We regret to announce that, while running in the Sprint Race at Bicton College on the first day of the Jan Kjellstrom Orienteering Festival on Good Friday 2nd April 2010, one of our members, Dave Stubbs, collapsed and died. Dave had orienteered for many years and was an active competitor, organiser and event controller. I'm sure we all will wish to join in sending condolences to his wife Katy, herself the controller of the day’s racing, and thank Dave for his tremendous contribution to BKO and British Orienteering. Dave, who had only returned a week previously from an extended period of work overseas, was a former Chairman of BKO and gave his time, energy and commitment to orienteering over many years. Our thoughts are with Katy, our new Chairman, at this time.

Club Newsletter – May 2010

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JK 2010 - Alan Springett This report is dedicated to Dave Stubbs, who would, undoubtedly, have wished his club mates to have proceeded with their participation in the JK. Twenty one BKO members donned their O shoes collectively 57 times over the course of the week-end to meet the varying challenges of the fast but mentally demanding Sprint, the ubiquitous mud of the first individual day and the daunting dunes of the second individual day and relays. Top honours go to Janet and Bryce Gibson who are the overall JK Champions at W70(L) and M70(S) respectively. Janet was 3rd in the mud at Cookworthy on the first individual Day and was then 2nd at Braunton Burrows – a combination which made her clear Champion with, on aggregate, a 36 second lead. Janet also distinguished herself in the Sprint at Bicton, finishing 3rd. Bryce was 2nd in the first individual race, finishing 44 seconds behind the leader. However, in the sand dunes Bryce came home 1st with a lead of over 27 minutes, delivering him an outstanding overall victory. Many congratulations to BKO’s JK Champions:

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The other particularly strong club performance came from Ian Cooper who came third in M65(L) in the foul conditions of Cookworthy – I don’t know where Ian trains, but it must be very very muddy! After coming 7th at Braunton Ian finished 4th= over the two days. BKO also fielded two relay teams, and are particularly grateful to Stephen Robinson of NGOC for stepping in to act as our 6th runner. Stephen probably had the best run of the day and the two teams finished a respectable 41st and 51st in the popular and keenly fought Mixed Ad Hoc class. The full BKO performance is summarised in the table below:

Competitor Class Sprint Individual Day 1

Cookworthy Forest

Indivdual Day 2

Braunton

Burrows

Individual

Days

Combined

Relays

Peter Bennett M70(L) - 5th mp - -

Tim Booth M55(S) 90th - 24th - BKrafty

Ian Cooper M65(L) - 3rd 7th 4th= -

Helen Fraser W35(L) 16th 16th 17th BKrafty

Bryce Gibson M70(S) 10th 2nd 1st 1st -

Janet Gibson W70(L) 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st -

Andrew Graham M55(L) - 75th 78th 72nd -

Denise Harper W60(S) - 6th 10th 8th -

Eric Harper M55(S) - 28th 19th 19th -

David Jukes M55(L) 11th 21st - - -

Kezia Jukes W21(S) mp 25th - - -

Anne Parker W70(L) 6th - 18th - -

Reg Parker M75(L) 9th - 20th - -

Richard Rae M60(L) 29th 28th 23rd 24th BKool

Dave Rogers M50(S) 96th 46th mp - -

Michael Rogers M20(S) 21st 6th 7th 6th -

Oone Rogers W50(S) 59th mp 19th - -

Alan Springett M60(S) 75th 20th 10th 14th BKool

Catherine

Springett

W50(S) 43rd= 11th 5th 6th Bkool

Dan Straka M40(L) 34th 25th 31st 26th -

Lenka Straka W40(L) 36th 22nd 14th 16th -

Stephen Robinson Not BKO, but gratefully borrowed for the relays! He did us proud! BKrafty

BKool Mixed ad hoc 41st

BKrafty Mixed ad hoc 51st

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Alan ‘sprinting’ for the relay finish for BKool (and, no, I am not elbowing the other competitor, honest!)

Tim Booth approaching the relay handover and scanning for his next leg runner for BKrafty

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Paper or pdf, how do you like yours? Most of us heave a resigned sigh as we hear the mail clatter through the letter box, knowing that it will be a mixture of the genuinely wanted and interesting, the genuinely unwanted and junk, and the unwanted but unavoidable bills with well over fifty percent reliably falling into the last two categories! Hopefully, the arrival of your copy of the BKO Newsletter every couple of months is very definitely in the ‘genuinely wanted and interesting’ category! However, this little gem may be in danger of being swamped by the junk or buried under the bills. If this is the case you always have the alternative of reading the latest BKO Newsletter on line on the BKO website at www.bko.org.uk , indeed, if you really love your newsletter you will find all of the past editions back to 2004 under the newsletter tab! If you would prefer not to receive the paper copy of the newsletter at all and to rely instead on the website version, thereby to reducing the amount of post you receive, the amount of paper consumed and the amount the Club spends on printing and postage, the Club will instead send you a brief email notification each time a new newsletter is posted to the web so that you have a prompt to access it. If you would like to take advantage of this new service please email: Membership@bko.org.uk The choice is yours! But rest assured that unless you positively chose to use the web-based option you will continue to find the paper version enlivening your mail from time to time! BKO E-mail Group Please note there is a very useful BKO members e-mail group. To join the group you have to ask to subscribe to the group by e-mail to bko-mailing-list@bko.org.uk Any message to this one address goes automatically to all current members of that group. You can leave the group by sending a message to that address that you wish to unsubscribe. If you have changed your e-mail address or if the Club does not have your e-mail address then please send details to either: Alan Springett, Membership Secretary (membership@bko.org.uk), or to David Jukes, BKO Secretary (secretary@bko.org.uk).

Welcome to new members We are pleased to welcome the following new club members who have joined BKO over the last few months: David Lattimore and family from Woodley who joined in March Steve Fletcher from Maidenhead who joined in Feb

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Do you know anyone who would like to try orienteering?

To thrive as a club, BKO needs to attract new members and we can all help with this. Do you know anyone who may like to try orienteering? Perhaps a colleague at work or a neighbour who is keen on running but looking for a new challenge? Or possibly you have friends with children who are scouts or army/air/sea cadets and have already tried orienteering with their club? If there is someone who would like to try orienteering, please encourage them to come to one of our club events, perhaps the Summer Parks Challenge series and if they wish to join, please encourage them to contact Alan. Membership Secretary: Alan Springett 07712-672712, membership@bko.org.uk Know your club members Name: Ken Ricketts Age: 55 Home Town: My parents moved into Bracknell when I was 8 weeks old, so I grew up in the new town. I moved to Wokingham in 1991. How did you Start Orienteering? I did it for a while in the 80’s when I was in the TA. Our ex-CO was Major Jim Isaacs (of Jim’s Jug fame – see the January 2005 newsletter on the website), and he organised some of us to go to events, both civilian and army. Sadly Jim died suddenly, the other Ken with his prize for winning the officer who was keen moved away and it SCOA league Green course 2009 just sort of stopped. When my son Michael was about 7 I thought it might be something he would enjoy, so looked it up on the internet and took him to a few events. He seemed less keen on the orienteering than the trips to MacD’s or Burger King afterwards, so I stopped bothering. A couple of years later, he suddenly piped up “When are we going to go orienteering again?”, so I took him to another event. He seemed to enjoy it, I ached for days afterwards. That told me I wasn’t as fit as I thought I was, that I needed to do something about it, and orienteering was more interesting than straightforward running. I also thought that it would be something that we could do as a family. So do your family orienteer? I am the only keen one. Michael comes out sometimes, but now he is often busy doing Air Cadet stuff at weekends. He is currently training for the Nijmegen March, 100 miles over four days of route marching, and that is taking up a lot of Sundays. My wife Debbie has been a few times, but has never done

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more than a Yellow course. She also works on Saturdays and hates camping. This makes it a bit difficult for me to get away to the big multi-day events like the JK. The only one I’ve done regularly is SINS; Michael came with me last year. Do you do any other running? I’ve done the Wokingham half marathon three times. The extra distance needs a lot of extra training though. Michael and I sometimes do the Reading Park Run (www.parkrun.com) on a Saturday morning. Otherwise I try to get out for an hour or so at least a couple of times a week. Biggest Goof: At one SOC event near Lyndhurst I ran off the map after the fourth control, and was lost for about 3 hours. Strangely, my (hired) Emit card showed that I had visited all the controls, but had times of 00:00 for the start and the first four. On the results someone must have guesstimated my times, because the splits were there, but they certainly weren’t accurate! I think I emailed to explain, but never got a response. How did you manage to stay lost for so long?: In most of our areas the edges of the mapped area are fairly obvious on the ground – roads, housing, fields etc. New Forest areas tend to be bounded by more New Forest, so the edge of it isn’t always that obvious. I took the wrong track from a junction near the edge of the map, kept going far too long, and couldn’t retrace my steps. I also didn’t recognise where I was the first couple of times that I did actually stray back onto the edge of the map. Common mistakes? Not checking the bearing of a track carefully enough, so that I run down the wrong one. I have a tendency to over-use vegetation boundaries which can be vague and open to interpretation. I need to count my paces more, especially when there aren’t obvious features to avoid over or under-shooting. Oh, and I find it very difficult to stay on a bearing for any distance in the forest. It’s a wonder I ever find the controls at all. You organise the SCOA League. How did that come about? Once I noticed the SCOA League existed, I started using that as one of my criteria to select which events to go to. I was somewhat frustrated by the slowness with which results appeared, sometimes several months after the event. After noticing errors in one set of results I spoke to Jerry Newcombe and he mentioned that the then organiser was looking to stand down, so I volunteered to take over. Which course do you run in the League? I ran Blue for the first couple of seasons, but dropped down to Green after I scored fewer points from my best 6 out of 8 events than someone else scored from 5 events! I did win Green last year, at my second attempt. I’m now running Blue again, which is technically the course I should do for my age group. In Regional and National events I normally run the Blue course. You are organising a BKO Youth League for next year: We need to get more juniors running regularly. There is a lot of work being done promoting orienteering in schools, but this doesn’t seem to be translating into regular participation in events, or members. I’m hoping that a Youth League will get more of them out on a more regular basis. Maybe one day we will be able to put together a team for the Yvette Baker trophy again, or have a hope of getting somewhere in the Compass Sport cup.

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We always seem to come last in the Compass Sport cup: The main reason is that we don’t compete on half the courses. We had no juniors at all this year, and only 2 runners on each of the Brown Men and Blue Women’s courses. Having few or no runners in half of the age classes severely limits the maximum number of points that we can score. Why do you think we get so few active juniors? I don’t think the entry fee pricing structure is right. We generally charge the same price (and give free Emit hire) for juniors whether or not they are members. Since we don’t have a clubhouse, or any regular meetings, what reason is there for them (or more accurately their parents) to pay a subscription to join the club? The trouble is that when they just come along to events without being members they aren’t really on the radar, and we have no positive means of keeping in touch with them. I think that there should be a sufficient differential that membership is a cheaper option for any junior who runs more than a couple of times a year. Favourite TV/Films: I don’t watch that many films, my all-time favourite would have to be ‘Spirited Away’. I tend to watch factual stuff on TV; University Challenge, Mastermind, Horizon, Air Crash Investigations, that sort of thing. Air Crash Investigations? Sounds a bit ghoulish: A bit of a guilty pleasure perhaps. I’m fascinated by the analysis of things going wrong. I get plenty of practice looking back at my runs! So are you good at analysing your mistakes? Fairly good. However, it doesn’t seem to stop me from repeating them. Claim to Fame: In 1989 I flew my hang-glider from Westbury in Wiltshire to Aston Down on the Isle of Wight. Gosh. How long did that take? About 3 hours. It’s not that much of a claim to fame really, quite a few other people have got across to the island. As the ferry was coming into Lymington on the way back I came face to face with another pilot who had also flown down from Westbury and landed a bit further on across the island. Anything else? I was a semi-finalist on Brain of Britain the same year. So far as fame is concerned, it’s been downhill ever since. Any unfulfilled ambitions? I’d like to achieve notoriety by being shot in bed, aged 110, by the outraged husband of my favourite mistress, Demi Moore IV. Other interests: Military history, model railways. So do you have a trainset? It’s not a train set, it’s a model railway. I mostly work in 7mm scale (roughly the same size as the old Hornby Dublo tinplate, but much more accurate models), building stuff from kits or scratchbuilding. Would you like to see some of my models? (At this point I made an excuse and left)

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Denise Harper SCOA Regional Development Officer

British Orienteering was this year invited to have a stand and run an activity at the new British Leisure Show which was held from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st March at the Royal Windsor Racecourse on the banks of the River Thames. After a positive response for volunteers to help to run this from Berkshire Orienteers, the decision was made to attend for all three days The show was advertised as ‘a unique family-friendly event that offers a great day out for fans of the great outdoors, with a variety of things to see and skills to learn about.’ A large area of the show ground was devoted to an exhibition/sale of outdoor related products, such as caravans, camping, boats, bikes, travel, and country and in an adjacent area, separated from the main area by the racecourse itself, was the Activity Zone, where orienteering was based, alongside such activities as cycling, land yachting, archery, quad bikes, mountain boarding, kite flying, to name a few.

Eric Harper demonstrating the EMIT system

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For the event, it was decided to man a display/information point, for which Caroline Povey sent a large selection of B.O. flyers and literature, and to run 2 events. These were the ever popular Naughty Numbers using Emit, and a course which covered most of the showground, just using laminated O signs with letters to collect. In the end, due to the vast size of the site, and the fact that by the time people arrived at our stand they were near the further reaches of the grounds, nobody attempted this course. We arrived to set up on the Friday morning to discover our allocated pitch had been taken by a car stand – which had been similarly displaced by the Water-Zorb activity which had to go where there was access to water...So we bagged what was the best spot, right next to the exit from the walkway across the race course into the Activity Zone. Fortunately we managed to get our tent and BO banner up and a large area taped off for Naughty Numbers before Land Yachting and Cycling arrived to try to claim the same area. The Friday was very disappointing with low attendance, partly perhaps due to cold, wet weather. In all we had only about 15 people try the Naughty numbers, only one of which was a young child, and it was difficult to have literature on display due to the wind and intermittent rain.

. It’s always fun finding a control The weather was again not fantastic on Saturday, but as might be expected, far more families appeared, and a more respectable number of 80 runs were recorded, although many more stopped to watch, make enquiries or browse at the display.

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By contrast, the weather on Sunday was wonderful, warm and sunny, and with the added draw of the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Race being run right past our pitch we finally had a very worthwhile day. With about 280 runs recorded, many being children returning later after their first run to beat their time, the BKO team was rushed off its feet all day, manning the activity, giving out information and talking to spectators. Overall, it was worthwhile for British Orienteering to be represented at this show, especially as we had a high profile location in the showground. People from all over the country had attended, although most were from the south, but from a much wider area than just Berkshire. We handed out a number of BO flyers for clubs in the South East and London areas and gave BO details to those from further afield. A number of people showed interest who claimed that they used to orienteer, and were pleasantly surprised by the way in which technology – and mapping – had advanced. We also had a large number of families who thought this might be a sport they would like to take up, especially from the very local Windsor area, so details of forthcoming BKO events were distributed. The naughty numbers exercise really is a superb way to demonstrate the principles of orienteering in a limited space, the electronic punching being a real magnet for the competitors, whilst providing great interest and amusement to the spectators. The fact that our activity was free of charge, compared to most others which were fairly pricey, also helped to attract a number of youngsters. We hope that as a result of all the publicity we were able to generate, we will see a record number of new participants at BKO’s next local event at Star Posts in Bracknell later in the month. Grateful thanks are due to those BKO members who gave up their time to ensure that it was possible for Orienteering to accept the invitation to attend this show.

Berkshire Primary Schools Orienteering Championships 2010 - Denise Harper March was an extremely busy month for BKO as we ran the School Sport Partnership competitions for Bracknell, at Lambrook School, a superb new venue, and then one week later the West Berkshire (East and West) competition at Park House School Newbury, having previously organised the Wokingham schools competition in Cantley Park back in January. All schools were competing for a place to represent their SSP at the Berkshire Primary Schools Orienteering Championships, which this year we were very fortunate to be able to hold at Pangbourne College, a venue which provided superb facilities and orienteering terrain. With parking right next to a large hall for our use, toilets, and viewing areas on the terrace and by the finish, the event was as spectator friendly as it was possible to achieve. The competition consisted of 2 circuits of the grounds, each covering completely different terrain, using emit timing and controls. Each school team consisted of 6 pairs with the highest place 4 in each round to count. Scoring was as in the British School Orienteering championships, with pairs final position being their score, and scores for each school then counted up to produce an overall winner with the lowest score.

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The competition required a number of volunteers to run it, as in addition to the normal start, finish, and results people, mentors were needed for each team to explain the competition process to them and a number of marshals were needed to patrol the grounds and road crossings. Once again the ever reliable BKO volunteers gave it their full support, joined by the Berkshire competition Managers, Adventure Dolphin staff and Pangbourne College pupils. The College grounds certainly provided a fitting challenge for this event, with the variety of terrain being very different from what most pupils would have experienced previously. Competitors were given their map just prior to the start and then helped to get it orientated before setting off into the woods with the first few controls being located very straightforwardly along a path. However, when the competitors emerged from the woods they then had to really start to navigate to find their way round the tennis courts, then the lawns and terraces below the main college building, before finally navigating between some portacabins to the finish. It was evident that some teams had been very well coached and seemed to know exactly what they needed to do, whereas some others struggled once out in the open, with a number tempted to head up the steps to the ‘spectator terrace’ instead of carrying on around the buildings. Frantic cheering was the order of the day to encourage the teams in as they approached the 2 final controls which were visible from the spectator area by the finish. After the first round it was clear that Ascot Heath Juniors, representing Bracknell Forest were way out ahead in 1st place, with Pangbourne Primary for West Berks East in 2nd and St Nicolas for West Berks West in 3rd. So with all to play for the teams proceeded to Round 2 after a short lunch break. This looked to be easier on the map, but still caught out a few pairs who missed out control 3, back-tracking from control 2 and then heading along the road verge to control 4 instead of following the path and field edge which took them straight from 2 to 3.

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When all teams were back, results were very quickly printed and prize-giving held, with Bracknell Forest being the winners for the second time in succession. Congratulations are due to Ascot Heath Juniors, who were the runaway winners – maybe helped by a few of them practicing their emit technique at the British Leisure Show! Also their teacher had been trying it for himself at Bloom wood and Star Posts, so maybe he passed on a few tips. We were very fortunate this time to have medals and trophies bought for us by Berkshire Sport, with donations from the participating School Sport Partnerships. Each of the 84 competitors was given a voucher for a free entry to a BKO Saturday event, so we do hope to see some of these children again with their families, as initial feedback was that the atmosphere and the challenge of the competition really inspired many of them to want to try orienteering again. Many, many thanks to all the helpers, and to Pangbourne College, who together made this such a successful event which was thoroughly enjoyed by the children participating and appreciated by their schools and staff. Results (full results on the bko website) School SSP Round 1 Round 2 Total Ascot Heath Bracknell Forest 15 18 33

Pangbourne West Berks (East) 43 52 95

St Nicolas West Berks(West) 52 77 129

St Paul’s Wokingham 68 71 139

Dedworth Windsor & Maidenhead 100 44 144

Trevelyan Windsor & Maidenhead 87 63 150

Churchend Reading 108 114 222

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Jim’s Jug Katy Stubbs presented Pat Wills with Jim’s Jug at the Bracknell Primary Schools competition at Lambrook School.

BKO SCOA League event – 16th May at Hawley

Our next event is approaching fast and anyone who has not already volunteered to help and can do so is asked to contact Peter Entwistle the organiser for this event.

Saturday events Many thanks to Reg and Anne for organising the Saturday events again this season. The series is almost over but there is one last opportunity this season at Rushall Wood near Bradfield/Stanford Dingley on 15th May. Location: (SU 576734). Registration: From 10.00 Starts: 10.30-11.30 Help always welcome.

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Summer evening events

We are again holding a series of low key weekly evening events, mostly on Wednesdays, during the summer months. Beginners, improvers and anybody else who wants a run are welcome to come.

Registration is 6.30 pm - 7.30 pm (beginners 6.30 - 7pm please), with courses closing at 8pm. Controls will gradually be removed starting at 7.30 pm onwards.

The courses are normally a series of loops, with one loop being of orange standard, giving a series of short races which we hope will give a challenge to all. Different length courses will usually be available - mainly by doing different loops. After the events, we will adjourn to a nearby pub - details at the event, if not listed.

Dates and venues for this season are listed here please check the BKO website before the event to make sure that the event is still on.

Date Location GR Activity 5th May (+SN)

Star Posts

SU 876662 (The LookOut)

(Pub - Golden Retriever SU 854660 )

12th May* (SN)

Bagshot

SU 900617 SN event Note: 6.30 - 7.00 starts

19th May Lily Hill Park SU 884692 (Pub - TBD )

26th May Bloom Wood

SU 861890 (W. side of wood) Approach via Pub (Three Horseshoes) at SU 856891)

(Pub - Three Horseshoes SU 856891)

2nd June (+SN)

Swinley East (Buttersteep)

SU 904660

(Pub – Forresters SU 900689)

9th June (SN)

Eagle House School, nr Crowthorne

SN 837624 6.30 – 7.00 Starts Controls gradually taken in from about 8pm

16th June* (SN)

Windmill Hill SU 910576 SN event Note: 6.30 - 7.00 starts

23rd June Pangbourne College

SU 619761

(Pub - TBD)

30th June (+SN)

Swinley West (Saw Mill side)

SU 902670 (Saw Mill entrance – limited parking after 6pm; only in entrance road up to barrier)

(Pub - Forresters SU 900689)

7th July* (SN)

Bagshot ( SN Club Championships)

SU 900617 SN event Note: 6.30 - 7.00 starts

14th July Star Posts

SU 876662 (The LookOut)

(Pub - Golden Retriever SU 854660 )

21st July Dinton Pastures (Come and eat even if you don’t want to exercise! Food around 8 – 8.15pm at Katy Stubb's House)

SU 786718 (Park at Dinton Pastures Main Car Park – you may need to pay )

BKO BarBQ Quiz O? Bring your trainers and running/walking gear and be prepared to use your mind!! + Social Event - BarBQ or some such.

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Some fixtures organised by other clubs As usual every effort has been made to make this information accurate. Please check the event has not been cancelled or arrangements changed on the appropriate website. Details of more informal events or those further a field can be found on the BOF website: www.britishorienteering.org.uk/event/findevent.php

Date Event

Where: HH Local - Highfiled , St AlbansGrid ref: TL176067

5th June Organiser: Helen ErringtonEOD/ Closing date: EODWebiste: http://www.happyherts.org.ukWhere: TVOC SCOA League - BradenhamGrid ref: SU827976

6th June Organiser: Paul Greenough 01494 674766EOD/ Closing date: EODWebiste: http://www.tvoc.org.uk/Where: BADO SCOA League - Chawton parkGrid ref: SU672361

20th June Organiser: David Watkins 01256 869999EOD/ Closing date: EODWebiste: http://www.bado.org.uk

Club Kit The Berkshire Orienteers club O-top comes in long and short-sleeved versions and still comes at a subsidised price of £20. Please give Sue Wilkes a call on 01635-522-356 and she will be able to get you kitted up. Colour Code Standard badges If you have achieved the required standard on colour coded courses you may apply for a badge. For further details apply to Bryce Gibson, telephone 0118-947-2220

Membership newsletter

If you have any ideas or news you wish to share, please send to Keith Ellis for inclusion in our club newsletter. Also photos of club members at events are welcome

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Junior squad news

Late winter and early spring is always a busy time for SCOA junior squad members, with several major competitions taking place. The weekend of the 6th and 7th March 2010 saw the Interland Cup competition in Belgium. Congratulations to Dane Blomquist (M14, BAOC) and Jane Morgan (SOC, W50) who won their courses. Commiserations also to Peter Bray (M18, SN) who was injured during his race (but has now recovered!). JK2010 at Easter provided some great results for our squad members. Congratulations to David Bunn (M10, TVOC- 1st Day 1, 2nd Day 3), Fiona Bunn (W12, TVOC – 1st Day 1, 1st Day 2), Jane Morgan (W50, SOC – 1st Day 1, 1st Day 2, 3rd Day 3), Dane Blomquist (M14, BAOC – 3rd Day 2, 2nd Day 3), Megan Bett (W12, SN – 2nd Day 2), Andy Straka (W20L, BKO – 1st Day 2, 1st Day 3)), Peter Bray (M18E, SN – 3rd Day 3), Alistair Mogford (M18S, TVOC – 2nd Day 3), Andrew Cairns (M18S, SN – 3rd Day 3), and Caroline Moran (W45, SOC – 3rd Day 3). The weekend training on the sand dunes of South Wales certainly seems to have paid off for the squad members on Day 3. Success has also been seen for squad members at recent regional championships:

• At the Southern championships in February: David Bunn (M10A, TVOC – 1st), Dane Blomquist (M14A, BAOC – 2nd), Peter Bray (M18E, SN – 3rd), Fiona Bunn (W12A, TVOC – 1st) and Jane Morgan (SOC, W50L – 1st).

• At the Midland Championships in March: Peter Bray (M18E, SN – 2nd) and Jane Morgan (SOC, W50L – 1st).

In April, several squad members travelled to the Lake District to compete in the British Middle Distance Championships. Congratulations to David Bunn (M10, TVOC – 3rd), Fiona Bunn (W12, TVOC – 1st) and Jane Morgan (SOC, W50L – 1st). Most squad members are now looking forward to the British championships on Cannock Chase, on 1st May 2010. The best of luck to all those taking part! The SCOA Junior Squad has the following activities planned over the next few months:

• Saturday, 22nd May 2010– training – Mytchett • 25th to 27th June 2010 – Junior Interregionals weekend in South Wales

We welcome all SCOA juniors of about Orange standard and above and aged 10 or so to 18 years to join us at the Saturday training days. We meet at 1015 hrs and finish about 1500 hrs. You need to bring your lunch, a drink, £1 to cover map and access costs, and your orienteering kit. Please contact Dave Rogers [SCJS Squad Manager, Tel: 01344 628 623, Mobile: 07799 075 236, E-mail: rogersda@pbworld.com ] if you want to know more or will be coming along. You can also visit the squad's website at: www.scjs.org.uk

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Your committee members: Chairman: Katy Stubbs Tel: 0118-978-2875 katystubbs@f2s.com Secretary: David Jukes Tel: (0118-969-2514) David@jukesark.fsnet.co.uk Treasurer: Peter Entwistle Tel: 01628-635278 peterentwistle@btinternet.com Fixtures Secretary: Liz Yeadon Tel: 01672-563840 liz.turbin@tiscali.co.uk Membership Secretary: Alan Springett Tel: 07712-672712 cat.spring@virgin.net Committee Members: Neil Frankum Tel: 0118-975-1528 neil@frankum.co.uk Keith Ellis Tel: 0118 9771101 keith.d.ellis@btinternet.com Ken Ricketts kenricketts@waitrose.com Dave Rogers Tel: 01344 628-623 rogersda@pbworld.com SCOA League The league is hotting up with some competitors have now completed six events but with three still to go the placings could change significantly. Remember to give yourself and our club the best chance of finishing up the league tables by making sure you complete six SCOA league events. BKO members in the top six at this stage are: White: Judith Jefferies W45 =2nd Yellow William Jefferies M12 2nd Orange Philippa Jefferies W14 2nd Green Peter Bennett M65 6th Blue Keith Ellis M45 2nd Blue Ian Hudson M55 4th Full league tables can be found on the SCOA website: www.scoa-orienteering.org.uk The remaining events are: 16th May Hawley BKO 6th June Downley TVOC 20th June Chawton Park BADO

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