Results from Bowmont are HERE

Apologies for the lack of live results during the day, to be investigated.

A report from Rob, Organiser/Planner…

Thank you for supporting Roxburgh Reivers’ event at Bowmont Forest and to those who offered generous comments after their runs, I am sure the fine day of weather added to the enjoyment.  Great to see a few new faces taking part too.  Bowmont is a lovely area at this time of year offering some decent stretches of good going before the bracken takes off in the next few weeks. Thanks to Roxburghe for giving permission to orienteer here.  

As ever the organisation of the event was very much a team effort.  I would like to thank Robin, for help putting out controls, Eileen, Bridget, Judith, James, Eb and Ian, for collecting the controls in afterwards, and Lindsey, for her proficiency in handling the computing side of things before and during the event. 

See you at the Eildons in May.

Robert Cranston

Full results from Tweedbank are HERE

I hope everyone enjoyed the Route Choice training at the Tweedbank event on Sunday. If you took all of the shortest routes you would only have ran 6.5k on the long or 4.0k on the Middle. Analysis for each leg showing shortest and best routes follows HERE

Thanks to all who took part especially those who travelled from out with our area.

Ian Maxwell, Planner/Organiser

Results are HERE

Despite wintry conditions early this morning it was very pleasant running in Gala Hill but unfortunately the wintry conditions returned for the control-collectors and tidy-uppers – thanks to Keith, John, Ian and Rob for their efforts. A big thanks to Robin for organising/planning which included missing part of the rugby on Saturday while he put out some controls, heading home as soon as he got word that Scotland were actually doing quite well !

Next up is Tweedbank on Sunday 15 March 2026.

Thanks to everyone who came along today. Photos will be added to our various social media platforms asap.

Basic results from Dundock Wood are now HERE

Apologies to the people who got all the controls but their timing dibber was full by the end, I’ve made manual adjustments to give you the missing points.

Club Championships

John Tullie won the club championships by a whisker. It was unfortunate that both John and Kirstin cleared the course and could have gained more points if there had been more controls to collect. Colin could also have gained more points but basically you all ran faster than I expected given the technical course and the muddy ground.

Lindsey

The final results from Traquair House are HERE

The water table obviously rose during the event because the small bridges weren’t underwater when I put out the controls but were underwater later, apologies. The Maze appears to have presented a good challenge as well as being a bit of fun.

It was good to see some new faces and I think most folk enjoyed their course, we look forward to seeing you again. As ever, it’s a team effort and thanks to everyone who went out again with wet feet to collect in the controls – Andrew A, Andrew J, John, Ian, Eileen, Keith, Les, Margaret. Also thanks to Andrew T for swapping the 2 adjacent controls I’d managed to put out wrongly, oops.

Photos have been added to the Open and Closed Facebook pages.

Thanks to Traquair Estate to allowing us to use the area. They will re-open on 1 April 2026 when you could revisit the Maze and the rest of the gardens.

Results from Smailholm are now HERE

Thanks to John for Organising/Planning plus the control collectors and general tidying-up – Andrew A, Eb, Rob, Robin, Gareth, Lindsey.

Next up is Traquair House on Saturday 6 December which will be followed by our Christmas Lunch in the Traquair Arms. Details are on the RR website.