In conjunction with our neighbours LOG, HALO will be co-hosting a
Series of 6 Local Urban Events in Lincolnshire in early Summer on
Thursday evenings.

3 courses will be availaible, approximately 2,4 & 6 kms long.

A scoring system will be available in due course - with the best 4
scores out of 6 counting.

New Flyer here



The venues and dates are as follows : 

June 13th - Horncastle (Start/Assembly) : Horncastle College

June 20th - Brigg (Start/ Assembly) : Market Place

June 27th - Lincoln (Start/ Assembley) : Arboretum

July 4th - Barton (Start/Assembly : Baysgarth Park

July 11th - Sleaford (Start/ Assembly) : St Georges School

July 18th - Louth (Start/ Assembly) : Meridian Leisure Centre

These events should complement HALO's Poacher Series and LOG's Spring
Series by providing an alternative form of orienteering before the
Summer recess and give members from both clubs the chance to improve
their fitness and techniques before 'One Hull Of A Weekend' on July
20th/21st and the Lincon City Race on 31st August.



Note : we have planners for the Barton & Louth events but we still
require a volunteer for the Brigg Event.

Anybody interested should contact me accordingly asap @skybluepetetiscali.co.uk .Full support
given.

The YBT final will take at Belton Park (National Trust) near Grantham on Sunday 7 July 2013 and is being organised by LOG.

Details are not yet available on the LOG site.

If you can let Neil Harvatt know your availablility as he will need to submit the team in advance for start times.

There are still several heats to be held but at the moment the following other clubs have qualified for the final - DEVON, CLOK, WCH, POW, LOC and possibily MDOC.

Two contrasting Urban Events this Sunday - Neil, Helen and Ken ventured to the Porto City Race, Neil finished 3rd (photo from Porto City Race Facebook Page)

with Results here - lots of photos via the Facebook Page too.

Meanwhile, in the depths of Derbyshire, Derwent Valley Orienteers hosted an East Midlands Urban League event in Chesterfield. Several #HaloUrbanRacingTeam

members attended, including most of the #WardOrienteeringTeam. Results here and RouteGadget here. 

This was HALO's 1st junior team competition.  The result was close - only 13 points lead on Airienteers. 

Well done all the runners. 

 HALO's scorers can be seen on the link below - highlight and right click.

 http://www.aire.org.uk/events/archiveresults/2013/2013-03-24_Danefield_YBT/Results/team_yvette_baker_trophy_qualifier.html

HALO Results

and

HALO Photos

Congratulations to :

Charlotte Ward 1st (W21L)

Helen Smith 1st (W35S)

Brian Ward 1st (M50S)

plus : Emma Van Dam 1st on Colour Coded (VSE) whose time would have won W10B (same course)

Also notable efforts from :

George Van Dam 5th (M12A)

Amanda Ward 6th (W50S)

Paul Van Dam 9th (M45S)

Helena Crutchley 15th (W50L)

Neil Harvatt 39th (M55L)

Mary Carrick 31st (W60L)

plus all the Field family with Zac 5th (M18E),  Yasmin 10th (W14A), Rosie 13th (W45S), Joe 19th (M12A), Jake 20th (M18E) 

and Dean 54th (M50L) 

Please note: we will not be running the Beverley Club Nights on Monday May 6th or  Monday May 27th (both Bank Holidays).

We will be operating as normal on May 13th and May 20th .  And every Monday in June and then up to (and including)  July 15th.

Keep an eye on the web-site as some of the Monday night sessions will be held on The Westwood.

The first Yorkshire Urban League event of 2013 took place last Saturday at the University of York. Planner Adam Bradbury provided some intense sprint-style orienteering around the complex campus grounds, with middle distance type course lengths, concentration throughout was a must!

Star of the show was overall Course B winner, Charlotte Ward (pictured, photo by Adam Bradbury). Other notable HALO performances came from Dominic Simmonds, 4th Junior Men, Brian Ward, 4th Veteren Men and Neil Harvatt, 3rd, Mens Super-Veterens.

The East Riding Schools held their Orienteering Final on Tuesday April 30th 2013 at Burton Constable Hall.

Over 150 children had qualified to take place in this final.

Provisional team results can be seen here.

Hull Schools Orienteering Final takes place on Monday May 20th.

NE Lincs Schools Final takes place on Monday July 1st.

The N Lincs Schools Final took place on Friday April 26th.

The best five teams in each year group from each of the four local authority finals will compete in the Humber Games Final at Hymers College on Friday July 12th.

The Humber Games Final is part of the 2013 School Games and features many sports in addition to Orienteering.

In addition to the School Games, the Yorkshire and Humberside Orienteering Association will be holding a Primary School Competition on June 26th at Ripley Castle near Harrogate.  Details here.

It's a long clip but fast forward and watch it from 0:17:45 approx until 0:18:00, keeping an eye on the guy in red - recognise him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDZoKsWo2Oo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O8DmkAC2wI

The annual Lincolnshire Challenge Shield LOG v HALO match will this year be incorporated within the last Poacher event at Swallow Vale on June 19th. So not only will you be able to compete as an individual in the Poacher League you will also be able to represent the Club in the Challenge Shield. The format of the courses will be the same as previously stated i.e. 5 courses 1k, 1.5k, 2k, 2.5k, 3k and set minimum distances dependent on age and gender need to be completed to gain Poacher points and Shield points in the 2 different competitions. All classifications are based on minutes per km run. This format was used successfully last year in 3 Poacher Events and hence, will be repeated this year.

HALO's popular Wednesday evening Poacher Events returned on tonight WEDNESDAY 10th April. This year follows the same format as last year - with 8 cross country events , 2 Park Events and the last event a combination of the two!

NOTE The Ultra Veterans Trophy will this year be competed for on the Medium Course. Also it is unlikely that Poacher founder Pete Kullich wil be able to defend his trophy due to injury.

We have 3 new planning teams this year - thanks to Chris/Alex, Helen & Dave. More are always required and any other volunteers can easily be incorporated into this year's fixtures.

The Fixtures can be found here.

A Kite Collecting Rota can be found here. Your assistance in adhering to this is appreciated.

Follow on Twitter #HALOPoacherSeries or @Halorienteering

PLEASE NOTE THE FIXTURES AND PARKING ARRANGEMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE  AT THE LAST MINUTE e.g. parking locations SO PLEASE CHECK BEFORE THE EVENT.

Also to complete your Spring/Summer Orienteering Evenings - HALO are jointly holding an Urban Series with LOG on 6 consecutive Thursdays starting on June 13th in Horncastle. Full details will be posted in due course. As part of the Series we will be incorporating the Lincolnshire Shield on June 20th and introducing two newly mapped areas - Barton-on-Humber and Louth. Plenty to look forward to.

Congratulations to series winners:-

Overall  - Zac Field

Leading Junior - Jake Field

leading lady - Charlotte Ward

Final Tables after round 4 here

Points for Round 4 Beverley here

Results for Round 3 Barton-upon-Humber here

Results for Round 2 South Cave here

Poster here

For each event there will be approximately 20 SI boxes hung on lampposts or similar.  You will have 45 minutes to find as many as possible.  Start times may vary but will be approximately 18:00 to 19:00.  As the title suggests, the registration and download will be in a local pub.  We hope that you will take advantage of the landlords generosity and take some refreshments or even a meal in each pub.  Exact details of the times and venues will be available on the event's page for each event nearer the date. Entry fee will be £5 (£4 juniors)- this includes a £2.50 drinks voucher which can only be redeemed on the night.  Due to insurance restrictions under 16's cannot take part unless accompanied by an adult.

Short video on the HALO Facebook Page

At the start of this year we had to cancel the first two club nights at Beverley.  I doubt that the snow then was as bad as it turned out last Monday.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/halo-o/sets/72157632999930105/

Next week (Monday 18th March) is the last week before easter, so we will be having the customary event plus feast and hopefully better weather.

Competing for England in her first, full Senior call up, Charlotte returned a victory in the Women's Open (W21) class in the Netherlands as England retained their Interland crown on foreign soil.

Results are a bit "flaky" at best - this link takes you to SplitsBrowser - select view "results table" then class "W21"

Charlotte completed what she describes as a "grotty" forest course of 8km (straight line) in 67:48 to finish ahead of 2nd overall (and 2nd England counter) Helen Gardner (not the EBOR Helen Gardner!) from SLOW in 69:16

Well Done #WardOrienteeringTeam member Charlotte Ward (!) 

Photo's

Congratulations to LOG, who were able to field a full strength team in a neighbouring area, and progress to the Final after defeating a plucky HALO team by 31 points.

Team Results : 1st LOG 1280 points, HALO 1249 and SUFFOC 936

The HALO individual point scorers were Charlotte Ward (100), Helena Crutchley(100), Sam Offler(100), Mark Tyzka(98), Jeff Slater(98), Dave Offler(98), Brian Ward(98),Paul Van Dam(95), Mary Carrick(94), Peter Harris(94), Mike Smith(92), Helen Smith (92) and Amanda Ward(90).

Everybody ran up to their or very close to their full potential - not too many mishaps and no mispunches. The 100 point scorers certainly need a special mention as it was certainly physically tough - the HALO tent at the end resembled a scene from M*A*S*H.

One should mention other Team HALO members who also hopefully enjoyed their experiences on such a pleasant day. The scores were Dorothy Smith(92), Paddy Neligan(90), Pete Shew(88), debutant Brian Hostad(86), John Butler(86), Isoldt Harris(84) and last but not least the Chairman(84).

Hopefully next year we will be on more local terrain and Neil is able to resume his Captain duties and somebody else can volunteer to be the oldest runner on the Brown Course.

At least we were first to post results on our website - or were all LOG competitors still celebrating in the Exeter Arms.

Last weekends events at Tankersley were also part of the newly formed UK Orienteering League - for both individuals and clubs. After the first two rounds HALO are currently in 15th place (2nd place amongst the 'small' clubs). Our top individual currently is Mary Carrick in 101st place - 32 places ahead of Neil Harvatt. Perserverance certainly paid off on Saturday evening (& well into Saturday night) for Mary, who can now claim to be just outside the top 100 orienteers in the country!!!! Details of the UK League can be found here. 

Over twenty hardy souls braved the wintry conditions on Wednesday.  Follow the Results tab on the right hand side of the web page.

Charlotte has been selected to represent England at the forthcoming Interland International match in Breda, Holland in mid March. Currently ranked 15th in her first year as a senior (Women 21), she obviously impressed selectors enough with her performances over the course of 2012 as a final year junior to gain her first senior cap. Hopefully the first of many!

Charlotte has been selected for The University of Sheffield, Elite Sports Performance Scheme, for orienteering. Based on her current British Orienteering ranking in the Women 21 class (first year Senior), and her performances in winning three Urban League titles in 2012 - including the National "Nopesport" Urban League, as well as the Yorkshire Urban League and the South of England Urban League. Charlotte also won outright several very high profile urban races including the Oxford City Race.

Many thanks to Brian Slater for providing a very convincing and detailed coaches report to help Charlotte achieve her goal of being accepted into the ESPS at Sheffield. 

Confirmation that HALO's Urban Event on July 21st has been selected for inclusion as part of the UK wide 2013 Nopesport Urban League.

The other 15 fixtures and details of the League can be found at  http://urbanleague.nopesport.com

Hopefully HALO's Charlotte Ward will be able to defend her Women's Open title in 2013 by accumulating sufficient points before heading off to Canada ?