SN Junior Training – Wellesley Woods, Tuesday 31st March 2026, 1.30pm

SN will host an afternoon of junior orienteering training in the Easter holidays. The session will run from 1.30pm to 3.30pm.

The session is aimed at those running white / yellow / orange and light green courses and aged 8+. Older or more experienced juniors are very welcome to join us as role models and assistant coaches. Under-10’s must have an adult accompanying them, age 10+ may attend unaccompanied.

Any junior who competes at the SN Saturday league events is welcome. Juniors from other clubs are also welcome subject to availability of places. There is no charge to SN juniors for the training session; for others the cost is £2 to cover printing costs.

If you wish to attend the training, please email Carol Lovegrove (carol.lovegrove@btinternet.com) by Tues 24^th March 2026, with your junior’s name, age and which course they usually run (as an individual or pair), so that appropriate maps can be printed. Final details will be provided just before the session.

If you have questions, please contact Carol.

SN's new 2026 British Champions

Long distance and relay

SN has three new British long distance champions after a chilly day in the Welsh mountains on 28 Feb. Well done to Philippa Mansfield (W10), Jocie Hilton (W20E) and Tom Bray (M35).

On the following day three of SN's ten relay teams secured podium finishes, with 3rd place in Women Short, 2nd place in Men Short, and a win in the M40 class (Tim Beale, Pete Daplyn, Tom Bray).

Full details and links to some great photographs from both days can be found via the Results pages on the event website www.theboc.org.uk .

SN qualify for 2026 CSC Final

Victory at Chobham

SN will again be in the final of the CompassSport Cup, the annual national inter-club competition. In the regional heat at Chobham Common on Sunday 22 February a large and strong team withstood opposition from SO, SLOW and BKO, and will be heading for the 2026 final at Pippingford Park in Ashdown Forest on 18 October.

Thank you and well done to the whole team, including the significant junior contingent. Full results and team scores can be found here: Chobham Common - Guildford Orienteers

Champions of the night

Well done to Tom Bray (M40) and Woo Allen (W60) who became SN's latest British Night champions at Egypt Woods on 7 February. Well done also to Hertfordshire OC who coped with a parking challenge that became almost as tricky as the navigation. Full results and analysis can be found here.

SN success at Southern Championships

Star Posts, 25 January 2026

Congratulations to SN's 2026 Southern Champions following the event at Star Posts, Bracknell on 25 January 2026. Our class winners were:

Jake Hilton M16

Tom Bray M40

Peter Daplyn M45

Nick Cooper M50

Ruth Beale W35

Mel Slade W55

Woo Allen W60

Full results and route analysis can be found via the BKO website here.