New to Orienteering?
If you haven't tried orienteering before or are not very experienced the following links will help you get started.
Future Events
Sat 26 May
Junior Orienteering Festival
Near: Cranbrook, full details...
Sat 2 Jun
Kent Orienteering League round 10 - Haysden Country Park
Near: Tonbridge, full details...
Sun 10 Jun
Urban National event at Canterbury
Near: Canterbury, full details...
All events have courses for beginners.
Full list of all future events
Sunday league event - Blean
A ranking event in one of our most popular areas.
Spring edition of SaxAlert
Paper copies for those of you who haven't picked it up at a recent event will be posted soon. The online version can be found using this link: https://www.saxons-oc.org/saxalert
Don’t forget the Junior Orienteering Festival 2018
Bethany Shool near Cranbrook on 26 May
This festival is a junior only event for all keen orienteers, school groups or any young person who has had a little experience of the sport. Check the details on the 'Events' page
...South East middle distance championships
At a damp Rivers Wood and Balcombe, Saxons gained 2 medals. Jeremy Oldershaw won gold on M80+ and Alan Hickling silver on M45-50.
Parting of the ways
The event at Ightham on Sunday was the last that Rowan and Jerry will attend while living in Kent
Comments from happy participants yesterday at Ightham
‘Reasonably tricky but a fun course’ - Orange
‘It was a lot of fun, I nearly lost my wellingtons in the mud!’ – Yellow
‘The end of the course was lovely, a nice technical area without paths' –...
Have you recently upgraded your dibber or thinking of doing so?
Saxons need to increase our stock of dibbers for hire but before buying
new ones we are offering to buy second-hand ones from members who have
upgraded to faster or contactless dibbers.
Bike O 2018
A return of the popular 'photo O' on bikes
A series of 4 bike O events are being planned for the summer. Dates are in the 'Events' section. Check for updates!
‘JK’ Sprint, Middle, Long & Relay snapshots
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Congratulations to Jeremy Oldershaw on 3rd place in M80 at the Sprint race at MOD Stafford.