Alistair selected for Talent Development Coaching Camp
Posted on May 16th, 2012
Alistair Thornton (M16) has been selected to attend British Orienteering's Talent Development Coaching Camp this summer. The Camp is being held at Badaguish Outdoor Centre, Aviemore from 21st to 28th July 2012.
Well done, Alistair.
MDOC members in successful England team at Interland 2012
Posted on April 26th, 2012
MDOC members Matthew Fellbaum (M14) and John Britton (M60) were part of the successful England team which won the Interland Cup 2012 competition in southern Belgium last weekend. There is a Team photo on the Orienteering England website http://www.orienteeringengland.org.uk/
Results are here.
Tom selected for Junior World Orienteering Championships
Posted on April 21st, 2012
Tom Fellbaum (M20) has been selected to represent Great Britain at the Junior World Orienteering Championships, which are being held in Korsice, Slovakia from 7th-14th July 2012.
Well done, Tom.
JK 2012 Prize Winners
Posted on April 21st, 2012
Congratulations to members who won prizes and medals at JK 2012 in Scotland over Easter:
Sprint:
John Britton, 2nd in M60
Andrew Gregory, 1st in M75
Laura Hindle, 3rd in W14
Rae Lomas, 2nd in W70
Sue Birkinshaw, 2nd in W75
Individual:
Rebecca Humphreys, 1st in W18L
Vicky Thornton, 2nd in W50L
Sue Birkinshaw, 3rd in W75L
Full results at www.jk2012.org.uk
British Sprint and Middle Distance Championships 2012
Posted on March 27th, 2012
MDOC members came away with an impressive medal tally at the 2012 British Sprint and Middle Distance Championships which took place at York University and Strensall Common on 24th/25th March.
Andrew Gregory became a double champion, winning both the Sprint and Middle Distance Championships in the M75 class, Dave Mawdsley won M70 in the Sprint Championships and Rae Lomas won W70 in the Middle Distance Championships.
Other medal winners in the Sprint Championships were:
Ben Dempsey - 3rd in M10
Laura Hindle - 3rd in W14
Vicky Thornton - 3rd in W50
Rae Lomas - 3rd in W70
Sue Birkinshaw - 3rd in W75
and in the Middle Distance Championships:
John Britton - 2nd in M60
Dave Mawdsley - 2nd in M70
Vicky Thornton - 2nd in W50
Ben Dempsey - 3rd in M10
Congratulations to them all.
Full results on the York 2012 website.
JK selected for ETOC and WTOC
Posted on March 27th, 2012
Although (as he was planner) JK was not able to score at the recent British Trail-O Championships at Newborough, he maintained his 2nd place in the rankings and earned selection for both the European Trail-O Championships (ETOC) and the World Trail-O Championships (WTOC). He will also participate in the European and World TempO Trophy (speed Trail-O) competitions which precede the main events. Well done, John.
John has also accepted the role of GB Team Manager for both Championships.
Matthew, John and Vicky selected to run for England at Interland 2012
Posted on March 8th, 2012
Congratulations to Matthew Fellbaum, John Britton and Vicky Thornton who have all been selected for the England Team for Interland 2012, which takes place over the weekend of April 21/22.
The 2012 Interland Cup match will be held at Habay-la-Neuve, in southern Belgium with the pre-event at Citadelle de Montmédy across the border in France.
North West Night League 2011/12 - Provisional Results
Posted on March 6th, 2012
The Provisional Results for the North West Night League 2011/12 after the final round have now been published - click here to view.
Congratulations to Alex McCann, winner of the M18- category, Tom McCann (2nd M18-) and John Britton (3rd M40+).
Chris Rostron comments:
I have had to assume that all the people on the Bigland event completed their
courses without retiring. We will never know if anyone miss punched.
However, if anyone has declared that they retired or were non competitive then please
let me know ASAP.
And finally if you spot any mistakes then let me know.
The raffle will be done in the next few days
MDOC on Facebook and Twitter
Posted on February 27th, 2012
MDOC now has a presence on both Facebook and Twitter - thanks to Steve Nicholls and Tom Fellbaum. You can now access them via links in the page banner:
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MDOC's Hazel Grove Club Night featured on Sky Sports News
Posted on February 12th, 2012
Dan Riley and other club members attending the Hazel Grove Club Night two weeks ago were filmed for an article on orienteering which was broadcast on Sky Sports News yesterday as part of their 'Get Involved' programme.
Read more about it and watch the video on the Sky Sports News website.
British Schools Orienteering Championships 2011
Posted on November 24th, 2011
Congratulations to MDOC members and other students of schools in the Manchester area for their excellent performance at BSOC 2011, which was held last weekend at Beecraigs Country Park in West Lothian.
Top ten placings were achieved by:
Laura Hindle - 2nd, Year 8 Girls (1sec behind 1st)
Carolyn Hindle - 2nd, Year 10 Girls
Ellen Wilkinson - 10th, Year 10 Girls (Fallibroome)
Alannah Birtwistle - 7th, Year 13 Girls
Matthew Fellbaum - 3rd, Year 9 Boys
Alistair Thornton - 5th, Year 10 Boys
Tobias Halsy - 8th, Year 11 Boys (Fallibroome)
Tom Horton - 1st, Year 13 Boys
Oliver Harvey - 10th, Year 13 Boys (Fallibroome)
In the Age Class Team competition, Fallibroome took 2nd place in Boys Year 13, and 3rd place in Girls Year 13, Boys Year 9 and Boys Year 11.
Fallibroome also came 7th in the Large Secondary category in the Whole School Team competition.
Full results at http://www.cix.co.uk/~neper/bsoc11/index.htm
Club Championship Results announced
Posted on November 23rd, 2011
The final event in the 2011 Club Championship took place last Sunday at Clowbridge, so the results are now decided.
The winners are:
| Junior Men White: | Ben Dempsey |
| Junior Women White: | Lily Riley |
| Junior Men Yellow: | Ben Dempsey |
| Junior Women Yellow: | Hannah Proud |
| Junior Men Orange: | James McCann |
| Junior Women Orange: | Rosie Martland |
| Junior Men Light Green: | Matthew Fellbaum |
| Junior Women Light Green: | Laura Hindle |
| Open: | John Britton (M60) |
Congratulations to all of them.
Full results at: http://www.mdoc.org.uk/championship/2011.html
North West Night League 2011/2012 - Press Release
Posted on November 23rd, 2011
This year's North West Night League 2011/2012 is being sponsored by BrightBikeLights
at www.Brightbikelights.com
UK importers of the popular high power (900 lumen) LED head torch.
The North West Orienteering Association are using the prizes of two top-quality headlights donated by the sponsors to encourage more participation and to tempt more 'newcomers' to Night Orienteering.
In typical orienteering fashion they have devised a novel scheme for the awards
that rewards turnout as well as success, with an added element of chance thrown
in for fun.
A slightly different system is in place for newcomers and lapsed night owls
returning to the League, which is, like its daytime equivalent, open to orienteers
from all regions and not just NWOA
So if you fancy winning a top-notch headlight and getting some quality night
orienteering in over the winter, full details of the event formats and rules can
be found here.
The list of North West Night League events for your diaries is:
Saturday 10th December 2011 PFO event
Venue: Brun Valley Forest Park, Burnley
Saturday 17th December 2011 SROC event
Venue: Worden Park, Leyland
Saturday 21st January 2012 MDOC event
Venue: Woodbank Park, Stockport
Saturday 28th January 2012 SELOC event
Venue Beacon Country Park, Skelmersdale
Saturday 11th February 2012 LOC event
Venue: Bigland East
Saturday 3rd March 2012 DEE event
Venue: Arrowe Park, Wirral
For more details see appropriate Club website or the NWOA website
Success at the OMM 2011
Posted on October 31st, 2011
Congratulations to Dave & Alex McCann who won Course D, and John Britton & Andy Hemsted (HOC) who were 1st Vets (age adjusted) on the Short Score (5th overall).
Full results at: http://www.theomm.com/event-series/omm-2011-results
Chairman's Report 2011
Posted on October 28th, 2011
Did you miss the AGM last week? If so, you can read the Chairman's Report here.
First place for Vicky at VHI
Posted on October 14th, 2011
At the Veteran Home Internationals (VHI) last weekend in Scotland, Vicky Thornton won her class W50 (and was the only English team member to win their class). This helped England win over Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
Well done, Vicky.
Full results are available on the Scottish Orienteering website: http://www.scottish-orienteering.org/soa/page/veterans-home-international-2011/
JK's results at WTOC
Posted on August 31th, 2011
At the recent World Trail Orienteering Championships (WTOC) John Kewley of MDOC finished 10th in the Open class, after an excellent start (placed 3rd after day 1). A consistent performance by the whole British team on Day 2 put them on the podium in 4th place.
(Click photo to enlarge)
John was also top Brit in the World Temp-O Trophy (speed Trail-O) finishing in 30th place.
Well done, John.
Full results are available on the WTOC part of the WOC results website: http://live.woc2011.fr/index.php?id=wtoc2011-overall-results
Oban 2011 Prize Winners
Posted on August 13th, 2011
Five MDOC members achieved podium places in the overall competition at the Scottish 6 Days in Oban
Vicky Thornton - 1st in W50L
Rosie Martland - 1st in W14B
Andrew Gregory - 1st in M75L
Tom Fellbaum - 2nd in M20L
Liam Corner - 3rd in M40S
(Click photo to enlarge)
A further ten members gained top 10 placings in the overall competition
John Britton - 4th in M60L
Alex McCann - 5th in M16A
Rae Lomas - 5th in W70L
Martin Green - 6th in M55S
Steve Dempsey - 7th in M45S
Dave Mawdsley - 8th in M70L
Marie Roberts - 8th in W50S
Kath Speak - 9th in W50S
Alistair Thornton - 10th in M16A
Margaret Gregory - 10th in W70S
Congratulations to them all.
Full results on www.scottish6days.com/2011/
Earlier news items can be viewed in the News Archive