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South London Orienteers (SLOW) are an orienteering and running club based in south London. Our members are based all over the south London area, with a particular concentration in the Kingston/Wimbledon/Richmond areas. We also have quite a few members in north London, and also in Surrey (Dorking, Guildford etc.) Club members range from complete novices to international level orienteers. We are affiliated to British Orienteering, the sport’s national governing body, and are Clubmark accredited.
27/05/2026
Well done to those who braved the heat at Burgess Park yesterday (the hottest day in May on record no less)! Hopefully everyone had an enjoyable run through the park.
Thanks to Feed The Yak (Elephant Park) for hosting us.
The Park Race continues every Tuesday into July. See you at the next ones 🙂
05/05/2026
Well done to the winners of the OK Nuts trophies. 👑 Super speedy runs through the bilberry forest!
The day was also a continuation of the celebrations for our club's 50th anniversary year. There was a wonderful birthday cake made by Iris, cut by two of our founding members Mike and Charlie 🎂
05/05/2026
Great day out at the OK Nuts event at Winterfold yesterday. Nice to be out in the forest on a glorious bank holiday Monday ☀️
20/04/2026
David continues his fine form with a silver 🥈 at the British Middle Championships.
Well done to all the other SLOWies who ran at the tricky area.
08/04/2026
What a cracking Easter weekend in Perthshire at the JK Festival!
1. Sprint bronze for Simon (M21E) and gold for Abi (W45).
2. Fun sprint courses around Perth.
3. SLOW 1-2 in M21E Middle (Simon and Ralph). Also SJ 3rd (W40L) and David overall JK Champion (M80L) winning both the Middle and Long races.
4. Scottish weather, featuring snow blizzards during Day 3. ❄️
5. Beautiful snowy arenas.
6. A tremendous 10 SLOW relay teams.
7, 8, 9. Runnable and open terrain for some exciting relay racing and spectating.
10. A great weekend spent with club mates. 🙂
02/04/2026
Looking back at our final Night-O of the season. Less than 7 months to go until the clocks change and we can do it all again!
11/03/2026
Great fun at yesterday's Street-O and some wonderful sights too.
✅ Houses of Parliament
✅ Westminster Abbey
✅ Tate Britain
✅ Buckingham Palace
See you next month in Tottenham!
02/03/2026
Success at the British Relay Championships at Margam Country Park!
The previous day's medalists Diane and David teamed up with Don to form Team SLOW Owls and won a bronze medal 😀
Team Mount SLOWdon, SLOW Storm and the joint-club junior ad-hoc team also had great results.
Thanks to all who came and ran in a team!
02/03/2026
On Saturday 16 SLOWies competed at the British Long Championships in South Wales. There was a real mix of weather, from sunny blue skies, hail showers and heavy rain!
Congratulations to
Diane Leakey, silver in W70 🥈
David May, silver in M80 🥈 and Welsh champion!
24/02/2026
First ever Night-O in Brockwell Park. See you next month for the series finale at Wimbledon Common