Street-O

West Hampstead Street-O results

Here are the Race Results from last night and the Series Results after round 4 (with minor updates.)

Thanks to organisers Todd Fallesen and Tessa Bertran for taking us into a new part of London – West Hampstead. Todd comments: “Thanks everyone for making it up to West Hampstead for what we hoped was a challenging Street-O. Thanks to Tatia Englemore, Gemma Williams and Katherine Gibbs for helping with the start/finish. We hope everyone had a good run. We tried for a new trick, cutting down on the 40’s and putting out 4 50 point controls to try to draw people a little bit further out, and it seemed to work, though a few people got caught out trying to squeeze a last minute control in. We noticed quite a few people got number 34 wrong, the sign at the top of the path was different by one word (and colour) from the control point. Interestingly, the Southwest and the Northeast quadrants of the map had the same amount of points, though most people went to the Northeast. The Southwest points were a bit more spread out, and the Northeast points were a bit more hilly. ”

This was the last SLOW race before Christmas, but we start again soon after the New Year on the 8th of January in another new part of London – Ealing. See the details here and I hope to see many of you there.

Matthias Mahr, Street O coordinator

Event Reports

Wimbledon Common Night-O Results

Planning

Thanks for braving the weather. Thanks also to Don, Gordon, Paul C, Sue, Duncan & Paul S for helping. Please volunteer to help at the next ones if you can. I wanted to use the south-west corner for a change given we had the southern start. I tried to have the short course relatively easy to start then getting a bit harder in the middle. For the long course the middle loop was quite challenging. Well done for being up to it.
Pete ( Pete Huzan, organiser/planner )


Lost Property

I have one green bag left in the pub with a black thermal, gloves etc in it. It looks like it could be a military bag of some sort. If it’s yours please contact Don ( )

Routegadget –

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Results

Event Reports

OK Nuts 2018 Winners

(picture: maps await the runners at the start)

The 2018 OK Nuts Trophy Races took place on November 25th, in conjunction with the Southern Championships, at Hindhead Common & The Devil’s Punch Bowl.

The event was a Southern Navigators / South London Orienteers collaboration.

Courses were tough, at the upper end of  the length range and with more than usual climb, testing both physical endurance and navigation and route choice in the terrain.

Ben Mitchell
Megan Carter-Davies

 

 

 

 

 

(Pictures are from this year’s British Championships races at Balmoral, credit: On The Red Line.)

The OK Nuts Trophy was won by Ben Mitchell of Swansea Bay Orienteering Club who ran  the M21E course in 108 minutes. The Heather Monro Trophy was won by Megan Carter-Davies of Mid-Wales Orienteering Club who ran the W21E course in 86 minutes. There were 700 runners in all.

Southern Champions

On the longest course for each age group the first runner from the three southern associations becomes Southern Champion 2018. In the open classes the champions are William White and Lucy Butt, both of the Salisbury Club SARUM.

From SLOW, Matthias Mahr (M40), Lyudmila Gotseva (W45),  and Olin Davies (M16) are Southern Champions for 2018.

Olin Davies M16 Southern Champion 2018

Results

For full results, officials comments, please see the Southern Navigators’ Southern Championships Results Page.

The  Event Routegadget, includes maps and courses, with the uploaded routes of over 100 runners.

Event Reports

Holmbury MTB-O Results

Here are the results from the final event of 2018’s MTB-O series, held on Sunday 18th November 2018 from Holmbury St Mary. We had 37 individuals and pairs taking part.

2_hour_score_course

2_hour_score_course_splits 

Mark Humphrey won the event, visiting most controls and judging it well to come in with 90 seconds spare against the two hour time limit.  Sid Hardy was second and Tom Davies third.  The leading solo woman was Catherine Osborn, who judged it even more finely coming in with less than 30 seconds before the limit.

Thanks to the organiser Julian Hemsted.

Street-O

West Hampstead Street-O, Tuesday 11 December

The fourth race of the 2018-19 season of evening street orienteering races around London will be held in West Hampstead, north-west London. A great opportunity to visit a new part of London you might not have been to!

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Like all our Street-Os, this a public race – all are welcome. Please RSVP to the event via Facebook to let us know you are coming – you can also see who else is coming here and post queries. If you are not on Facebook, please let the organiser below know you are coming so that the correct number of maps are printed.

This event will use electronic timing for the start and finish – please bring your SI card if you have one, or we’ll lend you one on the night!

Race HQ

The race will be based at The Alliance in West Hampstead. Please do stay after the race for a drink, a bite to eat and to compare routes with your friends

LocationWest Hampstead
AddressThe Alliance, 40-42 Mill Lane, London NW6 1NR
Latitude/longitude51.5511, -0.2011
OS grid referenceTQ248851
MapsGoogle Maps, OpenStreetMap

Getting There

The Alliance  is at 40-42 Mill Lane, London NW6 1NR. It’s about a 10-15 minute walk from West Hampstead Station (Jubilee-Overground-Thameslink) and there’s a bus from the station that stops just in front of the pub (C11).

Race Details

Entry is £3 for SLOW and LOK members, students and juniors and £4 for others. This includes a hire chip card to record your time, or if you have your own you get a £1 discount.

RegistrationBetween 1815 and 1930
Start TimesBetween 1830 and 1930

The Street-O format has clues located at various points on a map. You have 60 minutes to visit as many of these as possible, in any order, and return to the finish. This guide provides general information about street orienteering.

Don’t forget to bring a pen to write down your answers to the clues as you go around, an SI card if you have one, and a watch so that you aren’t late back! You may find a torch/head-torch and compass useful too and hi-vis clothing would be sensible.

All competitors take part at their own risk. You MUST be over 16 to take part in this event, unless you are accompanied by a parent or guardian. This is a condition of our insurance.

Results will be available on the SLOW website shortly after the event. Check the 2018-19 series page for more information.

Organiser/Planner: Tessa Bertran and Todd Fallesen,

Street-O

Ealing Street-O, Tuesday 8 January 2019

The fifth race of the 2018-19 season of evening street orienteering races around London will be held in Ealing (West London), This is a new area and a great opportunity to get start your 2019 orienteering.

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Like all our Street-Os, this a public race – all are welcome. Please RSVP to the event via Facebook to let us know you are coming – you can also see who else is coming here and post queries. If you are not on Facebook, please let the organiser below know you are coming so that the correct number of maps are printed.

This event will use electronic timing for the start and finish – please bring your SI card if you have one, or we’ll lend you one on the night!

Race HQ

The race will be based at The Castle Inn in Ealing. Please do stay after the race for a drink, a bite to eat and to compare routes with your friends

LocationEaling
AddressThe Castle Inn, 36 St. Mary's Road
Latitude/longitude51.5062, -0.3055
OS grid referenceTQ177799
MapsGoogle Maps, OpenStreetMap

Getting There

The Castle Inn is at 36 St. Mary’s Road, Ealing, London, W5 5EU. It’s about halfway between Ealing Broadway mainline train station (for trains from Paddington) and South Ealing tube station (Piccadilly Line). The 65 bus stops right outside the door and connects both of these stations as well as continuing onto Richmond and Kingston.

Race Details

Entry is £3 for SLOW and LOK members, students and juniors and £4 for others. This includes a hire chip card to record your time, or if you have your own you get a £1 discount.

RegistrationBetween 1815 and 1930
Start TimesBetween 1830 and 1930

The Street-O format has clues located at various points on a map. You have 60 minutes to visit as many of these as possible, in any order, and return to the finish. This guide provides general information about street orienteering.

Don’t forget to bring a pen to write down your answers to the clues as you go around, an SI card if you have one, and a watch so that you aren’t late back! You may find a torch/head-torch and compass useful too and hi-vis clothing would be sensible.

All competitors take part at their own risk. You MUST be over 16 to take part in this event, unless you are accompanied by a parent or guardian. This is a condition of our insurance.

Results will be available on the SLOW website shortly after the event. Check the 2018-19 series page for more information.

Organiser/Planner: Keith Davies

London's largest orienteering club. British Orienteering's Club of the Year 2013. CASC accredited.