Category Archives: Forthcoming Events

South of Scotland O League – Eildon Hills

What South of Scotland Orienteering League 2012
When Sunday 11 March 2012
Where Eildon Hills, Newtown St. Boswells on A68, 40 minutes from the Edinburgh bypass.  Signposted from Eildon Village at  NT572326.
Parking On a hard track which runs along the south side of the area, the one we usually use.
Courses White, Yellow, Orange, Light Green, Green, Blue, Brown.Update 9/3/12:  There will be a STRING course
Entries On the day only
Fees
Entry fees Junior Senior (BOF member) Senior (non-member)
White * £3 £3 £3
Yellow * £3 £3 £3
Orange * £3 £3 £3
Light Green £3 £6 £8
Green £3 £6 £8
Blue £3 £6 £8
Brown £3 £6 £8

* Families on White, Yellow, Orange courses: total £6 maximum.

Note:  we’re not taking pre-entries so maps will be available on a first-come basis and will be recycled if necessary.
Map 1:10,000 printed on waterproof paper. A3 for all courses.  Gorse and other minor updates Jan 2012 by Robin Sloan.
Registration Registration 10:30 – 12.30.    Starts from 11am – 1pm
Timing SportIdent timing will be used.  Free to hire for the day but £30 will be charged if you lose it.
Terrain Mixture of woodland and open hillside with many areas of fast running.   A programme of gorse clearing has opened up new sections of the hill, and recent fires have improved the runnability of the heather. In the event of bad weather waterproofs may be compulsory.
Facilities Basic/limited toilets near Parking.  Clean/warm public toilets in Earlston, next to bus stop on south side of the main street.  Also toilets at Milestone Garden Centre at the south end of Newtown St Boswells.  They have a nice coffee shop for after your run.
Dogs Allowed, but must be on leads – sheep in the area.
Officials Planner:  Rob Cranston.Organiser: John Tullie

Controller: John Biggar (LINOC)
Enquiries John Tullie.  Tel: 01450 850217

Email: john@bowanhill.demon.co.uk
Flyer Download the flyer HERE

 

Winter-Spring 2012 – Event 2 Selkirk Hill

The 2nd event in 2012 will be at Selkirk Hill on 18 February 2012.

Parking/Registration:  At Argus Centre, adjacent to Selkirk High School. Link HERE

Time:  Registration opens at 12:45 with Starts from 1 – 2 pm.  Courses close at 3pm.

Entry Fees:  Juniors £1, Adults £3, Families £5 maximum.

Courses and approximate length:

Yellow (easy)  – 2km

Orange (medium) – 2.8 km

Orange ++ (experienced/training) – 3.4km

Electronic timing will be used – bring your SportIdent dibber if you have one.

Organiser:  Lindsey Knox.  Tel. 01450 377383.  Email: Lindsey@Lknox.me.uk

 

Winter-Spring 2012 – Event 1

The first event of 2012 will be at Lanton on 14 January 2012. This also incorporates the RR Club Championships and AGM.

Where: Parking and Registration is a Lanton Village Hall (or a road nearby).  Map HERE.      Registration is open from 10.30am until 11.30am

Start and Finish: are up the hill into Lanton Woods 1200 metres. A good warm-up for you.

Courses:  Yellow and Orange, with Starts from 11am – 12 noon.  We would appreciate if people could arrive promptly.

Entry fees:  £1 for Juniors, £3 for adults, £5 maximum for families.

Club Championships:  Mass start at 12 noon.  If you’re intending running in the Championships please email Ian Maxwell (Ian.C.Maxwell  at btinternet.com)  before Friday evening so that he can work out handicaps.  Anyone turning up on the day without having pre-warned him might get a less favourable handicap !

Other info:  Electronic timing will be used for all courses.  Download is at the Village Hall.

AGM:  The club AGM will follow on from the Championships, after we’ve had something to eat.

 

 

 

Boxing Day Fun + Social

All members are invited to Hawick for the club’s annual Boxing Day  Extravaganza.  We’ll be using Wiltondean Village Hall as usual and some sort of competitive orienteering run round Wilton Park will be followed by cups of tea and buns in the hall (depending on what you all bring with you !).

Date:  Monday 26 December 2011.

Time:  The Hall will be open from 11am, with a mass-start at 11:30am.

Where:  Wiltondean Village Hall, Hawick.  Map HERE

Format of competition:  I’ve had a bit of a brainwave and I’m feeling quite smug !  30 minutes to run about collecting as many controls as you can.  The exact scoring will be explained on the day and luck will play a large part in the final outcome, although I think the faster runners might be able to improve their luck slightly by clearing the course.  Apart from the navigating part no brainwork required, suitable for all ages and abilities.  You don’t need to bring a pen, just your SI dibber (or borrow one on the day).

Important: To help print the correct number of maps could you email me if you intend coming along.  Lindsey@LKnox.me.uk

Lindsey

CompassSport Cup Final 2012


The 2012 CompassSport Cup Final will be hosted by Roxburgh Reivers on Sunday 30 September 2012 – please note the earlier than normal date.

Venue. Bowanhill, Teviothead, Hawick, Scottish Borders.  Map link here
Travel etc Easily reached, only 33 miles north of Carlisle where there are several travel lodges. Contact the Organiser if you’d like information on hiring local village halls etc..
Camping On the Saturday night we’ll also provide a basic camping field adjacent to the venue at a cost of £2.50 per tent/caravan/campervan. No need to book, just turn up and find a space..
Other information……
 Border Liners are hosting an urban event in Carlisle on Saturday 29 September. Make a weekend of it !.
Courses Full range  from White to Brown, plus String.  Also a special contour-only course of about 4km will be available for the 2nd half of the start window for people who have already done their colour course and want another run.  Mainly aimed at juniors who need to run down a course for their club and still have a bit of energy left, but adults welcome too..
Entries Entries for the Cup and Trophy will open in July and will be via club representatives. In addition to teams who qualify for the Final we will accept individual entries from other runners.  These runners will be required to start before the main event (see next paragraph for entries)Entries close (for Cup, Trophy and Spectator) at 23:59 hrs on Sunday 16 September 2012. 
Entries for non-CSC races Entries for the spectator and contour-only races will open via Si entries on 8 July 2012.

SiEntries Enter Online
SiEntries Entry List

 
Timing Sportident electronic timing will be used.  Dibbers will be available for hire for competitors who don’t have their own.
Terrain Open hillside with good contour detail, fast underfoot conditions. Last used for a Scottish O League in 2009, see Routegadget
Dogs Allowed in the Car Park and Assembly kept under control.  Not allowed in the competition area.
Prizes Prizes donated by CompassSport and Buff..

Entry fees:

CompassSport Cup entry fees
Seniors £12
Juniors £5
Non CompassSport Cup entry fees
Seniors on Orange to Light Green: £8  (plus £2 if non BOF member)
Seniors on Short Green to Brown: £12 (plus £2 if non BOF member)
Juniors on Orange to Brown: £5
White and Yellow: £3
Contour-only: £5 / £2
String: free

 

Buff logo

prizes kindly donated by Buff

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Organiser:  John Tullie (RR)

Planners: Doug Tullie and Lindsey Knox (RR)

Controller:  Terry O’Brien (STAG)

Enquiries to John Tullie:    john@bowanhill.demon.co.uk