O-memories

[Mark Vernon]

Hey O'bsessed friends,

Last week was Esther and mine's two year anniversary of finding this sport. What a great two years it has been for us! It just goes to shO that you can teach yourself a sense of direction in your late 20's/early 30's. Thanks to our ROC family for being part.

2018 Swiss Sprint Championships

Some cool race reports from ROC overseas members this week! Pieter Mulder writes a piece about the 2018 Swiss Sprint Championships, featuring a number of ROC members. Check the story out here on our Facebook page, along with one of Pieter's maps.

Their respective results:

M Elite: Michael Crone (OLV Zug) - 33/67;

M Elite: Timothy Chambers (UCT) - 39/67; (we'll absorb him into ROC yet!)

M45: Stefan Hess (OLV Zug) - 42/58;

M Short: Richard Gathercole (OLV Luzern) - 5/75;

M10: Marc Gathercole (OLV Luzern) - 38/42;

D12: Hanna Gathercole (OLV Luzer) - 17/63;

W75: Liz Mulder (OLG Goldau) - 1/13;

M75: Pieter Mulder (OLG Goldau) - 23/37.

Event discussions this week:

This Saturday is ROC's JCC Woodmead event. A nice night-O around the JCC golf course. !LAST SPRINT EVENT OF THE SERIES! You CAN enter on the day if you are only able to make your mind up after online entries close tonight at midnight (Thursday evening), but why pay a little more when it's O-bvious that you're already attending. Bring non-O folks with. They shall enjoy themselves and perhaps be writing these emails to you in 2 years time. Remember your headlamp!, and your O-game. Event sheet attached. Enter on OriEnter.

Also find attached the event sheet for ROC's B'sorah event, A.K.A. Bush 3. I'm controlling this one, so I'll try ensure Planner Eugene puts some classic course down. Flyer attached and the event is on OriEnter.

Quiz night too! Please RSVP to Michele. Flyer attached!

O-portant dates:

Event	Event Date	!Entries Closing!	On the day entries?	Enter Where?
JCC Woodmead US10	19-May-18	17-May-18	Yes	Orienter/OTD
B'sorah Farm B3	03-Jun-18	31-May-18	Yes	Orienter/OTD
ROC Quiz Night	07-Jun-18	01-Jun-18	No, or ask Michele :)	Tel/WhatsApp
Gauteng Champs	15 & 17 June 2018	25-May-18	No	Orienter
SA Sprint Champs	16-Jun-18	25-May-18	No	Orienter

I won't see you at JCC unfortunately, so please do enjoy yourselves. Make special effort to bring non-O folks with. And if you're a non-O folk reading this mail, why not join us? Don't get #fOmO.

Happy O, happy life; Otherwise you're just lost.

Yours in O

Mark Vernon for ROC