WIMBORNE ORIENTEERS
Founded in 1970, Wimborne Orienteers is a small but active orienteering club on the eastern edge of SWOA, covering most of East and North Dorset from Ringwood in the east to Wimborne and up as far as Blandford in the North. We also have a number of active members in South and West Dorset, formerly covered by WEYOR. Areas mapped range from Bovington Heath in the West of the county through to areas on the western fringes of the New Forest.
Every year we hold our annual
Regional (Badge) Event, a
District (colour coded) event as part of the SW Galoppen
series and a number of smaller scale Local (colour coded) events.
Also annual are the Boxing Day Canter, a mass start Score
event held every year on December 26th, and the Furrow
Hoppers Relay, an unusual relay format held in the
summer.
The club host a number of social events (Club Dinner,
Barbecue etc.) throughout the year. The club newsletter, Waffle , appears six times a year. We have very
close links with our neighbouring club WSX.
In September 1998, the club started the Dorset
Schools Orienteering League, open to any schools in Dorset (and also S Wilts and W Hants) - current League Tables and
information can be found in the schools'
section.
In summer 1999 we established a permanent orienteering course at Moors Valley Country Park with the aid of a lottery grant. There are now over 40 control sites of varying difficulty including some more technical controls sites to provide a useful & challenging training run for the expert as well as the existing courses for novice and improver. The Moors Valley Challenge is currently to visit all of these sites in the fastest possible time - contact John Warren for an updated copy of the map.
A permanent Trail-Orienteering course was completed in January 2004.
During the winter months, we hold regular beginners coaching sessions in conjunction with Moors Valley Country Park, usually on the second Saturday of every month. More details are available from the Moors Valley Visitors Centre.
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Last Updated
Sunday, October 15, 2006