Moravian Orienteers

All club members are welcome to join us on Saturday evening, 11th January for our Annual Awards and Social Evening.  Please put this date in your diary!  We will be holding the event at Rafford Village Hall this year.  For those of you who haven’t visited Rafford before, the hall is just a couple of miles south of Forres (IV36 2RU, w3w ///rinsed.tester.blackbird).  Earlier in the day we will be holding a local event at Oakenhead Woods near Lossiemouth - see Events diary for further information.

The Awards evening will start formally at 6.00 pm, with doors open from 5.30 pm. We are planning a full evening with our awards presentations, a family-friendly quiz and some other activities to be announced nearer the time.  During the evening we will have our usual bring-and-share meal.  The evening will end at around 9.00 pm.  This is a great chance to meet other members of the club in a relaxed setting. 

We will be offering a main course of either meat or veggie chilli, served with baked potatoes or tacos. Please bring your own sharing contribution to accompany this main meal, which could a salad or a dessert.  If would help if you can contact our Chair, Rob Parkinson (chair@mor.scot), to let him know what you plan to bring.  Also, you are encouraged to bring your own cold drinks - we will provide tea and coffee. 

We look forward to seeing you all on Saturday evening, 11th January!

The club recently submitted a summary report to the Orienteering Foundation and Scottish Orienteering, covering the first phase of our Development Officer's project work.  We are grateful to both the OF and SOA for funding of this project. Will Hall has helped the club to strengthen it's membership base and increase attendance at local events.  You can read the report here. We hope to extend Will's contract by a further 12 months, subject to securing funding.  The second phase of the project will focus on developing good existing practice across a wider range of settings, and establishing a more sustainable model for member engagement and wider membership recruitment across Moray.