Results for Headless Hill

The results for the BOK Local and ASO event on 12th December 2010 at Headless Hill are available on the BOK website.

Splitsbrowser and RouteGadget links, and comments are also available.

Saturday Winter Series, Ashton Court Results

The results from the Saturday Winter Series event on 27th November at Ashton Court are now available on the website. Points for the Series to date have now been posted.

The Splitsbrowser link for the Moseley Green event on 21st November is now also available.

Draft Development Plan, 2011 to 2013

Mark Dyer writes: "The latest version of the draft Development Plan is now available on the Klub page of the website. It is intended to be a plan for the whole club, and comments and views of any kind from all the BOK membership are cordially invited by 15 January 2011. Please send comments to David Palmer, copied to me, Mark Dyer"

Notes from September Committee Meeting

Items of interest from the committee meeting on 30th September 2010 have been published on the Klub page.

Saturday Winter Series, Greyfield Woods Results

The results from the Saturday Winter Series event on 23rd October at Greyfield Woods are now available on the website.

Blaise Castle Results

Results for Sunday's BOK Local event at Blaise Castle are available on the website.

Splitsbrowser, Winsplits and RouteGadget links, along with Comments, are now also available.

BOK 2nd in Compass Sport Cup Final

BOK finished 2nd in this year's Compass Sport Cup Final, beaten only by last year's winners and host club SYO. This is a great result for BOK, improving on last year's 3rd place and this time just ahead of OD. Congratulations and thank you to all those who travelled to Sheffield and contributed to this success. A full report will be in the next BOK News.

Klubnight Oct 13th

Don't forget Klubnight tonight - a chance to improve your skills and have some fun! See diary for full details.

CSC Final 17th October

Coach transport with overnight accommodation at Eyam youth hostel is now confirmed. There are still places available, so please contact your Klub Captains as soon as possible if you want to take advantage of this. Similarly, if you haven't yet entered the event but wish to do so, please let us know.

Leigh Woods Results

Results, comments and links to Winsplits and Splitsbrowser for today's BOK Local and ASO League event at Leigh Woods are now available on the website.

P.S. Lost property found: Pink and purple hat (found on the side of the car parking road) - please get in touch with Jo Foster (secretary@avonschoolsorienteering.org.uk) if it belongs to you.

String course results also now available.

BOF Masters UK Cup proposal

David Palmer writes: "I have received the attached Masters UK Cup Consultation Paper from British Orienteering, via SWOA. We are invited to comment. No deadline is given but I would like to send any feedback from the Klub by the middle of October. Please send me comments by the 15th October."

Long O - Winsplit and RouteGadget

The splits of the Long O at High Meadow have been added to Splitsbrowser and Winsplit Online. The map and courses have been uploaded to RouteGadget.

Highmeadow Wood Long-O Results

Results from Sunday's Long-O at Highmeadow Wood are now available here. RouteGadget and Splitsbrowser to follow.

Peter Palmer Relays

Congratulations to our two Junior teams on their performances in the Peter Palmer Relays. This night/day relay event for teams of 6 was held near Nottingham on the weekend of 4th/5th September. The ShadowBOKsters team finished 9th (Adam Potter, Jamie Hayward, Jessie Benjamin, Michael Hallett, Ella Milne & Isla Simmons), with the BOK Moonlighters not far behind in 19th (Daniel Mann, Stuart Hanstock, Jess Milne, Shona Simmons, Chloe Potter & Abi Kerr).

Lakes 5 Days

BOK was well represented at the Lakes 5 Days, enjoying some fine orienteering and mostly fine weather; shame about the cancelled Day 3. Congratulations to the following who achieved top 5 places:
W10A Rachel Potter - 4th
W12A Chloe Potter - 3rd
W55L Alison Simmons - 3rd
W60L Katy Dyer - 4th
W75 Anne Donnell - 1st
W80 Pat Grenfell - 1st
M45L Clive Hallett - 1st
M50L Mark Saunders - 4th

BOK AGM reminder

David Palmer writes: A reminder that the BOK AGM / Skittles Social is coming up soon, on Monday, 20th September at the Ring O' Bells in Nailsea. If you have yet to return your booking form, sent out with the recent BOK News, please could you do so now. Or, if you don't have the form, then by all means get in touch with me.

BOK AGM - Treasurer's report

The Treasurer's report, consolidated accounts to end July 2010, and details of event income and expenditure, have been put up on the BOK website in the AGM area on the Klub page.

Details of the username and password needed to access the area can be found on the back page of BOK News.

WOC Norway

Congratulations to BOK's Matt & Grace Crane for their performances at the World Orienteering Championships in Trondheim. In the Middle Distance races, Matt finished 26th and Grace (representing Australia) was 37th. Grace also finished 30th in the Sprint race and helped Australia to 13th place in the Relay.

WMOC 2010 Results

Congratulations to the following BOK members for their results at the World Masters Orienteering Championships in Switzerland:
Sprint:
Alice Bedwell 2nd W50-A
Anne Donnell 3rd W75-A
Pat Grenfell 2nd W80-A
Clive Hallett 7th M45-A
Long Distance:
Anne Donnell 7th W75-A
Pat Grenfell 5th W80-A
A good photograph of our 3 Sprint medallists (Alice, Anne and Pat) is on the SYO website.

Barnardo's Orienteering Challenge in Bradley Stoke

A charity orienteering challenge is being held on Sunday (22nd August) in Bradley Stoke's Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve. The event (which is not organised by BOK) will make use of the nature reserve's permanent orienteering course and will raise funds for Barnardo's.

BOK is staging its own "come & try it" beginners' event at the same venue on Sunday 12th September.