Jedburgh is a great place to plan urban courses with the bridges over the river and underpasses below the A68 creating route choices and the alleyways around the town centre complexity. I added in the Castle as the WRE courses were starting through it and it offered a 3-dimensional route choice to get there. Unfortunately, we lost one control inside the castle when the curator took fright at the speed that the WRE competitors were coming through.

What a weekend, well-done Roxburgh Reivers – all the people I spoke to after the event were of a similar view.

The planner has already commented on some unexpected issues on the day; these were dealt with quickly and fairly with little fuss. The crossing out of the removed control (courses 1, 2 and 3) on the control descriptions in the pre-start boxes alerted competitors that something was amiss. The handing out of maps on the start-line allowed competitors to check their map and listen to the explanation that a control had been removed from their course without disturbing the concentration of competitors on the other courses.

Planning a significant urban event in my own home town was daunting but something that I had very much wanted to do for some time. There’s the desire to make sure all the tricky little corners are included but in an event such as this I wanted to ensure that icons of Kelso like the Square, the Tweed and the Abbey all featured on the longer courses. My goal was also to ensure that every senior competitor would have choices to make throughout their course. 

Photos from the weekend kindly supplied by

Brian Ward HALO – Kelso photos

Brian Ward HALO – Jedburgh photos

Stephen Wilson (CLYDE) – Jedburgh photos

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14/6/23: The results are now final and have been uploaded to the various leagues.

We had a lovely sunny evening to round off our Spring 2023 series, thanks to John for organising/planning and to everyone who came along.

Full results are HERE