Squad training will be at Blackwood this Saturday, 6th June 2009. As usual, please arrive for 1015 hrs to start at 1030 hrs. We should finish by 1500 hrs.

Meeting place will be by the SCATS building, at SU532423, [off Larkwhistle Farm Road to the south-east of Micheldever Station] .

Congratulations to the following for their selections announced today:

Katherine Bett - Lagganlia Summer Tour
Tamsin Moran - Badaguish Summer tour
Peter Bray - Halden Summer Tour; European Youth Championships

Well done and Best wishes

Squad training next Saturday, 28th March 2009 will be at Bloom Wood, near Marlow. The approach to the area is via the Three Horseshoes Pub at SU856891, and then down a narrow lane to the west side of the woods on the road at location SU860891.

The Southern Championships were run at the Interland competition was held at Egypt Wood and Burnham Beeches on Sunday, 22nd February 2009.

There were championship wins for several squaddies and helpers - Megan Bett (SN, W12A), Mark Salmon (TVOC, M18A), Jane Morgan (SOC, W45L), Roger Thetford (TVOC, M45L), Roger Baker (TVOC, M75L) and recent squad member Anne Edwards (TVOC and OUOC, W20E).

Wow!! Excellent squad results at last weekend's British Orienteering Championships, held at Hampton Ridge in the New Forest.

Our squad's new British champions are Fiona Bunn (W10A), Tim Morgan (M12A), Katherine Bett (W14A), Alex Moore (M18S) and Jane Morgan (W45L). Peter Bray also had a great run to come in 2nd on M16A.

Well done to everybody who competed.

The Interland competition was held at Egypt Wood and Burnham Beeches on Sunday, 22nd February 2009. The Interland brings teams together from England, Belgium (both Flemish and Walloons) and The Netherlands to this annual international competition.

For those at this weekend's British Championships - well done. Dave will post a more detailed review later today once he has gone through all the results.

Squad training this Saturday, 7th March 2009 will be on Burghfield Common, near Mortimer in Berkshire.

We have confirmation for the location for squad training on Saturday, 14th February 2009. It will be on Barossa, Camberley. For those that have not been there before, it is a mixture of forest and heathland which will be good training for the British Championships later this month.

Our next training session is Saturday, 17th January 2009 at Avon Tyrrell, near Bransgore, in the New Forest. We will meet in the main car park SU186002 . Avon Tyrrell also has its own website [http://www.avontyrrell.org.uk/].

Looking forward to 2009, we have several training activities planned. The current calendar is attached. As you will see, we are looking for coaches and helpers for some of the dates. Additionally, we need an organiser and a coach for the Junior Interregionals in September 2009 in Northern Ireland [as neither Tim or Dave are able to be there].