CLUB WIN AT CSC QUALIFER

Over 70 members of the Octavian Droobers orienteering club attended the Compass Sport Cup Qualifer event on Sunday. The event was organised by Walton Chasers and held at Brereton Hayes and Spurs on Cannock Chase. Conditions on the day were fantastic with blue skies and a light dusting of snow making for great views in the woods and some very fast times.

The provisional team results show the club as being about 150 points clear of the next team HOC, so not only are OD through to the final but they have also won the qualifier in style. The team score is the total number of points awarded to the top 25 competitors from the club.

There were some fantastic individual performances making up the winning team score. Jamie Nicolson, Lesley Ross, Matthew Elkington, Amy Sarkies, Hamish Rogers and Julie Emmerson were all awarded the maximum score of 100 points for winning their class. Sophie Kirk and Emma Kettley both received 98 points and 96 points went to Jane Halliday, Sheila Carey, Rachel Emmerson and Heather Rogers.

20th February 2012

ORIENTEERING ON TV

Orienteering will feature on Sky Sports News from 07:00 Saturday 11th Feb. It includes filming from BKO's Concorde Chase event which was attended by several OD members.

More details here.

Update 13th February:

A short video showing some other events is now viewable on-line here: http://www.skysports.com/tv_show/story/0,20144,24128_7498877_24128,00.html

Update 14th February:

Orienteering will feature on BBC1 Countryfile (Sunday 19th Feb 18:30)

More details here.