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The 1960s

The 1960s

When HOC was formed in 1968 orienteering in the UK was evolving rapidly. The previous twelve months had seen the formation of the British Orienteering Federation and the staging of the first National Championships in Hamsterley Forest but the purpose drawn orienteering map was still a thing of the future; 1:25000 OS maps were used, sometimes with corrections, and control descriptions either contained the definite article (signifying the feature was on the map) or the indefinite article (signifying it wasn’t!)….

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Laurie Bradley Score Results

Laurie Bradley Score Results

Harlequins have the retained the trophy, with the TSB Trophy winner for best M18- going to Sam Hudson (HOC) and the TSB Mirror winner for best W18- was Annie Lewis (WRE). Scroll down for the full results; organiser Peter Langmaid writes: Thanks to all who attended, and congratulations to the winners. Powergrip have donated some additional prizes, which Adrian will present to the winners when he sees them. Apologies for the failure of Control 41; it seems to have suffered…

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