As you would expect all formal SWOC events are cancelled until restrictions on travel etc are lifted. There is an archive of MapRun events in the cardiff area which can be done on an individual basis at any time. The pdf’s for the papermaps are in the Events-Maprun Archive tab on the Website or you can just use the maps on the MapRun App. I will endeavour to convert some older events to MapRun as well.

MapRun League results after 5 races with 1 race to go. Best 4 results. Only those with at least 3 results are included here. 75 different people have participated in at least 1 event. Next and final race of this series St Mellons Wed 18th March.

	Handicap Results
		Radyr	Fairwater	Pentwyn	Llanishen	Whitchurch	Cardiff Bay	Best 4 Results
1	Alice Bedwell	100	0	94	100	99	100	399
2	James Clemence	0	0	99	99	100	99	397
3	Duncan Innes	98	100	0	97	95	0	390
4	Mark Saunders	97	0	100	93	0	98	388
5	Gary Davies	94	97	97	96	87	93	384
6	Richard Cronin	93	96	96	92	88	0	377
7	Matt Whipple	0	0	98	89	92	91	370
8	Dave McCullough	88	90	0	86	79	89	353
9	Andrew Firth	0	0	89	87	80	90	346
10	Nathan Swain	86	88	87	83	77	0	344
11	Darren Raz-Nick	82	89	83	85	0	81	339
12	Haydn Griffiths	96	99	0	94	0	0	289
13	Ellen Perry	89	95	0	98	0	0	282
14	Richard Edge	0	93	91	0	91	0	275
15	Eira Jepson	91	0	90	0	0	92	273
16	David Powlesland	0	91	93	0	83	0	267
17	Matt St Clair	0	0	89	90	0	80	259

	Non-Handicap Results
		Radyr	Fairwater	Pentwyn	Llanishen	Whitchurch	Cardiff Bay	Best 4
1	Richard Cronin	100	100	99	97	96	0	396
2	Gary Davies	99	99	96	100	90	95	394
3	Matt Whipple	0	0	100	94	98	96	388
4	James Clemence	0	0	95	98	99	94	386
5	Duncan Innes	99	98	0	95	86	0	378
6	Alice Bedwell	99	0	86	97	92	88	376
7	Dave McCullough	96	93	0	92	83	91	372
8	Mark Saunders	95	0	98	84	0	93	370
9	Nathan Swain	92	89	93	86	82	0	360
10	Andrew Firth	0	0	93	90	82	93	358
11	Darren Raz-Nick	83	90	85	87	0	82	345
12	David Powlesland	0	96	98	0	88	0	282
13	Richard Edge	0	93	94	0	90	0	277
14	Haydn Griffiths	94	94	0	85	0	0	273
15	Eira Jepson	94	0	89	0	0	89	272
16	Matt St Clair	0	0	93	93	0	83	269
17	Ellen Perry	85	87	0	89	0	0	261

Due the forecast severe weather this event has been put back a week until Sat 22nd Feb. Details otherwise the same.

Park Series is back for 2020! Our fun summer evening races around the parks of Cardiff and beyond will be returning on Wednesday evenings throughout the summer months.

With three course distances to choose from theses events are suitable for all ages. No experience of map reading required just enthusiasm for adventure!

Provisional dates for 2020:

6 May – Roath Park
20 May – Bute Park
3 June – Hailey Park
17 june – Heath park
1 July – Pontypridd
15 July – Pontcanna Fields

All midweek evenings. Long, medium, novice courses and coaching will be on offer.

South Wales Orienteering Club is currently working towards the InSport ribbon, a standard which reflects the Clubs commitment to broadening opportunities for those with disabilities to access orienteering.

The InSport standards are a part of the broader InSport project, which aims to support physical activity, sport and leisure organisations to deliver provision inclusively of disabled people. SWOC is working on the first stage of the InSport journey, the ribbon.

The ribbon demonstrates that a club is monitoring for equal opportunities, that it has appropriate welfare and equality policies and that it is inclusive and equitable in its communications. It also requires a statement of inclusion which should articulate the organisation’s commitment to inclusivity.

The ribbon marks the first phase of a commitment to inclusivity, with the bronze, silver and gold standards following on from that.

You can find SWOC’s welfare policy here

You can find out more about InSport here

There is now a page of MapRun Archive Events under the Events Menu with links to the pdf’s of the MapRun events we have put on so far. The phone maps are still available for download using the MapRun apps. You can now download and print the maps and go and run any events you might have missed.

After 9 events Russell Finch and Pete Ribbans are clear leaders in the Blue and Green courses respectively. Download full results here.

SWOC is planning to put on monthly events in 2020 as well as a Christmas score on the 27^th December. We are looking for people to plan / organise these events. The SWOC League Events will consist of 4 courses Blue, Green, Orange and Yellow with the capability of creating a Short Green course where possible.  Support will be given to anyone inexperienced.

If you can help please let me know with your preferred option. At present there may be some flexibility with regard to dates and venues but I will be contacting landowners for permissions shortly.

The details of the events still requiring volunteers are as follows.

2020	18th July	Sat	SWOC League 8	Mynydd y Gaer
2020	13th September	Sun	Welsh League	Llangattock
2020	29th November	Sun	SWOC League 10	Kingswood
2020	27th December	Sun	Xmas Score	TBC

Pete Ribbans

SWOC Fixtures secretary

Next MapRun start – Pentwyn Lesure Centre. Registration from 6.30, mass start 7pm. More details here.

Thanks to everyone who made the long trip to the Compassport cup final in Sussex last weekend. SWOC came 7th out of 12 small clubs in the Trophy competition. We were quite close to the 2 clubs above us but with only 19 runners and 13 to count there wasn’t much room for error. Our best scorers were Clare Dallimore and Gill Manning who both got 100pts, Matt Whipple with 98 and Anne May on 96. Next years final I think is in Birmingham so if we get through wont be as far to go.