Tony Thornley Wins Mapper of the Year Award
Chichester Trophy for BOC 2019 Map
Many Congratulations to Tony Thornley who has won the Chichester Trophy which is awarded annually by British Orienteering for the best map by an amateur mapper. The judges recognised Tony's top quality map of Kilnsey and Arncliffe used for BOC 2019 scoring it highest overall on specification, cartography and presentation. The prestigious award should have been made at the BO AGM at the JK but obviously that had to be postponed. Tony's comments on receiving the award are on the BO website British Orienteering News Chichester Trophy 2019
A fuller story will be included in the forthcoming Aire Affairs.
Alternative orienteering activities
Whilst all orienteering fixtures have been suspended for the foreseeable future (see separate news item), you may want to try these ideas... (click read more)
Juniors Compass Sport Cup report
We may not be able to go to any orienteering events at the moment 🙁 However, I thought you would like to see some of our juniors sporting their new AIRE tops to cheer you up.....
Club League 2019-20
The seventh and eighth events of the 2019-20 Club League took place at Harden Moor and Bingley St Ives on 23rd February 2020 and Fixby and Bradley Woods on 15th March 2020
Standings after 8 events:
Compass Sport Cup 2020 Finalists
Well done, we did it. AIRE came 2nd behind SYO and qualified for the cup final! SAVE THE DATE 18th October Sutton Park, Birmingham. Lets get the whole club out and give it our best shot. Juniors will run free.
Coronavirus (COVID 19) update
All Orienteering Activities Suspended
British Orienteering has confirmed that all Orienteering activities in the UK are suspended in light of the updated government policy on Coronavirus. British Orienteering Coronavirus Statement 170320
All Airienteers events are Cancelled until we are advised by BO that it is considered safe to restart.
YHOA Middle Distance Champs Heater Rigg
Middle AIREs to the throne
Congratulations..... AIRE class winners, collect your prizes next week at the CSC. Can winners(or their representative) please come to the EBOR tent and make themselves known to receive their prize.
| M21 | Joe Woodley | AIRE |
| M40 | Robert Gatenby | AIRE |
| M50 | Neil Conway | AIRE |
| M65 | Tony Carlyle | AIRE |
| M80 | Tom Crowther | AIRE |
| W10 | Charlie Beavers | AIRE |
AIRE Winter Night Score League 2020
The Wednesday night series for Winter 2020 is over.
Congratulations to the following winners:
- Paul Pruzina
- Eddie Winslow
- Rebecca Gray
- Joyce Marshall
Results:
Final League Standings:
British Night Champs 2020
Podium for David Alcock
The British Night Champs took place on Saturday (23/2) at Hambleden a runnable but hilly beech wood area near Henley. A handful of AIRE members made the trip with David Alcock placing 3rd on M40L. Joe Woodley continued his excellent recent form with 4th place in a very competitive M21L being only 9 seconds off a podium position. Peter Haines also took 4th Place in M65L a class won by EBOR's Steve Whitehead.
Saturday Introductory Series
First 3 Events Cancelled due to Coronavirus
The club are organising a series of 6 events this year specifically designed for newcomers of any age. The events will take place in a regular slot of the last Saturday of each month (except July & August) Start times 1:00-2:30. Club members and coaches will be on hand to help beginners get started and relative newcomers improve. We will generally offer 4 courses and you can do more than one course on the day.
Entry is free for all. Further details will appear closer to the event date on our events page. In the meantime our flier outlines the dates and venues.