Entries are now open for our Bowmont event, details HERE
Live results should be HERE on the day.
Author Archives: Lindsey
Next event – Bowmont Forest
Note that our Bowmont Forest event has changed date – now on Sunday 16 March. We’re grateful to Roxburghe Estates for permission after the recent storm damage.
Eildons 9/2/25 TWMRT event
Full results are now HERE
Roxburgh Reivers again decided to use this year’s winter Eildon Hills and surrounding woodlands “Come and Try Orienteering” event as a small fundraiser for a local cause. Last year’s winter Eildon event raised money for the Harris Trust. This year we decided to raise funds for the Melrose based Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team who are there 24/7 as emergency backup support for so many outside activities.
Our fundraising efforts were very kindly and generously supported by regular orienteers Les and Margaret Dalgleish, who are members of ESOC (Edinburgh South Orienteering Club) and their close family members who donated the fantastic sum of £150 to mark their Golden Wedding anniversary which was the previous day. Les and Margaret attend most Roxburgh Reivers events and RR congratulate them on their anniversary and thank them for their family’s generosity to our fundraiser.
Come and Try Orienteering events are low key but we still had a great entry of 54 individual participants, many trying orienteering for the first time. The weather was a bit damp and ground conditions were often very muddy but everyone seemed to enjoy the experience. The future of all sports clubs depends very much on younger people and new families getting involved and it was nice to see so many youngsters at the start – we had sixteen enthusiastic youngsters under the age of 12 years.
The Eildons in February is about as tough as it gets so well done to all who took part! Future events and locations should be much more pleasant so hope you can all come again. If anyone would like to join the club’s emailing list, for news of future events etc, then please email us at rrenquiries@roxburghreivers.org.uk
Overall the event raised £372.83 which will be sent to Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team in the next couple of days.
As always these events are only possible with a lot of help from club members before, during and after the event: Lindsey Knox who does a lot behind the scenes in all events with entries and admin; Robin Sloan for updating the map, Sam McKinnon who helped put controls out the afternoon before and early morning and helped collect them afterwards, John Tullie and Ian Maxwell for also helping collect controls in.
Many thanks to Andy Beverley, Countryside Ranger at Buccleuch Estates for helping with permissions.
Thanks everyone for supporting our event.
James, Planner / Organiser
RR Night Champs 2025 – Selkirk Hill
The basic results are HERE
The adjusted handicap results are below. Well done to Max for an excellent run in the dark, beating the handicapper.
| Position | Target score | Actual score | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Arthur | M60 | 160 | 183 | 114.38 |
| 2 | John Tullie | M65 | 220 | 210 | 95.45 |
| 3 | Robin Sloan | M75 | 200 | 180 | 90.00 |
| 4 | Lindsey Knox | W65 | 200 | 170 | 85.00 |
| 5 | Quin Arthur | M21 | 210 | 152 | 72.38 |
| 6 | Keith Murray | M60 | 210 | 130 | 61.90 |
| 7 | Fiona Johnston | W65 | 150 | 90 | 60.00 |
| 8 | Bridget Khursheed | W60 | 150 | 90 | 60.00 |
| 9 | Robert Cranston | M60 | 200 | 100 | 50.00 |
| 10 | Judith Purves | W50 | 150 | 70 | 46.67 |
| 11 | Ian Maxwell | M65 | 230 | 91 | 39.57 |
| 12 | James Purves | M65 | 190 | 25 | 13.16 |
Lanton/Club Championships 18/2/25
Results of the club championships:
| Position | Name | Category | Score | Target | RaceTime | Time penalty | Net time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quin Arthur | M21 | 90 | 90 | 00:33:40 | 00:33:40 | |
| 2 | Barry Veitch | M50 | 130 | 130 | 00:34:37 | 00:34:37 | |
| 3 | Fiona Johnston | W65 | 70 | 70 | 00:36:25 | 00:36:25 | |
| 4 | Colin Williams | M50 | 150 | 150 | 00:38:53 | 00:38:53 | |
| 5 | John Tullie | M65 | 150 | 150 | 00:39:32 | 00:39:32 | |
| 6 | Judith Purves | W50 | 70 | 70 | 00:39:33 | 00:39:33 | |
| 7 | Bridget Khursheed | W60 | 70 | 70 | 00:40:14 | 00:40:14 | |
| 8 | Robert Cranston | M60 | 110 | 110 | 00:46:48 | 00:46:48 | |
| 9 | Max Arthur | M60 | 80 | 80 | 00:50:42 | 00:50:42 | |
| 10 | Robin Sloan | M75 | 110 | 110 | 00:51:45 | 00:51:45 | |
| 11 | Lindsey Knox | W65 | 100 | 110 | 00:50:40 | 05:00 | 00:55:40 |
| 12 | James Purves | M65 | 90 | 110 | 00:59:37 | 10:00 | 01:09:37 |
| 13 | Andrew Jackson | M55 | 60 | 80 | 01:12:56 | 10:00 | 01:22:56 |
Full results are HERE
Thanks to Ian and Eileen for organising, and well done to Quin on his championship win.
Heronhill event 14/12/24
Results are HERE
Thanks to John for Organising/Planning which included putting the controls out twice due to the orginal date being cancelled.
Planner’s Report:
I hope you all enjoyed your run round Target Hill (so named as it was used by the Homeguard during the war for target practice) and the Miller’s Knowes (the miller from Hawick Corn Mill had the grazing rights here). The weather was certainly a big improvement from last Saturday – although it was a lot sunnier earlier in the morning when I was waking up the controls. Target hill is where I graze my cows and calves for the summer, so I obviously know the area very well and my aim was to take you to all the nice bits. I also tried to spread the controls so that there wasn’t an obvious best route. Standing watching competitors running across the face of the hill in all different directions and from comments afterwards I think I achieved that. I always knew that it would be possible to get all the controls within the time limit, so it was essential to minimise the distance run and to minimise the climbing involved. I have attached a map showing what I think is the optimum route – you may beg to differ !
John
