Minutes of the recent SCOA 2008 AGM and the February and June 2008 Committee Meetings are now available on the Committee page.

Berkshire Orienteers, in conjunction with Southern Navigators and the British Army Orienteering Club, is organising the British Schools Championships weekend on 15th/16th November 2008, the Championship being held at Hawley and Hornley Commons.

For further details, see the British Schools Orienteering Association web site - www.bsoa.org

SCOA / SEOA Controllers Courses 2008

SCOA and SEOA will be holding both a Grade 3 and a Grade 2 controllers course on Sunday 20 July 2008.

The courses are open to any BOF member, but priority will be given to SCOA and SEOA members in case of oversubscription. The 1 day courses are expected to be held at Longmoor Camp, off the A3 on the SEOA/SCOA border and will be presented by Katy Stubbs (SCOA) and Neil Crickmore (SEOA). They will consist of oral presentations/discussion and a practical exercise.

Katy Stubbs is planning to hold a one day course for novice organisers, aimed at putting on an event at District level.

This is open to anyone in SCOA who wishes to attend and there will be no charge for the course. This will follow the BOF curriculum and will be held at Katy's house (in Winnersh, between Reading and Wokingham). The date has been arranged to target an event in October. A further such event will be held at a later date for those who cannot atted the first.

Orienteering England now has its own lively new site containing information about past and present English Teams, Selection Policies, England International Results and all things to do with England Teams.  All English Team information will now be published in one place making it easier to access. 

        Take a look today at www.orienteeringengland.org.uk 

The prize-giving for the SCOA League 2006-7 season will take place at 1 pm on September 16th at the SOC Queen Elizabeth County Park District Event.  This is the first event of the new 2007-8 League season so you can start your new season at the same time.  Winners will receive a hand-crafted bespoke mug and runners-up receive a certificate.

A list of League scores is available on the SCOA League page.

Trophies for the Junior Champions will be presented at the BADO Micheldever event on June 10th. This is also the last SCOA League event of the current season. The full list of 2006 SCOA Champions is available on this website at http://www.scoa-orienteering.org.uk/?q=node/62

The SCOA AGM will be held on Thursday 14 June 2007 at the Pavilion, Worthy
Down, Winchester, SO21 2RG. The AGM will be followed by a short Committee
meeting.

This year we will be joined by Neil Cameron, BOF Chairman, and Mike
Hamilton, BOF Chief Executive. The evening will commence at 7.30 pm sharp
with a short talk by Neil Cameron on current issues and activities at
national level. This will be followed by a session to discuss what has been
covered and/or answer questions and discuss other issues that those present
wish to raise. At their request, we have allocated the first hour of the
evening to this session. This is your opportunity to learn first-hand about
their ambitions for British Orienteering and the issues affecting National
Office. Given the range of topics that may be raised, it would be helpful
to Neil & Mike to get some idea of the topics beforehand so that they may
bring the relevant information. If you let me know by WEDNESDAY 30 MAY what
topics interest you, I will forward this information to Neil and Mike with
the AGM papers.

Thank you all for coming and supporting the squad. The results are on the Emit UK web site