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Junior success at 2011 British Sprint and Middle Distance Championships
A number of MAROC juniors travelled down to Sussex for the very hot and sunny weekend weekend of the 9th/10th April to take part in the British Sprint and Middle Distance Championships. Between them they came home with 4 medals for podium places over the weekend.
2011 Deeside Summer Evening Sprint Series
MAROC and GRAMP are joining forces again, this time to put on this summers Deeside Sprint-O series. The series will commence on Friday 6th May and the single course event format will cater for all Orienteers of TD3 standard and above. Expected winning times for the evening races will be in the order of 15-20 minutes.
Jon Musgrave & Rhona McMillan come out top in DNC 2011
The Deeside Night Cup is over for another year. The twelve race series was once again a close affair with most of the placings only being decided at Scolty after the last race. The usual lavish prize giving at the post race curry was this year attended by an all time record 40 people.
Deeside Night Cup Race 10, Tyrebagger
Another fine night, and more physical courses largely caused by the heather this time. The early indications are that Dan Gooch won the Long course. Results are awaited.
Deeside Night Cup Race 6, Hazlehead
Snow again! Hazlehead Park hosted DNC 6, rescheduled after the initial ice induced postponement. Fairways and tracks made for fast running in spite of the snow with Finlay Langan winning the long course and Calum McLeod (GRAMP) the short.
Deeside Night Cup Race 7, Bogendreip
A full moon, nice frosty conditions and for the most part great runnability at Bogendreip.
Deeside Night Cup Race 6 Cancelled
Sheet ice at Hazlehead resulted in the latest race in the winter night series being cancelled.
Deeside Night Cup Race 5, Sluie
Some snow in the forest and some pretty icy tracks but superb technical full on Orienteering took place at DNC 5 at Sluie. Follow the link for series fixtures, blog and overall scores.
Deeside Night Cup Race 4, Forvie
The snow had all but gone and it was a relatively clear night for DNC 4 at Forvie