EVENTS

NEWS

21 March 2010 Duo-O. A Local event with classic courses from White to Brown. Green, Blue and Brown will include a score event style element.

Venue: St Leonards Forest

Flyer: To follow

[Updated 23 January 2010]

16 May 2010 Limited colour event and Try Orienteering Event alongside Surrey Hill Race

Venue: The Nower

Flyer: To follow

[Updated 17 Nov 2009]

5 June 2010 Try Orienteering

Venue: Morden Hall Park. An area new to orienteering. This event is being held in conjunction with the Wandle Valley Festival. There will be lots to see and do in the park.

Flyer: To follow

[Added 26 January 2010]

18 July 2010 Frolics with Try Orienteering Event

Venue: Ashtead Park

Flyer: To follow

[Added 13 Nov 2009]

15 August 2010 Club picnic - MV Members only

Venue: Sheepleas

Flyer: To follow

[Added 13 Nov 2009]

25 September2010 Try Orienteering

Venue: Horton Country Park

Flyer: To follow

[Added 6 February 2010]

9 October 2010 Try Orienteering

Venue: Box Hill

Flyer: To follow

[Added 6 February 2010]

23 October 2010 Try Orienteering

Venue: Reigate Priory

Flyer: To follow

[Added 6 February 2010]

31 October 2010 South East Score Championships

Venue: Holmbush and Buchan Country Park

Flyer: To follow

[Added 6 February 2010]

13 November 2010 Night Event

Venue: Sheepleas and Effingham Woods

Flyer: To follow

[Added 6 February 2010]

14 November 2010 South East Families and Veterans Championship. For the first time Mole Valley introduces Super Veterans categories for MW60+

Venue: Sheepleas and Effingham Woods

Flyer: To follow

[Added 6 February 2010]

More details about each of these events will be posted at the Web site as they become available. If you want more information, contact the webmistress

A fuller list of national orienteering fixtures can be found at the British Orienteering Federation home pages

British Orienteering

South East Orienteering Association (SEOA) for magazine (SENAV), news and information relating to orienteering in the region
SENiLe (the South East Night League)

CompassSport (the orienteering magazine)
Nopesport (forum for those keen to chat about their sport)
Online (international orienteering news)

Please let the webmistress know if any of these links fail, or if there are other web sites you'd like to see linked to
 

As you may know, the Mole News is circulated in two ways by email and by post. Up to date email addresses are vital for this process to be successful and efficient. So please: 

- If your email address changes, as a matter of courtesy, let the Membership Secretary know.

- If you receive the Mole News by post and would like to do so by email instead, notify the Membership Secretary. 
 

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. 

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Results of the Sutton Schools competition at Beddington Park on 5 February are now available.

[Added 6 February 2010]

Compass Sport Trophy news

An update to the results at the LOK web site has resulted in a revision of the overall scores. Positions remain unaffected, but MV's winning margin has been reduced to the thin sliver of just 2 points. The results are still flagged as provisional..........

[Update posted 26 Jan 2010]

A message from Club Captain Tony Schofield 25th Jan (before the update noted above):

The (PROVISIONAL) results at the LOK web site are showing us as having scraped into the Final by 6 points (1264 vs Guildfords 1258), so a big Congratulations to everyone who turned out, particularly Daniel, Harriet, Thomas and Charlotte in the Juniors who all ran a course harder than they're used to and ended up getting us loads of points. Charlotte and Harriet in particular had brilliant runs.

And a big thank you to Belinda B, Philip G, Graham S and Chris S for running longer/shorter courses than usual in order to help out.

The final is near Sheffield on 17 October, so keep the diary free.....

[Added 25 January 2010]

Reports from the Planner and Controller have been added. Check back later for Badge standard times

[Updated 19 January 2010]

If you enjoyed taking part in the Junior League during 2009, then why not join in again in 2010?

We are including more events this year, not just those put on by our own club but also those of other clubs.

The most imminent dates for your diary are:

17 January, the MV event at Sheapleas, Effingham Forest and Oldlands Woods (information on the left of this page)

24 January an event at Leith Hill being run by another club, LOK

The full rules and a complete list of events is available here.

[Added 8 January 2010]

Mole Valley Junior League final results for 2009 have been calculated. You can see them here.

Congratulations to everyone who took part.

There will be a new League running in 2010 - check back for details.

[Added 31 December 2009]

Results of the South East Veterans and Families Competitions are now available.

Congratulations to Julia Jarvis and Nigel Bush for taking this year's trophies. See the full list of past winners at the Mole Roll of Honour.

Results of the Families competition were added 29 December.

Badge standard times were added 30 December.

The Planner's comments were added 31 December.

That completes the uploads for this event, though anyone who took part in the Mole Valley Junior League may wish to check back for the league results which we hope to publish soon.

[Updated 31 December 2009]

Hot off the presses we have the final results for the SE Galoppen 2009.

Moles due to receive a coveted Galoppen certificate, with their overall placings, are as follows:

Light Green Female Jane White, (1st)
Short Blue Female Samantha Martin (7th)
Blue Female Sandra Vogel (2nd)
Short Brown Male Ian Ditchfield (2nd)
Black Male Tony Burton (2nd)

Certificates go to the first three placed in each class plus the first in each 'assigned' age class. This means those who run out of class are eligible but don't impede those who run their designated age class.

The full results and explanation of the rules are here (Excel spreadsheet).

[Added 21 December 2009]

The club championships were contested at SO's Tilgate event on Sunday 6 December.

Keith Masson retained the Velvet Flyer trophy in the face of hot competition from Tony Burton and Ian Ditchfield. They took the top three spots on the Blue course.

In the womens competition Samantha Martin won the Molasses trophy for the first time, beating Sandra Vogel by less than a minute. They took seventh and eighth places on the Green course. Third in the Molasses competition was Jackie Olive.

You can see the full results at the Southdowns Orienteers web site here.

See the full list of past winners at the Mole Roll of Honour.

[Added 7 December 2009]