratulations to Worksop College Prep School who came home from the British Schools Score Orienteering Championships with 2 individual medals and a team bronze. In the year 7 Boys race Tom Drohan finished 2nd, while Amy Briggs came 3rd in the year 7 Girls event. The team competition saw the Worksop Girls take bronze after coming third overall in the Middle/Prep School section. The Boys team also did ran well and came in a creditable 5th place. The full results can be found on the British Schools Orienteering Association website.

The club championships will be held on Sunday 13th December 2015. Team manager Andy Llewellyn has put together the following details.

The latest copy of the NOC newsletter has arrived. Here it is.

Here is the latest news from British Orienteering's chief executive Mike Hamilton, read the newsletter here.

The second edition of a new format in Orienteering adventure racing will be returning on the 1st November 2015 in Robin Hood’s homeland, bringing an exciting new twist to a legend of British folklore. Entries are now open and may fill quickly: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=2278.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ORIENTEERING CLUB

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (refreshments will be provided)

All NOC members are invited on Sunday 18th October at Portland College (after the Harlow Woods event)

Starting at approx. 12.30

AGENDA

1. Apologies for Absence

2. Minutes of the AGM 2014 and any matters arising from them

3. Chairman’s Report

4. Treasurer’s Report

5. Election of Auditor

6. Membership Fees

7. Election of Officers

8. Any Other Business

9. Close of Meeting.... followed by open forum.

NB: There will be an opportunity to discuss any other matters pertaining to the club in a short open forum. One item to be discussed could be the introduction of a NOC membership fee from November 2016.

Here is the latest news from British Orienteering's chief executive Mike Hamilton, some interesting pointers and thoughts about development. Read the newsletter here.

A super meeting was held at Linby, here are the details.

The meeting is open to all members and has been arranged for Saturday 22nd August at Nottinghamshire Scout HQ, Linby (full address below) starting at 10.00 am

Please let Mark know if you are planning on attending.

Nottinghamshire Scout HQ, Unit One, Trinity House Robey Close, Linby, Nottinghamshire, NG15 8AA

Well done to Peter Hodkinson on his selection for the 2015 World Orienteering Championships in Inverness from 31st July to 7th August. Full details here

A meeting open to all members has been arranged for Saturday 22nd August at Nottinghamshire Scout HQ, Linby (full address below) starting at 10.00 am

An e-mail has been circulated to all members, please let Mark know if you didn't receive a copy. The document attached in the e-mail may also have been missing its borders (for some members), this has hopefully been rectified so please try again to download it from the original e-mail.

Nottinghamshire Scout HQ, Unit One, Trinity House Robey Close, Linby, Nottinghamshire, NG15 8AA

Full final details for the Yvette Baker Trophy Final, which takes place this Sunday, have now been published. In addition to the closed YBT courses, there are three courses open to all with start times from 10.30 to 12.00.

We are to order some NOC training jackets and we ask for members to say which design is their first and second choice so please look at the designs and make a note of the numbers you like and then do the survey by 30th June at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5HX9L82.

Click here for the designs

For those NOC members who like to tour then the Euro city tour finishes with a race in Seville. Find out more here.

The latest copy of the NOC newsletter has arrived. Here it is.

Hilary Palmer grabbed silver on both days of a fabulous weekend of orienteering. Well done Hilary, why not join Hilary on Tuesdays at Rushcliffe country park? Details here.

The events both used the Emit - Touch free system, ideal for a sprint situation with many competitors reaching the same control at the same time.

Hilary on the podium

Nottingham hosts the first event of this year's urban league on Monday 4th May. Details are now available via the fixtures section. Further details of the other events that make up the urban league can be found here.

We have had some new members join recently. Welcome to NOC and we hope you have a long association with the club.

The new members are

Geoffrey Brown
Paul Brownbill
Andrew Clark
Kathryn Clark
Andrew Kilpatrick
Sam Lennon
Gabriel Moreno
Jayne Williams

Well done to Anthony Squire for winning the M35L class and to the relay team of James Mellor, Rowan Lee and Jack Smith for 2nd in the M18 class.

The latest East Midlands newsletter is now available. .doc file or a .pdf file

Due to forecast high winds, Clumber Park has been closed to the public, therefore the event cannot take place today.

Many thanks to everyone who came to Clumber Park on Sunday morning. Sorry that you did not get a run. The National Trust made the decision to close the park at 9am due to the forecast of gusts of wind up to 53mph. It proved to be the correct decision as trees were heard falling in the forest where some of the courses were planned to go. Rather be safe than have someone hit by a tree.

Excellent spring orienteering conditions in Clumber Park for the East Midlands Score Championships event on Sunday. Multiple courses (less distance for older legs!). Extra adult novice course for anyone who wants to try the sport. Online entry at Fabian4 is open until midnight Friday if you want to reserve a map or enter on the day.

The Club helped with providing one the activities to launch the new Country Park in Gedling on Saturday, it is part of the old Gedling Colliery and has been fully reclaimed. Despite being very overcast, raining and strong winds nearly 100 people took part in the beginners courses.

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East Midlands Score Championships 2015, Clumber Park, Sunday 12 April 2015

On-line entries via Fabian4 are now open. Closing date midnight Monday 6th April 2015.

I am preparing the next edition of the Black and Green club magazine and currently have one excellent article sent in by Andrew Powell, more articles, news items, photos etc would be very welcome, or I am planning to recycle from years ago! Keith Streb. Please email bag_ed@noc-uk.org

All club members are welcome at Bassetlaw Club Night this Wednesday for an evening of indoor orienteering challenges. The venue is the sports hall at Worksop College Preparatory School, Ranby (Ranby House) and the start time is 18:30. There are four "courses" (senior male, senior female, junior male, and junior female). Call 01777 871762 for directions if needed.

Well done to SYO, DVO, and DEE in qualifying for the CSC Cup final and to EPOC for the trophy final.

The final tables for the winter league are now available here.

A quick message from team captain Andy Llewellyn.

Sorry for the slight email bombardment in recent weeks but please take this as my final email on the CSC. The final entry deadline is this Friday 27th February, so please get your entries in - we've only got 24 so far on Fabian 4. So we're still short of a team and of course, the more the runners we have the better chance we have from pushing other competitors down etc.

PLEASE DON'T MISS THE DEADLINE - enter here: http://www.fabian4.co.uk/default.aspx?EventID=1201

I was out in the area on Saturday tagging all the control sites and can confirm the snow has done wonders for the forest this year, it promises to be a memorable event.

Thanks :-)
Andy

Well done to Nick Evans on his victory in the M55 class at Haywood Warren(Cannock Chase) yesterday.

The latest newsletter can be found here.

A big thanks to all those who attended Silverhill Wood on Sunday. A cold start (see frozen photos further down the page) then produced almost tropical weather! Paul Hudson's well planned courses produced many a positive comment, thanks to Paul and those who took the time to have a chat with him afterwards.

The long technical saw Brian Ward(HALO) lead home the pack ahead of Paul Morris(NOC) and Sally Calland (WIM)

The short technical had Matthew Litchfield(NOC) blast round the course followed by Richard Naish(DVO) , Martin Wheeler (LOG) and Peter Cholerton(NOC)

A quick change from her duties on registration saw Julie Webster (NOC) squeeze home against Toby Williams(LOG)

The juniors from Bassetlaw dominated the introductory course, taking the 1st 4 places on the 1.9k course.

1st Tristan Isherwood
2nd Mason Heslop
3rd Elsa Buchanan and Joshua McDonald
4th Jake Biggin + Archie Sims

Also, a great effort from Freddie Coulson, Kishna Haldipur, Olivia Payne, Amy Briggs and Megan Perkins

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The Sherwood Pines heat(15th March 2014) will feature the following clubs DVO, WCH, LEI, MDOC, WAOC, NOR, NOC, SYO and DEE

If SYO win or are second then the first, second and third placed clubs qualify for the final, if not, then just the first and second placed clubs (eight or more clubs completing)

The Trophy teams are SELOC, SUFFOC, EPOC, HALO, POTOC, LOG and WRE (The winning team qualifies for the Final)

Just a reminder that the adult cheaper entry rate for the Midland Champs runs out on Friday 16th Jan. After that, prices increase before the final closing date on Sunday 8th Feb. http://www.walton-chasers.co.uk/

Some NOC winners in this year's competition, full tables and the fixtures for this year are available at http://www.emoa.org.uk/league/index.php . Please check they have recorded all your results.