South London Orienteers and Wayfarers
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South London Orienteers (SLOW) is an orienteering
club based in south London
. Its members are based all over the south London area, with a particular concentration in the Kingston/Wimbledon/Richmond areas. The club also has several members in north London, and also in Surrey, as far out as Dorking and Guildford. SLOW currently have around 200 members, ranging from complete novices to international level orienteers - including the 2005 world championship bronze medalist Heather Monro
.
SLOW was founded in 1976, when it was merged with the existing club Nutfielders OK. This former club is still remembered in the name of SLOW's annual premier orienteering race, the OK Nuts Trophy, which has been held annually since 1977.
The club was known as South London Orienteers and Wayfarers until 2010, when the last two words were dropped from the name.
The club organises a large number of events throughout the year, including orienteering races, training days, evening street events, and cross-country type fell races. Additionally, there are a large number of orienteering events staged all over the south-east run by other clubs, which SLOW members regularly compete at.
The club is a member of the South East Orienteering Association and the national governing body British Orienteering
Orienteering
Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...
club based in south London
South London
South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...
. Its members are based all over the south London area, with a particular concentration in the Kingston/Wimbledon/Richmond areas. The club also has several members in north London, and also in Surrey, as far out as Dorking and Guildford. SLOW currently have around 200 members, ranging from complete novices to international level orienteers - including the 2005 world championship bronze medalist Heather Monro
Heather Monro
Heather Monro was the second British female orienteer to win a world championship medal. She came 5th at the World Orienteering Championships in 2001. At the 2003 World Orienteering Championships she was the highest placed British Female coming Fourteenth place over the 11.8 km race...
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SLOW was founded in 1976, when it was merged with the existing club Nutfielders OK. This former club is still remembered in the name of SLOW's annual premier orienteering race, the OK Nuts Trophy, which has been held annually since 1977.
The club was known as South London Orienteers and Wayfarers until 2010, when the last two words were dropped from the name.
The club organises a large number of events throughout the year, including orienteering races, training days, evening street events, and cross-country type fell races. Additionally, there are a large number of orienteering events staged all over the south-east run by other clubs, which SLOW members regularly compete at.
The club is a member of the South East Orienteering Association and the national governing body British Orienteering
External links
- SLOW official club website
- British Orienteering - UK national governing body
- International Orienteering Federation