Event: Boggart Hole Clough

Venue: A park near Blackley with some deep gullies where Boggarts i.e. devils are reputed to hide. As well as some formal park areas there are also some very informal areas to present the more experienced orienteer with a few challenges.

Date: Saturday 25th February.

Directions: Exit the M60 at Junction 20 and head south down the A664, immediately coming to traffic lights at the centre of Blackley. Carry straight on southwards through the lights. The road gradually descends for nearly a mile. At the bottom of the descent turn left at some traffic lights along Charlestown Road. Assembly is half a mile on the right.

Registration: From 10am to 11 30 am

Starts : 10 30 am to mid day.

Entry fee: £3 adults and £1 juniors

Courses: Yellow (2.3k), Orange (3.0k) and Technical (3.5k)

Organiser: Clive Atty 01204 301390 / This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Beacon Park Night Event

Provisional results from the Beacon Park night time event are now available here

RouteGadget is now ready to take your routes.

Planners comments here

SELOC Club Champions 2011, as announced at the SELOC Christmas lunch. The Championships were held at the EPOC Storthes Hall Wood event on the 23rd Oct 2011.      Photo of Mark Seddon - SELOC Men's Open Club Champion 2011.

 Stephen Richards receives the Allan Wilson Memorial Trophy for SELOC Volunteer Of The Year, at the prizegiving after the SELOC Christmas Lunch. Of the 10 nominees, Stephen came out top, in recognition of his contribution over the year, not only in organising and planning events in the Wigan side of our area but especially for the substantial effort in thoroughly updating a large part of the Clowbridge map including the fast maturing wooded areas.

Thirty two SELOC members and guests had a blast around Alexandra Park, Oldham, in the SELOC Christmas event.   The two-part score saw runners coming into the map distribution point during part A, asking for up to 5 part B sectional maps for the bonus 'quiz-O' controls, all within this small and very well-kept Victorian urban park.

Prize-winners from the on-the-day results were:

   1st               Ed Mellor

   2nd              John Britton

   3rd               Mark Seddon

   1st female    Emily Britton

   1st Junior     Josh Sammon

Click here for full results and comments.

Tuesday December 27th

Once again, there will be informal Christmas Fun Score event, this year at Alexandra Park, Oldham.

Alexandra Park is a well-renovated Victorian town park. The GMOA map is at a scale of 1:3000.

Assembly from 10:15 is on the South side of the park near a small car park on Kings Road at grid reference SD823279 (nearest postcode OL8 2BH is within the park)

Multiple starts from 10:30 to 10:45 and a maximum time limit of 40 minutes

The score format will be a combination of master controls with 'quiz-O' extensions for bonus control points; bring a pencil for your Street-O style answers

Participants take part at own risk and are responsible for their own safety; snow is possible but not guaranteed for a third year running!

Enquiries: Paul Turner

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To be followed by the SELOC Christmas meal on Broadway at the Boat & Horses- see separate details.