Entires for this year's Varsity Match at Burnham Beeches on 10th March are now open. Let's see it DrongO can beat JOK this time!
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The latest edition of the DrongO newsletter is available to download here.

Results are now available here for the second Cambridge City Race which took place on Saturday 22nd October 2011. The men's open course was won by DrongO member Alex Rothman, whilst the women's open course was won by Sarah Rollins, with current CUOC member Mairead Rocke second and DrongO member Rachael Rothman third.

The minutes from the August AGM are available here. In particular Blanka Collis, Mark Collis and Mark Bown were re-elected as captain, secretary and treasurer respectively.

Click here to read Blanka's report for the year 2010-2011.

Congratulations to DrongO member Rachael Rothman for producing some of the best results from the GB team at WOC, finishing 29th in the long and 19th in the middle. She also recently married DrongO member Alex Rothman (which is why her name has changed from Rachael Elder since the news item on WOC selections).

Varsity Match, 10-11th March 2012

The varsity match is in Burnham Beeches on the weekend of 10/11 March next year and is being organised by Ruth Holmes. As it's in the UK it would be nice to see a bigger turnout from DrongO, so keep this date free!

Training Tour, Lake District, 4-11th December 2011

More details to come from Ben and Matt next term, but the annual joint Christmas Training Tour with Oxford will return next year. DrongO members have always been welcome at the training tour, so if you'd like to take part in some pre-Christmas training, then come along.

BUCS, Lake District, 17-18th March 2012

It's a long way off, but please keep this weekend free too. BUCS is the annual inter-university championships, and next year CUOC are organising it. In the Lake District. So help from any DrongO members will be appreciated.

Well done to DrongO Rachael Elder for being selected to represent Great Britain in the Middle distance at the World Champs in France this August.

And whilst we're at it, well done to current CUOCers Matt Halliday and Mairead Rocke, who will be going on the British Orienteering Talent Fulfilment Training Camp in Slovenia this July.

Download the public edition of the latest DrongO newsletter here.

Being bang in the middle of the country (in Wharncliffe Woods in Sheffield, the scene of the 2007 Varsity Match as some of you may remember), the British Champs had a great turnout. A well organised weekend by SYO and EPOC, it was attended by a number of DrongOs, and here are the results (please contact Blanka if you think someone from DrongO ran but isn’t on the list!). Full results can be found here.

Daniel Marston 5th on M21E (of 50)
Mark Bown 17th on M21E
Ben Stevens 22nd on M21E
Alex Rothman 28th on M21E

Mark Collis 10th on M21L (of 16)

Matthias Mahr 4th on M35L (of 28)
Alistair Hindle 11th on M35L

Tim Wiegand 23rd on M40L (of 43)
Iain Tebbutt 28th on M40L

Quentin Harding BRONZE on M45L (of 82)
Colin Smith 21st on M45L
Neil Crickmore 26th on M45L
Trevor Hoey 36th on M45L
Neil Gostick 46th on M45L
Ian Buxton 61st on M45L

Mark Foxwell 18th on M45S (of 35)

Kevin Harding 10th on M50L (of 73)
Peter Haynes 27th on M50L

Colin Duckworth 28th on M50S (of 30)

Don McKerrow 49th on M55L (of 95)
John Hurley 69th on M55L

Rachael Elder SILVER on W21E (of 26)
Vicky Stevens 10th on W21E

Anya Crocker 4th on W21L (of 17)
Blanka Collis 10th on W21L

Viv Barraclough 5th on W35L (of 15)

Jenny Peel SILVER on W40L (of 29)
Ann Roller 12th on W40L
Lucy Wiegand 14th on W40L

Alison Smith 20th on W45L (of 48)

Barabara Tebbutt 13th on W45S (of 26)

Alison Harding BRONZE on W50L (of 48)
Mary Ockenden 17th on W50L
Jane Halliday 18th on W50L

Allyson Foord 14th on W55L (of 42)
Jean Payne 35th on W55L

It was nice to see a large number of DrongO members at the JK, which took place in Northern Ireland from 22nd-25th April. We had some sunny weather and some great areas - the open sand dunes used for the middle and relay races were particularly good. Some DrongO members also met up for a meal on the Saturday.

Below are some results for DrongO and CUOC members, and some pictures from the meal. Full results can be found here.

Sprint Results

Matt Halliday (current CUOC) BRONZE on M20E (of 22)

Alex Rothman 21st on M21E (of 106)
Ben Stevens 45th on M21E
Ben Windsor (current CUOC) 61st on M21E
Mark Bown 68th on M21E
Alistair Hindle 73rd on M21E

Ian Elder 12th on M Open (of 49)
Mark Collis 13th on M Open

Iain Tebbutt 27th on M40 (of 62)

Quentin Harding WON M45 (of 114)
Neil Crickmore 9th on M45
Trevor Hoey 25th on M45
Adam Leaf 58th on M45

Dave Kingham 18th on M55 (of 101)
Don McKerrow 19th on M55
Charlie Daniel 31st on M55
Dave Hanstock 65th on M55

Mairead Rocke (current CUOC) WON W20E (of 24)

Rachael Elder BRONZE on W21E (of 67)
Vicky Stevens (current CUOC) 28th on W21E
Blanka Collis 41st on W21E
Ruth Shedden (nee Hollinger) 58th on W21E

Nicola Robertson 4th on W Open (of 29)

Jenny Peel WON W40 (of 37)

Sue Crickmore 14th on W45 (of 82)
Barbara Tebbutt 47th on W45

Alison Harding 10th on W50 (of 70)

Jean Payne 21st on W55 (of 51)
Fiona Hanstock 34th

Overall Results

Matt Halliday (CUOC) WON M20E (first on both days)

Ben Stevens 22nd on M21E (15th on Day 2)
Mark Bown 29th on M21E (24th on Day 2)
Alex Rothman 52nd on M21E

Alistair Hindle 14th on M21L
Mark Collis 28th on M21L

Ian Elder 6th on M21S (4th on Day 3)

Darrell High 12th on M40L
Iain Tebbutt 36th on M40L

Quentin Harding 6th on M45L (4th on Day 2)
Colin Smith 10th on M45L (6th on Day 2)
Trevor Hoey 65th on M45L

Mark Foxwell 16th on M45S

Kevin Harding 9th on M50L

Dave Kingham 6th on M55L (5th on Day 3)
Don McKerrow 38th on M55L

Dave Hanstock 10th on M55S (7th on Day 2)

Mairead Rocke (CUOC) WON W20E

Rachael Elder 4th on W21E (three-way tie 3rd on Day 3)
Vicky Stevens (CUOC) 17th on W21E

Cath Wilson 7th on W21L (5th on Day 2)
Blanka Collis 17th on W21L (10th on Day 2)

Ruth Shedden (nee Hollinger) GOLD on W21S
Nicola Robertson SILVER on W21S

Jenny Peel WON W40L

Barbara Tebbutt 22nd on W45S

Alison Harding 5th on W50L
Mary Ockenden 14th on W50L
Anna Nilsen 39th on W50L

Jean Payne 27th on W55L
Fiona Hanstock 29th on W55L

Relay Results

Mark Bown (together with Matt Franklin and Matt Crane) 7th on JK Trophy with BOK
Ben Stevens (together with Ian Nixon and Steve Watkins) 8th on JK Trophy with AIRE
Alex Rothman (together with Shane Lynch and Richard Guillame) 15th on JK Trophy for SYO
Alistair Hindle making up 9 places for ESOC in JK Trophy

Mairead Rocke and Rachael Elder (with Jo Stevenson) SILVER on Women's Premier for SYO
Vicky Stevens 5th finisher in Women's Premier after first leg

Kevin Harding (with Chris Young and Ian Marsden) BRONZE on Men's Short for HH
Ian Elder (with Mike Garvin and Alex Roach) 13th on Men's Short for SLOW
Mark Collis (with Jeremy Hill and Jon Wheatcroft) 32nd on Men's Short for TVOC

Blanka Collis (with Alison Smith and Pauline Sinclair) 17th on Women's Short for TVOC
Jean Payne (with Pauline Smithard and Pat Moody) 18th on Women's Short for DEE

Trevor Hoey (with Brad Connor and Jon Marsden) 9th on M120+ for FVO

Mary Ockenden (with Karen Nash and Sue Harding) 6th on W120+ for SROC

Quentin Harding (with Martyn Roome and Brian Jackson) BRONZE on M165+ for SROC
Peter Haynes (with David May and Stephan Rudolf) 8th on M165+ for SLOW
Dave Kingham (with Mikhail Gryaznevich and Jim Proxting) 9th on M165+ for TVOC
Don McKerrow (with Alan Leakey and Andy Robinson) 17th on M165+ for SLOW

Alison Harding (With Liz Drew and Janet Rosen) SILVER on W165+ for HH

Links to Varsity Match results and photos are now avaiable here, including some route analyses.
Oxford won the men's match and Cambridge the women's.