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By Rachel Robertson , 11 February, 2026

DATE & TIME: Friday 13 March 2026 at 7.15pm

VENUE: Main Hall atĀ Valley Park Community Centre, Pilgrims Close, Chandlers Ford, SO53 4ST.

A copy of the agenda, audited accounts and some additional financial information regarding events have been sent by email to all members.All Officers (Chair, Secretary and Treasurer) and general Committee members are (re)elected every year. We specifically require a Treasurer as Steve Sutch has reached the end of his three year term and must step down. We also have vacancies for up to 4 additional general Committee members to be elected at the AGM.Ā  If you are interested inĀ standing for Treasurer, either of the otherĀ OfficerĀ posts or as a general Committee member, or wouldĀ like to know more about what is involved, please contactĀ secretary [at] socweb.org (secretary[at]socweb[dot]org). PleaseĀ also send apologies for absence to Ā secretary [at] socweb.org (secretary[at]socweb[dot]org)Ā  .

The evening will also be the opportunity for our annual prize giving. If you are a current trophy holder, please return it at the start of the evening (or contactĀ secretary [at] socweb.org (secretary[at]socweb[dot]org)Ā to arrange to return it in advance if you are unable to attend on 13 March). Any nominations for the winner of theĀ 2025 'Pits' award for most amusing or embarrassing 'fail' at an orienteering event inĀ 2025 are welcome.

After the AGM business has been completed, food and the opportunity to chat with other Club membersĀ will be provided as in previous years. Any offers of help with the refreshments will be gratefully received!

Look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on 13 March!

By Julia Loring , 8 February, 2026

Results

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Organisers Comments

Thank you for coming along to the Bramshaw event. I was a little concerned that the conditions may have been detrimental to your orienteering experience but many of you enjoyed the courses and the wet and the mud!

As always much appreciation to the SOC helpers who made the event run so smoothly. Sorry to the control collectors who had to endure the awful conditions at the end of the event.

Thank you all.

Julia Loring

 

Planners Comments

The time between starting and finishing the planning process brought about a number of changes to the event area! Changes that, underfoot, were not reflected on the map - intermittent streams constantly flowing, small marshes got much bigger, paths 'morphed' into streams and some rides became muddy traps for the unwary!

Recent storms also brought down a number of trees which needed to be circumnavigated making route choice options more tricky.

Moral for the event. Hope for the best and plan for the worst especially when nature is an active participant!

Norman Wilson

 

 

 

Event
Bramshaw
By Colin Hicks , 25 January, 2026

Attached are the Open and Age Graded tables up to and including event 8. Andy Snell leading in both tables. The recent SOC event at Lymington was event 11 in the series, so the league table results are a little adrift. There are 4 more events remaining in the series with the next hosted by WSX at Corfe Mullen on Monday 2nd February 2026, followed by the SOC night event at Hursley Park on Thursday 19th February 2026.

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Open class league table 111.81 KB
Age Graded league table 112.13 KB