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Last Updated: 08 May 2019

London Marathon 2019

Congratulations to the four klubb members, or those with entries through DFOK, for completing this years London Marathon. The times are below:

·      2:45 Antoine Pesenti

·      3:33 Nick Marsden

·      3:43 Rob Causer

·      5:06 Ian Catchpole

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Last Updated: 06 May 2019

Success at the British Championships

Congratulations to Sheralee Bailey who achieved 2nd place in W45L at the British Long Distance Championships held at Kilnsey Moor in the Yorkshire Dales on 5th May. The terrain was largely runnable open moorland with significant height gain and loss on each course. The start was some 150m higher than the finish leading to some tricky steep downhill legs towards the end of the course. Sheralee was only 18s behind, an excellent performance in terrain well suited to the SYO winner.

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Last Updated: 26 April 2019

Participant Satisfaction Survey

DFOK are pleased to announce that over the coming months we will be working with British Orienteering on an event participant satisfaction initiative to develop our understanding of the participant experience at club events.

Between April and June participants at a selection of events will be invited to share their views and comments via a short survey. The Participant Satisfaction Survey will help us understand participant satisfaction with different aspects of the events, including the courses, facilities, volunteers, logistics and equipment as well as the overall satisfaction with events.

We are looking forward to hearing your thoughts. The comments and insight obtained from your responses will help British Orienteering and the club to identify participant-focused development opportunities and to continually improve these events.

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Last Updated: 11 April 2019

Kent Night Cup (KNC)

With the clocks going forward a week ago that marked the end of the 2018/19 Kent Night Cup season. This was another successful series with 26 events put on over six months by the organising clubs (SAX/DFOK/SO/MV). They attracted 153 competitors in total, with 15 from DFOK. The leading DFOK performers were:

·       7th Andrew Pitcher (down 1)

·       8th Neil Speers (up 1)

·       28th Dave Cave-Ayland (down 7)

·       30th David Lobley (up 11)

·       36th Julie Collins (no change)

·       42nd Colin Merry (up 4)

Plans are already starting to take shape for next season, with DFOK putting on six events between October and March (generally around the middle of the month). If you are interested in taking part in the series next winter and want information then let me know. Similarly, if you are not one of our regular KNC organiser/planners and would like to arrange one (and collect the 40 points for doing so) then contact me.

Neil Speers (DFOK KNC Coordinator)