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  • East Anglian Champions

    East Anglian Champions

    On a beautiful sunny day at Sheringham Park, we had our most successful ever East Anglian championships, with a total of 13 trophies, ranging from under-16 to over-85.

    The winners were:

    M16 William Blythe-Bartram

    M18 Thomas Blythe-Bartram

    M21 Glen Richardson

    M40 Ben Bethell

    W45 Katherine Blythe-Bartram

    M45 Howard Alcock

    M50 Ian Renfrew

    W60 Kim Eden

    M70 Mick Liston

    W75 Gill Pilgrim

    W85 Barbara George

    M85 Alan Coddington

    and William also won the Joan George trophy for the best junior performance, following in the footsteps of previous NOR winners Kate Kelleher, Laurence Ball and Ella Gilbert.

    Well done to everyone, and many thanks to all the officials for enabling us to enjoy this wonderful orienteering venue.

  • Success at British Schools Orienteering Championships

    Success at British Schools Orienteering Championships

    Junior club captain Steven Denby fulfilled a long-held ambition on Sunday by winning the British Schools Championships. Steven first competed at this competition when he was in year 7 in 2012. In that time he has come 13th, 2nd, 5th, 3rd, 10th, 3rd, and now, in his last year, he has finally won the gold medal.

    This year’s competition took place in Blackburn, and Steven set the leading time of 39:29 early on. We then had a nervous wait of over an hour while everyone else tried to beat him. Matthew Clarke from SUFFOC was always going to be one of the big threats, so when he posted 41:42 we started to believe this could be Steven’s year.

    Eventually it was confirmed that Steven had won, and was declared the Year 13 British Schools Orienteering Champion for 2018, emulating Ella Gilbert’s win in 2015. Following on from the Jukola and the Compasssport Final, it was great to see NOR and SUFFOC together on the podium. There were also impressive 6th place finishes for the Bartram brothers, and 5 juniors made their debut at this level.

    Full results can be seen here. EDP article is here.

  • Well done everyone – We did it.

    NOR are though to the final of the CompassSport Cup for the very first time 

    Final Score:  NOR 2421, LEI 2399, NOC 2113

    Full Results can be found on the SUFFOC website. Individual & Club.

    It really was a tremendous team effort. I’ve just been looking at the results and trying to figure out how we did it. The simple answer is that we had lots of good runs. Lots of you beat more highly ranked runners from LEI and / or NOC.

    So, we now have a fixture that has never featured in the NOR calendar before. The CompassSport Cup Final takes place in Staffordshire on Sunday October 21st. Put it in your diary!

    Glen

  • Annual Prizegiving – Winners are……….

    Annual Prizegiving – Winners are……….

    Mike George Shield for Best Junior – Steven Denby – medal at British Schools Champs, won junior class at London City Race, won green course at YBT heat and has won blue courses at local events.

    Best Newcomer – Thomas Blyth-Bartram – Tom has jumped in at the deep end on the blue course, and shown steady improvement throughout the year, to the point where he is now beating many experienced orienteers. His second place at the AGM event highlights how far he has come in 12 months.

    Most improved – James Price – After several years ofmoderate progress on orange and light green, James’s improvement over the past 8 months has been startling. He has won green courses, completed blues, and won the East Anglian Champs.

     

     

     

    John Ward Trophy for best performance at a major event – Glen Richardson – M35 runner-up at 2016 British Sprint champs.