Leicestershire Orienteering Club

Next event with full range of courses from beginner to experienced planned by Roger Edwards.  Coaching after lunch but you need to pre-book with Chris Bosley.

Event details at http://www.leioc.org.uk/event-details-2/?item=%202072

Parking in Bagworth centre with walk to start. 

Calling all Club Members!

It’s that time of year again, where your club has need of your orienteering talents.

LEI’s heat for the CompassSport Cup will take place at Sherwood Pines Forest Park, Nottinghamshire on the 17th March.

This a level B event and entries for the cup are via the online form:-  http://ow.ly/7dSw30nw0d4. Please enter a course that is appropriate for your age class.

Closing date is the 1st March. Start times will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, so please get your entries in early to get your preferred start time.

In addition to the CompassSport Cup courses, there will be a White, Yellow and Light Green for those unable to compete in the cup.

Regretfully a rather good event has been tarnished by the actions of a few orienteers.

After the event we received a formal complaint from a landowner regarding orienteers crossing land that was clearly marked as private and being asked by the land owner to leave.
The area concerned was around a private dwelling.
The landowner has also informed me that two orienteers used foul and abusive language to him.
Not only are these orienteers in breach of the rules of the sport they have done considerable damage to the reputation of the sport in the area, which will almost certainly have a knock-on effect when we use the area again.
I am currently in the process of trying to identify those orienteers involved, in particular the two that used foul and abusive language to the landowner, with a view to asking, in that particular case, the Federation to bring a charge of bringing the sport into disrepute.

Chris Phillips
Chair LEI