SMILE 2006

WAOC’s SMILE calendar is currently under construction for 2006.

SMILE's are SuMmer Introductory Low-key Events and they will be held on either Saturday or Sunday mornings starting in April and finishing in the middle of June. SMILE events will again offer White, Yellow and Orange courses, and each one will be planned and organised by a different WAOC family.  SMILE events are aimed particularly at developing orienteers in White (TD1), Yellow (TD2) and Orange (TD3) skills.  However, there will also be a score event to encourage the more experienced orienteers to come along and lend a hand.

The calendar below shows the proposed dates for the events. Please would you take a share in the planning and volunteer to arrange one of the events filling in the blanks that currently exist. Locations from which you might like to choose are: Coldham’s Common; Ferry Meadows; Fairlands Valley; Hinchingbrooke Country Park; Milton Country Park; Rowney Warren; Cherry Hinton, but it can be at other locations of your choice, provided that we can get permission and it is realistic to construct the courses and maps etc.

If you will take up the challenge to run an event, will you please let me (Maurice Hemingway) know which location you would like to use for your event and the date. For those that have never organised and planned an event, do not be daunted. There is a club guide that has been constructed and refined over the years telling you all you need to know. There will be a set of SMILE equipment, including the club tent, which will be handed on from one event to the next. If you are a first or second time planner, there is lots of help available, as experienced WAOC members are happy to talk things over with you, advise on your courses and 'control' your event, so you will not be on your own.