New to Orienteering?
If you haven't tried orienteering before or are not very experienced the following links will help you get started.
MapRun
Join the Saxons Summer Challenge
MapRun is a free app that allows you to run a course without any physical infrastructure on the ground instead your position is recorded by the phones’ GPS. You can run solo anytime and your time can be compared with others. It is perfect for private fitness and technique training during lockdown.
Saxons Summer Challenge Series
Want to spice up your MapRun?
To help you keep fit and continue your personal orienteering training Saxons are producing a series of MapRun based challenges over the summer months.
Guide to MapRun is here
Each week a new...
Real In-Forest Orienteering Training Routes now available
Lockdown hampering your opportunities to practise?
Don’t panic! Help is at hand...
Practise proper orienteering in Hemsted Forest
Orienteer anytime
Use our permanent orienteering courses
Remember to maintain social distancing and be polite to other members of the public when out on your run.
Watch a video of the use of permanent courses here
Venla & Jukola - what’s that about?
The world’s largest orienteering relays, 72nd Jukola Relay and the 43rd Venla Relay, were due to take place last weekend just north of the Arctic Circle in Finland, with some 18,000 orienteers....
...Individual orienteering opportunity
DFOK have begun a weekly challenge using permanent courses and MapRun courses.
If you are interested in taking part please check the DFOK website and contact Andrew Evans if you would like to be added to their mailing list
...How did you get on with the Trail O photo O competition?
Solutions to second competition now available
For this competition we had more success in getting the correct answers!
Congratulations to all who took part
Saxons promoted to division 1 in SE league
Congratulations to all who took part
The SE league is an annual competition between SEOA clubs and runs over each autumn/winter/spring season. Anyone running in a SE league event scores points for their club.
How’s your understanding of control descriptions?
Results to puzzle set by Richard Field are below