Check out our Getting Started guide for an introduction to the sport. Then learn more about the club, what it has to offer, particularly for juniors, and how to become a member. If you still have questions, feel free to contact us.
Summer Series
Southampton Orienteering Club's Summer Series is returning this year, with five fun Saturday events from April - August. These events are a perfect introduction to orienteering for newcomers, for families looking for a day out together, for those looking to improve their orienteering skills, and for experienced orienteers too.
There are five events in SOC's 2025 Summer Series, details of which can be found below. Click on each link to find details about each event, and enter to guarantee a place on the course you would like to run.
Each event will have three courses on offer: a short (Yellow), medium (Orange) and long (Green, or as near to it as the area allows).
This year, we will be running a league for each course over the 5 events. This will be based on the 2 best scores for the Yellow and Orange courses and the best 3 for the Green course. Points will be given according to your finishing position.
Perhaps some competitors will want to move up to a more technical course at some stage, but points will not be transferable from course to course.
The league results based on the best two out of three events are as follows:
Long Course
David Currie 196
Paul Thwaites 194
Christine Currie 182
Matthew Chessum 178
Gerry Allan (BAOC) 176
Peter Smith 170
Sesu Mpala (BAOC) 152
Mikhail Gryaznevich 150
Daniel Barnes 144
Stephen Sutch 136
Chris Ballard 134
Medium Course
Helen Wheelwright 192
Barbara Davidson 190
Claire Thwaites 188
Sean Ovans 182
Craig Ovans 178
Wendy Smith 178
Bill Davidson 176
Vicki Barkaway 164
Easy Course
Georgia Jones 194
Thank you for coming to our event at Westwood. I hope you enjoyed the sunshine and had a good run. Thank you to Doug and Annika for planning the courses and to the SOC helpers who made the day possible. See the 
