Roxburgh Reivers Orienteering Club

Winter Local 3: The Eildons (Sunday 3/3/24)
2024-03-03 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
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.
