Roxburgh Reivers Orienteering Club

Selkirk Hill - evening sprint
2025-05-21 18:30 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Selkirk Hill
3rd in the evening sprint series, at Selkirk Hill. Part of World Orienteering Week (WOW) – all juniors will receive a completion certificate 🙂

Car parking: Please park in the vicinity of the Argus Centre in Selkirk (grid ref: NT476286). From there it is a 10 minute walk to the Start, Finish and Registration at Buxton (grid ref NT483287) – i.e. the usual small car park east from the Argus Centre. HERE
Course: The course is 2.4 km in length, Orange (medium) difficulty. The aim is to start people at minute intervals from 6:30 to 7:00pm with the course closing at 7:45pm. The winning time should be under 20 minutes.
Terrain: Mostly open, scrubby, heathland with fast running on the paths. Most of the running can be done on paths but off the paths there are many jaggy, scratchy bushes & trees. Full leg cover required, no shorts.
Registration: You only need to visit Registration if you have to pick up a hired dibber, pay some money, or check the battery on your own SIAC dibber. Otherwise you can go directly to the Start.
Start procedures: Clear and Check your dibbers before you enter the start boxes, as usual. There will be a contactless check box for those of you with SIAC dibbers to waft. If your SIAC fails to register you will need to “dib” manually at the controls.
Map scale: 1:4000. No legend on the map.
Control descriptions: On the front of the map only, no loose descriptions.
Control sites: Control units will be grippled to anything suitably immobile at the control site. Consequently control units may be sited low to the ground.
Entry fees: Senior members £3.50, Junior members £1.75. Senior non-members £4.50, Junior non-members £2.25. Entry form HERE
Please pre-enter by bedtime on Wednesday 14/5/25.
Sportident timing: Hire a contactless dibber for 50p, older non-contactless hire is free.
Clothing: Full leg coverage required, no shorts.

Gala Policies - evening sprint
2025-05-14 18:30 - 19:00
It’s Gala Policies for our second evening sprint.
Parking: Start and Finish will be near Galashiels Swimming Pool. Please do not park in the Swimming Pool car park, as normally there is plenty space in Livingston Place and beside the Focus Community Centre. TD1 1DQ
Times: Starts from 6:30 – 7pm. Courses close at TBC
Course: One sprint course of Orange (i.e. medium) standard.
Entry fees: Senior members £3.50, Junior members £1.75. Senior non-members £4.50, Junior non-members £2.25. Entry form HERE
Please pre-enter by bedtime on Wednesday 7/5/25.
Sportident timing: Hire a contactless dibber for 50p, older non-contactless hire is free.
Terrain notes: Woodland with a network of paths and some open areas, off-path a mix of runnability, undergrowth will be growing.
Clothing: Full leg coverage required, no shorts.

Gordon - evening sprint
2025-05-07 18:30 - 19:00
The first of our summer evening sprints is at Gordon Community Woodland.
Parking: Small car park on the minor road from East Gordon to Mack’s Mill. From the A6105 Earlston to Duns road, turn north 1.5 miles east of Gordon village. At the bottom of the hill, bear left at the Gordon Community Wood sign. Map HERE
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Times: Starts from 6:30 – 7pm. Courses close at 8.00pm.
Course: One sprint course of Orange (i.e. medium) standard.
Entry fees: Senior members £3.50, Junior members £1.75. Senior non-members £4.50, Junior non-members £2.25. You can enter for one race at a time or all 4 on the same form. Entry form HERE
Please pre-enter by bedtime on Wednesday 30/4/25. Late entries email Robin Sloan to check for available maps. (see below for email address).
Sportident timing: Hire a contactless dibber for 50p, older non-contactless hire is free.
Terrain notes: Community woodland with a network of paths. Off-path heathery and rougher ground with trees planted in lines of small ridges. Some lovely small patches of more runnable woodland.
Many of the board walks are in poor condition, especially between the parking and the Start and Finish. Please take extra care on these, walk carefully!
Clothing: Full leg coverage required, no shorts.

Club EGM
2025-04-29 21:00 - 21:15
A quick Extraordinary General Meeting to discuss/approve a change to the Constitution to allow the committee to comply with new Child Protection legislation which came into force on 1/4/25.
Members will receive an email with the Zoom login details.

Scottish Sprint Championships plus SOUL
2025-04-05
Update 2/4/25:
The Sprint Championships start list is available on SiEntries.
The final information file is available to download HERE
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2 urban sprint races in Tweedbank, near Galashiels. Race 1 will be the 2025 Scottish Sprint Championships, Race 2 will be a Scottish Urban League counter/Open Sprint. Make a weekend of it with the INTERLOPERS SoSol at West Calder on 6/4/25.
There is an embargo on the area and anyone found training with an orienteering map on the area between now and 5/4/25 will be disqualified. The main road through Tweedbank is out of bounds for orienteering motorists on the day as runners will be crossing the road. Orienteering motorists need to approach from the east direction, Embargo map HERE
Event Centre: The Tweedbank Community Centre, Essenside Drive, Tweedbank, Galashiels. (No parking here or on the roads nearby). Registration, toilets, bag drop. The Community Centre is about 800m from the railway station.
Parking; At the small roundabout into the Railway station you can park on the left (south) on any of the Industrial Estate roads, then walk the short distance to the railway station from where there will be tapes west along a path 800m to the Community Centre. We can’t stop you parking in the station car park but if it’s busy be mindful that paying passengers should take precendence. Wherever you park please also be mindful about changing in public.
Getting there: half-hourly train from Edinburgh, Bus from various towns via the Galashiels Interchange. By car, easily reached via both the A7 and A68.
Start/Finish: Both are approximately 400m from the Event Centre, in different directions. The routes will be marked with strips of tape, don’t deviate from these routes. After finishing the Sprint Championships your map will be collected for retrieval later, then make your way to download promptly.
Event times: First race (Scottish Sprint Championships) starts 11:30-12:45, second race (SOUL) starts 13:00-14:15. Championships Prizegiving: asap after 14:15.
Courses: The normal urban categories, planned for winning times of 12-15 minutes. Juniors being shadowed will be non-competitive on the Sprint Championships race but still competitive on the SOUL race. Shadowers must run their own course first. Courses 6 and 7 are suitable for unaccompanied under 16s and under 12s respectively but see the road crossings message below. Anyone over the age of 16 on the day may enter Men or Women Open.
Both Sprint Championships Course 7 and SOUL Course 7 have a butterfly loop, please make sure that all participants on these courses understand that this means visiting a control part-way through their course, doing a loop then visiting the same control again before doing the rest of their course. Novices on these courses, please ask if you’re not clear on this.
Road crossings: The speed limit in the town is 20 mph apart from one busier road in the centre which is 30 mph and has one underpass which is compulsory for Courses 6 and 7. The underpass will have a control at it. Course 7 has a small number of road crossings in cul-de-sacs which have very low traffic. Course 6 may cross roads anywhere they wish apart from busier road which has the underpass control. Courses 1 – 5 may cross all roads anywhere they wish.
Everyone must be vigilant about householders driving their cars out of their short driveways over the pavement.
Map: 1:4000/ 1:3000 2.5m contours (see the course table below). To ISSprOM 2019-2, Revision 6 standard. Map updated March 2025. Control descriptions on the front of each map and loose copies in the start lanes.
Course 7 maps: Championship Course 7 maps will only be available in the Start lanes. All SOUL Course 7 maps will be picked up just before the Start lanes so that parents can discuss with their juniors if necessary. Competent juniors/novices on SOUL 7 also need to pick up their map before they enter the Start lanes.
Terrain: a mix of complicated housing with many cul-de-sacs and passageways, less complicated housing and some parkland. Any woodland not marked as white is best avoided ! Previous Urban on RR Routegadget: HERE
Entries: are now open on SiEntries: Closing date 30/3/25 after which late entries as long as maps are available but entries close completely on Wednesday 2/4/25 – there is no entry after this or on the day.
Prizegiving/Trophies
There are Scottish Sprint Championship Glass trophies for the first Scot on Men Open and Women Open. Medals for the top 3 people on all classes regardless of whether they are eligible to be Scottish Champion. Small prize for Scottish Champion in the following classes – male and female in 10,12,14,16,18,20,Open, Vet, Supervet, Ultravet, Hypervet. Prizegiving around 14:15hrs. There are no prizes for the SOUL race.
Results: Live results should be available HERE.
Family groups
Family groups should enter one of the Open classes and enter one of their juniors only, then add the additional names in the “further information” box on the entry page. Extra maps can be booked for £1 each.
Sportident timing. Controls will be programmed for contactless punching but any dibber will work. Courses all have less than 27 controls. The Start and Finish units are NOT contactless, you must punch these manually.
Medical conditions
Anyone with a known medical condition should complete the form http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/images/uploaded/downloads/officials_handbook_safety_firstaid_medical_form_280514.doc, place it in a sealed envelope addressed with their name and leave it at registration in assembly. Envelopes will only be opened if required for a medical emergency and unopened envelopes will be destroyed immediately after the event.
Dogs on leads allowed apart from inside the event centre or on the courses.
Organiser: Andrew Armstrong RR
Planner: Lindsey Knox RR
Entries: Ian Maxwell RR
Computing on the day: Paul McGreal RR
Controller: Allie Wilson Craw NATO

Bowmont Forest, near Kelso
2025-03-16 13:00 - 14:00
Parking: in the usual “walkers” car park HERE.
Parking 2: we have a high entry for the event, parking will be tight, you may have to park on the road verges.
Courses: Yellow (3km + 30m climb/easy difficulty), Orange (3.7km + 40m climb/medium), Light Green (4.4km + 60 climb/harder), Red (6km + 60m climb/medium difficulty). These are the actual distances for the best route, not the straight line distance.
Timing: Starts from 1 – 2pm. Courses close at 3:30pm.
Entries: Pre-entries have now closed. If you want a late entry email John Tullie to check 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.
Planner/Organiser: John Tullie

Eildon Hills & Woodlands Orienteering Event
2025-02-09 11:00 - 13:00
This is a fund-raiser for Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue with the surplus after costs going to the team.
Parking/Registration: The start is located close to Rhymer’s Stone, Melrose – Post code is TD6 9HA. Ample parking on the public road – please do not block people’s driveway. Registration will open at 10:30am. It’s a short walk to the Start line.
Terrain: Generally muddy (unless frozen) you are recommended to wear trail shoes or similar with some grip.
The Eildon Hills can be quite exposed in winter, so please think about carrying a water/wind proof top. If conditions are poor, being equipped with one may be compulsory.
Starts: 11:00 – 13:00 with courses closing at 14:30.
Courses:

Yellow 2.1km, 75m of climb (short in length/easy navigation),
Orange 3.4km, 125m climb (medium/medium)
Green 3.7km, 280m climb (medium/difficult),
Red 5.9km, 160m climb (long/medium, very suitable for adult runners).

Entry fees: Senior BOF/SOA members £5.50, Junior BOF/SOA members £2.75. Non-members £6.50/£3.25. SIAC dibber hire + 50p, older manual dibber hire free.
Entry: Pre-entries have now closed. Limited entry on the day.
Note – RR club members will be at the Registration to offer help and advice to beginners of all ages so everyone is welcome. If you have a compass, then please bring it along and we can show you how to use it with the map to aid your navigation and make orienteering more fun ! We’ll also have a few spare compasses to lend you for the day.

Selkirk Hill (incl. RR Night Championships)
2025-01-22 18:30 | Selkirk Hill
The venue for the inaugural club Night Championships is Selkirk Hill.
Parking: self-park at the Argus Centre near Selkirk High School. HERE. Please park nicely and don’t block any doorways.
Registration/Start/Finish/Download: are all 700m east along the road from the Centre, on the road to Buxton which is a dead-end. You can leave clothing/valuables in Paul’s van which will be parked in the small car park there.
Start: Mass start at 6:30pm. Allow time to park, walk along the road and register.
Entries: Pre-entries have now closed. If you would like a late entry email Paul to check map 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.
Course: One Score-type course, medium difficulty, suitable for most abilities but any young juniors should be accompanied. 40 minutes to find as many of the 23 controls as possible, 10 points per control, penalty for taking more than 40 minutes, bonus points for clearing the course with time to spare. Exact numbers TBC.
Club championsips: Club members who enter beforehand will get a handicap which will remain a secret. Example: if your handicap is 200 and you score 180 your % score is 90%. Highest % wins. Non-club members are very welcome to run but won’t get a handicap.
SAFETY: You are strongly advised to carry a back-up light of some sort in case of failure of your main light – a small torch, or your phone, anything that would get you back to the Finish.

Lanton (incl. RR Club Championships) + AGM
2025-01-18 12:00 - 12:15
Club Championships and Open event at Lanton Woods.
The club Social and AGM will be at 2pm – venue TBC.
Parking: will be just south of Monklaw farm on the minor road between Bonjedward and Jedburgh. Please share transport if possible as the area is limited. Map HERE
Start and Finish are nearby.
The Club Championship will be the usual Score format with each individual allocated a number of controls to visit as a handicap. (The number of controls that you are allocated will be written on your map).
Mass start at 12.00 with first back after visiting their required number of controls is Club Champion.
5 min penalty for missing 1 control
10 min penalty for missing 2 controls
MP if missing more than 2 controls.
Additionally there will be 2 normal line courses available for non-members or anyone who does not want to compete in the club championship. Starts: 12.05 to 12.15
Hard: 3.3k (Short Green/Technically difficult)
Easy: 2.7k (Yellow/Technically easy)
Pre-entries have now closed. If you want a late entry please email Ian Maxwell, details below to check map 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.

Heronhill, Hawick - local event
2024-12-14 11:30 - 12:30
The revised date is Saturday 14/7/24. Pre-entries have now closed.

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Open terrain on the edge of Hawick.
Parking: Millers Knowes car park HERE
Starts: 11:30 – 11:45am. The actual Start is close to the parking.
Courses: 45 minute Score plus Yellow.
Timing: Sportident electronic timing will be used. If you don’t have your own timing dibber (i.e. chip) you can hire a manual or contactless one.
Entry fees: Senior member £4, Junior member £2, Senior non-member £5, Junior non-member £2.50. Contactless dibber hire +50p, older manual dibber free hire. No charge for adults accompanying juniors on either course.
Entries: Pre-entries closed. Email John Tullie to enquire about a late entry.
Toilets: The various supermarkets in town – Morrisons, Aldi, Lidl, Sainsburys.

Kelso urban event
2024-11-16 13:00 - 14:00
Map: The map will be the western half of the all-Kelso 1:4000 urban map which was used in last year’s UK urban league event. All courses will have A3 single-sided map.
Parking & Assembly: Parking will be in the Swimming Pool car park in Inch Road (the swimming pool closes at 12:00). The Swimming Pool is signposted from either end of Inch Road.
Start: Start and Finish will be close by. Inch Road is fairly quiet but does need to be crossed to get to and from the start and finish from the car park/assembly area. Start times will be from 1-2pm.
Courses:

Yellow : Easy course, 2.0km, does not cross any roads with significant traffic
Orange: Moderate course, optimum route 2.9km, does not cross any roads with significant traffic.
Light Green : More challenging course with route choices, optimum route 4.6km, crosses roads with traffic (please take care) including town centre.

Timing: Sportident electronic timing will be used. If you don’t have your own timing dibber (i.e. chip) you can hire a manual or contactless one.
Entry fees: Senior member £4, Junior member £2, Senior non-member £5, Junior non-member £2.50. Contactless dibber hire +50p, older manual dibber free hire. No charge for adults accompanying juniors on the Yellow or Orange course.
Entries: Pre-entries have now closed and the maps ordered. If you haven’t pre-entered but would still like to attend please contact Andrew Armstrong to book a map (see below).
Toilets: There are public toilets (30p charge) in the Horsemarket in the Town Centre and also Shedden Park.

Selkirk Hill - local event
2024-10-19 13:00 - 14:00
The Selkirk Hill community group have been busy mowing the paths and chopping down thickets uncovering depressions :). The map has been updated as far as possible but there is still a lot of high summer undergrowth in many of the open areas so those will need to wait for their update. I have, however, found lots of good control sites in non-undergrowth areas and old hands will visit some new places.
Parking: self-park at the Argus Centre near Selkirk High School. HERE. Please park nicely and don’t block any doorways. You can of course cycle to the event and leave your bike at Registration.
Registration/Start/Finish/Download: are all 700m east along the road from the Centre, on the road to Buxton which is a dead-end. You can leave clothing/valuables in Lindsey’s car which will be parked in the small car park there.
Starts: 1 – 2 pm. Registration open from 12:45. Courses close at 3pm.
Courses: Yellow (easy) 1.7km shortest sensible route, Orange (medium difficulty) 2.4km shortest sensible route, Light Green (medium/hard difficulty) 3.1km shortest sensible route.
Map: The scale is 1:5000. Partly updated autumn 2024.
Timing: Sportident electronic timing will be used. If you don’t have your own timing dibber (i.e. chip) you can hire a manual one for free or a contactless one for 50p.
Entry fees: Senior member £4, Junior member £2, Senior non-member £5, Junior non-member £2.50. Contactless dibber hire +50p, older manual dibber free hire.
Pre-entry: Pre-entry has now closed and the maps ordered. If you would like a late entry please email Lindsey Knox, email address below.

Gala Hill - local event
2024-09-14 13:00 - 14:00
Gala Hill, Galashiels
It will be good to be back on Gala Hill after clearance of Storm Arwen damage, and a chance to enjoy the lovely runnable section of beech wood on the north side of the Hill – very unusual in the Borders!
Registration and Assembly is in the car park of St Peter’s Primary School off Parsonage Road. 55°36’38.9″N 2°48’08.0″W
Parking Please do not park in Parsonage Road or at St Peters school. Parking is possible on the streets off the A7 Abbotsford Road, NW of the Fire Station, and there is a Pelican crossing at the front of the school across the main road.

Starts: 1 – 2 pm. Registration open from 12:30.
Courses: Yellow (easy), Orange (medium difficulty), Light Green (medium/hard difficulty).
Timing: Sportident electronic timing will be used. If you don’t have your own timing dibber (i.e. chip) you can hire a manual one for free or a contactless one for 50p.
Entry fees: Senior member £4, Junior member £2, Senior non-member £5, Junior non-member £2.50. Contactless dibber hire +50p, older manual dibber free hire.
Pre-entry: Pre-enter to guarantee the map of your choice, it also helps us gauge how many maps to print. No upfront payment needed, only pay if you turn up on the day. The entry form is HERE. Please pre-enter by no later than bedtime on Sunday 8/9/24 after which you’ll need to email Robin direct to check on availability. There are usually a few entries available on the day though.
Map There will be a new map, 1:5,000 and 5m contours on A4 paper.
Start and Finish There is quite a steep walk up to the Start and Finish, which are very near each other, and about 500m and 60m climb from Registration. There will be a little bit more climbing on the courses – this is Gala HILL after all! Courses close at 3pm.
Terrain Mostly commercial plantation, but a good network of paths and tracks. Contractors have created a few rough trails for extracting the timber from wind-blow areas. The old quarry workings are becoming quite overgrown, but there are still some crags to be wary of, and are marked on the map as thick black lines. Courses are designed to avoid these being on likely routes. There are also many unofficial mountain bike trails and these come and go depending on use, so please be aware of other activities on the hill.
Organiser: Robin Sloan
robinsloan1526@gmail.com

UKUL Edinburgh
2024-07-15 10:30 - 12:30
This event is being run by the World Sprint Orienteering Championships 2024 Tour team, see the woc2024.org website. Entries are open on SiEntries, closing date to guarantee an entry is 18/6/24.

Newtown St. Boswells: evening sprint
2024-05-29 18:30 - 19:00
Newtown St. Boswells urban. 29/5/24
Parking: North end of Council car park, entrance from Sprouston Road. Map here
Courses: Sprint (Orange standard) and Yellow.
Start times : 6:30 – 7pm.
Entry fees: Adult members £3, junior members £1. Adult non-members £4, junior non-members £1.50. Free timing chip hire. Entry form HERE
Terrain: urban with small areas of grass

Lauder: evening sprint. World Orienteering Week event !
2024-05-22 18:30 - 19:00
Lauder urban. 22/5/24
*** World Orienteering Week event *** Certificates for all junior entrants

Location and parking
Parking at the public car park by Lauder Primary School, Allanbank Gardens (signposted from B6362 Stow Road). Start and finish nearby. Overflow parking at Lauder primary school or in Allanbank Gardens (please show consideration for residents).
Starts: 6:30 – 7pm – Courses close at 7.45pm
Courses: Sprint (Approx. Orange standard – 2.2km) and Family (Yellow standard – 2.0km).
Terrain: Urban with some areas of grass which may be slippery if wet. Trail or road shoes suitable.
Safety: The Yellow course does not cross any roads and is suitable for unaccompanied juniors. The Sprint course crosses a number of roads (mostly quiet) and juniors on this course will need to be shadowed.
Nearest Post Code: TD2 6AB (Lauder Primary School)
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Entry fees: Adult members £3, junior members £1. Adult non-members £4, junior non-members £1.50. Free timing chip hire. Entry form HERE

St. Boswells: evening sprint
2024-05-15 18:30 - 19:00
St Boswells urban. 15/5/24
Parking: at the side of the main road into St Boswells.
Courses: Sprint (Orange standard) and Yellow.
Start times : 6:30 – 7pm.
Entry fees: Adult members £3, junior members £1. Adult non-members £4, junior non-members £1.50. Free timing chip hire. Entry form HERE
Terrain: urban with small patches of grass

Melrose (Darnick): evening sprint
2024-05-08 18:30 - 19:00
Darnick urban: 8/5/24
Parking: From the Tweedbank direction, turn off the roundabout at the new filling station towards Melrose, then just after the short dual carriageway turn right for Darnick and follow the road to the other end of the village. Park on the left side just after the last house, or turn right into Chiefswood Road and park on the right. This is a bus route, so don’t park too near the junction to allow buses to make the turn. Please park carefully at the roadside where shown on map. Coming from the east, follow the Melrose by-pass to the roundabout as above.

Start times : 6:30 – 7pm.
Courses: Sprint (Orange standard) and Yellow. Assembly and Download are on a patch of grass as shown on Parking map. The Start is the other side of Abbotsford Road, so juniors need to be accompanied crossing to the Start. Both courses cross this road later on where there is a ONE MINUTE time-out to allow crossing safely, so you have plenty of time to cross when it s safe. Don’t forget to punch the controls on BOTH sides of the road!
Both courses include other quiet roads, but any traffic should be slow moving – please take care.
The main roads are marked with a solid red line and are not to be crossed except at crossing points, but you can use an adjacent pavement.
Entry fees: Adult members £3, junior members £1. Adult non-members £4, junior non-members £1.50. Free timing chip hire.
Terrain: urban/grassy parks, small area of woodland with paths.

Abbotsford: evening sprint
2024-05-02 18:30 - 19:00 | Abbotsford
Abbotsford: 2/5/24
Parking; the normal Abbotsford car park. No charge after 5pm.
Courses: Sprint (Orange standard) and Yellow.
Start times : 6:30 – 7pm.
Entry fees: Adult members £3, junior members £1. Adult non-members £4, junior non-members £1.50. Free timing chip hire. Entry form
Terrain: mainly parkland and woodland, lots of paths.

Gordon: evening sprint
2024-04-24 18:30 - 19:00
Gordon Community Woodland. 24/4/24
Parking: On the road to Mack’s Mill. Turn off at East Gordon. Map HERE
Courses: Sprint (Orange standard) and Yellow.
Entries: entries have now closed. Very limited entry on the night.
Start times : 6:30 – 7pm.
Entry fees: Adult members £3, junior members £1. Adult non-members £4, junior non-members £1.50. Free timing chip hire.
Terrain: woodland with a network of paths, No SHORTS !
Safety Notes:

The pond next to the Start is very deep. Please keep away!

Beware slippery surfaces, particularly wood bridges & walk ways.

The Sprint course crosses a minor road. This is a quiet road with little traffic but nonetheless please be wary when crossing.

Winter Local 4: Bowmont, near Kelso
2024-04-06 13:00 - 14:00
The final event in our winter 23/24 series is at Bowmont Forest, near Kelso.
Parking: In the popular walkers car park up the road from Bowmont Sawmill HERE
Start times: 1 – 2pm. Courses close at 3:30pm
Courses: Yellow (easy 2km), Orange (medium 3km), Green (hard 4km), Red (long medium 5km). These are the straight line distances, the actual distance covered could be up to 50% longer depending on your route choice.
Entry fees: Senior member £4, Junior member £2, Senior non-member £5, Junior non-member £2.50. Contactless dibber hire +50p, older dibber free hire.
Pre-entry: Pre-entry has now closed and although we ordered extra maps quite a few people have entered late so we don’t have many left. Email: help@roxburghreivers.org.uk if you wish to enquire about map availability – we may be able to print a few extra maps on a home printer or we may recycle maps from early finishers on Saturday. At at Wednesday evening we have 1 Yellow, 3 Orange, 2 Red and 0 Green maps.
Terrain description: A fairly flat woodland with lots of paths. The map has been updated in the last month to reflect changes caused by storms, felling and thinning activities mainly in the north-east of the map. Watch out for other users – walkers, dogs, horses. Thanks to Roxburghe Estates for access permission.
Organiser: Andrew Armstrong

Winter Local 3: The Eildons (Sunday 3/3/24)
2024-03-03 11:00 - 13:00
Roxburgh Reivers have an orienteering event coming up on Sunday 3rd March at the Eildon Hills and surrounding paths and trails. This is also a fundraiser for the Harris Trust.
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*** Note the slightly different from normal start window for this event.
Parking/Registration/Start: Near Rhymer’s Stone, signposted off the Melrose by-pass and beyond the Crematorium.
Start and Course closure times: Starts are between 11am and 1pm, courses close at 2:30pm after which controls will be collected in. Beginners on the Red course should come along no later than 12 noon – navigating over the Eildons for 5 miles will take a bit longer than just plain running. We suggest that other competitors come along after 12 noon to avoid queues at Registration.
Courses: There will be a selection of courses:
Yellow for beginners;
Orange a little bit harder than Yellow;
Green, much more difficult and which is for experienced orienteers; and for this event, there’s also a Red course (reasonably easy hill and trail navigation but longer at 5 miles over the Eildon hills and a good race, offering navigation practice, for hill runners and hill walkers).
Course Lengths:
Yellow 2.3km 75m climb
Orange 2.8km 110m climb
Green 4.2km 175m climb
Red 6.3km 245m climb
Start and Finish
The Start is about 500m with 50m climb up a path from the parking area. From the Finish, turn left onto the old road back down to Download.
Equipment etc:
Please bring a compass. There will be help and explanation of how to navigate at the Start for anyone who hasn’t done it or anyone who wants to understand better. Yellow, Orange and Green competitors must wear full leg cover, Red competitors may wear shorts. In the event of bad weather you may be required to carry a waterproof hooded top, come prepared.
Entry fees: £4 for senior orienteering club members, £2 for junior orienteering club members. £5/£2.50 for senior/junior non-members. Family entries with young children going round with one map count as one junior non-member £2.50. Add 50p if you want to hire a contactless timing dibber. Older dibbers are free to hire. The entry fee includes one waterproof map.
Entries:
2/3/24: Entries have now closed. There are plenty of Yellow and Orange maps available for Entry on the Day but only 3 of Green and 2 of Red so email James Purves (email below) to book one.
Fundraising:
This event will be helping to raise awareness of and funds, after costs, for the Harris Trust https://harristrust.org/

Winter Local 2 - Dundock Wood, Hirsel Estate, Coldstream
2024-02-03 13:00 - 14:00
We’re back to the fun of the rhododendrons of Dundock Wood for our February event.
Coffee shop ! The coffee shop at the main Hirsel car park is open unti 4pm on Saturday. It’s walkable from the orienteering car park (1km each way), or drive to Coldstream, turning sharp left fairly soon after entering the town, take the estate drive past the golf course.
Parking: At the Dundock Wood Car Park, just off the A697 at NT819398. Map HERE
Registration/Starts: 1:00 – 2:00pm. Come early if you think you might take a long time BUT please don’t arrive much before 1pm as there may not be any parking spaces.
Courses: Orange (medium) 2km actual approx, Short Green (hard) 3km actual approx. There are too many paths to be able to provide an easy Yellow course but the Orange is on the easy side of medium.
Entry fees: Senior members £4, Junior members £2. Senior non-members £5, Junior non-members £2.50. Contactless dibber hire 50p.
Pre-entries: Entries have now closed, email Lindsey (see below) if you haven’t entered but want to check for spare maps.
Terrain: A maze of paths and small clearings amongst a huge area of rhododendrons. Some paths are muddy in all weathers, wear suitable footwear. The courses have been planned so that deep ditches can be crossed at a bridge – this is recommended. Smaller ditches can be crossed anywhere. Update 29/1/24: you are going to get very muddy feet, bring spare socks and shoes.
Safety: The car park will be busy, please take care especially if you have young children with you. You may encounter walkers, dogs, horses – be courteous and pass quietly. Anyone with a relevent medical condition which we should be aware of may leave a sealed envelope with the details on it with Organiser which they can retrieve unopened after they Finish.

Abbotsford and AGM
2024-01-13 12:00 | Abbotsford
The first club event of 2024 will be the Club Championships and Open Score at Abbotsford, with the pre-AGM social and AGM following on at Darnick Village Hall. Please bring a small food contribution for the social.
Parking: In the main Abbotsford House car park which is a Pay & Display car park, £1 for 2 hours, £2 for the whole day.
Start Times: 12 noon mass start for the Championship/Open Score. 12:05 for the easier course.
Courses: RR Championships / Open Score of 30 minutes plus an Orange course (medium difficulty). Remember to bring a watch, late penalties apply on the Champs/Score course. Note: Full leg cover required.
IMPORTANT ! Club members must pre-enter if they want a handicap in the club championships otherwise you’ll be given the same handicap as the fastest person.
Entries: have now closed. There are a small number of extra maps being printed so if you wish to book one of them please email Kate Darlow.
Entry fees: Senior members £4, Junior Members £2, Senior non-members £5, Junior non-members £2.50. British Orienteering have increased the levy on senior non-members which is an increase of 50p on the 2023 prices. Seniors can join the club and Scottish Orienteering for only £13, Juniors only £2.50. https://www.scottish-orienteering.org/membership/membership/
Timing: By Sportident. Hire a contactless dibber for 50p, free hire of an older dibber.
Terrain: The Abbotsford woodland is mostly on a NW facing slope with variable runnability. There is also a large area of flat flood plain, with some paths and scattered mature trees. This is bounded by the unfenced river Tweed, which should be treated with respect especially by juniors. The B6360 road follows the upper edge of the woodland being used and is OUT of BOUNDS to runners when competing. The area is very popular with walkers and dog walkers, so please be courteous to other visitors you may encounter. The Visitor Centre should be open, but if using the toilets, please avoid trailing mud on the floors.
Map: the scale is 1:5000 with 5m contours. As the area is long and thin, the map is tilted to allow it to fit on A4 paper. So don’t take a bearing using the edge of the paper!
Organisers: Darlow family
AGM at Darnick Hall: The hall is in the centre of Darnick, map here. The two War Memorials are set in the gable end of the building, should make it easy to spot. Please don’t park beside the Hall, use the wider road on the Melrose side and please avoid blocking any access.

Autumn 4 - Selkirk Hill
2023-12-16 11:30 - 12:30 | Selkirk Hill
The final club event of the year will be at Selkirk Hill on Saturday 16/12/23. The club Christmas lunch will follow the event (2pm for 2:30pm). Please help to bring in some controls at the end to assist everyone to get to the meal on time.
Start times: 11:30 – 12:30. Courses close at 1pm.
Parking probably in the Argus Centre car park TBC.
Start and Finish are at the usual small car park 800m along the road from the Argus Centre, turn right on exit and carry on until the car park. You can leave clothing and waterbottles here while you run.
Courses: Orange plus 3 x short TD5 courses which are about 1.5k each straight line measured. Competitors on the TD5 courses will run Course 1, Course 2 and Course 3 in a variety of orders doing as many as people want to do until last start time of 12:30.
Controls will be placed on similar or even identical features and will be closer than 60m apart.
Competitors can either have standard control descriptions or control descriptions without control numbers for the maximum challenge.
Wrong or missed controls will get a 3 minute penalty rather than exclusion. Maps on the TD5 courses will be recycled with everyone getting to keep one map.
Entries: Please pre-enter by bedtime on Sunday 10/12/23 if you can, thanks. Here’s the entries link: HERE
Entry fees: Senior members £4, Junior members £2, Non members +50p, contactless dibber hire +50p, free hire of older dibber.
Organiser: Ian Maxwell

Autumn 3 - Sandyknowe Craigs/Smailholm Tower
2023-11-11 13:00 - 14:00
The 3rd event this autumn will be at Sandyknowe Craigs/Smailholm Tower on Saturday 11 November 2023.
Parking: at Smailholm Tower on the B6404 between St. Boswells and Kelso. Map ref: NT638346. The official Tower car park is now closed for the season. Parking on nearby grass verges. What 3 words: chiefs.friends.adopters Location HERE
Terrain: Open grazing land, hilly, lots and lots of crags and boulders, lots of gorse to navigate round, boggy in places.
Important Information:
The terrain at Smailholm Tower is rough, hilly and (extremely!) boggy after the recent rain, with a lot of standing water in places. You should wear suitable footwear with plenty of grip and expect to get your feet wet. Cagouls may be advisable if the weather is bad as the area is relatively high and quite exposed. Full leg cover is required as the vegetation and undergrowth can be pretty unforgiving.
Fences must only be crossed at the crossing points which are marked on the map; please do not climb them. Leave all gates as you find them.
The land around Smailholm Tower is part of a working farm with cattle on some areas of the course plus occasional vehicles on the tracks.
In the event of good weather, don’t forget to look at the views 🙂 – on a good day they are stunning.
Start times: 1 – 2pm. Courses close at 3:15pm.
Courses: Orange (2.5km medium) and Green (3.5km hard). These are the straight line distances, you will run further than this !
Pre-entries: Entries have now closed. There are a few extra maps for entry on the day so please turn up even if you haven’t pre-entered.
Entry fees: Senior members £4, Junior members £2. Non-members +50p, contactless dibber hire +50p (older dibber free hire).
Organiser: Eb Rooney

Autumn 2 - Wilton Park, Hawick
2023-10-07 13:00 - 14:00 | Hawick, Wilton Park
Our October event will be in Wilton Park, Hawick on Saturday 7/10/23.
Live results will be HERE on the day.
Parking/Registration: Volunteer Car Park, Hawick. Just off the A7 heading south out of Hawick, next to the 2G/3G pitches. Registration at the corner nearest the cafe if it’s dry, or in the shelter if it’s raining. Map HERE
Start times: from 1 – 2pm
Courses: a Yellowy/Orange easy/medium course of about 2.5km. And an Orangey/Light Green slightly harder course of about 5km.
Terrain: Fast running on grass and paths, no difficult to find controls but finding the best route choice will be key. Training shoes with a little bit of grip would be best. No metal studs as you’ll be on tarmac paths some of the time.
Toilets: At the park cafe (free) or The Haugh Car Park (30p) or any of the local supermarkets.
Entry fees: Senior members £4, Junior members £2. +50p for non-members, +50p for contactless timing dibber hire, fee hire of older manual dibber.
Medical conditions: Anyone with a medical condition which they feel the Organiser should be aware of is invited to leave a sealed envelope with her which will only be opened in case of need. The envelope will be handed back at the end of the competitors run.
Entry form: Pre-entries have now closed, please just turn up at Wilton Park on Saturday.

Teviothead - CLOSED event for RR members only
2020-10-03 08:00 - 17:00 | Teviothead
We’re pleased to announce that our first event post-Covid will be at Teviothead on 3 October. This event is closed for RR members only, and members have been emailed the information.
Absolutely NO entry on the day.
