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Lakeland Orienteering Club (LOC) has members living in the area from Barrow and Millom in the West to Kirkby Stephen in the East, and from Shap in the North to Carnforth in the South.
YVETTE BAKER TROPHY Brun Valley BurnleyCalling our junior members!
Saturday 16th May Brun Valley Burnley. Pendal Forest Orienteers
Its a great opportunity for our junior members to participate together as a club.
Juniors of all ages, pairs or groups can participate with lots of colour courses available.
Anyone who is interested contact Louise via website contacts.
Louise Junior Coordinator
LOC at the Montane Spine Winter Race
Congratulations to LOC member Ian Haslett who, earlier today (Fri 16th), completed the full Montane Spine Winter Race, just a mere 268 miles along the full length of the Pennine Way from Edale in the Peak District to Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish Borders ! Ian left Edale at 8am on Sunday morning and took a total time of 125 hours 26 minutes and 37 seconds in what has looked like a seriously brutal edition of the race, earning himself a top 20 finish and taking a massive chunk off his previous time.
Tim Watkins Trophy winnersBlawith and Subberthwaite
Well done to all the LOC members who braved the Tim Watkins trophy on Sunday in very blustery conditions. Amongst the trophy winners were Anne Edwards (womens open)and Jamie Osborne (Junior men - escaped before prize giving). Also amongst the prizes were Pippa Archer and Rebekah Beadle on the Womens Open Short
LOC win 2025 Galoppen series
LOC win the 2025 Borrowdale Trophy after the final event at Wansfell
Well done everyone who competed in the series for LOC
especially to the following course winners:
Alex Hinkins YELLOW,
Finn Wilson ORANGE,
Jess Hinkins YELLOW,
Jackie Chapman L GREEN,
Amanda Ratclffe VS GREEN,
Chris Robinson S GREEN
Cumbrian Galoppen Website More details
OMM LOC successSat/Sun 25-26 Oct Shap
Well navigated
1st on A course Joe Woodley and Dane Blomquist
8th on C Score Jane Morgan and Rebekah Beadle who were also 2nd Vet and 2nd female team.
LOC Family ProjectFinal reports.... Thanks Kath
This month we reach the end of the LOC Family Project. We have had an exciting three years developing new initiatives to raise the profile of orienteering and make our events more attractive to families.
It has been a real pleasure to lead the club in this project, but strong volunteer support from club members has been absolutely essential to the delivery all these activities and initiatives and to give families a warm welcome - it’s been a real team effort.
We have introduced orienteering to literally hundreds of local families! We’ve made great progress in attracting younger members to the club and hopefully this trend will continue into the future.
Thank you to everyone who has supported the LOC Family Project in any way and to all the families who have come along and taken part.
Kath more details
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