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Lanton 3/12/22 – Results

Results from Lanton are HERE

Thanks to Ian and Eileen for planning/organising a challenging event – only John managed the whole 3 loops. Apologies for the lack of printed results, the laptop seems to have lost the printer software since the last time we used it.

The Christmas lunch at The Caddy Mann was excellent and we had a good blether too.

East of Scotland Championships – Teviothead

Results are HERE

Routegadget is now available: HERE

Winsplits: HERE

Controller’s Comments – Keith Tonkin BL

I ran at Teviothead ten years ago at the CompassSport final in 2012. I don’t really remember much about it, although I suspect I didn’t have a great run otherwise I might have ! As it transpires it seems a good area when the weather is fair, like today. But I found out from checking controls the day beforehand that it can be brutal when the wind is driving across the hill tops attempting to de-kite controls. Luckily you all avoided that, and later starters may even have had a little sunshine to add to the milder that usual November weather. I hope you enjoyed your runs and congratulations to those who won trophies. The controlling input from my point of view was fairly minimal, and hopefully relatively light touch, as the courses had been planned well in the first instance, all sites had been marked before I made a site visit and the map was very accurate. So suggestions from my side were mostly insignificant and were positively received by Lindsey & Robin. Well done RR.

Bowhill results 1/10/22

Results from the event are HERE

Thank you to all those who came along to Bowhill to support this Roxburgh Reivers event.  I hope you enjoyed your run.  Even when it is dripping wet I think Bowhill is still a delight to run around, particularly at this time of year.  I certainly enjoyed my visits to the forest in  the preparation and in setting out the courses. My apologies for forgetting to attach kites to a couple of controls and  for also not including a scale on the orange  course map.  I hope my mistakes were not too detrimental to the enjoyment of your run.

Great  to see a few new faces taking part and also some newcomers coming back for another go.   There was some hot competition on the Yellow course with Wilson Tullie leading the way and keeping up the family tradition .  The Light Green also provided a close race with less than two minutes covering the first four places.  Well done to Barry Veitch for being the quickest and also to Alexander & Stuart Middleton  who completed the Orange in an impressively quick time.

As ever lots of Roxburgh Reivers  pitched up to help in the organisational chores of  the day .  Eb, Robin and Lindsey helped set up the event while for the tidy up Andrew, Eb, Robin, Kate, Barry, Cathy and  Lindsey all contributed.  Lindsey showed her calm expertise in running the computer aspect of the event and Duncan also helped rescue me in this area too.

Rob Cranston (Organiser/Planner)

p.s. The next event is at Teviothead on Saturday 12 November. It’s also the East of Scotland Championships 2022 but don’t let that put you off as there are courses for all abilities – White to Brown.

An urban double-header weekend 10 – 11 June 2023

Visit the stunning Scottish Borders in June for a weekend of racing and sightseeing.

Lots to do when you’re not racing – explore a few Abbeys or Castles, visit some Stately Homes, collect a few Turfs, wander along majestic rivers, nip up The Eildon Hills, or just find a nice viewpoint and drink in the scenery (Scott’s View near Melrose for example).

Bowhill 1/10/22

Details on the event webpage via the link on the right hand side of this page (or via the Menu then Events if you’re viewing on your phone) .

Update 30/9/22: The link for pre-entries has now closed but there are plenty of maps so just turn up and enter on the day.