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.

Well done to Wendy Olsen for organising and planning the Lilford Park event, which seemed to be enjoyed by all that took part. Helpers on the day were Phil Ellis, Lisa Kidd, Edward Mellor and Eric Burton. The full results and splits can be found at the links below:

Click here for Results

Click here for Splits

NGOC are again offering the orienteering board game "Forest Challenge" for sale.  All profits will be donated to the Woodland Trust, last years profits went to help flood victims in Pakistan.  For full details, follow the link on their website www.ngoc.org.uk