News and Information

  • Strawberry Hill – 21st December

    A terrific final NOC event of the year at Strawberry Hill saw some tricky conditions with mist reducing visibility on what were some well planned courses by Kevin Lomas. 

    Despite the conditions, it was really pleasing to see so many good results from our most recent intake of MapActive participants!  Here are the headline results.

    There were wins for Richard Robinson (Brown) and Ed Eckhard (MapActive on Orange). 

    There were also a number of podium finishes for Hilary Hodkinson (Short Green), Jan Ellis (Very Short Green), Eleanor Eckhard (W10, MapActive on Yellow) and Evan Llewellyn (M12, Orange).

    There were a good number of top ten finishes too.  These included Tim Booker, Mick Lucking, Angela Lucking, Grace Robinson, Lily Robinson, Emilie Milsom, Bodie Milsom, John Palmer, and the following MapActive participants: Emma Donson, Victoria Eckhard, Alan Blackwell and Rianne Gibb.

    This was a popular year-end event which also saw LOG and DVO host their club championships too, and everyone headed back to Download for refreshments, mince pies and lots of chat about the courses.  Next year’s Christmas bash will be at Walesby on the 20th December. See you then!

  • NOC performances at Beacon Hill

    The recent EM League event at Beacon Hill, hosted by LEI, once again saw some strong results from NOC members.

    Richard Robinson (M40) continued to demonstrate his prowess by being first back on the Brown course, more than 14 minutes ahead of the next competitor!

    Bodie Milsom (M14), who started orienteering just 12 months ago as part of our MapActive programme, finished 2nd on the Light Green course and the first of four M/W14 competitors.

    Paul Morris (M65) was 3rd on the Green.  Elaine Smith (W65) was the first woman back on the Short Green, finishing 4th overall.

    Top ten finishes were recorded by Tony Donaldson, Catherine Hughes, Tricia Neal, Emily & Neil Milsom, Elodie and Emily Booker, Grace and Lily Robinson, and new NOC member, Alan Blackwell.

    Just two more events remain for 2025.  Next up is NOC hosted Strawberry Hill on 21st December.

  • Cromford Moor – 23 November 2025

    The East Midlands League event at Cromford Moor (hosted by DVO) took place on the 23rd November.

    Richard Robinson dominated the Blue course, maintaining first position overall throughout his run, despite a wobble en-route to the fifth control.

    There were top ten finishes for a number of NOC members too:  Elaine Smith (Short Green), Simon Elliott (Green), John Woodall (Very Short Green), Bodie Milsom (Light Green), and new NOC member Alan Blackwell (Orange).  Well done all on what was a challenging area.

  • Wellow Park – 9th November

    Participants in the East Midlands League event at Wellow on the 9th of November encountered courses under a blanket of golden leaves. 

    On top of that, Planner Richard Robinson made good use of the contours available to create courses that provided a full-on technical difficulty 5 work-out for the experienced orienteers taking part!

    There were many good NOC performances with Hilary Palmer finishing first on the Short Green course, closely followed by Jane Booker and Richard Beadle.  John Palmer finished 3rd on the Very Short Green and Tim Booker came home 4th on the Blue course.

    NOC members also topped the results on the Orange course (Sophie Peet – 1st ) as well as the Yellow course (Elodie Booker – 1st and Lily Robinson – 2nd).

    RouteGadget is now available for this event so do take a look at the various courses that were encountered; great examples of well planned courses designed to challenge the skills of keen orienteers.

    Thanks go to Richard Robinson for planning, Mick Lucking for controlling and Pat Squire for organising the event.  Thanks also goes to those who provided the new map, obtained the various permissions and all those who helped-out on the day.

    The next NOC event will be the pre-Christmas one at Strawberry Hill near Mansfield.