Captain

  • Club Championships

    Congratulation to the winners at the club championships on Sunday at King’s Forest, kindly hosted by SUFFOC. Thanks to a few gremlins in the technology, we weren’t able to calculate the overall results on the day, so the trophies will be presented at the next NOR event, at Lynford on 13th December. There were concerns that the new system would favour young, fast people. I’m sure Barbara and Mick will be happy to be described in such terms. Well done to you both. The winners are as follows:

    Carol Towler Salver – fastest age-graded female

    1st Barbara George
    2nd Kim Eden
    3rd Nicky Nicholls

    Barry Chilvers Cup – fastest age-graded male

    1st Mick Liston
    2nd Ian Renfrew
    3rd John Ward
    4th David Ball
    5th Paul Price

    And the age group winners (non-handicapped)

    Fastest male – Ian Renfrew
    Fastest female – Kim Eden
    M14 – Steven Denby
    W14 – Katja Ruda
    M45+ – Ian Renfrew
    W45+ – Nicky Nicholls
    M55+ – Ian Shepherd
    W55+ – Kim Eden
    M65+ – Mick Liston
    W65+ – Barbara George
    Fastest run-in – John Ward

    At the same time, some club members were running the Norwich Half Marathon in particularly unpleasant conditions. Well done to Jan Kaiser who came 37th in a time of 1:20, and Sam Nicholls, who did 1:30, not bad for a junior!

    For those who do enjoy running without a map occasionally, the Norfolk cross-county championships are at the UEA playing fields on Saturday 5th December. See here for more details

  • British Schools Championship

    British Schools Championship

     

     

     

     

     

    Sam Nicholls on the run in - 7th Year 12
    Sam Nicholls on the run in – 7th Year 12

     

     

    On the 15th of November the British Schools Orienteering Championships were held in Norfolk at Sandringham, hosted by EAOA. With just over 500 juniors running, it was a huge event, but thanks to help from NOR members and the other East Anglian clubs the event ran smoothly. Sandringham was the perfect venue, with a complex path network and intricate contour detail – the amount of climb caught some people out! The whole event had a great atmosphere, and the East Anglian junior squad raised £229 with a delicious cake stall!

    Norwich School Year 7 - Bronze Medal Team
    Norwich School Year 7 – Bronze Medal Team

    Norfolk juniors performed very well, with four top tens from Norwich school – Steven Denby (year 10 boys) and William Blyth-Bartram (year 7 boys) both coming 4th and only missing out on podiums by less than 30 seconds. The Norwich School Year 7 boys team then went on to take 3rd place in the team competition. Well done to all those who competed, and many thanks to those who helped run the event!

    Photos from the event can be found at the BSOA website. Results are on the “Final Details” page.

    Ella Gilbert – Junior Captain

  • Club Championships – King’s Forest – Sunday 22nd November

    Club Championships – King’s Forest – Sunday 22nd November

    This year’s club champs will take place on Sunday 22nd November in King’s Forest, just south of Thetford. In a change from previous years, everyone should run the course appropriate for their age-group, as prescribed for East Anglian League events (M21 on brown, W80 on short green etc). Seniors will still be trying to beat the handicapper to lift the overall title, but we will be using a different algorithm to take account of different courses. This, along with the fact that none of us will be officials on the day (it’s a SUFFOC event) means we should all be able to run at roughly the same time, and there should be less hanging around than previous years, so I hope more people will stay for the presentation. This will take place at 1:00, so you could time your run to finish around 12:00-12:30, leaving enough time to recover your composure, have a bite to eat, and write your acceptance speech.

     

    King's Forest final detailsClick on the sheet to download final details

    Glen

  • Medal haul in London for NOR members

    Medal haul in London for NOR members

    Fifteen NOR members took part in the 8th London City Race on Saturday bringing home medals of every colour. Over 900 competitors from the UK and overseas took part in the race which was based in Wapping with the longer courses extending into the city and around the Tower of London. The sun truly shone on a day of fantastic racing.

    London City Race - WappingSteven Denby became our first ever winner at this event, beating an international field to win the M16 race, despite still being an M14 himself; he was a full 2.5 mins clear of his nearest rival.

    Ella Gilbert was runner up in the Euro Youth Women’s class comprising W18/20 age groups, and Glen Richardson took third place in the M35 Vets class missing top spot by only 36 seconds. Glen also gained a podium place coming 3rd in the Night Sprint event at Imperial College on the Friday evening.
    Special mention should also go to Jonathan Gilbert for his 22nd position out of 177 competitors in the hugely popular M50 class, and to Sam Nicholls and Matt Jefford who finished only 15 seconds apart after covering an actual distance of about 12k in the Euro Youth Mens class, Matt taking the honours in a time of 69.07 in 14th position.