Final details for the 2016 OK Nuts Trophy are now available.
Start intervals have also been published on Fabian4.
There are plenty of maps available for entry on the day, and entry via Fabian4 is still open (as at 15:00, 22 September).
Image of Glover’s Wood with bluebells in spring copyright Sally and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
SLOW’s Night-O series returns for 2016-17 with a series of five races from early November to March.
The events typically take place on the fourth Tuesday of the month, with the notable exception of the first event on 1 November. The full schedule for 2016-17 is set out below.
| Date | Venue | Organiser | Details | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 November 2016 | Richmond Park | Sue Carter with Tom Cochrane | ||
| 22 November 2016 | Wimbledon Common | Scott Collier or Pete Huzan | ||
| 24 January 2017 | Bushey Park (TBC) | Steve Clelland | ||
| 17 February 2017 | Wimbledon Common | Scott Collier or Pete Huzan | ||
| 17 March 2017 | Richmond Park | James Lyne |
Full details on each event are posted on the SLOW website, a couple of weeks before the event. If you would like to contact any of the organisers, email the series coordinator Don McKerrow at 
League series points are scored at each event, with 100 for the winner, 99 for 2nd place, 98 for 3rd, down to 1 point for everyone who finishes 100th place or lower. The organiser of the event scores points equal their best at any other race in the season. Men and women are included in the same combined results table for each race, and overall, but women’s positions will be highlighted in the results.
The overall results will be based on your best three scores in the series, and there will be prizes for the leading man and leading woman over the series. In the event of a tie, head-to-head results will be used.
The fourth and final event in the SLOW Mountain Bike Score 2016 Series takes place from Gomshall on Sunday 23rd October.
This is a public event – all are welcome. All entries are on the day but we encourage you to please RSVP to the event via Facebook (event link to follow) or email 
The event will be based at The Gomshall Mill, Station Road, Guildford, GU5 9LB
Toilets are available before and after the event, and lunch is available after the event – please leave any muddy shoes at the door.
Check back here for final details.
| Location | Gomshall |
|---|---|
| Address | Gomshall Mill, Station Road, GU5 9LB |
| Latitude/longitude | 51.2195, -0.4472 |
| OS grid reference | TQ085478 |
| Maps | Google Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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Alternatively you can post for lift shares on either the SLOW Members (for SLOW members) or London & Southeast Adventure Racers (public) Facebook pages.
The entry fee is £8 for day riders, £7 for BMBO (with their membership cards) and SLOW members, and £6 for under 21s.
The event will be run under British Mountain Bike Orienteering rules, which competitors are advised to read in advance. BMBO also has some helpful MTB Score tips.
All riders must wear a helmet and carry a whistle and first aid kit (a minimum of plasters & dressing). The following equipment is also recommended:
There will be series prizes for top male/female/pair and veteran male/female/pair scores, based on the best 3 results of the 4 races over the course of the year.
| Registration | Between 0930 and 1100 |
|---|---|
| Start Times | Between 1000 and 1100 |
Event duration is 2 hours and the course will close at 13:00.
Maps will be 1:25,000 Ordnance Survey maps. The event will use Sport Ident electronic punching at all controls, and a limited number of SI dibbers will be available. Please bring your own if you have one.
All competitors take part at their own risk.
Results will be available on the SLOW and BMBO websites shortly after the event.
Organiser/Planners: Dan & Helen Murphy
Image: Dan & Helen Murphy (courtesy of TriAdventure)
The second race in SLOW’s 2016-17 Street-O series will be held on Tuesday 11 October 2016 in Southfields. This event will use electronic timing for the start and finish – please bring your SI card if you have one.
 | This event is on Facebook. Say you are coming here! |
 | This event is on Attackpoint. Say you are coming here! |
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.
The race will be based at The Old Fields right next to Southfields tube station. The pub has a tasty Menu which we’d encourage everyone to stay around for. The pub is also hosting a quiz night from 8pm if you want a double challenge that evening!
| Location | Southfields |
|---|---|
| Address | The Old Fields, 20 Replingham Road, Southfields SW18 5LS |
| Latitude/longitude | 51.4447, -0.2052 |
| OS grid reference | TQ248733 |
| Maps | Google Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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The Old Fields is practically adjacent to Southfields tube station on the District Line between Putney and Wimbledon.
Entry fee is £1 for SLOW members, students and juniors; £2 for others.
| Registration | Between 1815 and 1930 |
|---|---|
| Start Times | Between 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, although many don’t take one.
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 2016-17 series page for more information.
Organiser/Planner: Rebecca Slack,
Here are the Final Results from the first Street-O of the season held at Wapping on Tuesday 13 September 2016.
Congratulations to Matt Schepisi and Helen Gardner for getting the most points, and to all 83 competitors for braving the heat! Thank you to Katrin Harding for organising and also to the helpers on the night.
The next race in the Street-O Series 2016-17 will be held in Southfields / Wandsworth on Tuesday 11 October and we hope to see many of you there!
Results are now available for the London City Race Weekend events including the Crystal Palace Park Sprint (Friday), the 9th London City Race in Rotherhithe (Saturday) and the Soho Urban Sprint (Sunday).
Results queries/clarifications? Email 
Thanks to everyone for coming – it was great to see so many orienteers swarming over this usually quiet neighbourhood.
I was keen to use the opportunity presented by the map and focus the race on route planning over sprint-style navigation. There were only a few trick controls and most sites should have been easy to find once you were close. Average leg lengths were 300 to 350m for most courses and a little less for the more senior classes. A central start and finish meant that there was no bulk flow of competitors around the area and many of the interesting legs could be found in opposite directions on different courses where it was safe.
The senior courses had a checklist of features: first, one or two long legs that accounted for around a third of the total distance. Second, a leg traversing the bridge with its sneaky underpass on just one side of the canal underneath, which was my favourite feature on the map and therefore probably the busiest. Third, all courses up to Men’s Super Vet took a trip up to the top of the hill to add some climb to an otherwise flat area – Men’s Elite went up twice. Finally, where distance allowed, courses took one or more brief visits to the bank of the Thames to add some interest and context. Junior courses were easier to plan than in other urban areas thanks to the complex Russia Dock woodland and the underpasses allowing traffic-free access to Greenland Dock.
Some runners chose a long blast around the road on a few of the long legs. I don’t think that would have benefited every runner and many would consider it less interesting than the direct but navigationally-intense alternative. I intended that these road options would be considered and dismissed due to the extra length but, somewhat allegorically, it would be questionable if the orienteer really has free will if they never make the ‘wrong’ choice in practice.
Some things could have been improved. Despite my efforts to make every leg interesting, a few fillers crept in. Women’s Ultra Vets had a route choice that I had not considered, which crossed a ‘crossable’ wall that was too physical for this class and should have been avoided. The start was difficult to see on the map, depending on which way the triangle was orientated for your course. Finally, the winning times were fast. Some might not have appreciated longer courses but I wonder if this area is little faster than the previous London maps.
— Ed Stott
Final details and start times are now available for both Friday in Crystal Palace and Saturday in Rotherhithe, along with start times for Sunday in Soho. These are available at the main London City Race event page. The final details contain important information about how to get into the event arenas without compromising yourself in the course areas. Please ensure that the details you have are “v3” for each of the days!
We recommend that you use public transport to get to the events, particularly on Saturday in Rotherhithe and Sunday in Soho:
Transport for London’s Journey Planner is very useful in helping show the best routes on public transport around London. The easiest way to travel is to use a contactless credit/debit card, this will work on almost all trains, tubes, trams and buses in London. If you don’t have a contactless credit/debit card, an Oyster card can be purchased from the larger ticket machines at almost every tube station. Here’s the three tube/train stations to use for each of the three days, click for a larger version or see the full tube map on the TfL website:
10 miles south of Dorking
Entries are now open at Fabian4.
OK Nuts 2016 Final Details
Glover’s Wood is a rarely used gem! The area is compact with a long steeply-sided valley which has many contour features and elsewhere various earthworks. It is mostly natural woodland with trees widely spaced in the valleys and little undergrowth so runnability is good. It is located ten miles south of Dorking, with the nearest postcode centred on RH5 5BP. Parking and the assembly field is 350m to the north, along the east side of Partridge Lane at TQ223410.
| Location | Glovers Wood |
|---|---|
| Address | Partridge Lane, west of Charlwood, RH5 5BP |
| Latitude/longitude | 51.1556, -0.2519 |
| OS grid reference | TQ223410 |
| Maps | Google Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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Three prestigious trophies are awarded in commemoration of prominent SLOW members:
A list of previous winners of the OK Nuts trophies is available at .
All courses are Long, not Middle distance as previously announced.
| Black* | M21* |
| Brown | M35 M40 |
| Short Brown | W21 M18 M20 M45 M50 |
| Blue | W35 W40 M16 M55 M60 |
| Short Blue | W18 W20 W45 W50 M65 |
| Green | W16 W55 W60 M70 |
| Short Green | W65+ M75+ |
| Light Green | W14 W16B M14 M16B |
| Orange | W12 W14B M12 M14B |
| Yellow | W10 W12B M10 M12B |
| White | W10B M10B |
* If there are fewer than 10 entries on Black by the closing date, competitors will be moved to Brown.
Entries are open now on Fabian4.
| BOF Members | Non-BOF Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Seniors/Juniors | Seniors/Juniors | |
| Online before 23:59hrs 18/09/16 | £9/£4 | £11/£5 |
| On the day (subject to map availability) | £11/£5 | £13/£5 |
| SPORTident card hire | £1/Free | £1/Free |
Adults entering Orange, Yellow and White courses may pay the Junior rate.
Start times will be flexible, allocated in half-hour blocks. Courses close at 14:30.
| Registration | Between 0845 and 1130 |
|---|---|
| Start Times | Between 1000 and 1200 |
Planner: Charlie Turner (SLOW)
Controller: Peter Chapman (Southdowns)
Organiser: Christine Robinson (SLOW),
The personal data you give will be used by the event organisers and their agents only for the purpose of processing and publishing the event entries and results, for conducting safety checks and to validate British Orienteering insurance cover.
Please note that if you have competed in three orienteering events registered with British Orienteering and not joined an orienteering club which is a member of British Orienteering then you are not covered by our public liability insurance. If you are not a British Orienteering member, please provide your contact details for insurance purposes. Orienteering is an adventure sport and your safety while orienteering is your own responsibility. Parents are responsible for their children and advice is available on request about what courses may be suitable for children.
Please check this website prior to travelling in case of any last minute changes. In the event of cancellation some or all of your entry fee may be retained.
Image of Glover’s Wood with bluebells in spring copyright Sally and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
