SOS Events
Virtual Orienteering Courses
The MapRun orienteering app allows you to take part in “Virtual” orienteering courses using the GPS in your smartphone (or watch) at a time convenient for yourself.
You run a course using either the map on your phone screen or a paper version, and your phone will beep when you reach the correct location of each control.
New to Orienteering?
Orienteering is an exciting outdoor adventure sport which involves walking or running whilst navigating around a course using a detailed map and sometimes a compass.
The aim is to navigate in sequence between a set of control points and decide the best route to complete the course in the quickest time. It does not matter how young, old or fit you are, as you can run, walk or jog the course and progress at your own pace.
Club News
Sad announcement
It is with heavy hearts we announce the death of Charlie Partridge. You may have known them as Daisy.
Annual General Meeting
The SOS Annual General Meeting will take place at 8:00pm on Monday 7thOctober at the White Hart, Newland Street, Witham, CM8 2AF
The AGM will be preceded with an Extraordinary General Meeting at 7.30pm to give club members an opportunity to express their views about the future running of the club.
ESSOL medals now available
The medals and trophies for Essex and Suffolk School Orienteering League are now available and can be collected from Enquiries at Hatfield Forest event on September 15th. The results are here
Thank you to Marc Owen for organising the purchase and engraving of the medals.
If you are not able to collect on 15th, contact Lyn West
Results from Midland and East Anglian Orienteering ChampionshipsStragglers are champions
In brilliant sunshine the event in Sandringham Royal Park on March 9th was host to both the Midland Championships and the East Anglian Championships. A good number of Stragglers made the trip to the north of the region to enjoy the glorious forest. 5 Stragglers were rewarded with 8 titles between them.
Junior Team Qualify for Yvette Baker Final 2024Congratulations to the Junior Team for a Great Result!
The juniors that participated at Ickworth Park on the 21st April achieved a fantastic 499 points out of a maximum 500.
This result means that the Junior Team is eligible to enter the finals on 7th July 2024 at Northaw Prov, Potters Bar. The event to be hosted by Hertfordshire Orienteering Club (HH) on behalf of the South East Orienteering Association (SEOA).
East Anglian League winners5 Stragglers win medals
Medals were presented to the 2023 winners of East Anglian League (EAL) classes at the CompassSport heat at King's Forest on February 18th. Five members of the club topped their classes. Joshua Owen (M16), Roger Gooding (M45) Nicholas Pugh (M70), John Russell (M80), Geraldine Russell (W75). Congratulations to all of them.