Return to Orienteering Guidance – England British Orienteering has produced the latest Back to Orienteering Guidance for England. With the current lockdown restrictions being eased across all areas of England as the country moves to Step 1 of the Government’s roadmap later this month. This will mean that organised outdoor orienteering, including competitions and coaching, can resume in England from Monday 29 March 2021. British Orienteering We will continue to work to put on events within the guidance, while recognising that…

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Peter Langmaid has compiled a fiendish challenge using the map of his local area, Haden Hill Park.  Your task is to mark the controls on the orienteering map using only the photographic clues. Answers to be emailed to Peter by the end of February. Some extra hints and Peter’s email address are on the forum. Good hunting!

A team of intrepid Harlequins have arrived ‘virtually’ at John O’Groats, and as we still have 14 days left in January the team is going to turn around and head back south. For those not already following on facebook or the forum, this started as a challenge from Quantock Orienteers, and has taken on a life of its own. Not all of the team were happy with the route north however. Some grumblings about too much main road and fast…

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British Orienteering has issued updated advice for the current national lockdown. The impact on Harlequin’s activities is outlined on the Go Orienteering page

The Permanent Orienteering course at Shire Oak Park now has a GPS element – the two hardest courses can be run either individually or combined to offer the equivalent of a full green length course – ie 4.2 km straight line route.  Many thanks to Barry McGowan and Paul Basher for adding this option; further details and links to the maps are on the British Orienteering website.

… is featured on the Bristish Orienteering news feed. Read all about how 67 children and their assorted adults went orienteering for Halloween despite the weather forecast and an impending lockdown!  Report and photgraphs courstesy of Peter Rose.

Congratulations to Peter on a  clear win in our Summer Series.  He scored highly on all the courses as he did – 6 of the 8 – and was involved in setting up the other 2.  A very deserved winner of the virtual crown. Well done to everyone else who set up the courses and those who got out there and gave them a go – especially Eloise and Paul Hammond who pushed Pete all the way. Also a big…

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Last night’s AGM was held via Zoom for the first time in the club’s history; assistance had been made available beforehand for members lacking the technology and/or the practice in using it.   Peter Langmaid was elected as Chair.  Mandy Mackereth’s in depth membership analysis provoked a wide ranging discussion and provided food for thought for the incoming committee.

The first of our new series of MapRuns is now up and running at Kinver. Thanks to Alison for both updating the map and putting together a score event for everyone to try it out. The map and details are on the GPS Orienteering page, which also has information about using the MapRun app and other areas and courses that are available.

It was sunny; we all kept our (social) distance and the locals were welcoming.  Thanks to Ian for some interesting planning and Babs for the slick organisation.  Results and Routegadget are available;  congratulations to Dave Aldridge for the overall win and to Alex Mitchell for running him close. James Thompson was just a couple of places behind Dad Simon with brother Craig whizzing round the Orange controls.