Wight Orienteers

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  • Wight Orienteers Annual General Meeting 2018

    The 2018 WIGHTO AGM will be held on Thursday 28th June, 19:30hrs, at The Sun Inn Calbourne. The meeting is open to all members of the club, so come along and have your say on club matters.

  • Wight Orienteers Annual General Meeting 2017

    The 2017 WIGHTO AGM will be held on Thursday 13th July, 19:30hrs, at The Sun Inn Calbourne. The meeting is open to all members of the club, so come along and have your say on club matters.

  • Wight Orienteers Annual General Meeting

    The 2016 WIGHTO AGM will be held on Friday 8th July, 7:30pm, at The Sun Inn Calbourne. The meeting is open to all members of the club, so come along and have your say on club matters.

  • Chris & Dan Complete 72 Mile Walk Around The Island in 24 Hours

    Shortly after 8am on Saturday 30th April Chris Pritchett and Dan Williams set off from West Cowes on the Round The Island Walk as part of The Isle of Wight Walking Festival. Chris and Dan were walk leaders with 2 other leaders, Martin and Alan. Their job was to guide a group of 14 people […]

  • Island Orienteering Quartet Show Form, Despite Errors, at New Forest Army Event

    The New Forest is a place familiar to many of us as we drive through, zigzagging past disconsolate ponies, on our way to more a distant goal, but it is also is a place where, given the opportunity to get off the beaten path, you can still find that feeling of wilderness that is all […]

  • Isle of Wight Runners take on Savage Larmer Tree Races

    Sunday 13th March 2016 saw runners from the Island getting the earliest ferries of the day to go take on the hills of South Wiltshire in the Larmer Tree Races. The Island boasted 34 runners crossing the start lines of the Half Marathon, 20 Miler and the Full Marathon. Members of Isle of Wight Road […]

  • Island Orienteers Go Great Guns at Brambly Bramley Army Event

    Redundant military hardware, observation shelter, old anti-aircraft gun position – if the special symbols on the map were anything to by, this was going to be an interesting day at the office for a band of Island orienteers who set off, once again, to take part in a British Army Orienteering Club (BAOC) event. This […]

  • WIGHTO Members Take On New Forest Challenge

    The New Forest Challenge is a navigational event put on every year by LDWA (Long Distance Walkers Association) Wessex. The courses on offer are a lot longer than the traditional courses we often see at orienteering events. In the case of The New Forest Challenge you have a choice of walking or running a 19 […]

  • Dan Williams Tackles The Punchbowl Marathon

    Every year the Surrey group of the LDWA (Long Distance Walkers Association) host a challenge event which is The Punchbowl Marathon. The event is open to walkers and runners and takes in mostly footpaths and bridleways including a long climb up to the top of the Devil’s Punchbowl. Two routes are offered; a 20 mile […]

  • Men of Wight Navigate Army Orienteering Championships

    A team of local orienteers ventured off the Island to take part in the Army (Military League South) Team Orienteering Championship at Sidbury Hill, Salisbury Plain on Wednesday 24th February 2016. The event, known as Team Harris, is intended to establish the best military teams, but also welcomes civilian entries. The teams, consisting of three […]