Roxburgh Reivers is organising two Saturday morning events for this winter and we hope these will help you to continue your interest in the sport.
They will be informal meets and we hope you can make it along to some of them. Any newcomers will also be very welcome. Those used to winter road running would find these woodland runs an enjoyable change. Come and try it!
Organiser Rob Cranston made a few subtle changes to the annual Wilton Park Boxing Day event this year, moving the start to the local village hall and introducing lots of new control points, some of which required more reading than a few people gave them – resulting in lost points. As usual there was a difference of opinion concerning the number of strands of wire on a certain fence post but overall the troops were happy.
The hall was warm and welcoming and Carolines soup went down a treat. First prize went to Ian Maxwell who got all the points but mucked up one of the answers, first lady was Lindsey Knox who printed the maps but hadnt planned her route (honestly), first junior was Kirstin Maxwell who decided that there were NO strands of wire on the post (wrong), and booby prize of a brussel sprout went to Andrew Tullies mate Stewart Fraser we like to make newcomers welcome!
The new banners were given their first airing (thank you SOA development fund) and the locals were amused. Even Carol rushed back from the Caribbean rather than miss the mince pies. All in all a good day out, thanks to Rob for organising.
The next social occasion is the Club Champs/AGM at Bowhill on 10 February 2007.
Roxburgh Reivers’ has a series of events coming up over the next six weeks, suitable for both regular club members and newcomers wishing to try the sport for the first time.
First up is a Come and Try It/training event at Gala Hill on 7 October. Starts are from 10:30am until middday, with a range of courses for beginners.
Next is the East of Scotland Orienteering Association Championships 2006 at Bowhill on 22 October. Roxburgh Reivers will be offering a full range of colour coded courses.
Finally, a second Come and Try It/training event will be held at Selkirk Hill” on 4 November, following the same format as the event on 7 October.
For more information, see the event pages or email robin_sloan@roseisle.demon.co.uk:
50 people sampled the delights of Bowhill on a sunny evening, including 16 from Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue out for a training night. James Kellock won Light Green by a good margin, as did Karen Maxwell on Orange. The competition on Yellow was closer, with Claire and Amy from Parkside Primary School just getting the better of Ryan and Kayleigh.
Results are available from the Results page.
Results are now available for Roxburgh Reivers’ South of Scotland Orienteering League event at the Eildon Hills. After a slightly dismal start to the day the sun broke through mid-morning and we were treated to a glorious spring day. 145 competitors, the highest at one of our SoSols for quite a while, enjoyed the challenging courses and it was good to see some of the locals who have attended our Come and Try It days coming along too. The String Course proved popular, with over 20 kids trying it out, although Granny Hewat found the muddy bits tricky.
Only one SI unit failed but unfortunately for Robin it was the furthest away control. Hopefully he appreciates the fact that the Controller asked him to move it from it’s original position which was even more awkward to get to!
See the Results page for detailed results and split times. Final SoSOL standings available from the ESOA website.
Details of Roxburgh Reivers’ forthcoming Summer Series events are now available from the Summer Series 05 homepage. The series of events, runnning fortnightly from 27 April, are aimed at newcomers to the sport who want to “come and try it”, as well as existing club members looking for a midweek run.
For more details download the full colour event advert (PDF format, 65KB).