• British Championships & NOR League News

    British Championships & NOR League News

    Glen Richardson reports……..The star of the weekend was undoubtedly Ella Gilbert. On Saturday, Ella secured 6th place on the W18E course at the individual champs. This must be the best NOR result on an elite course for many a year, and Ella still has another year in the age group. Then on Sunday, Ella teamed up with dad Jonathan and Stephen Searle to claim 5th place in the mixed relay. Again, this must be our best relay result for a long time. As if all this was not enough, Ella was confirmed as outright winner of the NOR league as a result of events at Ken Hill.

    Other notable results from the British Champs were 12th place for our W50 relay team of Kim Eden, Helen Lloyd and Fiona Coventry. Kim also followed up her JK win with 2nd place on W55S. On the long courses, Helen was an impressive 13th on W55, while the top man was Rob Frost with 21st on M45.

    Meanwhile, back in Norfolk, Mick Liston must have flown round the green course at Ken Hill. The Chairman annihilated the opposition to secure the win he needed to snatch 3rd place in the league from Ian Renfrew, and in so doing ensure that Barbara George couldn’t join Ella on the maximum 500. Rob Frost also produced a great run to win the brown and move into the top 5 in the league. All the more impressive considering he’d run a 90 minute course in the Forest of Dean the day before! Here are the final Final League results.

  • Results: Ken Hill: 19/05/2015

    Results: Ken Hill: 19/05/2015

    Results and Split Times
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    Organiser’s Comments

    I hope it went as smoothly for the runners as it appeared to go from my perspective, as usual thanks to the willing helpers.  With some of our regular helpers missing, there were some faces popping up in unexpected roles.  Communication with Planner (Peter) and Controller (Michael) made my prep easy.   Thanks to all, and to John Austen the Estate Manager responsible for this lovely area.
    Julia Paul

    Planner’s Comments

    All the hard work we three put in helped to keep up the standard which NOR manages to achieve for all its events. NOR events always seem relaxed on the day which hides the work that goes in beforehand. Having been involved in the last two years on events at Sandringham & Roydon and now Ken Hill, the west side ie old WASH territory does have some cracking areas. Now joined by Ling Common, a complex runnable bramble free wooded sand dune area which though small could be become a good club small event area and certainly ideal for club and squad advanced training when full mapped.
    Peter Leverington

    Controller’s Comments

    Ken Hill is a really lovely hidden corner of Norfolk, the wood has a little bit of everything. The land manager has undertaken a lot of tidying and clearing which has made most of the area very runnable. Peter updated the map and then planned some very good courses, he is a planner who will spend hours in the forest looking at the actual site and then updating the map to best represent what you actually see. Peter made the task of controlling him easy and keeping Julia and myself informed at every step of the way. Thanks to the proverbial swan for organising with just the right amount of authority. Those of you who enjoyed Ken Hill spread the word that this is a must area to come to. Another thank you the John Austen for being an easy to work with estate manager, for his work in the wood and for the polite greeting at 0730, while he was walking his dogs and I came out of the undergrowth control checking. Final thanks to Mick L and Daniel who worked very hard to sort out the issues with computers and letting me practice an old skill of checking car registration numbers to ensure we had all competitors back, a small request to you the competitor please fill in the registration card as fully as possible we do need all the information especially when something going not to plan.
    Michael Chopping

  • JK Champion – Kim Eden

    JK Champion – Kim Eden

    Congratulations to Kim Eden on her impressive overall victory in the W55S class at the JK championships held over Easter weekend in the Lake District.  Placing 1st on Day 1 and 2nd on Day 2, she took the overall title with a winning margin of 22 minutes!

    photo courtesy of Wendy Carlisle

  • Planners Course

    Planners Course

    EAOA will be holding an introductory course for planners on Saturday 19th September, 2015 in the Thetford area. If you are interested please contact Michael Chopping (e-mail address here).

About the Club

Norfolk Orienteering Club (NOR) has around 200 members and seeks to promote the sport of orienteering in and around the county of Norfolk.
Come along to an event or our Wednesday night training and give it a try! All events are open to the public and there will always be someone to help you get started.

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