Roxburgh Reivers Orienteering Club

Eildons
2026-05-09 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
Parking: Parking for the event will be on estate/farm tracks near Chesterhall, west of Newtown St Boswells (see here). Access is via the minor road running between the B6398 and the old Boglie Burn road through Eildon village. The event will be signposted at Greenwells (what3words: ///clustered.flashing.destiny ). Exit via the same route.
Courses: Yellow (2.3km/easy) and Light Green (3.7km/harder). The Yellow course crosses a private estate road.
Timing: Starts from 11am – 12 noon. Registration will open at 10:45am. Courses close at 1.15pm.
Terrain: Mixture of open broadleaf woodland, plantation and open heather moorland, with a good network of paths. May be boggy, rough and slippy underfoot (shoes with grip recommended). Some fallen trees which can be avoided (worst of these are marked on the map). Open fields are out of bounds.
Entries: Pre-entries are now open HERE. Please pre-enter by bedtime on Sunday 3/5/26 to guarantee a map after which you’ll need to contact Eb Rooney to check on availability.
Entry fees: Senior members £4.50, Junior members £2.25, Non-members £5.50 / £2.75. Fees payable by card (preferably), exact cash, or by BACS.
Timing: Sportident timing. Hire of contactless dibber 50p, hire of older manual dibber Free.
Medical conditions: Anyone with a medical condition can leave details in a sealed envelope at Registration which they can retrieve when they finish.
* Please note a change to insurance cover: As of 1/1/26 participants who are not members of either British Orienteering or Scottish Orienteering are not now covered by their respective public liability insurance. By entering this event, you acknowledge that you are taking part at your own risk. For example, if non-members were to accidentally injure a member of the public or damage property during the event, you would not be covered. Joining is easy either HERE (British Orienteering) or HERE (Scottish Orienteering).
Planner/Organiser: Eb Rooney

Eyemouth urban SOUL and UKUL
2026-06-07 11:00 - 15:00
New map of Eyemouth by Yotam Bertrand (FVO). Both a UKUL and SOUL.
Eyemouth: A fishing town on the east coast which is a popular tourist spot due to it’s sandy beach, busy harbour, ice cream shops and fish shops/restaurants. Expect a mix of terrain from back alleyways in the old town to newer developments with lots of paths. The river Eye disects the town and will provide some interesting route choices.
Part of a weekend of orienteering on the east coast – Berwick on Saturday 6/6/26 organised by NATO. Link to their webpage: HERE
Parking, Registration, Toilets: At Eyemouth High School, Gunsgreenhill, Eyemouth TD14 5LZ. We have a games hall for Registration, leaving kit, toilets, showers etc.
Getting there by public transport: It’s a Sunday so there are less options than other days but Border Buses route 235 from Berwick to Eyemouth (ultimately to St Abbs) goes 5 times that day and takes about 17 minutes. https://www.bordersbuses.co.uk/
Embargo: The whole of Eyemouth is out of bounds on the morning of the race apart from the main roads. If your accomodation is in the town please stick to the main roads when making your way to the High School.
Timing: Registration open at 11:00am. Starts from 12:00 – 14:00. We won’t be allocating start times but may ask you to stick to your chosen start block to avoid queues at the Start.
Entries: via SiEntries open on 6/4/26. Pre-entries close at 23:59hrs on Sunday 31/5/26. Late or on-the-day entries subject to map availability. Late entries cause a lot of work so we encourage you to enter by 31/5. Limited SIAC hire £2.50 (£60 if lost), free hire of older dibber (£30 if lost). RR members should have received an entry discount code from Lindsey.

Entry by 31/5/26From 1/6/26

Senior BOF member£15£20

Senior SOA member£16£21

Senior non-member *£17£22

Junior/Student BOF member£5£7

Junior/Student SOA member£6£8

Junior/Student BOF non-member *£7£9

Please note a change to insurance cover: As of 1/1/26 participants who are not members of either British Orienteering or Scottish Orienteering are not now covered by their respective public liability insurance. By entering this event, you acknowledge that you are taking part at your own risk. For example, if non-members were to accidentally injure a member of the public or damage property during the event, you would not be covered. Joining is easy either HERE (British Orienteering) or HERE (Scottish Orienteering).

Timing dibbers: Controls will be programmed for contactless “dibbing” but non-SIAC versions of dibber will work fine in manual punching mode. No courses have more than 27 controls.
Courses: Normal SOUL and UKUL courses. To gain league points you must do the course for your age class (or harder) but you may enter any Open course if league points aren’t needed.
Junior courses: Courses 6 and 7 are being planned to allow Juniors under 12 and under 16 to run unaccompanied on their designated league courses. Under 12s (age on the day) can only do Course 7 on their own, Under 16s (age on the day) can do either Course 6 or 7 on their own. For all other courses anyone not yet 16 must have an adult with them.
Map: Scale 1:4000
Start/Finish: One Start for everyone, 400m from the school, and One Finish (near the school).
Course details: Provisional course details subject to final Controlling. Optimum distances, not straight line.

Course NumberMen classesWomen classesOpen classesCourse length in km
(optimum)Course climb in metresNo. of controls

1Men Open885

2M Vet (40+)W OpenOpen 26.560

3M Supervet (55+)W Vet (40+)Open 35.260

4M Ultravet (65+)W Supervet (55+)Open 43.975

5M Hypervet (75+)W Ultravet (65+) and Hypervet (75+
Open 53.455

6M Junior (16-)W Junior (16-)Open 63.950

7M Young Juniors (12-)W Young Junior (12-)Open 72.230

Planner: Andrew Armstrong RR
Organiser: Lindsey Knox RR help@roxburghreivers.org.uk
Entries Secretary: Cathy Rooney RR entries@roxburghreivers.org.uk
Controller: Allie Wilson Craw NATO
