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Club Championships 2005

Roxburgh Reivers Orienteering Club held their annual championships at Bowhill last Saturday. The cunning handicap system devised by Robert Cranston, Club Secretary, was designed to allow members of all ages and abilities to compete on equal terms but he hadn’t envisaged the resulting dead heat between two runners, which is almost unheard of in orienteering.

After runs of about 2 miles, Karen and Kirstin Maxwell from Jedburgh finished their two different courses with a sprint to the line and as the referee was unable to separate them they were jointly presented with a new trophy donated by the previous years winner. Sarah Tullie from Teviothead finished in a clear 3rd place with most of the remaining runners finishing within 4 minutes of her time.

AGM and Club Champs 2004

Roxburgh Reivers now annual club championships and AGM were held at Bowhill Estate on Sunday 15 February. Two of the Reivers rising stars James and Douglas were absent as they were taking part in a National orienteering development training weekend in the Lake District; this left the Championship very open indeed. The previous day’s exertions in the Pentlands at the Carnethy 5 Hills Race did not seem to affect John Tullie or Robin Sloan too badly as they finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Handicap race. However, they were not quite quick enough to catch the winner, Ian Maxwell of Jedburgh. Ian had warmed up by mountain biking around Glentress Forest the previous day. Kirsten Maxwell continued to show her good from by finishing first junior, 7th overall.

Full results are available from the Results page.

Snowy Elibank

Roxburgh Reivers and a snowy Elibank played host to the penultimate event in this year’s South of Scotland Orienteering League on 8 February. Despite the inclement weather conditions in the days preceeding the event, and a rather bitter wind on the day itself, over 115 competitors made the journey to the Tweed vallety to sample planner Robin Sloan’s courses. Feedback at the download ‘trailer’ indicated that most people enjoyed the challenging courses, surely added to by the novelty of running through snow in the higher parts of the forest. Although most Reivers were involved with helping on the day, some club members still managed a run. Notable results included Andrew Tullie (2nd on the Green course) and brother Douglas (4th on the Blue course), with Karen Maxwell 5th on the Yellow course.

Full results are available from the Results page.

Boxing Day event results

A miserable and thoroughly wet day did not deter a hardy band of local orienteers from competing in Roxburgh Reivers annual Boxing Day competition around Wilton Park, Hawick. The continuous rain saw competitor’s maps and the organiser’s time sheet gradually turn to soggy mush but the conditions did offer a chance for some to try out the new waterproof jackets that Santa had brought the day before. The event involved competitors visiting as many check points as possible within a time limit of 30 minutes. Penalty points were deducted for every minute over the half hour.

Much to his surprise, Andrew Tullie of Teviothead emerged the overall winner, collecting near to the maximum number of points available and taking the ‘scalps’ of his older brothers and his dad. Close behind in joint second were Ian Maxwell from Jedburgh and Andrew’s brother James. In the ladies competition Fiona Forrest of Darnick collected the highest number of points but was heavily penalised for being late back to the finish. This enabled Hawick’s Lindsey Knox to leap-frog into first place. Kirsten Maxwell of Jedburgh was awarded a special prize for the soggiest check sheet. After the event competitors enjoyed refreshments and a presentation of prizes in the dry environs of Hawick Cycling Club, thank you to the Cycling club for the use of this facility.

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For details of forthecoming Roxburgh Reivers’ events, please see the Fixtures pages.