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  • 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.

  • NOC Club Championships 2025

    This year’s Club Champs were staged at Rushcliffe Country Park on the 25th October.

    Jane Booker was declared the overall NOC Club Champion for 2025.

    Congratulations to Jane Booker, the 2025 Overall Club Champion, seen here completing her course at the recent CST Finals.

    The full list of class champions was declared as follows:

    • Newcomer – Martin Gush
    • Overall – Jane Booker
    • Junior – Bodie Milsom

     

    • M40 – Richard Robinson
    • M45 – Anthony Squire
    • M50 – Richard Willis
    • M55 – Tony Donaldson
    • M60 – Andrew Ridgway
    • M65 – Mick Lucking
    • M70 – Simon Elliot
    • M75 – John Palmer
    • M85 – John Woodall
    • W55 – Catherine Hughes
    • W65 – Christine Elliot
    • W70 – Jane Booker
    • W75 – Hilary Palmer

    Many congratulations to all those that took part with special mention to Roy Mitton for undertaking his first official Event Organiser role, and to Ed Cochrane for planning the various courses.  

    A big “Thank You” mention also goes to all those club members who helped on the day for various volunteer activities.  We had a number of newcomers on the day and the AGM afterwards, so the collective effort to set-up, manage and put-away really helped to make the day a successful one.

  • Late September 2025 Update:

    CompassSport Trophy Final

    A montage of images of NOC members competing at the CST Final in September 2025

    The thirty strong team fielded by NOC at this year’s CST Final put in the best club performance for a decade.  Whilst we finished 5th overall, NOC were the first English team home on what was very challenging terrain.  The 260 metre run-in on soft sand was noted by many!

    Congratulations go to all those taking part and a special mention to those that scored the points on NOC’s behalf:

    A good team turn-out has been a key factor in NOC’s CompassSport performance this year.  We’re aiming to get a stronger turn-out for the 2026 competition.  Remember, all participants can have a role in influencing the outcome; even if you are not a ‘scorer’ as such, your finishing position could be ahead of participants from competing clubs, effectively lowering their score.  So, the club looks forward to an even bigger member turnout for 2026.  Be part of the fun next year!

     

    Other results:  Retford

    NOC hosted a round of the EM Urban League on the 28th of September in Retford.  This was a good opportunity to score regional urban points as a number of regular orienteers were engaged with local running events or the Robin Hood Half Marathon.  NOC members took good advantage with wins for George Carley (Men’s Open), Paul Morris (M65+) and Catherine Hughes (W55+).

    There were podium spots for Tony Donaldson (M55+), Patrick Squire (M75+), Katy Butterfield (W40+), Helen Parkinson (W55+) and Jane Booker (W65+).  A good number of members also secured top ten places: Tim Booker, Ian Stevenson, Jan Golen, Roy Mitton, Robert and Louise Orgill, David Watt, Robert Parkinson, Richard Llewellyn, David Booker, Victoria Hanman and Elaine Smith.  Many of these members were also helpers on the day so a special “Thank You” to them for not only scoring well but for playing a vital role in putting the event on too.

    Thanks also goes to Dave Cooke for securing permissions, Robert Parkinson as Event Organiser, Anthony Squire for planning courses with lots of route choice and Andrew Ridgway for map updates and Controlling the event.