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Burley West Results

By Helen Wheelwright , 21 September, 2026

Organiser's Comments

Thank you all for coming along to our event in Burley West. I hope you enjoyed your day.

Thanks must first go to Annika and Doug Greenwood, who created some interesting and at times challenging courses. The north of the competition area was affected in the summer by the fire which started on the A31 and for a time we were unsure whether the event would go ahead. As it turned out Doug and Annika had to replan some of the longer courses to the North of the map. 

Luckily by the time the day arrived the sun was shining again but the grass had had time to grow back green and luscious on the beautiful Burley Park. Many thanks to all the helpers who gave up their time to make the day a success, thanks to Julie Astin for controlling and to the computing team who spend long hours on the day sorting out results and checking that all runners get back safely.

We were also pleased to have the services of Sauce and Sizzle and hope they will be able to help us out with the catering again sometime. Finally it was Pannage Time in the New Forest, so thanks to the competitors who helped us chase the pig out of the pedestrian gate before he could get down to the oak tree for some acorns.

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Burley West

Entries open for Burley West

By Webmaster , 15 August, 2026

Given recent weather, it may seem premature to think of Autumn, but as we head towards September, we'll soon be able to orienteer in the New Forest again. Our next event is at Burley West, on Sunday 20th September, and entries are now open on Racesignup. This is the area used for last year's November Classic and thankfully is unaffected by the recent fire.

If you are new to orienteering, don't be put off by the fact that it is a Regional event - there will still be the full range of courses, and novices on the White, Yellow, and Orange courses benefit from reduced entry fees.

Get your entries in by the 11th to guarantee your choice of course. Entries will remain open until the 16th, but only subject to map availability.

Fleming Park results

By Alastair Moir , 1 August, 2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Fleming Park on Saturday for the final event of our 2026 Summer Series.

Find out how you got on in the Results 

Our next event will be at Burley West in September - keep an eye on our website for more details as they are released.

In the meantime, our MapRun league continues. We're in North Baddesley for August, before moving to Highfield in September.

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Julia Loring

1 month 2 weeks ago

Organisers Comments

Many thanks to all those who came along to the event yesterday in the blistering heat. There was a great mix of experienced and enthusiastic new orienteers in attendance.

It was a little busier than anticipated so apologies for any queues you encountered while we got ourselves sorted.

As always thanks to those SOC members who helped on the day. To Steve and Alastair for computing, Wing and Norman for standing in the full sun (for 1.5 hours) managing the start. To Rachel for her coaching of new orienteers and the control placing and collecting team – Matthew, Lisa, Paul, Ian and Chris.

Thanks to Eastleigh BC for allowing us to use Fleming Park for the event and finally, to Tim the planner for a great variety of courses.

Julia 

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Fleming Park