Message from the Chair

Dear orienteers, Congratulations to the 34 Dartford Orienteers who participated in the CompassSport event on 12 March at Worth Lodge. We did quite well finishing second and five points away from Saxons. There was a lot of mud but also sweet treats to cheer up. The forecast for future years is excellent: we had two juniors, Madeleine Pitcher and Luke Bennett, receiving the top 100 points each; we had the youngest competitor of the event: Isla Findlay and we had nobody in the super vet category yet!

We also had a big team at the British Long Distance Orienteering Championships at Cold Ash and two relay teams at the British Relay Championships on Sunday 26 March. Madeleine Pitcher, Andrew Evans and Andrew Pitcher arrived 12th out of 36 teams in the Ad-Hoc competition. Luke Bennett, Kevin Jover and Antoine Pesenti just managed to beat Saxons in the tough Men's Premier competition. There is only one SE League event left this season taking place at Eartham Wood on 14 May. DFOK is organising many smaller events locally. See the list at www.dfok.co.uk/events

Finally, the committee is very keen to bring new members to the committee. If you are interested or want to know more about the roles, please contact me at chairman@dfok.co.uk. Enjoy orienteering!

Antoine