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Next year's JK is to be held at Cannock Chase. The first round of price increases arrive on Sunday 17th December. Further details here.

News, fixtures, league tables etc. can be found in the latest EMEWS.

Bassetlaw Orienteers will be training at Worksop College on Wednesday (29th November)

Meet in the CCF classroom 6.15pm – 7.45pm

Refreshment for all once the training has been completed.
£2 adults, £1 juniors

Regards,
Robert

Well done to Peter Hodkinson on his inclusion in the squad. Further details here.

Details are now available here.

For those who haven't received an e-mail here are the details .

Bassetlaw Orienteers will be training at Worksop College on Wednesday (15th November)

Meet in the CCF classroom
6.15pm – 7.45pm (15 minutes earlier than usual)

Refreshment for all once the training has been completed.
£2 adults, £1 juniors

Regards,
Robert

Please pay attention to the parking instructions in the "Event Info" for Shirebrook Wood.

Please pay attention to the parking instructions in the "Event Info" for Shirebrook Wood.

Bassetlaw Orienteers will be training at Worksop College on Wednesday (1st November)

Meet in the CCF classroom 6.15pm – 7.45pm (15 minutes earlier than usual)

Refreshment for all once the training has been completed.

£2 adults, £1 juniors

Regards,
Robert

Fixtures, league tables etc. can be found in the latest EMEWS.

All NOC members please note, the AGM will follow the Newstead & Annesley Country Park event at 1300hrs at the adjacent Newstead Centre. The entrance is on Tilford Road (not via the old MWI building). Please follow the signs from the car park and within the building. Food and drinks will be available from approximately 1245.

The Agenda can be foundhere with last year's minutes available here.

There are to be some constitution changes which can be viewed here and to speed things up the chair's report can be read in advance here. Explore the parks gets a mention in the report and here are the figures from that.

Looking forward to a fun and sociable meeting, see you all there.

Hilary Palmer was first in her age class today at Wendover Woods and Anthony Squire came third in his. Well done to all those who ventured out on the tricky courses.

Yesterday's sprints produced "A" class finals for Ben Squire, James Lowthian, Anthony Squire, Andrew Ridgway, Kevin Lomas, Richard Robinson, Helen Parkinson, Janet Evans and Hilary Palmer. Anthony and Hilary both produced fantastic performances to finish second.

Full results can be found here.

Bassetlaw Orienteers will be meeting on Wednesday 27th September.

Meet at the main cross roads in Clumber Park.

Please email/message me if you need directions.

6.15pm to 7.30pm - a bit earlier than usual.

£2 adults , £1 juniors

Refreshments for all when we have finished the activities (Apple and fudge muffins)

Regards,
Robert

The Orienteering Foundation is pleased to announce that we have arranged a coaching day on Saturday 10 February 2018. The day will be held in the South Lakes (exact venue TBC) and will run from 10:00 to 15:00. Participants can be of any standard other than absolute beginners.

As well as the individual coaching (which will be restricted to participants age 18+), Clubs may also organise their own coaching (which can include juniors) using the controls set out, provided they take full responsibility for their groups and use appropriately qualified coaches.

You can make it a weekend of orienteering and practise what you've learned by participating in the LOC orienteering event at Black Beck (TBC) on Sunday 11 February.

Don't delay in getting your place as numbers are limited for safety and to ensure a good in-forest experience.

Full details and how to register are on the Orienteering Foundation website at www.orienteeringfoundation.org.uk/orienteering-foundation-coaching-day

Neil Cameron
Chair, Orienteering Foundation

A great report of the event from Sutton Harrier Daniel Crow.

The EMOA AGM is scheduled for Monday 18th September 2017 at 7:30pm in the Pace Room at St Mary's Church, Clifton Village, Nottingham.

The postcode for the location is NG11 8NH and OS Map Reference is SK 541348.

The Pace Room is found by following the footpath around the back of the church to the right of the church and should lead you to the door.

Please could folk attend as we need to be quorate to have a valid AGM.

Attached should be a copy of the AGM Agenda and the Minutes of last year's AGM.

Minutes
Agenda

The next Bassetlaw Orienteering Club training evening will be this Wednesday (26th July)

Meet in Walesby. Park on the roadside next to the Red Lion pub. (If you need directions please let me know Robert Parkinson)

45 minute lamppost score event.

Start any time between 6.30pm and 7.00pm.

£2 adults, £1 children

Coffee and cakes to finish off !

Photos from the British mixed team sprint relay, NOC came second behind a very strong Forth Valley team in the open class.

The “Super Veteran” team came 4th

Full results here.


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The next Bassetlaw Orienteering Club training evening will be this Wednesday (12th July).

Meet in Elkesley. Park on the roadside next to the Robin Hood pub car park. (If you need directions please let me know, Robert Parkinson)

45 minute lamppost score event

Start any time between 6.30pm and 7.00pm.

£2 adults, £1 children

Coffee and cakes to finish off !

Version 263 of the East Midland's newsletter is now available here.

The final details have been updated, the boxes are not in contactless mode, you will have to punch each control. Final Details v1.3

The next Bassetlaw Orienteering Club training evening will be on Wednesday 14th June.

Meet in the car park at the Queens Public House, in East Markham. (If you need directions please let me know)

45 minute score event

6.30pm - 8.00pm

£2 adults, £1 children

Coffee and cakes to finish off !

Regards,
Robert

A set of keys were found near the club tent at yesterday's Wollaton Park event. Please contact new@noc-uk.org if they belong to you.

Details are now available. Details are here(updated Tuesday, note about start times)

On Tuesday 30th May and Wednesday 31st May children in Bassetlaw will get the opportunity to try out an Xplorer orienteering course.

This will be the second time that an Xplorer courses will have been put on in Bassetlaw and will be taking place in Kings’ Park, Retford on Tuesday 30th and in Langold Country Park on Wednesday 31st.

Anyone wanting to have a go is welcome to come along between 10am and 1pm.

Xplorer is aimed at children and their parents, particularly children up to 7 years old, although any age may come and have a go.

There will be no charge, just come along and have a go.

Two different courses available on each day.

Once in the park look out for the Xplorer banner showing the start and finish.

The NOC website has been upgraded. The site is now mobile-friendly, and continues to supply most of the information previously available. Some of the old information is now available in the archives, and some further old information will be reintroduced when it has been converted or reformatted.

Although members of the committee have been testing the new site for several months, there may be some facilities that do not work on all devices or have unanticipated problems. Please do report any issues which prevent you reading information to the webmaster.

Ray

Results are now available for Saturday's event, here they are. Well done to everyone who came along. There are also a few photographs on the Facebook page and group.

The second in the Explore the Parks series is at Wollaton Park on 29th April. The Explore the Parks series of low key events this Summer is to attract newcomers and also to give NOC members the chance for some 'training' in the 3 parks.

Please pass on the publicity to friends, work colleagues, local schools or organisations that you are involved with and come along and join in. The parks are not very technical but there will always be some more difficult challenges for experienced orienteers

The controls are numbered so that there is a short easy loop of 5 ot 6 controls and another 10 or so controls, some of which will be near to the short loop. As well as a 'score' there is also the possibility of doing a longer 'cross country' course of between 4.5 and 6km by running the controls in numbered order with some 'interesting' route choices.

The organiser will also welcome any offers of help on the day(s) especially with registration and/or collecting the controls!

Hilary Palmer

Latest newsletter is available here

The first event is this Saturday, the 1st April.

Attached is a flyer for a series of introductory events which I am organising with NOC this spring/summer in partnership with Broxtowe and the City councils.

Please could you pass this onto friends, contacts re your work, childrens' school, scout/guide etc group so as to spread the word.

We also have a Facebook page which you may also like to share! https://www.facebook.com/groups/753923604762358/.

As well as a 45 mins score there will also be a longer course taking the controls/checkpoints in numbered order for those who would like a longer training run/jog!

Many thanks

Hilary Palmer

The next Bassetlaw Orienteers training session will be on Wednesday 29th March.

Meet at the crossroads in Clumber Park.

This is where Limetree Avenue crosses the road in from Trueman's Lodge.

6.30pm to 8.00pm.

£2 adults and £1 juniors.

Refreshments for all.

Attached is a flyer for a series of introductory events which I am organising with NOC this spring/summer in partnership with Broxtowe and the City councils.

Please could you pass this onto friends, contacts re your work, childrens' school, scout/guide etc group so as to spread the word.

We also have a Facebook page which you may also like to share! https://www.facebook.com/groups/753923604762358/.

As well as a 45 mins score there will also be a longer course taking the controls/checkpoints in numbered order for those who would like a longer training run/jog!

Many thanks

Hilary Palmer

Bassetlaw Orienteers will be meeting on Wednesday 15th March at Worksop College.

Meet in the CCF classroom.

6.30pm to 8.00pm

£2 adults and £1 juniors

EMOA club members are invited to take part in a coaching / competition weekend in the Lake District 3 & 4 June 2017. This is a good opportunity to practise in technical terrain.

Further details are here.

Bassetlaw Orienteers will be having a training session on Wednesday of this week - 22nd February.

6.30pm - 8.00pm

Worksop College - meet in the CCF classroom

£1 juniors, £2 adults

Home made refreshments

Latest newsletter is available here.

Entries are now being collated for the NOC team events in the first half of 2017. First up we have the Compass Sport Cup qualifier round on the 12th March in Lincolnshire. This is the main intra-club competition of the year where we need as big a turnout as possible to maximise our score (including pushing other clubs counters down). I will be coordinating car sharing for those that want to. Next up are the JK relays in April and British relays in May. I’m pleased to report that the NOC committee have kindly agreed to subsidise all entry fees to the Compass Sport Cup, all Junior relay entry fees and 50% of senior relay entry fees in 2017.

I’m hoping that club subsidy and lovely orienteering terrain on offer, we can have a huge turnout at the CSC and relay events. Further details are included in the attached Entry Form - I'd be grateful if you could complete and return the entry form via eMail. The first deadline is for the Compass Sport Cup entries by Wednesday 15th February please.

Here’s to a great 2017 in orienteering with NOC!

Thanks, Andy Llewellyn, NOC Team Manager

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