1. SLOW A Success Story? Don McKerrow

2. Club members in top 200 men and top 200 women rankings SYO33 FVO22 AIRE19 BOK17 SLOW16 INT15 OD12 CLOK11

3. London City Race In 2011 the 4 th largest orienteering event in the UK after JK, British and Scottish 6 day Next on Saturday 22 nd September

4. SLOW Membership

5. SLOW members age profile

6. SLOW age profile compared to BOF

7. How do we attract M/W21’s Is it through Coaching? Weekend coaching trips Monthly Saturday coaching sessions Regular Club night

8. Variety of events City Race Classic Races Blood Races Trail Challenges Night events Park Races Street-O’s

9. Street O’s and Park Races Up to 95 competitors on a weekday evening Generally over 50% non-members Many are joining SLOW and trying “proper” orienteering

10. Why are Park Races and Street-O’s successful? Evenings after work Known format Variety of location Easy to get to Competition Social (Based in a pub)

11. Some thoughts Attracting M/W21’s is key to the future of our sport Events must be Competitive and Sociable There is a trade-off between always the same being boring and always different being unattractive