News

Season’s greetings!  The December ‘22 NOC News is now available.  

 

This month covers:

• New NOC members and achievements
• What happened at the final NOC event of the year - Walesby Forest
• A new bonus activity planned for early January 2023
• Details of upcoming events in the East Midlands

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Enjoy the festivities!

 

 

Lots to read in this issue of the East Midlands Orienteering Association newsletter:

• Current League and Urban League status with just a few events left this year.  It’s going to be an exciting finish with many strong performances by NOC members.
• Advance details of East Midlands League and Urban League events in 2023 - starting on 2nd January.
• Updates on the progress of the East Midlands Junior Squad and potential for future GB representation.
• Other topics affecting Orienteering in the East Midlands and the wider O community.

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Dec22 EMOA Newsletter

Topics in this update include new Committee appointments, member successes, coaching and mapping skills opportunities, POC developments and provisional Compass Sport heat info'.

Click the link to read the October News Update

 

 

We are looking forward to our AGM on Sunday. Please see our Chairman's report and also a description of the roles that are becoming vacant this year. Even if you cannot make it to the meeting you can still volunteer for a vacant role. If you want to discuss with an outgoing member of the committee they can be contacted through the website.

NOC News this month covers the NOC Club Championship, the launch of the MapActive coaching programme and the upcoming Score Course and AGM where your input would be much appreciated.

You can view the September News by clicking this link.

Congratulations to the following winners of the NOC Championships held at Calke Park on Sunday 25th September.

W35	Amy Ransley
W60	Angela Lucking
W65	Jane Booker
W75	Hilary Palmer
M45	David Sissons
M50	Gary Peet
M55	Steve Schofield
M60	Andrew Ridgway
M65	Paul Morris
M75	John Palmer
M80	John Woodall

 

After adjusting for course length and age class the overall winner is Hilary Palmer with Paul Morris second and Jane Booker third.

Congratulations to all.

Many thanks to DVO for putting the event on.

Mick Lucking

Team Captain

MapActive is a course starting on October 15th run by the club coaches to introduce newcomer adults to the sport and to improve map reading skills.

It doesn't matter if you have no previous experience of map reading or orienteering - participants will go at their own pace - walking, jogging or running.

If you are returning to the sport or have had some experience in the past and want to improve your skills, you can join at Stage 2.

This Autumn instance of MapActive is limited to those aged 18 or over.  We hope to run the programme again in the Spring where we can accommodate younger participants.

For further information and details of how to sign-up visit the MapActive page.

To ensure the health of its woodland, Forestry England have had to implement a significant programme of forest management at Sherwood Pines.  

This has resulted in a considerable increase in the number of out-of-bounds areas that will be in place in December 2022.   A consequence of this is a much reduced area available for planning Level C orienteering courses.

After due consideration, it has been decided to change the venue for the 18th December event from Sherwood Pines to Walesby Activity Centre which has provided an enjoyable environment many times in the past.

Course planning is now underway for a Level C Middle Distance event at Walesby on the 18th.

Please make a note of the venue change and keep a look out for event information which will be published in due course.

 

In this month's NOC News you'll find details of numerous events and other activities that may be of interest.

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NOC News August 2022

Also the EMOA a.g.m. is coming up soon, details are here

 

 

The 2022 NOC Championships will be held at the DVO Colour coded event at  Calke Park, Near Ticknall, Derbyshire on Sunday 25th September. 
Full details here

In the news this month:

 

A strong showing with five 1st positions at the Retford round of the EMUL, plus details of upcoming events.

Read about NOC success at the British Sprint Championships, details of a free mapping course and access to upcoming events, including Retford on 10th July. 
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In the news this month...

• NOC success at the British Sprint Championships
• RETFORD  - 10th July
• Free eLearning mapping course
• Upcoming events

Read about the Bassetlaw Orienteering Festival and other activities put on by Robert Parkinson in June.  Includes details of the next BDO activity.

The Ollerton Pit Wood Permanent Orienteering Course was officially opened on 28th June 2022 along with an innovative information panel and Maprun courses. 

Details and photos in the OPW POC file linked here.

An overview of the last few weeks along with some diary dates for events and activities in June. View details here.

NOC members have delivered a number of impressive performances in the first few months of 2022. Click the link to read about them and see what events and activities are just around the corner. You can read a summary here

Ben Squire, the event planner has kindly provided his calculations for some of the evenly balanced route choices at the Nottingham University Campus on Mar 13th.
Leg route analysis

“Congratulations to our winners at the British Middle Distance Orienteering Championships held on 6th March at Rushmere Country Park near Milton Keynes.

Benjamin Squire won the Mens 18 and under class, Anthony Squire won the Mens 45 and over class and Hilary Palmer won the Women over 75 class. Robert Palmer came fourth in the Mens 40 and over class.

Rushmere Country park was moderately hilly, and the woods were mostly runnable making accurate compass bearing necessary to get a good result.

The British Long Distance Championships are on 26th March.”

The latest news from the East Midlands is now available here.

Well done to all the runners at the event and all the volunteers. The Midland champ winners can be found here.

This year our Compass Sport Trophy heat is on 13th February at Postensplain, North West of Bewdley in the Wyre Forest. We are racing against COBOC, HOC, LEI, POTOC, SWOC WCH and WRE. The top two teams will go through to the final.

Please contact me if you are interested in any shared transport arrangements.

Every NOC member who completes their course at the event will have a positive effect on the team result because they will be depriving runners from other clubs of valuable points even if not directly counting for NOC. Consequently, this request is addressed to all members of the club.

All NOC entries for the Compass Sport Trophy heat have to come through me so it would be good if you could let me know if you can run as soon as possible, and not later than 21st January.

Attached is an entry request form for this event and also for the relay events at the British and the JK which are shortly after the Compass Sport Cup heat.

If you plan to go to the British Championships or the JK note that the first closing date for less expensive entries to the individual races is 16th January and you will need to have renewed your BOF membership well before then.

If you have any questions, please e-mail me

Mick Lucking

NOC Team manager