Our next event is at Tweedbank on Saturday 18 January and incorporates the club championships. We’ll then retire to The Barns for our AGM. Please note the important instructions on the event link on the right hand side of this page.
If you intend being there and haven’t already emailed Lindsey please do so now in order that sufficient maps can be printed – there’s no charge if things change and you don’t make it. A few extra will be printed on a first-come basis. email: Lindsey@Lknox.me.uk
East Lothian Orienteers annual Festive Frolic was held at Vogrie Country Park near Gorebridge today. As usual it was a sort-of score event with a twist, this year controls marked on the map but with clues to bonus controls not marked on the map. With 80 people running about in all directions it was a slightly crazy 60 minutes but really good fun to end the year.
Kirstin Maxwell picked up the prize for 1st woman and Lindsey Knox was first 40+ woman.
Results here
There was a large turnout of over 30 people for our annual Boxing Day social at Wilton Park, Hawick.
Douglas Tullie was first back having found all 4 of the Christmas songs. He also earned the bonus for correctly guessing that M&S sell about 34 million mince pies over the festive season. On the juniors course, Eilidh Murray returned ahead of all the boys having found the 2 songs, and she also correctly guessed the mince pies number.
After the run we all enjoyed a mini-feast and refreshments. Thanks to the Wilton Dean Hall Committee for the use of their hall again.
Results from today’s event HERE
Routegadget (draw your route) HERE
Tales of rudimentary orienteering maps of Dundock Wood from 30 or 40 years ago had reached me so when given the chance to plan on a professionally produced brand new map in 2013, I couldn’t resist planning a few course legs through the rhododendron maze – I do hope that those of you doing the Light Green courses enjoyed the challenge. It’s quite a small compact area but can provide multiple route choice options for almost any leg. And looking at the split times for individuals is very revealing – no less than 5 individuals recorded fastest times for individual legs in Dundock Wood on the Light Green Long course.
Leg 10-11 Fastest was Lindsey (1.05)
Leg 11-12 Fastest was Sarah (1.32)
Leg 12-13 Fastest was Ian (1.21)
Leg 13-14 Fastest was Faisal (0.47)
Leg 14-15 Fastest was John (1.12)
Leg 15-16 Fastest was John (0.53)
I think RouteGadget would be rather interesting here !
It is always exciting to plan an event on a brand new orienteering map and I hope that this event has whetted your appetite for more. The areas of mixed woodland to the north and west of the map are quite different to Dundock Wood which formed the core of our event this time around. The map of the whole Hirsel Estate is not quite finished yet but should be ready within the next couple of months and we are planning to use the whole area later next year with assembly and car parking adjacent to the Homestead area within the main Estate grounds. Personally I can’t wait !
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(Note from Lindsey – the timing on the last control was out by 10 seconds which meant led to some pretty fast run-in times)
Andrew
The last proper race of the current orienteering season was the East of Scotland Championships held in lovely sunshine at Duns Wood on Sunday. The map lacks a bit of detail so the scope for the technical courses was limited, but overall it was an enjoyable run and there were some nice bits of woodland.
Roxburgh Reivers had a good turnout and came away with several of the trophies. Lindsey Knox secured the W50 trophy for a 5th time (it’s cost a fortune in engraving and replacing the too-small base !), John Tullie won M55 convincingly and Barry Veitch on M40 bagged his first ever orienteering trophy.
There were runners-up certificates for Fiona Forrest, Fiona Johnston and Pauline McAdam. Cathy Rooney and Keith Murray seem to be benefiting from the club coaching sessions and both finished 3rd on their respective classes. The first 3 in each class were presented with a laminated “medal” in colors approximating Gold, Silver and Bronze (i.e. Yellow, Pale Blue and Orange).
Lindsey, Barry and Fiona J
Full results on the ELO website HERE
SOUL’s with mugs
Seems a long time since the first round of the Urban League in January but finally the winners were crowned on Saturday immediately after round 7 in Edinburgh. Kirstin Maxwell had a clear win in the Womens Open while Robin Sloan had a closer result in M65+ needing to win on Saturday to make sure of victory, which he did. Kirstin also took 1st place in the University Champs which were run as part of Saturday’s race.
Pauline McAdam took 3rd place in W55+ and Lindsey Knox was 3rd equal in the W40+ class.
The top 3 in each urban class received a special mug, and the winners also received a t-shirt.
