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Copy Date for Next Issue 15Th May The Newsletter of the Leicestershire Orienteering Club Ramblings from What’s inside? the Chair 1 Chair’s Ramblings Writing this Ramble at the 2 Club News start of 2009 I am looking forward to a very busy year 4 BMDC for the club with both the British Middle Distance Championships 6 LEI club development and the Compass Sport Cup and Trophy Final as the highlights of our packed 8 Junior Section event programme. I do hope that some good orienteering might offset whatever 12 Recent Events economic and social gloom comes our way this year. One of the heavyweight 14 Competition Sunday newspapers recently listed the 16 Annual Dinner Report best 50 Ways to Get Fit. No1 on their list, Orienteering! 18 AGM Minutes The AGM was the first of our three 24 Retired Man Chronicles regular “social” events of the winter. Your Club Officers were able to report a 26 Summer League successful year with plenty of events, a healthy bank balance and success by 30 Spotlight on . individuals in competitions. Simon Ford has stood down as Club Captain and we 38 Out and About (Continued on page 2) 43 Fixtures Copy date for next issue 15th May www.leioc.org.uk Spring 2009 LEI News (Continued from page 1) winners, a engraved glass goblet. It was a particular pleasure to ask the Club welcomed Alison Hardy as his successor. President to present Simon Ford with the Apart from leading and organising the Tiger Trophy for outstanding service to team at interclub events such as the the club over a number of years. For Compass Sport Cup one of the roles of much of the last 10 years Simon has the Club Captain is to represent been a the centre of the club, guiding its members on the club’s executive affairs both as chairman and club captain committee and I hope that you will let and contributing in many different ways. Alison know your views and concerns. There is a general invitation to all club Forty hardy souls turned up for the members to attend the club’s committee Christmas Novelty at Sence Valley on a meetings if they wish. The full very wet and cold Saturday morning in committee meets four times a year mid December. I am sorry to say by the usually on the second Monday of end of the morning the Christmas Tree February, May. August and November. Fairy’s wings were rather bedraggled and Santa’s beard had definitely seen better The Club Dinner and Presentation days - at least the post event “party” Evening was as usual a very convivial was in a nice warm pub with plenty of evening and an opportunity to mark the food. achievements of our members over the last 12 months. As the supplies of our Chris Phillips “Champions Coffee Mugs” have run out, we now have a new memento for our Chairman Your Club Needs You! At this year’s Compass Sport Cup On 29 th March at Sherwood Pines Please note the date in your Orienteering Diary NOW! Page 2 LEI News Club News Message from the New Club Captain, Alison Hardy: Firstly, I would like to thank Simon Ford Please make a note in your diaries that for the commitment and energy he has on 29 th March 2009 , venue hopefully to given during his term as the Club be Sherwood Pines (check the website Captain. I am very thrilled to be taking for updates) we have the 1st round of on this role, particularly as we have such the 2009 Compass Sport Cup . I hope a great club of keen and active to see as many of you as possible at this orienteers. Son Ben was also excited but event. For those who may not be aware, misunderstood the role as he thought I runners score points for the Club was going to be getting a parrot and a dependant upon the position they finish fake wooden leg. Wrong type of Captain in the course they run. If you do plan to Ben. go, I’d love to hear from you and I shall be hoping to catch up with many of you at events between now and then. To confirm, my role will be involved with: ♦ arranging and publicising inter- Orienteering can be a sport where we get club fixtures to recognise names from results lists but ♦ don’t necessarily manage to put faces to coordinating members entering as names. I am hoping to get to know even teams in relays or inter club more of you over the coming months, so competitions and don’t be shy in introducing yourselves to me. If there are any issues you would ♦ representing the interests of the like me to raise on your behalf then do ordinary members at committee. contact me in person or by email at [email protected] There is interest in having at least one With split starts and a young son who is relay team entry for the British eager to take part too, getting to talk to Champs in the New Forest on the 1 st people at events may not always go to March ’09 . Let me know soon if you plan but I look forward to getting to would like to be included. It would be know even more of you in the future. great to have a ladies team too if any other takers. (The JK Relays taking place near Hexham Alison Hardy in the North East of England on the 13th April also occur before the next edition of LEI News so let Alison know if you are interested in a relay run there - ed.) Page 3 LEI News The British Middle Distance Elite Championships & The British Middle Distance Age Class Championships The British Middle Distance ♦ Event Centre: Rachel Simonetti Championships which is to be held at Cademan and ♦ Car Parking: Iain Tebbutt Thringstone Woods and High Sharpley on the 10 th May 2009 will be a ♦ Bussing: Bob Haskins first for two reasons. This is the first time that LEI have hosted an element of the ♦ Starts: Peter Hornsby British Championships and secondly this ♦ is the first time that classes, for other Finish: John Cooke than elite competitors, have been held at ♦ SI: Kevin Bradley the Middle Distance Championships Hosting a Level 1 British Championship ♦ Equipment: Roger Phillips event is for a club of our size a major During the next few weeks they will be undertaking and our ability to deliver was contacting club members to enlist their given a very close scrutiny by BOF at the help on the various teams. Apart from start of the planning process. As the needing much more volunteer help on event organiser and as club chairman I the day, running a Level 1 event has a am very confident that we have the skills degree of complexity and longer start and ability to deliver such a major event. times that we don’t normally see in day The organising and planning has been to day orienteering. Therefore we shall under way for over 18 months and in late April be holding a briefing meeting writing this just 4 months before the for everybody helping. event we are on track and on schedule for 10.30am on the 10 th May. If you are one of our newer members or a junior member please don’t be put off Organisationally each of the major by your lack of experience at helping elements is being looked after by a team with the events. Working at this event leader. They are: with the more experienced club members Page 4 LEI News is a very good place to start to learn NOC, who are hosting the British Elite what goes on behind the scenes.. We Sprints the day before, as The British are a sport that relies totally on Short Race Weekend. We hope that will volunteer help to put on events. encourage Orienteers from further afield to spend the weekend in the East Also part of the management team for Midlands and take part in both events. the event are Roger Edwards -Planner, Ernie Williams - Asst Organiser, Roger As the event is a timed start rather than Williamson – Entries, and Roy Denney – an punch start (you may remember we Sponsorship practiced this at the Bagworth event in November) we shall be making special In addition to the Championship Courses arrangements for helpers at the starts. we will be putting on white, yellow and Therefore if you are helping and want to orange courses. The event will also be a compete please contact me regarding UK Cup Race. entry rather than go through the normal We shall be using the Castle Rock School online and postal entry systems. As with at Whitwick as the Event Centre and all club events, helpers will receive a bussing competitors to and from the discount on their entry fee. event area. We will be supported on the The event website, which can be day by The St John’s Ambulance who are accessed from the club web site, has providing first aid cover and RAYNET who more details on the event and these will will be handling some of our be added to as we get nearer to the 10 th communications. As you may have May. noticed from the pre-event publicity we are marketing the event jointly with Chris Phillips EMOA Support to the JK 2009 East Midlands Orienteering Association has agreed to support the North East in putting on the JK in 2009.
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