Wrekin Orienteers club dinner will be at The Swan at Forton near Newport on:
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Saturday 2nd February. Sitting down at 7pm.   
  
The Menu is a Carvery (Vegetarian option of a Nut Roast) a choice of pudding; 

Apple pie with custard, Lemon meringue, Toffee cheesecake, Chocolate fudge cake or ice-cream.   

£15 - Adults / £10 - Children.    Coffee £1 extra.

                
Mail me at cliveandsharron@gmail.com with numbers and pudding choice.

Clive and Sharron Richardson

The Wrekin Computer has been whirring away and finally come up with this years (sorry last years) Club Champions...Congratulations...trophies will be presented at the Club Dinner.

WREKIN Orienteers Night Street Score Events 2019
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Coming very soon three fast paced night time races kindly organised by Richard Lewis
Score event with 45 minutes to visit as many controls as possible. Finding controls means gaining points, being late back loses points.
The controls will be numbers or colours of street objects like lampposts, hydrants and front doors. You will need a torch, a pencil, a timing device, a map case, some Hi-Viz clothing and road shoes. You could take a compass and whistle.
Mass Start at 7.00 p.m. Cost: £1.00. 

• January Tuesday 15th; St Julian’s Friars Car Park,Shrewsbury. SY1 1XL
• February Tuesday 12th; Swimming Bath Car Park,Wellington. TF1 1YY

• February Tuesday 26th; Central Car Park behind the shops by Waitrose, Newport TF10 7UD

 
There will be a designated social venue to visit after the event. Indian or Fish and Chips. Details on the night.
Enquiries to Richard Lewis at richardlewis989@btinternet.com
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Course Results are available for todays Club Champs, Steves working on the handicaps etc..so check back later.
Our guests Steve Rush and family from BOK took some fantastic photos and are available here

Back by popular demand...probably the toughest way to earn a chocolate bar.....but definitely the most satisfying.....its CHOC-O 2018.

You thought Clives courses were tough, Adrian Pickles is the new Willy Wonka for this year and he and his team of Oompa Loompas have been busy planting controls posts all over the Mynd with a mere 16kms for the longest course, there are also two shorter courses for the more sensible.. further details here

​John and Rebecca have organised and planned the 2018 Club Champs on the Sunday the 6th January 2019 at Lilleshall National Sports Centre. Seniors have a two part course a 2 part score/normal O hybrid which is going to be interesting. Mike Callow is doing his punch and mince pies so should be great fun....and obviously a very serious competition. ​Details here and on the events page

Todays results and splits are here and on the Results pages. Routegadget to follow shortly.

Final Details for Sundays West Midland Champs and WM League race are available here

Due to a very last minute change withdrawal of permissions for The Ercall we have had to move the event to Telford Town Park. This area will test your leg speed and route choice will be critical. we hope to see you all on Rememberance Sunday...
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Details here..

Wrekin Orienteers.
Coaching for beginners, Nesscliffe Hill Nr Shrewsbury Shropshire.
 
Date: Saturday, October 27th, 2018
 
Parking at Grid Reference: SJ 389 198 
 
Dogs: No dogs on the courses
 
Start Times: 10:30 - 12:00
 



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​Other Notes: 
This session will be aimed at beginners/white or yellow/TD1-2 AND improvers/orange/TD3.
We will be looking at basic skills and good habits, trying different types of orienteering.
You will need to come with appropriate footwear (o’ shoes or old trainers will do) and a waterproof.  You might like to bring a drink.
Facilities: none, go before you come.

RSVP Please!

Please let me know if you intend to come by Monday 22nd October so that I can prepare enough maps and helpers – andy.debclough@tiscali.co.uk

If you need any further information please get in touch.
 
Thank you, Andy Clough

Tove Alexandersson (current world champion in at the recent worlds in Estonia) thought she'd have a go at trail running on her hols by entering the world champs in Glen Coe, and smashes a world-class field..just shows the level of our elite orienteers..

Congratulations to Di on winning the W50 class at the Welsh Champs held at Newborough on Anglesey on Sunday. Di tells me her mum was born in Betws y coed so qualifies under the "Ifor Powell precedent" (for those long term members)

There was another notable performance from Clive Richardson who (according to the BOF results) managed to finish 9th and 67th on Blue...was the 67th the practice run?

Another super turnout for Stanmore last night. Results and Splits available here

Shropshire County Schools Games, July 3rd 2018
Wrekin maintained links with Energize Shropshire by staging the festival final for the primary school orienteering at the 2018 County Schools Games for them. Teams of 8 pupils had qualified to represent each of the six districts competing at the final,via the tier 2 district schools competitions held at various venues in Shropshire during the past few weeks.

Club coaches Tony and Andy,( with assistance from a group of Young Leaders from various Shropshire secondary schools) led the groups through some practice and site-familiarisation exercises before the exciting mass start main race.
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This years winners in the closely contested 30 minute ‘score format’ final were from North Shropshire district. Very impressively they found all 20 controls in the time allowed, navigating quickly around Sundorne Leisure Centre and the adjacent community woodlands, despite the hot conditions.
 
All the competitors and assisting staff (and parents!) are very welcome to come along to any of the remaining Tuesday evening events for their next mini-adventure.
 
Pic (courtesy of Energize STW)
Teams scatter in all directions from the start flag.

Good turnout at last nights summer evening event, hope you all enjoyed the steps..it will look good on your Garmin!
Look forward to seeing you all next time. 
Results here

The results of Tuesdays Summer evening event at Attingham are up on the results pages Great turnout thanks everyone!