EVENTS

NEWS

19 June 2013 (Wednesday) Summer Urban Series Event

Venue: Bookham

Details

This event is part of Mole Valley's Summer Urban Series of street events ideal for runners of all abilities as well as experienced orienteers.

[Updated 15 May 2013]

4 July 2013 (Thursday) Park Race and Summer Urban Series Event

Venue: Mitcham Cricket Green

Details

An historic area with large parts new to orienteering  and including open spaces and buildings in a semi-urban setting.

This event is part of the London Park Race series, (2012 series details here, 2013 series details coming soon).

There will be courses suitable for runners of all abilities as well as experienced orienteers.

[Updated 25 May 2013]

7 July 2013 (Sunday) GLOSS

Greater London Orienteering Summer Series (formerly known as Frolics. More details here.

This event will also include a short course for newcomers and families.

Venue: Beddington Park

Details

[Updated 13 June 2013]

17 July 2013 (Wednesday) Mole Meet and BBQ

Venue: Betchworth

Details to follow

[Added 9 February 2013]

14 August 2013 (Wednesday) Summer Urban Series Event

Venue: Leatherhead

Details to follow

This event is part of Mole Valley's Summer Urban Series of street events ideal for runners of all abilities as well as experienced orienteers.

[Added 9 February 2013]

28 August 2013 (Wednesday) Mole Training

Venue: The Nower

Details to follow

A Mole Training event - an introduction to night orienteering.

[Added 9 February 2013]

ABOUT MOLE VALLEY ORIENTEERING CLUB

Mole Valley Orienteering Club covers parts of South London and Surrey and the River Mole lies at its heart. Our members cluster around the towns of Reigate, Epsom, Dorking, Sutton, Leatherhead and their surroundings. However we also have members that live further afield. 

Our official name is Mole Valley Map and Compass Foot Racing Society - we abbreviate to MV for easy reference!

We take the swallow as our symbol as it represents the swallow holes in the River Mole. These are holes in the river bed that mean the river disappears underground during dry periods. We also like to think that because swallows are fast and accurate navigators, they suit us well as an emblem. 

Results of the Summer Urban Series event on 5 June at Dorking are now available.

[updated 6 June 2013]

Results of the Try Orienteering event held at the Nower on 2 June are available.

[updated 2 June 2013]

Results of the summer urban series event on 22 May are available.

[updated 23 May 2013]

Results of the Urban race on 6 May are now available.

[updated 9 May 2013]

Congratulations to Mike Elliot who was made Mole Of The Year at last night's club dinner.

Mike was the winner of the very first MOTY (way back in 1983) and so he currently 'bookends' the full list of winners of the club's premier honour.

Take a look at the full list of winners at the Mole Roll of Honour

[added 27 April 2013]

Results of the event at Balcombe on 10 March are now available.

[added 10 March 2013]

The results are here - interesting to note that some people managed to score half a point!

Don't miss the last Winter Mole Night of the 2012/2013 season. It's at Fetcham. More information on the left of this page.

[added 2 March 2013]

We are in the final of the CompassSport Trophy

Well done to everyone who competed on 17 February. We came second in the event, and our scorers included several junior women who did very well.

The final is on 20th October in the fabulous Forest of Dean. Get the date in your diary now!

For the record, our scorers were:

[Added 18 February 2013]

New membership fees for 2013

We've just updated the site with the new membership fees for 2013.

[Added 12 January 2013]

Headley Heath 13 January event cancelled

This Level C event has been cancelled to accommodate the regional heat of the Compass Sport Cup and Trophy which will be on Headley Heath on 17th February. 

This will be organised by SLOW in partnership with Mole Valley and further information is available at  www.sloweb.org.uk

[Added 24 December 2012]

 Congratulations to Julia Jarvis (SO) and Alan Velecky (SO) on becoming the South East Veteran Champions and to our South East Superveteran Champions Teresa Turner (SLOW) and Andrew Parkinson (SO). Julia and Teresa retain their titles. Please contact Tony Burton (fixturesATmolevalley.org) to arrange collection of your trophies.

The full results are here

You can see past winners on the Mole Roll of Honour

Lost property: Grey North Face Fleece (XL), head magnifier. If not claimed by Christmas this will be disposed of. Please contact Tony Burton (fixturesATmolevalley.org) to arrange collection.

Comments from the planner and controller and Winsplits link now added.

[Updated 13 December 2012]

 Short AGM report

Following the AGM on 30 November at Leatherhead Leisure Centre, a very short report:

Keith Masson, Graham Sutton and Ted McDonald have left the Committee - thanks to them for their work.

David Fisher has joined the committee.

A slightly revised constitution was accepted. The alteration asserts that surpluses we generate will be reinvested in the club.

The full constitution and a complete list of committee members and contact emails is accessible through our club management and policies page.

[Added 1 December 2012]

 Roy Whitehead died earlier this month.

Roy was one of the club's first members and one of its most successful. Roy came to the sport from cycling and was a British and JK champion in his time among numerous orienteering achievements.

He was ever present at events for over 40 years and crafted the Velvet Flyer trophy.

Those who knew Roy well, however, will remember him best for his empathy and acute understanding of the natural world. Roy's love of nature suffused everything he did and will be sadly missed.

[Added 17 November 2012]

 Results of the Winter Mole Night at Reigate are now available.

[Added 16 November 2012]

 Results of the Try Orienteering event in Nonsuch Park on 27 October are now available.

[Added 27 October 2012]

 Results of the Try Orienteering event in Nonsuch Park on 29 September are now available.

[Added 29 September 2012]

 Results of the Try Orienteering event in Nonsuch Park on 9 September are now available.

[Added 11 September 2012]

 Congratulations to Bill Alexander who has won this year's Club Picnic event. He gets to take Moley home with him for a year.

A range of spot prizes were also awarded by this year's organiser and planner Caz Moon. A full run-down will be in the next Journal.

Meanwhile, Bill has earned his place on the Mole Roll of Honour.

Bill Alexander is given guardianship of Moley by Picnic Event organiser Caz Moon

[Added 18 August 2012]

 MV and SLOW tie in Frolics competition.

After a needle match in the last race of the series at Shooters Hill MV and SLOW have tied in this year's Frolics competition.

Full results via LOK.

[Added 7 August 2012]

 Results of the ParkRace and Mole Night at Morden Hall Park held on 19 July are now available. More about ParkRace here.

Lost Property: one bumbag with water carrier. Enquiries to info@mvoc.org. This item will be held for three weeks then disposed of.

[Added 20 July 2012]

 Results of the Frolic held on 8 July at Nonsuch Park are now available.

[Added 12 July 2012]

Results of the South East Team Score event at Balcombe Waterside are now available.

This event was the culmination of the Jubilee Orienteering Festival.

Found property. One item of clothing. To claim send an email to the planner.

[Added 5 June 2012]

 Results of the Try Orienteering event at the Nower on 27 May are now available.

[Added 28 May 2012]

  Results of the Sutton Schools event at Nonsuch Park on 27 April are now available.

We hope you all had a good time.

If you'd like to see the full schools results click here.

[Added 29 April 2012]