VHI Weekend

VHI Weekend
Congratulations to Organiser Kate Balmond and her many helpers for a successful weekend.  Links to many photos are on the results page.


Oct 03, 2018

SWOC Welsh Champions

SWOC Welsh Champions
Congratulations to this years winners at Newborough last Sunday - M35 Rhys Manning, M55 James Clemence, M60 Nick Dallimore, W60 Caroline Dallimore, W65 Gill Manning.

Sep 19, 2018

Park league final results

Hope you all enjoyed Cosmeston, both the courses and the hot dogs. 

Well done to our handicap league winners Duncan Innes on the long and John Mills on the Middle.  Also a big well done to all the improving juniors on the Novice and Middle courses. 
This is my last year organising and planning most of the park series, so if anyone wants to volunteer for next year, shout.

Final park series league table can be found here.

Jul 11, 2018

Mountain Bike Orienteering European Champs

Clare Dallimore won a silver medal in the middle race of the European MTBO champs near Budapest. This followed on from her 4th place in the long race. She is only the second British rider to ever win a medal at Elite MTBO level.

Jul 03, 2018

Park League after 4 Races

Thanks to everyone for turning up at Bute Park. Good to see so many of you there.  After nearly three years of these races I got my first run.  Thanks to Mark Saunders for planning and Alice for helping and collecting controls. 
I have finally got round to producing the league positions after 4 races (best 4 results to count). The top half of each league is shown on attached tables.  John Mills looks to have got he middle league just about sewn up, but it is very close behind with a number of still fighting it out for the other podium position.
The long league is much more wide open at the moment. 
See you all at Llandaff Fields on 4 July. Anthony Raven has planned some great courses and we will try not to run out of middle maps. 
Why not bring along a friend.
CPS 2018 Handicap League







Best 4 results







added 20 points to make up to 4 results
Club Class CPS1 CPS2 CPS3 CPS4 Total




Heath Porthkerry Roath Park Bute
Long
















1 Marcus Pinker

20 2 2 3 27
2 Duncan Innes SWOC M55 7 4 20 4 35
3 David Underhill ind M21 12 9 6 12 39
4 Andrew Firth Ind M35 10 10 10 11 41
5 Alice Bedwell SWOC W55 1 20 1 20 42
6 David may SWOC M70 20 1 20 1 42
7 Eira Jepson ind W21 9 6 20 10 45
8 Christine Farr SWOC W40 3 20 4 20 47
9 Gill Lock SBOC W55 20 5 20 2 47
10 Richard Cronin NGOC M21 5 20 5 20 50
11 Matt O keefe Ind M21 20 20 7 5 52
12 Jane Bush SWOC W60 20 20 8 7 55
13 Siobhan Lock SBOC W20 20 8 20 9 57




































Middle







1 John Mills SWOC M65 1 1 1 2 5
2 Anthony Raven SWOC M45 2 4 3 4 13
3 Pete Colbert SWOC M65 6 5 4 6 21
4 Chris Raven SWOC M14 7 3 6 10 26
5 Sue Colbert SWOC W70 20 2 2 9 33
6 Andrew Raven SWOC M12 5 9 8 20 42
7 Peter Maloney NGOC M70 3 20 20 3 46
8 Pete Ribbans SWOC M60 20 20 5 5 50
9 Aled Joseph SWOC M14 10 12 9 20 51
10 Colin Powell SWOC M80 20 7 20 8 55
11 Paul Bradford SWOC M45 11 15 20 12 58
12 James Roberts Scouts m12 20 13 14 13 60

Jun 22, 2018

Compasssport Cup

After the cancellation of the SW heat of the Compass sport Cup due to the snow it has been decided that all of the SW clubs will be invited to take part in the final at Cannock Chase. We need at least 13 people for a team so please keep 21st October free. This is always a great day out and every SWOC member can be part of the team we especially need juniors

Jun 09, 2018

SWOC Orienteering League

Results after Margam and Sugar Loaf

Blue


SL1 SL2 Total







1 Nick Silk M50 SWOC 38 43 81
2 Ian Kennett M55 SWOC 45 31 76
3 Clive Hallett M55 BOK
50 50
4 Ben Mitchell M21 SBOC 50
50
5 Rhys Manning M35 SWOC
49 49
6 Marcus Pinker M35 FVO 49
49
7 Lorenzo Calabro M40 BOK
48 48
8 Chris Perry M40 SWOC 48
48
9 Jason Howell M45 HOC
47 47
10 Oscar healy
SBOC 47
47
11 Brendon Healy
SBOC 46
46
12 Matthew Pickering M21 UBOC
46 46
13 John Simmons M65 BOK
45 45
14 Will Arnold
SBOC 44
44
15 Paul Gebbett M45 BOK
44 44
16 Chris Arnold
SBOC 43
43
17 Annemieke Silk W50 SWOC 42
42
18 Keith Agmen M35 BOK
42 42
19 Vanessa Lawson
NGOC 41
41
20 Quinlan Silk M18 SWOC
41 41
21 Russell Finch M50 SWOC 40
40
22 Chris Betts M45 SWOC
40 40
23 Kate O Sullivan
MWOC 39
39
24 Christian Saxtoft M55 BOK
39 39
25 David May M70 SLOW
38 38
26 Simon James M50 SWOC 37
37
27 Jackie Hallett W60 BOK
37 37
28 David Harper M60 GO
36 36
29 Adrian Moir M55 SWOC
35 35
30 Fraser Stephens M45 SWOC
34 34
31 Brian Hughes M70 HOC
33 33
32 Tessa Lewis W50 SWOC
32 32
33 Chris Johnson M65 BOK
30 30
34 Mike Goldthorpe M60 SOC
29 29
35 Debbie Lamb W21 SWOC
28 28
36 Kelvin Davies M55 BOK
27 27
37 Anthony Raven M45 SWOC
26 26
38 Anthony Dew M40 SBOC
25 25







Green


SL1 SL2 Total
1 Pete Colbert M65 SWOC 48 37 85
2 Alan Richards M70 NGOC 44 38 82
3 Cecilie Andersen W21 BOK
50 50
4 Megan Carter Davies W21 MWOC 50
50
5 Chris Betts M45 SWOC 49
49
6 Alison Simmons W60 BOK
49 49
7 Alex Betts M14 SWOC
48 48
8 Nigel Ferrand M60 SWOC 47
47
9 Joel Ferrand M21 IND
47 47
10 Pete Ribbans M60 SWOC 46
46
11 Annemieke Silk W50 SWOC
46 46
12 Roger Stein
SBOC 45
45
13 Dave Palmer M70 BOK
45 45
14 Andrew Catmur M60 HOC
44 44
15 Lucy Baker

43
43
16 Nicola Johnson W21 BOK
43 43
17 Caroline James

42
42
18 Pete Maliphant M60 BOK
42 42
19 Gill Manning W65 SWOC
41 41
20 Hannah Thomas
MWOC 41
41
21 Tony Lloyd M60 BOK
40 40
22 Peter Maloney
NGOC 40
40
23 Katherine Finch W18
39
39
24 John Mills M65 SWOC
39 39
25 Graham Tough M70 SWOC
36 36
26 Matt Smith M50 IND
35 35
27 Jane Holcombe W45 BOK
34 34
28 Alex Guans M55 NGOC
33 33
29 Keith Buchanan M55 NGOC
32 32
30 Jane Boyd W50 NGOC
31 31
31 Bob Teed M75 NGOC
30 30
32 Rachel Khan W21 UBOC
29 29
33 John Coleman M75 NGOC
28 28
34 Darren Ould M35 IND
27 27
35 Susanne Andersen W55 BOK
26 26
36 Rachel Howell W45 HOC
25 25
37 Sue Colbert W70 SWOC
24 24
38 Carolyn Thraves W21 BOK
23 23
39 Alun Morgan M70 SWOC
22 22







Orange


SL1 SL2 Total
1 Beth Davies W45 SWOC 47 49 96
2 Ann Palmer W65 BOK
50 50
3 Ruben Lawson
NGOC 50
50
4 Debbie Perry W40 SWOC 49
49
5 Tamsin Leighton-Crawford W21 IND
48 48
6 Kay Roberts

48
48
7 Alan Mackenzie M70 BOK
47 47
8 Najia Zaidi

46
46
9 Richard Webster M21 IND
46 46
10 Hannah Hall and Andy Sawyer

45
45
11 Kate Maiphant W55 BOK
45 45
12 Lucy Hammond W21 IND
44 44
13 Simone Twohig
IND
43 43

Mar 21, 2018

Summer Park Series 2018

Provisional dates for  CPS 2018 have been agreed and are shown below. You will notice that we have introduced a coupe of new areas and will be visiting Porthkerry Country Park  and Cosmeston in addition to some more regular haunts.

Dates for this summer -
9 May - Heath Park
23 May - Porthkerry Country Park
6 June - Roath Park
20 June - Bute Park
4  July - Llandaff Fields/ Pontcanna Fields
18 July - Cosmeston Country Park

We are hoping to have a social/BBQ after the final event at Cosmeston and award prizes. 
We are also looking for volunteers to help plan the events. Contact Nigel if you are interested.

Mar 07, 2018

British Night Championships

Amazing light trail composite photo of Merthyr Mawr by Siobhan Lock of SBOC  Image © 2018 Siobhan Lock (SBOC) Timelapse photos were stacked to achieve trails. -

Mar 06, 2018

British Night Championships

British Night Championships

Results Here

Congratulations to Nick Silk and team for organising a very successful British Night Orienteering Championships at Merthyr Mawr. The event ran faultlessly and there were numerous complements from the competitors.

Swoc medal winners -

Clare Dallimore 2nd W21, Alice Bedwell 1st W55, Gill Manning 1st W65

Rhys Manning - 2nd M35, Mark Saunders 3rd M55, Nigel Ferrrand 2nd M60S, Colin Powell 2nd M80

 

Feb 24, 2018

SWOC Orienteering League

SWOC Orienteering League

We are pleased to announce that during 2018 SWOC will be holding its inaugural orienteering League. This will be based on eight local fixtures held during the year, with your best five results counting. A simple scoring system will be used for the league with 50 points for first, 49 points for second etc.

 Courses counting in the SWOC Orienteering League will be Blue, Green and Orange (no league for yellow, but yellow courses will be provided).  After the final event at Forest Fawr we hope to hold a social and prize giving. 

 Separate prizes for men and women will be awarded as follows:

 On the Blue

  On the Green

 On the Orange

 Provisional fixtures counting in the league league will be as follows:

 

Date 

Event

League 1

Saturday 20th Jan

Draethen, near Caerphilly

League 2

Saturday10th Feb

Sugar Loaf, near Abergavenny

League 3

Saturday 14th April

Derri, near Abergavenny

League 4

Saturday 19th May

Myndd y Gaer, near Bridgend

League 5

Wednesday 20th June

Bute Park, Cardiff  (CPS3)

League 6

Wednesday 18th July

Cosmeston, near Penarth (CPS6)

League 7

Saturday27th October

Forest Fawr, Cardiff

League 8

Saturday 17th November

Gwaelod y Garth, near Cardiff

 

 

Undoubtedly details will evolve during the year, but hopefully it will provide a bit of extra fun and reason to attend even more local events. Full details will be on the website. First event this coming Saturday at Draethen. 

If you have any ideas or would like to volunteer to help run the League feel free to speak to with either myself, mark Saunders or Duncan Innes.

Jan 15, 2018