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Club Championships and AGM

Mass start at the 2009 club championships

Mass start at the 2009 club championships

The snow deterred the masses but Roxburgh Reivers are  made of sterner material and a good turnout enjoyed a taste of the white stuff at Bowhill on 7 February.

Winning for the second year in succession was Karen Maxwell and normally this would say “closely followed by…” – but Karen showed everyone a very clean pair of heels this year and was back and changed before most of the others were finished.  Well done to Karen, showing another huge improvement on last year.

2009 award winners: Doug Tullie, Karen Maxwell and John Tullie

2009 award winners: Doug Tullie, Karen Maxwell and John Tullie

We then moved to the courtyard where soup was provided by Meg and Caroline, and we enjoyed a pleasant bit of banter before Judy called us all to order for the AGM.

Judy presented Douglas Tullie with the trophy for “Best Junior”, Karen Maxwell with the Club Championship, and John Tullie received the Achievement award.

Resultshere

Boxing Day event

A good turnout of 19 bodies plus Lindsey and Jim (planner and number-cruncher) enjoyed a run around Wilton Park in Hawick on Boxing Day.  In a close-run competition Andrew Tullie just prevailed over John Tullie and Paul McGreal.  Sarah Tullie took first female prize and Emma Amos had a convincing win in the “youngest competitor” category.  Food and banter took place in the hall afterwards and a good time was had by all.  The format this year was a crossword with the answers on fixed signs, notices, gratings, padlocks etc in the park.

See the results page for full results.

Elibank – a brief report

Roxburgh Reivers hosted round 4 of the South of Scotland Orienteering League at Elibank on Sunday. The good weather resulted in a healthy turnout of over 160 competitors, many keen to sharpen their technique before the start of the 2008 Scottish League in two weeks time. Best club performance on the day came from Karen Maxwell who was first junior girl on the Light Green course. There were also solid runs from Iain and Jamie Cattermole running on a testing Orange course.

The prizegiving for the recent East of Scotland Championships was held on Sunday with Roxburgh Reivers claiming the trophies in the shape of Karen Maxwell on W14 and, running up several age classes, Kirstin Maxwell on W20.

Bowhill – CATI, Champs and AGM

Rarin' to go at the Club ChampsIt was nearly a case of déja vu at this year’s Club Championships, with the Maxwell family again taking the first three places at Bowhill.

Karen took the top spot by a very convincing margin, her orienteering skills and speed clearly improving from last year’s runner up position to sister Kirstin. However, Kirstin also produced a great run – 90 seconds faster than last year for the same number of controls – to finish third, with mum Eileen splitting the sisters. First man, John Tullie, was also considerably faster than last year, retaining 4th place. The planner had unfortunately forgotten Jim Knox’s coming of age and should have made allowances in the handicapping, but the bus pass would have been of no help at Bowhill!

The weather was a lot kinder for this year’s race, which the organiser much appreciated – and which made conditions ideal for the good turnout on the colour-coded courses, run in parallel to the Club race.

It was good to see new faces, including some who had travelled from Edinburgh, and a strong contingent from Gordon, following the event at Gordon Community Woods a few weeks ago, all successfully completing what were quite long Yellow and Orange courses. Hopefully, confidence will grow as more events are completed, and with local events at Walkerburn next Sunday 17th February and the Wednesday evening events starting in April, there will be more opportunities locally to enjoy the sport.

After the race club members enjoyed soup and a blether before the more serious business of the AGM. Karen Maxwell was duly presented with the Club Championships trophy, Douglas Tullie won the “Junior of the Year” and Lindsey Knox accepted the Club Achievement trophy.

Thanks to all for coming.