2021 North West Urban League ChampionsA series of 6 events
Congratulations to our Chair Louise Dunn (Supervet Women 55+) and Simon Filmore (Ultravet Men 65+) who both became NW Urban League Champions following completion of the six-event series at Knutsford on 31st October. Liz Heaton was narrowly beaten into 2nd place in the Vet Women 40+ class. Full league tables etc. here.
The NW Sprint Championships were held the previous day at Macclesfield. After a 2-part race Louise became NW Sprint Champion and Simon was runner up. James Rogers narrowly missed a podium in the Mens Open
Photos attached of Louise and Simon at Macclesfield. Photos credit Peter Cull (MDOC). you can download higher definition photos if necessary via the MDOC event website
Save the new date - LOC Fifty (2nd) Anniversary Party
Lakeland's much postponed 50th Anniversary Party has a(nother) date! Please make a note of the new date in your 2022 diary: Friday 1st July 2022.
It should be a great party with dinner and a ceilidh at Kendal Rugby Club. We've chosen a summer date so that we can, hopefully, spread out into the outdoors.
We look forward to seeing you all then
British Orienteering Long Distance Championships and Junior Home Internationals
British Orienteering Long Distance Championships
Congratulations to Laura Brown who won the W16 silver medal at the recent British Orienteering Long Distance Championships on the sand dunes of Braunton Burrows (Devon). Laura was close to winning W16 having had several fastest legs but finished about a minute (54.38) behind Daisie Rennie of WCOC (53.14). her superb run can be seen on the route gadget link
Increasing the complexity of the vast area of dunes were multiple criss-crossing paths and tracks, many not on the map! making relocation a bit of a nightmare.
The other success from the small LOC contingent was Carol McNeill’s win in W75 – traveling through torrential rain & thunderstorms to retain her title.
- C 17 Laura's Routegadget
- C 19 Carol's Routegadget
Junior Home Internationals
Laura also ran for England in the JHIs the following weekend.
Heather Heppenstall - 2021LiaDLakes in a Day Ultra, Caldbeck to Cartmel, 50 miles, 4000m climb
I decided I wanted to challenge myself and get back in to some longer races again after having the kids. Pre kids (Chris and) I had done a certain amount of adventure racing and mountain marathons but never anything of the scale of LiaD. But I thought it would be a good challenge!
Here are some of my thoughts on the race:
2021 Night Urban SeriesOctober 27th - December 15th
The series will be a mix of normal SI events and MapRun events as below.
| Date | Location | SI/Maprun | Event information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27th October | Grange | MapRun | Details |
| 3rd November |
Ulverston North |
SI | Details |
| 10th November | Kendal | MapRun | Details |
| 17th November | Dalton | SI | Details |
| 24th November | Ambleside | MapRun | Details |
| 1st December | Kirkby Lonsdale | SI | Details |
| 8th December | Ulverston South | MapRun | Details |
| 15th December | Kendal | SI | Details |
New LOC coaches (2021)
New LOC coaches qualified thanks to a £1,000 grant from the Orienteering Foundation.
(https://www.orienteeringfoundation.org.uk).
Iain Smith-Ward, Gill Browne and Jean Bell are working on their Level 2 coaching award, we wish them success in their final assessments.
Six members also attended an ‘Introduction to Coaching’ day.
Having the ‘OF’ grant made a big difference to enabling these to take place and our investment in coaches. Look out for more of these in the coming months.
Many thanks must go to Derek Allison for being the tutor for these courses.
Autumn Coaching Schedule 2021
The schedule for the coaching sessions is attached here.
Success at British Sprint Championships
Several solo and team medals were earned in the British Sprint Championships at Skelmersdale August 21st - 22nd 2021.
LOC Scafell Relay team (Karen Heppenstall, Noah Howlett, Matthew Horne and Anne Edwards) - Silver in the Elite Mixed Relay.
Carol McNeill- Individual Gold W75.
Liz Heaton - Individual Silver W40.
Laura Brown - Individual Slver W16.