The league table for our SUFFOC Club League this year have been updated recently. As it stands Sally Wilkinson and Garth Radcliffe are leading the women's and men's senior competitions, with Ethan Radcliffe leading the juniors.
A small group of SUFFOC Orienteers travelled to South Wales to compete at the British Orienteering Championships at Carreg Goch. Congratulations to them all.
In the last few years we have travelled abroad in February for our orienteering fix.It has the benefit of orienteering in different terrain whilst also, usually, being a bit warmer than the UK.
In 2026 we travelled to Southern Spain for the Malaga Orienteering Sprint Camp. (MOSC)
At the local qualifying heat of the Compass Sport Trophy held at Brandon Country Park on 22nd February, SUFFOC gained 3rd place and will be invited to the final in the autumn.
We had a fantastic turnout of 24 competitors across most of the classes.The final scores were very close, as we were only 2 points behind second placed LOG.
We have just learnt that John Webb passed away in the early hours of the 20th of September and our thoughts are with his wife June and their family at this sad time.
This year our AGM will be preceded by an event in Orwell Country Park. If you would like to take part, please ensure you have downloaded the MapRun app on to your mobile phone beforehand. If you haven’t used the app before we will be able to get you started on the day.
East Anglia is hosting this great weekend next year and the EAOA are appealing for all club members across the region to support this national event and please volunteer if you can.
Saturday 30th August 2025 British Mixed Sprint Relay Championships RAF Honington, Bury St Edmunds
Huge Congratulations to Ethan Radcliffe awarded third place (M14) at British Middle Distance Championships which took place at Holmbush & Buchan Country Park just west of Crawley in March - well done Ethan!
SUFFOC have won the 2024 East Anglian League club award, having beaten WAOC by a whisker. The winners banner was handed over from HAVOC at Kings Forest this weekend.
Congratulations also to Theo Steventon Barnes (M18), Emily Vallow (W21) and Sally Wilinson (W60) who won the East Anglian League club awards for their age class.
Calling all SUFFOC juniors. There is a newly formed East Anglian Schools Orienteering League (EASOL) that you can be part of. EASOL events are open to all young people of school age in the catchment areas of SOS, SUFFOC, WAOC, HAVOC, NOR and SMOC clubs.
Over the last few years, the Club has been working with schools to introduce orienteering to pupils, often through the School Sports Organisers who work with a collection of schools in an area. This has included a range of support mechanisms from after-school and online training sessions for teachers, teaching the basic skills and sharing simple activities that can be undertaken on the grounds, to direct sessions with classes.
The National Trust are running their ‘Summer of play’ in the Walled Garden at Ickworth over the school holidays. Wishing to have a special emphasis on sport to join in with the Olympics, SuffOC have been invited to run some ‘come and try it’ orienteering sessions. We have chosen Tuesday 6th, Thursday 15th and Thursday 22nd August.
Outdoor adventure for all the family this summer - join us this year at our Simon Peck Summer Series events, suitable for beginners and experienced orienteers alike. We have three courses, two for beginners and one longer trail for the more experienced. Learn to navigate, enjoy the outdoors.
We are looking forward to the inaugural Springtime in the East weekend coming up, a collaboration with NOR to host a packed weekend of orienteering in the heart of East Anglia. With a rapid interest in online entries for the Ickworth Park event over the last few days, we have now reached the maximum limit on number of participants, permitted by the National Trust. Entry online and on the day are unfortunately no longer available.
The SUFFOC League is an internal club competition our captain John Clarke has been running the last few years. You may not have noticed but there has been a list of qualifying events for 2024 on the website over the last few months and John has been busy doing some number crunching and calculated the league standings for the first six events. As it stands Sally and Clive Wilkinson are leading the women’s and men’s senior competitions, with Ethan Radcliffe leading the junior competition.
For those of you who have yet to sign up to the online club coaching sessions, here's your last chance this winter. Presented by Simon & Clive they have been full of hints and tips and are suitable for all levels. They really are worth attending, you can learn so much from both the coaches and more experienced orienteers on the session, so do sign up.The last session will cover contours and how to make them your friends.
Congratulations to Theo Stevenson-Barnes and Louise Walker on their Age Category wins in the East Anglian Orienteering league 2023, they were presented with their awards at the Compass Sport event at Kings Forest last month.
Congratulations to everyone who took part in yesterdays CompassSport Trophy Qualifiers in Kings Forest. It was a good day in the forest, the going was fast, furious and very wet! Sadly the club didn't qualify for the finals this year but SUFFOC came a very respectable 4th out of the clubs in our region with Ethan Radcliff winning his class - well done Ethan.
The East Anglian Orienteering Association welcomes you to the Midland Championships 2024 incorporating the BUCS Individual races and the East Anglian Championships at Sandringham Royal Park, West Norfolk On Saturday 9th March 2024Click here for more information
CLUB MEMBER EXCLUSIVE We are pleased to confirm that we are going to run our online coaching sessions again this winter. They proved very popular in previous years, are full of hints and tips and are suitable for all levels.
The East Anglia Orienteering Junior Squad were at the National Camp of M/W16s held at Hawkshead Youth Hostel in the Lake District last month. It was a great opportunity for the juniors to meet their national level peers and develop their orienteering skills over differing terrain. The camp incorporated training sessions on three different areas over the course of the weekend. It was a really great weekend for the squad and included an amazing night sprint around the grounds of Hawkshead for both juniors and coaches.
Congratulations to our Club Champion 2023 - Louise Walker. Pictured above receiving the Club Championship SUFFOC Punch-Bowl and mug from our Chair, Simon Hooton. The Club Championships annually at an event staged by one of our neighbouring EAOA clubs, thus giving all SuffOC members an opportunity to compete. The results are adjusted to take into account the age of each competitor and the technical difficulty of the course so every club member has an opportunity to win.
Congratulations to our juniors who retained the Yvette Baker Shield at the Yvette Baker Trophy Final at Sandal Beat Wood in Doncaster on Sunday 9th July 2023. SUFFOC secured a maximum 500 points with Olivia Radcliffe, Ben Clarke, Elizabeth Rigby, Ethan Radcliffe and Aaron Radcliffe winning their classes.
Suffolk Orienteering Club hosted the East Anglian Championships 2023 at Tangham on February 5th. It was a beautiful day to be orienteering in one of our best areas. Congratulations to the members of SUFFOC who are East Anglian champions this year . They are Ethan Radcliffe (M12), Theo Steventon Barnes (M18), Alesha Lowe (W20), Gareth Radcliffe (M40) and Sally Wilkinson (W55).
The Final Details file for our Tangham event in Rendlesham Forest is now available - and online entries via the Racesignup website are due to close this evening, 30th January.
As the event also includes the East Anglian Championships and the presentation of trophies is due to be held at the event, please remember to return your trophy to Clive Wilkinson, the event organiser, if you were a 2022 winner of your age category.
This year's East Anglian Championships are being hosted by SuffOC at their Tangham (Rendlesham Forest) event on 5th February. Clive Wilkinson, the organiser, has requested that all 2022 trophy holders please ensure that the engraved trophy is returned so that it can be presented to the 2023 winners on the day of the event. If you're unable to attend perhaps someone else in your club would be able to return it for you? Please contact Clive if there are any issues.
Congratulations to our team of Juniors who competed in the Peter Palmer Relay Competition recently, winning the Norfolk Trophy for smaller orienteering clubs and achieving 8th place overall.The event took place in a foggy Sutton Park, near Birmingham, on 10th/11th September. The relay had 6 legs altogether; the teams arrived and spent the night sleeping (or not!) in a sports hall, ready to start at 5am the following morning - all great fun! Our thanks to our volunteers who accompanied them.
British Orienteering's report on the event can be read here. Will Heap was the official photographer and you can see his images on Flickr. Full results can be accessed from the links on the COBOC website.
Have you enjoyed a few of our events so you're now thinking of joining our Club?
The normal membership year runs from January 1st, but this year British Orienteering is offering new members 4 months extra, so if you join from September 1st 2022 your first subscription will run until the end of December 2023. You’ll find full details, including the links you’ll need, on the membership page of our website.
Congratulations to our team of Juniors for their success at winning the Shield section (for smaller clubs) of the Yvette Baker competition on Sunday, at an event hosted in Irchester Country Park by Leicestershire Orienteering Club. It was a closely-fought competition, with only 4 points between the first three teams once the number-crunching had been completed.
The overall scores were: SUFFOC: 497, SOS: 496, BKO: 493, while the individual contributions made were: James & Ethan, 100 points each on the Orange & Yellow courses respectively, & 99 points each for Alesha (Green), Ben & Olivia (both on Light Green). Full results can be viewed on the LEIOC website.
Our thanks to all those who took part, either competing or by supporting, with a special mention of Mr Roach from Barnardiston Hall School who helped to transport some of the team members.
The final event in our Ipswich-O 2022 series took place in Holywells Park today and the results can be downloaded from the website.
We're hoping to to welcome some of our Ipswich-O "graduates" to our other Summer events at Clare and Needham Lake - entry will be free if you have a signed Ipswich-O 2022 Passport
Well done to all those who took part in today's event in Christchurch Park - you can view the overall results here.
The final event in the series will be inHolywells Park on Sunday 26th June - & don't forget that anyone with a signed Ipswich-O 2022 Passport will get free entry to our other two Summer Series events, in Clare on 3rd July & in Needham Lake Country Park on 17th July.
The next chance to take part in our evening MapRun Challenge series is happening soon. This one's at Pinewood, on the western side of Ipswich, & it's a 60 minute score course.Entry is free, but you'll need to have installed the MapRun app to use the GPS tracking & timing. If you missed either of the earlier meetings you can still try the new courses at Stowmarket & Ravenswood yourself, or with friends - you'll find links to full info on this webpage.
Another Ipswich-O event in beautiful weather, this time in Holywells Park, with many groups and families taking part - though obviously not disturbing the wildlife in the park!! The results have been uploaded and can be found here.
Many thanks to the volunteers who prepared and organised the event.
Ipswich-O 2022 got off to a flying start in beautiful weather in Christchurch Park yesterday afternoon, with many young entrants completing their course and proudly receiving their Passport of Achievement, as you can see. Fifty-five people took part, many of them in groups, and the results have now been uploaded to the website. Our thanks to all those volunteers who helped to make the event a success.
The next event will be in Holywells Park on Sunday 22nd May, starting at 13:00 - full details are here.
Congratulations to one of our Juniors, Olivia Radcliffe, on being selected for this year's training camp at Lagganlia in the Scottish Highlands. The camp is based at at the Outdoor Education Centre in the Spey valley, to the south west of Aviemore, and those attending will be training on the excellent orienteering areas in the vicinity. The camp only caters for 24 Juniors and those invited to attend will have undergone a tough selection process after first qualifying by reaching a high standard at the JK or the various British or Regional Championships.
Further information can be found on the JROS website.
Our series of Ipswich-O 2022 events is starting soon. These events, sponsored by Sport England, are designed for families, juniors, beginners & improvers - anyone, in fact, who enjoys exploring in the outdoors! At each event there'll be 3 courses to choose from and we'll help you understand the detailed map and how to use the timing system. Once you've completed your course you'll have your achievement listed in an Ipswich-O Passport - & that will give you free entry into our Simon Peck Summer Series events so you can practise your skills!
You can find details of the first event, in Christchurch Park, here.
Our series of MapRun Challenges is ongoing. These informal 60 minute score courses are tracked and timed using your Android or iPhone GPS & the MapRun6 app - and, if we start at roughly the same time, provide a chance to meet up for a chat & refreshments afterwards. All are welcome - the next one is in the Ravenswood area of Ipswich and the details are here.
SuffOC was well-represented at the British Long Distance & Relay Championships on March 26 & 27th. The events took place in tough heathland & woodland areas near Liphook in Surrey - and our team came third in the Junior Ad Hoc class! Our congratulations to Ben, James & Theo on their podium place, & to all the others who took part on various courses over the two events.
Our Club Championships were able to take place in 2021, unlike 2020, and this time the winner was Martin Hore, followed by Sally Wilkinson and Olivia Radcliffe in second and third place respectively. Our Chairman, Simon, duly presented the trophy, the Punchbowl, at our West Harling event last weekend.
The competition was held at NOR's Lynford event in December. The Club Champs results can be seen here & the overall results from the NOR webpage.
Our next online training session for members will be at 19:30 on Monday 7th February. It will follow a similar format to previous sessions, i.e. part coaching and chat, part discussion of events coming up in the next couple of months. The coaching will focus on the follow-up to an event, while the events section is likely to cover the CompassSport qualifier at Mildenhall North and the British Middle Distance Championships (to be held in "EAOA country" at Rushmere).
Please let Clive know if you wish to join us for the session so that he can send you the Zoom link.
The training session in Bridge Wood (Orwell Country Park) which had to be postponed because of the weather forecast and potential road closures before Xmas has been rescheduled for Saturday 29th January - see the events section, but all queries/registrations to Clive, please.
The Zoom meeting on preparing MapRun courses is on Wednesday 5th January at 7pm. All welcome, especially members who haven't dared to dip their toes into the "planning" area yet! Please email Sarah for the link to join the meeting.
Our congratulations to Barnardiston Hall School for winning the Middle School Trophy at the British Schools Orienteering Championships at Stowe Park, Buckinghamshire on Sunday 21st November. There were two SuffOC Juniors competing at the Championships: James contributed to Barnardiston's First place in both the "Middle Schools" and the "Y7 Boys" categories, while Ben helped The Perse Upper School to gain fourth position against other "Large Secondaries".
Congratulations to Barney Steventon-Barnes who has been selected to join the GB Talent Squad South.The performance pathway for junior orienteers has been improved this year by having three squads across the country (South, North and Scotland) and this will lower the amount of travelling for squad members and coaches.Barney was selected through his performances at a number of selection races in 2021.These squads are a natural progression from the regional squads for talented juniors.
Barney was also selected to take part in the 2021 training camp, held this year in Scotland instead of Sweden (because of travel restrictions). His account of the training, both in the dune areas of the Moray coast and in the beautiful Glen Affric, will feature in a future edition of the club "Punch" magazine.
Two smiling family - and SuffOC - members were photographed at the EAOA presentations during our Bury St Edmunds Urban event today. Sarah Mansel is pictured holding the Bill Stevens Trophy while her daughter Bronwen has the 2021 East Anglian Championship Women's Open Trophy, the latter won at the Regional Championships held at HAVOC's Epping Forest SW event on 26th September.
The Bill Stevens Trophy was created in memory of the SOS member who died in 1987; it is awarded annually for "for people who have contributed greatly to orienteering in the region at any level, often working in the background, and irrespective of competitive ability".
The Club AGM, held after our recent event in Nowton Park, resulted in a few changes to the committee. We welcomed Simon as the new Chair, Clive and Sally as joint Secretary, and Adam as an additional committee member. Full details, including some additional non-committee Club roles, are listed on our Who's Who & Contacts page.
Will and Alison stood down as Chair and Secretary respectively and we would like to thank them for all the work they carried out on behalf of the Club.
The post of Punch editor has been vacant for a while, since both a Scottish university and a Scottish club enticed our previous editor to move up North. We're grateful that Louise Walker has now stepped into the breach and, now that orienteering is back on the road (and soon, hopefully, back in the forest!) hoping to get the next edition out by the end of August. Louise has already put out a request for articles via the club email list, so we'd better all get typing!
We'd like to thank our previous editor, Chloe, for all the work she did in this voluntary post, and wish her every success both on her course and with her new club.
We've now established permissions for our Simon Peck Summer Series & we also have a new venture, a series of Social MapRuns, as informal meets, open to all.
The SPSS events will have the normal format, i.e. a choice from 3 or 4 linear courses with SI timing, while the Social MapRuns will be score courses using GPS tracking. The Social MapRuns are unashamedly based on the successful format used by local running clubs - meet near a pub, run, return to said pub for refreshment and chat.
The Social MapRuns will each involve a 60 minute "Street-O" score course where you will need to use the MapRun6 (or its predecessor, MapRunF) app on your smartphone. In addition, carrying a printed map is an option which makes route planning easier - and is a necessity if you run with the MapRunG app on your Garmin sports watch.
If you haven't used the MapRun app before you can find details on our MapRun pages. All will be welcome, whatever their level of experience, so please encourage your friends to have a go!
Now that restrictions are beginning to be lifted we have two events to look forward to in June. The first is on Sunday 6th in the Bridge Wood section of Orwell Country Park - an area well known for its contours and, though we've held events there previously, never fails to challenge! A newly-mapped area - the West Suffolk town of Clare - will be the venue for our second event on June 20th. The event will be centred on the Clare Castle Country Park, enabling the younger Juniors to have traffic-free courses while adults can explore the interesting mix of ancient and modern in the rest of the town. The third Summer Series event will be on July 18th, again on a newly mapped area - the grounds of the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, alongside the River Stour.
If you're wondering how best to train for these events - or would just like to do some additional orienteering without travelling too far - all our virtual courses are still available, & have, in fact, been increasing in number! The newest version of the app is MapRun6 & you can find our course locations summarised on this page. If you haven't tried any yet you'll find the background information here.
The second of the Mapping webinars is on Tuesday 4th May - this is the one which Martin is helping to present. For further details & links to the registration page see this news item. If you weren't able to take part in the first one you can still watch a recording from the British Orienteering Webinar page.
The previous evening we have our own online club session. Clive is running this session, with help from Sally & Simon. The session will include an initial presentation, trying out selected courses on Running Wild, small group discussions &, if you're lucky, even a fun quiz! All members should have received information about this - there's still time to apply, just email Clive.
The next two British Orienteering webinars cover the vital (to us!) topic of Mapping - and SuffOC's Martin Hore is helping to present the second one! For further details & links to the registration pages see this news item.
Fingers crossed our Summer Series will be able to take place - &, prior to that, Simon & Clive are holding a virtual training session on Monday 8th March. It will be via Zoom, open to all present & past members of SuffOC, & will feature a mix of ideas to help you prepare, including fitness, virtual 'O' & technical skills. The session will be suitable for both experienced & newer members - it'll be lovely to see people again, even though we can't meet in the forest or park at the moment.
So - put the event on your calendar:
Monday 8th March, 19.30
SuffOC Zoom meeting
& let Simon know that you're planning to attend so that he can send you an invitation to join the meeting.
From 5th January all organised orienteering events, leagues, coaching etc have been suspended - you can read the full statement from British Orienteering here.
Individuals are encouraged to continue to exercise locally & you probably have your own preferred routes close to home. If you happen to live near one of our Virtual Courses you may like to try it to practise your "O" skills - there's no limit to the number of times you can repeat any of the courses so trying to improve your route choices, along with your fitness level, could take you higher up the MapRun leaderboard!
We're still hoping to bring you the events we've scheduled for 2021, but, in the meantime, along with many other clubs, we've been continuing to develop our catalogue of virtual MapRun courses. The courses are similar to those we put on in our Summer Series - the latest offerings are a score course in Aldeburgh, thanks to Ray, & a long & short linear course in Elmswell, generated by Sarah's Purple Pen. At the suggestion of one of our regular MapRunners we're also beginning to put together some 5Km Run Routes, e.g. this one in Elmswell. As they're fairly simple routes they'll be a good introduction to MapRun, in addition providing a timed route for those missing their regular parkrun!
So - have a go, have fun, & encourage your friends to try our virtual courses to liven up Xmas & the New Year..
The current restrictions mean that we have to postpone our Tunstall Forest event for members - we'll keep you posted!
In the meantime, the forests are still open for you to run or walk in individually or with a friend, & our MapRun courses are available for virtual orienteering
Have you tried any of our MapRun courses? We now have a variety of courses, situated in many parts of the county - enough for us to be able to set up a League for these courses, in addition to our regular league for official events. Sarah has set up a pilot league for the remaining months in 2020 & this will be scaled up for next year.
The courses for November league points are Felixstowe Long & Claydon & Blakenham (All the original courses are still available on MapRunF at the moment but aren't included in the league any longer).
At our Haughley Park event on Sunday the club made a presentation to John & June Webb in recognition of their outstanding contribution to orienteering in Suffolk. The committee had spent some time discussing the ideal gift for two dedicated orienteers & decided that a large-scale map of Ickworth Park, together with a purpose-made 2000 piece jigsaw puzzle based on the map, would be perfect.
John & June have been involved with the club for well over 40 years: planning, mapping, acting as committee members & volunteering at events, in addition to competing (which they still do as an M80 & W85). Martin Hore introduced the presentation - you can read his text here & find further reminiscences on our "Looking Back" webpage.
We've done "Lockdown Orienteering" & "Virtual Bury St Edmunds" - now that we're allowed a little more freedom, albeit very carefully, why not try running a real orienteering course? We can't offer mass events with physical SI controls but we have been working on courses which you can follow on your own, or with your family group, using the GPS on your smartphone together with an app, MapRunF.
We've a handful of courses already waiting for you - mainly Street-Os at the moment, similar to some of our Summer Series events, as we need to choose areas with easy public access. There's a whole new section on the website explaining what to do, starting from here, so why not give it a go & share your results with us?
With World Orienteering Day originally scheduled for next week Lockdown Orienteering has put together a series of virtual challenges - anyone can take part, but you do need to register before 13:00 on Tuesday 12th May.
More locally, we've designed an armchair challenge for you for the following week as unfortunately all our annual Simon Peck Summer Series events have had to be cancelled, or at least postponed for some time. You can view the details here & the map & questions will be available from 29th May, with the answers published on Monday 1st June.
Could you plan virtual orienteering courses? Courses which people could try on their own while maintaining physical distancing, for when things ease a little? British Orienteering is putting on 3 webinars (free to members) during the next three weeks:
Routegadget: With Simon Errington, Happy Herts Orienteering Club (HH) on Thursday 7 May at 7.30pm
MapRun: With Pat MacLeod, North Gloucestershire Orienteering Club (NGOC) on Tuesday 12 May at 7.30pm
Along with the governing bodies of other sports, British Orienteering has issued the following statement:
Suspension of all orienteering activities
It is with great sadness that we are now in a position where all orienteering activities in the UK have to be suspended with immediate effect.
We are aware that the Coronavirus outbreak is a very fluid and rapidly changing situation. We will, therefore, continue to follow advice from Public Health England, World Health Organisation and both local and national governments on this matter and will keep the orienteering family updated as appropriate.
The results of both the EA League & the new EA Urban League were published at the end of the year & the presentations took place at SOS’s EA League event at Writtle Forest on 2nd February. Congratulations to our eight age-class winners - Roderick, Chloe, Bronwen, Lizzie, Sarah & Sally in the EAL & to Alesha & Phil in the EAUL.
The 2020 EA League started on 2nd February at SOS's Writtle Forest event & the 2020 EA Urban League will begin on 16th May (tbc) in Harwich.
The presentation of the Punchbowl & a SuffOC mug to Chloe, the winner of the 2019 Club Championships, was made at our Knettishall Heath event on Sunday.
The Club Champs were held at NOR's Shouldham Warren event in December. The weather, the venue & the courses combined to make a highly enjoyable event, &, once the number-crunching had been carried out, Chloe was in first place, followed by Will & then Isaac. Congratulations everyone, & our thanks to NOR providing the basis for such a good competition.
If you were kind enough to donate your map so that another competitor could use it for an on-the-day-entry after the printed maps had run out - first, a big thank you from the Planner & Organiser, & second, you can download the map file from this page if you wish to have a copy for your records.
The new version of our Club League starts this Sunday - January 12th - at Knettishall
John has circulated the basic info in our Punch newsletter & you can find an outline of the new scheme - with provisional dates for some of the events - here (please check back at intervals for further additions to the list). You'll find that the best way to score points is run the class recommended for your age group (which will be the same as the one for an EA League event) although you may be able to enhance your score by "running up". The scoring system will be similar to the one in the previous version of the league - it looks complicated at first, but does take into account age class & level of difficulty.
Online entries are open until 8th January - on-the-day entry will be possible on all courses, subject to map availability, but will, apart from those for Juniors & club volunteers, cost a little extra.
Participants in the Club League do need to be current members - err - have you remembered to renew your subscription?
Congratulations to Colin, who was awarded the Simon Peck Award for 2019 for his work on updating & greatly extending the Gunton Denes & Dip Farm map - in addition to planning a popular 3-course event for this year's Summer Series. Will, our chairman, finally caught up with Colin to make the presentation during our Daisy's Wood event.
Another Gold medal for one of our Juniors - this time for Barney in the Y10 Boys class at the British Schools Orienteering Championships at Black Park, near Slough, on 17th November. James was also part of the Barnardiston Hall team which won Bronze in the Y5 Boys competition. Congratulations!
The East Anglian Schools' Championships were held as part of Norfolk Orienteering's Hockham event on 10th November. Alesha took Gold in the Y11 class (& 5th overall on the Light Green course) while James was in 3rd place in the Y6 boys (& on the White course). Congratulations to them both, & to all who took part in this interesting but tricky area.
The British Schools Score Championships took place on October 12th in Heaton Park, Manchester, in excellent weather. James achieved a silver medal in the Year 5 Boys class with 150 points, just 10 points behind the winner, & his brother Ben finished 10th in the highly competitive Year 10/11 Boys class. Both the boys' and girls' teams from Barnardiston Hall School came second in the Middle Schools Category. Congratulations to all who took part.
We had planned, together with our neighbouring club, WAOC, a forest-and-urban weekend, & had promised two contrasting events, but had not anticipated quite how much difference there would be! Saturday's event at West Harling was held in beautiful autumnal sunshine while Sunday's weather was the subject of a Met Office severe weather warning. The warning, together with early heavy rain & difficult driving conditions, discouraged some participants, but those who did attend had a second day of excellent orienteering.
Links to both sets of results, together with Routegadget maps, UKUL & SEOUL listings, comments from event officials, & to Steve Rush's excellent photos of the urban, taken despite the difficult weather conditions, are on our Results page.
Our thanks to all those who helped to make the events such a success - & to those who allowed us to use the venues.
We've had the first event, in the forest at West Harling today (you can view the results here), & our first-ever complete urban event in Bury St Edmunds is tomorrow, Sunday. There'll be courses to suit everyone, whatever your age or fitness level, &, in the urban, special "Taster" courses for newcomers. On-the-day entry is available for the "Taster" & for the competition courses - it's best to plan to arrive early in the registration period to enter your preferred competition course, as we have a finite number of maps still available for each one.
Our most recent Events Newsletter has information on Autumn in Anglia & on our other events over the winter, with links to more detailed information.
Urban orienteering's great fun - & the Junior courses are virtually traffic free so it's good for youngsters, with or without family support on the actual course!
Entries are now open for our orienteering weekend in early October. We'll be at West Harling on Saturday 5th & in the centre of Bury St Edmunds the following day, so you'll experience both forest & urban orienteering.
It's possible for individuals to enter any of the main courses via the Fabian4 website (& also to hire a SI card if necessary) - it enables you to fast-track straight to the Start on the day, unless you're hiring a SI card, & ensures that we have the correct map for you. Entry on the day will depend on map availability.
Both days cater for all levels of experience - the urban event has "Taster" courses for newcomers - & we know that beginners often prefer to enter with friends/family members. If you're interested in group entry or a "Taster" course then you'll need to enter on the day - you'll probably want to ask our Helpdesk for advice on the best course to select anyway.
On Sunday morning a group of us met up at the Ipswich Cornhill to be issued with maps & instructions for our Elm-O - basically a fun score event trying to visit as many of the 55 elephant sculptures as we could in 90 minutes. There were no SI units or gripples to be seen; we had to collect a certain letter from the sponsorship information from each statue (a way of ensuring that we didn't just sit in the pub & fill in our control cards from one of the official glossy brochures!). Urban 'O' planners could take note that the prominent placement of the statues meant that we visited some of the best parts of the town - shopping centres, railway station, waterfront (the latter two linked by a delightful path along the Gipping, depending on your route choice) - there was even a statue inside the library - no poking about in the back of car parks or under stairs to find hidden controls!
There were approximately 37 participants, a mixture of experienced orienteers, local runners & family groups, some aiming to visit all 55, some just wanting to explore the town centre & spend a bit more time enjoying the patterns on the different elephants. A total of £60 was raised for the St Elizabeth Hospice. Our thanks go to Clive & Sally for devising & organising the event. The Elmers will be on display until 7th September & if you weren't able to join us on Sunday you can still obtain a copy of the O map from Clive & Sally - perhaps at Hardwick Heath on Saturday? - if you'd like to try the run on your own.
This year's Suffolk Schools Orienteering Championships were held on Thursday 23rd May. There had previously been regional heats in Eye, Beyton & Mildenhall & nine teams from seven schools had qualified for the final, held for the third year running at the Thorpe Woodlands Adventure Centre in Thetford Forest.
Congratulations to all who took part, particularly to the teams from Debenham who achieved 1st place in the individual pairs event and who also won the team competition and to the Roughham & Charsfield teams who were placed 2nd & 3rd respectively. The complete report and results list can be downloaded from our website.
We had beautiful weather in Sheringham Park for the EAOA championships last Sunday. Peter & Steve had created some excellent courses in what is one of East Anglia's most "technical" areas (tricky contours, in other words!). Congratulations to Bronwen on her win in the W21 age class. The other class winners can be viewed here and the overall results on the Norfolk OC website.
Belated congratulations to our 2018 Club League prizewinners: Clive (Seniors, 1st place), Sarah (Seniors, 3rd, & 1st Lady), Barney & Tim (Juniors, joint 1st place) & Chloe (Juniors, 3rd, & 1st Lady). Holding presentation ceremonies has proved to be a little difficult, but we've now managed to catch up with all except Tim at different orienteering events (some of them on a very wet Knettishall Heath!). The final results can be seen here.
We had several first-timers at our Knettishall event: Tracie, Chloe & Orlando have uploaded a record of their experiences on the Orange course here.
Maps: If you kindly gave your White or Brown map to another competitor at the event - thank you for helping, & our apologies that it was necessary - it's so difficult to predict numbers!
You can download a copy of the relevant map from the links below:
We also found a carrier bag containing a pair of shoes & gloves. Apparently it had been left at a previous event - maybe the recent WAOC or CUOC event - & brought to Knettishall in case the owner was looking for it. If yours, please email knettishall@suffoc.co.uk
Congratulations to our four age-class winners - Barney (M14), Neil (M40), Lizzie (W35) & Sarah (W50) - in last year's East Anglian League. The trophy presentation took place at WAOC's Bush Heath event last weekend - & that event was also the start of the 2019 League! The next chance to score points in the 2019 League will occur on 9th February at CUOC's Icenian 2019 event, Wormley Wood, Broxbourne.
Our Late Winter Events Newsletter has been mailed out to members & subscribers - it contains info about our Knettishall event so, if you'd like to read it but aren't on our mailing list you can access it here.
We've since had the go-ahead to release the Final Details file & this has now been uploaded to the website.
This year’s Club Championships were held at WAOC’s Rowney Warren event on 25th November. The Warren is described as "a well-contoured pine forest with significant spur and valley structure" & the event was chosen as it provided a greater technical challenge for the competitors.
Our congratulations to Lizzie Rosewell for a storming run which enabled her to win the SuffOC Punchbowl this year and to her husband, Neil, the close runner-up.
The results for the Club Championships can be downloaded from our website..
The British Schools Orienteering Championships took place last weekend at Witton Country Park in Blackburn.The weather was superb and our juniors did very well, securing a number of podium places. Theo Stevenson-Barnes came 2nd in the B7 category; Barney Steventon-Barnes was 3rd in the B9 category and Matt Clarke, in his final school championships, finished 3rd in the B13 class.
Barnardiston School took over 20 runners to the competition. The majority of their competitors had only taken up the sport at the beginning of term but they still managed some good runs, notably Ollie Vendy who came 3rd in the B5.
Our congratulations to Clive for his expert navigation around the streets, alleyways and bridges of Venice (with tourists adding an additional hazard) on the 10th & 11th November. This was the first time that Clive had competed in this event and he was placed 3rd in his age category over the 2 stages, one at night & the other the following day. You can watch a video which demonstrates the type of terrain here and...
Congratulations to our SuffOC team for their performance at the CompassSport Final at Abraham's Valley, near Rugeley, Staffordshire yesterday. The team was placed 9th out of 15 - the highest placing SuffOC has ever achieved at a Final in this competition.
The Club also had its own "Run In" competition for the fastest time between the final control and the finish. Bronwen was First Lady, in a time of 37 secs, & Roderick won the male competition with a time of 31 secs.
There were excellent results for some of our Juniors at the British Schools Score Orienteering Champs at Moors Valley Country Park, Ringwood, Dorset on 13th October. In the individual classes Matt was placed first, Chloe & Barney second, & Theo third in their respective age classes. Both Barnardiston Hall & the Perse School were "in the medals" in the various team categories. Well done, everyone!
Congratulations to Paul Lowe for being nominated to receive this year's Simon Peck Award for his hard work to ensure that the Summer Series ran smoothly. Paul acted as Controller for each of the events, giving advice to those planning the courses, & also calmly administered the registration & results recording on the day. The award was presented by our outgoing Chair, Louise, at the AGM held during our Ickworth Park event.
The latest events newsletter has been emailed today. If you're not a member, or haven't already subscribed to our mailing list online or at an event, you can download a copy here.
A new page - the Captain's Noticeboard - has been added to the Members-Only part of the website. Please check it, as it has important information on the CompassSport Final & the next club kit order. Don't forget you'll need to be logged in to access it.
With the British Sprint & Middle Championships taking place this weekend, it seems a good time to remind everyone that you can follow the GB athletes on their own website...
There have been successful Xplorer sessions for younger families at our Needham Lake event & also during the Holywells Park activities yesterday. There will be further chances to "have a go" over the next few weeks:
The Walton Chasers club, which is hosting the CompassSport Final this October, has already circulated preliminary information about the event, to be held in Abraham's Valley, Cannock Chase.
We have combined SuffOC/NOR teams travelling out to Finland for this weekend's Jukola & Venla relay races. The Venla, or women's relay, starts at 12:00 BST on Saturday & the Jukola (men's relay) at 21:00 BST. Details of the courses, terrain, maps & results tracking can be found on the Jukola website. Good Luck, everyone!
Congratulations to Barney for being selected for the JROS training camp at Lagganlia near Aviemore this summer. Only 24 Juniors (M/W14s) from across the country obtain places at this camp, so there has been stiff competition at the qualifying events which included the JK & the British & regional championships.
This year's Suffolk Schools Orienteering Championships were held on Thursday 24th May. There had previously been regional heats in Eye, Beyton & Bury St Edmunds & ten teams from eight schools had qualified for the final, held for the second year running at the Thorpe Woodlands Adventure Centre in Thetford Forest.
Congratulations to all who took part, particularly to the teams from Debenham who achieved 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in the individual pairs event and who also won the team competition, and our thanks to Clive & Simon from SuffOC and the staff from the various schools involved. The complete report and results list can be downloaded from our website..
Congratulations to our Juniors for winning the regional Yvette Baker Trophy Heat at Danbury Park on 13th May. It was a nail-biting time while the number crunching - & re-checking - was carried out, but SuffOC won by one point over Hertfordshire OC, with Essex Stragglers a mere one point behind in 3rd place. The team results have been summarised here and the full event results can be read on the Essex Stragglers' website.
Our team will go on to compete in the final in Arrow Park, near Redditch, on 1st July..
Congratulations to our 29 SuffOC members who competed at the 2018 JK events over the Easter weekend. The sprint event was held at MOD Stafford and the others on Cannock Chase. Weather conditions varied from 'Fine' to 'Wet, cold, muddy, misty, with a sprinkling of overnight snow'. The results summary can be seen here and selected photos on our Facebook page.
Congratulations to our seven age-class winners - Theo, Barney, Chloe, Matthew, Bronwen, Lizzie and Sally - at the 2018 EA Championships on 25th March in Writtle Forest. The event results are given on the SOS and EAOA websites, while our SuffOC winners are summarised here.
Matthew Clarke was also awarded the Joan George Trophy for the best performance by a Junior.
What will SuffOC members be doing on October 21st? A fair number of them will be orienteering on Cannock Chase, in the area marked in red on the map, competing in the final of the CompassSport Trophy. At the end of the Area Heats in Shouldham Warren on Sunday SuffOC found themselves in the lead of the Trophy section for smaller clubs, some 23 points ahead of the nearest rivals, Essex Stragglers. Norfolk OC also won the Cup section for larger clubs, so will be accompanying us to the final. Congratulations to all those who took part, and our thanks to the members of the various East Anglian clubs who helped to stage the event.
Our first "Events Newsletter" gives information about Chillesford (Tunstall Forest) & other late winter events in the region. The next one will feature our Sprint & Summer events - you can access the mailing list sign-up box from the home & events pages of the website & from the desktop version of Facebook.
The area CompassSport Cup & Trophy heat is being held at Shouldham Warren on March 11th. Sarah, our Club Captain, has already circulated details to members. Entry to the competition classes (Orange, then Short Green & above) is now open on Fabian4. There will also be entry-on-the-day for the White, Yellow & Light Green courses for younger families and non-members.
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The number-crunching has been completed & the final version of the 2017 SuffOC League uploaded. Will, Clive & Neil R were placed first, second & third respectively in the Senior section, with Lizzie as first lady in fourth place overall. In the Junior section Tim & Matthew were in joint first place, with Chloe in third (& first lady). Congratulations to all..
There were several SuffOC age-class winners in the 2017 EAOA league: congratulations to Roderick (M20), Will (M55), Chloe (W16), Bronwen (W20), Lizzie (W35) & Sarah (W50). The complete results for 2017 can be seen on the EAOA website.
If you're looking for your orienteering fix over the holiday then SOS has a New Year's Novelty at Broaks Wood - & to keep your legs in action there are a number of our local parkruns...
Our next club training session will be at Knettishall Heath & is aimed at getting us up to speed with our orienteering. All welcome, whatever your current level of experience - you can download the details here.
The SuffOC championships were held at the WAOC event in Brandon Park on 29th October. Congratulations to Will - seen here being presented with the Punchbowl - as the overall winner, with Louise & Lizzie second & third respectively.
SuffoC members had their own 'Final Sprint' competition for the run-in on the last leg at the Compass Sport Final at Virtuous Lady, Horrabridge. Although they had been competing for several kilometres across the steep-sided valley on the edge of Dartmoor, some excellent split times were achieved on the final uphill section. Alesha & Jack were the overall winners, with times of 25 & 17 seconds respectively, & were awarded the coveted SuffOC mugs at the recent Brandon Park event. The full list can be viewed here & photos of some of our competitors in our Facebook album.
Congratulations to Alesha for being selected to receive the Simon Peck Award for her hard work & improved performance in orienteering during the 4 events in this year's Summer Series. The award was presented during the event at Brandon Park on Sunday.
The 2017 Club Championships will be held at WAOC's Brandon Park event on October 29th. Details can be found on the WAOC website; advance entries are via Fabian4.
Congratulations to all those who took part in the British Sprint & Middle Distance Championships last weekend. SuffOC's Tim Harrison achieved 11th place in the Sprint Men's Open 'A' final in Campbell Park, Milton Keynes on the Saturday & went on to win the Bronze medal in his age class in the Middle Distance event in Wendover Woods on the Sunday.
Congratulations to our Juniors who took part in this year’s Peter Palmer Junior Relay competition at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield on 10th September. Of the 25 teams participating in the event, two were from SuffOC (the second entered jointly with SMOC). Following on from their success in 2016, the SuffOC first team were again awarded the Norwich Anniversary Trophy for the highest-placed small club - definitely a cause for Celebrations!
Congratulations to our SuffOC members - Barney, Matthew, Tim & Chloe - selected to be part of the team representing East Anglia at the Junior Inter Regional Championships on the North Downs in September.
Congratulations to the 21 members who competed at the Scottish 6 Day event - Deeside 2017 - earlier this month. There's a table summarising our club results here and various photos have been collected & uploaded in a Facebook album.
Holywells Park is holding an afternoon of activities for families on Wednesday 16th August & our club will be supervising the orienteering section. It will be an excellent way to try orienteering - you can start whenever you like during the afternoon & you'll be given a printed map & some instructions. The challenge could to plan a route to find checkpoints in a particular order, or you could decide to do do a "find-as-many-controls-as-you-can" in a given time. Further details can be found here.
The EAOA AGM was held after SuffOC's summer event at Ipswich High School, Woolverstone on Sunday and our congratulations go to Andrew Elliott who was presented with the Bill Stevens Trophy. This trophy is awarded annually to someone who has contributed greatly to orienteering in East Anglia, often by working in the background, & Andrew has been the EAOA treasurer for some time, in addition to carrying out the same role for our club.
The final event in the Essex & Suffolk Schools 'O' League took place at Wivenhoe last weekend and there were several SuffOC Juniors on the podium. Although not everyone was present on Sunday, individual age-category awards for their perfomances across the series of events went to: Barney (First place), Bronwen (Second place), Theo, Ben, Tim and Jack (Third place). In addition, Alice and Lottie were placed First and Third respectively from the Barnardiston Hall entries. Congratulations, everyone!
The 2017 Suffolk Schools Orienteering Championships was held at the Thorpe Woodlands Adventure Centre on Thursday 25th May 2017. Six schools had qualified for the final in regional heats and each school brought two pairs of orienteers to the final, which was a 20 minute score event. Congratulations to all involved, particularly to Chilton Community Primary School, Stowmarket for coming 1st and 2nd in the pairs event and therefore also winning the team competition.
Preparations for our 2017 Summer Series are well underway. These events are an excellent introduction to the sport - beginners, including families, are welcome. Walk or run, individually or in small groups - it's your choice!
Congratulations to Matthew Clarke and Chloe Cracknell who have been selected to attend this year's Deeside training camp which runs from 22nd-29th July.
The ‘Deeside’ training camp is based at Templars’ Park, Maryculter on the banks of the River Dee near Aberdeen, within reach of excellent orienteering areas such as Glen Feardar, Cambus O’May, Inchmarnoch & Creag Choinnich.
Anyone who would like to try orienteering but is hesitating due to a lack of confidence in their map reading skills may be interested in this event which is part of the Suffolk Walking Festival 2017.
There was a sizeable contingent from SuffOC at the Compass Sport Trophy area heat on the Ashridge Estate in the Chilterns last weekend. At the end of the event it appeared that SuffOC had won the heat, but then came the announcement that there were some anomalies so the scores needed to be rechecked. After a nail-biting week the results have now been finalised and yes, SuffOC really did win against the 8 other clubs: together with SAX we have qualified for the final. Congratulations, everyone, we now have a fantastic opportunity to participate in the Level A final in October!
The final will be held on Sunday 22nd October at Virtuous Lady (named after a disused mine), near Yelverton. Devon Orienteering has already set up a webpage with a link to the map and the list of qualifying clubs for both the Trophy and the Cup can be found here.
Just a reminder that the presentation of the mementos to the 2016 EA League age class winners will take place at SOS's Writtle event on April 2nd, at approx. 13:30 & the 2017 EAOA Championships will be held at SMOC's Rushmere event on March 19th.
Our next coaching session will take place at Rowney Warren on 25th February. The course will focus on improving your ability to visualise the landscape from the mapped contours - something which many members have requested!
We were saddened to learn that Wesley Musall passed away last Saturday. Wes was a keen outdoor enthusiast, participating in climbing, mountain biking and long-distance events in addition to orienteering. He will be remembered for his support for our club as a competitor, a determined team member and as a volunteer at our events. We would like to express our condolences to his family and friends.
Information about our Compass Sport qualifier at Ashridge is now available. If anyone else now finds themselves available & is tempted by the thought of orienteering in this lovely location please contact Sarah on captain [at] suffoc [dot] co [dot] uk as soon as possible.
A number of SuffOC members enjoyed the Icenian events at High Lodge & Thetford Warren over the weekend. In addition to the CUOC event being part of the EA League there was also the inter-club Icenian Trophy, &, despite being a relatively small club, SuffOC came 3rd overall, behind NOR & WAOC. Congratulations, folks!!
We are pleased to announce that "The Punch" is now an award winning publication, having been chosen for an award for club newsletters by CompassSport magazine. Well done everyone - & keep the articles & photos rolling in to Lizzie for the next edition!
The EA League has now been finalised and we have several SuffOC age-class winners. Congratulations to: Barney Steventon-Barnes (M12), Neil Rosewell (M35), Phil Halford (M60), Bronwen Mansel (W18), Lizzie Rosewell (W35), Sarah Mansel (W50) & Chris Gay (W65).
The 2016 SuffOC League has now been finalised and congratulations are due to the Harrison family, to Will for winning the Senior League & to Tim for the Junior section...
The committee has been working hard behind the scenes to supply evidence to back our Clubmark renewal and we've just heard that we've received accreditation again...
Congratulations to all the Juniors who competed in the British Schools Orienteering Championships in the gently contoured woodland at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield. Tim, Barney and Matthew were 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively in their individual age classes, Chloe was part of the winning team from Hedingham School (Y11 Girls).....
Several SuffOC members attended this year's White Rose weekend in Dalby Forest on the N York Moors and two of our Junior women - Chloë & Bronwen - were rewarded with podium places, and the coveted White Rose mugs, for their overall scores in the Middle and Classic distance races.
From our Captain, Sarah: Congratulations to our juniors who competed in the 2015-16 Essex & Suffolk Schools League. At the final event at Danbury the class leaders, which included Theo, Barney, Matthew, Tim & Bronwen from SuffOC, were awarded trophies and medals...
Congratulations to Theo Steventon-Barnes for his performance which led to him winning his M10 class in the British Middle Distance Championships in a highly complex and technical area at Leith Hill, near Dorking, on Sunday. 2016 is proving to be an excellent season for Theo...
At the end of the Summer Series 2016 there will be the opportunity for Club Members to nominate individuals for the Simon Peck Summer Series Award 2016 for the most enjoyable/ challenging event, the most ingenious/ devious/ frustrating event, the most improved orienteer over the series or for any other reason connected to this summer's events.
The Results are now up for the Compass Sport Qualifier held at Hatfield Forest at the weekend. Thanks to all our competitors - we came a very respectable second, only 22 points behind the winning team from SOS. Congratulations to our 4 class winners: Barney, Tim, Will and Sarah.
Congratulations to our Mini relay team - Ben, Theo & Barney - for yet again winning the Bronze medal in a major event, this time at the British Championships on Brown Clee over the weekend....
Just a reminder that SuffOC members have been invited to attend the Essex Stragglers' coaching sessions over the coming months. The May session will concentrate on sprint technique and in June the focus will be on contours, using our mapped area in Bridge Wood, Orwell Country Park....
Congratulations to all our members who competed - under very variable weather conditions - in this year's JK in Yorkshire. Congratulations in particular to the Junior relay team of Ben, Theo and Craig who were placed third - and won the Bronze medal - in their class. Two other relay teams - Bryn, David & Neil R, and Tim, Barney & Matthew - were placed 10th and 6th respectively in their highly competitive classes. Links to the results can be found in the full news item.
In this anniversary year - 50 years of the JK and 30 years since it was held in East Anglia - we have 30 members travelling up to Yorkshire for the JK this Easter Weekend and have entered a record number of relay teams - 8 in total - for the final day's racing. Our best wishes to all our competitors in both the individual and team events.
Congratulations to all those who took part in the Midlands Championships on 28th February in Sherwood Forest and in particular to Matthew Clark, who won the M16 class. Our Juniors have also been in action at the Yvette Baker Trophy heat at Hockham on 6th March. The team was placed third overall, with Matthew Clarke and Barney Steventon-Barnes both winning their classes.
Congratulations to our SuffOC competitors who won their age classes in the 2016 East Anglian Championships at our event in Tunstall Forest yesterday. The four, who were presented with their trophies by EAOA chairman Paul Beckett, were: Matthew Clarke (M16), Tim Harrison (M18), Lizzie Rosewell (pictured, W35) and Chris Gay (W65).
The prize-giving for the East Anglian Championships will be held towards the end of the event, hopefully before 2pm. To ensure that everything runs smoothly, could all 2015 age class winners please ensure that their trophies are engraved and brought along to our Tunstall Forest event on 14th February? Presentations for the 2015 East Anglian League class winners will also take place at the same ceremony.
Suffolk Orienteering Club are very sorry to announce the death of one of our previous Club secretaries, Richard Johnson. Richard died on January 16th from secondary cancer. For those who remember Richard and would like to pay their respects, his funeral is on February 5th at Rushmere St Andrews at 11.00am.
We now have results for the recent Club Championships, the 2015 SuffOC League and for the 2015 East Anglian league - and 2 juniors selected to represent England in the next Interland competition...
From our Club Captain, Sarah: Congratulations to all our juniors who ran at the British Schools Championships organised by the EAOA at Sandringham last weekend.
While a number of our members were participating in the Norwich City Urban event yesterday others had travelled further afield, competing in the November Classic at Burley in the New Forest. Both Tim Harrison and Matthew Clark achieved excellent results at the Burley event, Tim winning the Short Brown outright and Matthew coming first in his M14 age group on the Blue course. Congratulations!
Congratulations to all the SUFFOC juniors who participated at the British Schools Score Championships at Chobham Common yesterday. Matthew Clarke won his class (Year 10/11 Boys) and Tim Harrison was second in his (Year 12/13 Boys)...
Congratulations to SUFFOC juniors Matthew Clarke, Tim Harrison, Bryn Wilkinson, Roderick Mansel and Bronwen Mansel who were members of the successful EAJS team at the Junior Inter-regional Championships (JIRC) 2015. The competition, organised by the WMOA, was held at Brereton Spurs, Rugeley (individual event) and at Oldacre, Brocton (relay), and the EAOA team ended in 7th position, some 3 places higher than in recent years!
The details for Simon Peck's funeral are as follows:-
Date: Friday 2nd October at 11-15 am
Seven Hills Crematorium, Felixstowe Road, Nacton, Suffolk, IP10 0FG (just off the A 14) with refreshments afterwards at Sproughton Church Hall, Lower Street, Sproughton IP8 3BD
Suffolk Orienteering Club are very sorry to announce the death of our Mapping Officer, Simon Peck, at Addenbrook’s Hospital on Wed 9th Sept following major surgery in July. Simon was a long term member of SUFFOC and his enthusiasm and support to the club will be greatly missed but he leaves a great legacy in the quantity and quality of his orienteering maps...
Two of our committee members are standing down from their roles at the AGM next Saturday: Bronwen Mansel as PUNCH editor and Sarah Mansel as Team Captain. Our thanks to them both for their excellent work. The task now is to find replacements from within our membership..
A record number of SuffOC members made the trip north to the Inverness area for the biennial Scottish 6 Days event, which, this year, had the added interest of the World Championships being held alongside. The main events were held in Achagour, Strathfarrar, Darnaway and Glen Affric, with urban sprints in Nairn and Forres.
Our congratulations to the SuffOC Hawks - Andrew, Louise, Phil and Barney - for coming second overall in the Stragglers Relays at Wivenhoe Park yesterday.
Congratulations to the 16 from the EA Junior Squad - especially the 5 SuffOC members - who have been selected to represent East Anglia at the Junior Inter Regional Championships in the West Midlands in September..
Sea holly and yellow horned poppies decorated the shingle at our Gunton Denes & Dip Farm event yesterday. Our thanks to all who braved the rain, and especially to Colin for planning the challenging courses and manning the start & finish, and to Aileen for registering the runners....
Congratulations to our ESSOL medal winners:
Alastair Brown Silver Yr3/4 Boys
Barney Steventon Barnes Silver Yr5/6 Boys
Ben Bayly Bronze Yr7/8 Boys
Matthew Clarke (with Callum Turner) Gold Yr 9/10 Boys...
Tim Harrison Gold Yr11+ Boys
Bronwen Mansel Silver Yr11+ Girls
Congratulations to Matthew Clarke for coming second in his age class (M14) as part of the England team in the Interland Competition, held alongside the Southern Champs at Sheepleas and White Downs (Surrey Hills) yesterday.
Preliminary results for the EA champs today at Croxton Heath are now up on the WAOC website and it looks as if we have a fantastic number of champs from SUFFOC....
The final results for the 2014 Club League have now been published. Congratulations to Sarah Mansel for topping the leader board for the Seniors and Tim Harrison for the Under 20's...
We came 8th at the Compass Sport Trophy final yesterday at Long Valley North, Aldershot. There were some interesting courses planned on a great area - forest, heathland, sand...
Congratulations to Tim Harrison for being selected for the team, and to Matthew Clarke who is on the reserve list, for the World Schools Championships...
