The club's Summer series kicks off with a 'sprint' style O at Salt Ayre Sports Centre near Lancaster, GR SD463624, on Wednesday 3rd June. Meet in the car park beyond the sports centre for starts from 6:30pm. A new map has been drawn for the event to almost sprint standards and includes a new area that doubles the size of the original map. Three courses are on offer; Yellow 1.6km, Orange 2.1km and Sprint 4.0km. The Yellow and Orange courses have been planned to avoid traffic while the Sprint course does cross roads within a housing estate. Training shoes recommended. Fees £ 2.50 Adults, £ 1 Juniors. Come and try some urban orienteering, all abilities welcome.

After the half term break, there is no club session on Tuesday 2nd June at Ripley as the school is holding an induction evening for next September's intake. The next session will be on Tuesday 9th June. Please pass this message on.

Fancy a bit of a change? Try orienteering on your bike at the Lakeland Lanequests, on Tuesday evenings in June and July. Following a well tried format of a two-hour score event, all on tarmac roads, this series has become ever more popular over recent years, with many foot orienteers joining in. For more details visit the Mint Cake MTB website. The first event is on 2nd June at the Strickland Arms, near Kendal.

Some interesting results - Peter Beighton as an M75 snatches the M55 prize, Steve Wrigley pushes Steve Wilson close in the Men Open class. Lawrence Johnson winning M12. Some excellent newcomer results - Lucy Culkin and Finlay Johnson coming out as winners! Prizes not collected so far can be claimed from Martyn Roome, or at the Club Picnic in July. Don't forget the next round of competition - the Summer Series starting on Wednesday 3rd June at Salt Ayre, Lancaster.

Congratulations to the following SROC juniors who have been selected for various tours and competitions. All the hard work has paid off! British Orienteering's Talent Programme Summer Training Camps: Chris Nash (Lagganlia), Zoe Harding (Badaguish) & Katrin Harding (Halden). Katrin is also on the GB team for the European Youth Orienteering Championships.

The Harvester is a 7 or 5 person relay event with both night and day legs. SROC won the handicap class a couple of years ago, and managed to field two teams last year, but alas no trophy. This year the event is to be held in South Wales on excellent terrain over 20/21 June, with the option of a middle distance race on the Saturday to make a weekend of it. SROC hopes to enter at least two teams again, and will organise transport if there is sufficient demand. Everyone camps together close to the start and finish. More details here. See this Message Board topic. Please contact Sarah Watkins if interested, as soon as possible. Everyone welcome!

Results for the Great Tower event are now available, along with RouteGadget, Winsplits Online and Splitsbrowser, to help analyse your performance. Follow the Results link above or click here.

Congratulations to Katrin Harding who is British W16 Middle Distance Champion after a successful run in Leicestershire today, Sunday 10th May. Several other SROC members achieved good results as well. See the LEI website.

Scores after the first half of this two-event series are available here. The final event will be held at Great Tower near Windermere on Saturday 16th May. Don't miss this excellent Lakeland terrain! Spring Cup prizegiving will take place at Great Tower as soon as all results are in.

A training course for budding map-makers is being planned for a venue somewhere in the North West. No firm dates as yet, but it will likely be held over a weekend. Anyone interested in taking part should contact the Regional Development Officer Hamish Willis.

Look out for the next second Spring Cup event on Saturday May 16. Suitable for beginners and experienced orienteers. Please note the fees are a little higher than at Roeburndale due to access fees charged per competitor. They are £5 seniors and £3 juniors.