Our last event in the Spring Series will be at Bowhill on 19 May 2012.
Parking will be at the Estate Staff Car Park, Weatherhouse, signed off the Selkirk-Ettrickbridge Road at Carterhaugh Bridge. Map HERE
Starts: 2 – 3pm
Courses: Yellow (easy), Orange (medium), Orange+ (for experienced orienteers).
Cost: Juniors £1, Adults £3, Families (with at least 1 junior) maximum £5.
Electronic Punching will be used.
Elibank, near Walkerburn, is the venue for our event on 21 April 2012.
Approach on South Tweed Road, to Scrogbank, about 3 Km east of Walkerburn. Signed at NT 388373. Turn onto forest road, bearing right up hill and park after 300m on flat ground. Keep roads clear for other vehicles. Click HERE for map link
Starts from 2.00pm to 3.00pm, courses Yellow, Orange and Orange ++.
Entry fees are: juniuors £1, adults £3 & families £5
Elibank is at its best at this time of year, safe for newcomers with the quiet South Tweed road bounding the area downhill to the north, but with lots of contour interest for experienced orienteers. It is steep in places!
| What | South of Scotland Orienteering League 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| When | Sunday 11 March 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Where | Eildon Hills, Newtown St. Boswells on A68, 40 minutes from the Edinburgh bypass. Signposted from Eildon Village at NT572326. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | On a hard track which runs along the south side of the area, the one we usually use. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Courses | White, Yellow, Orange, Light Green, Green, Blue, Brown.Update 9/3/12: There will be a STRING course | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Entries | On the day only | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fees |
* Families on White, Yellow, Orange courses: total £6 maximum. Note: were not taking pre-entries so maps will be available on a first-come basis and will be recycled if necessary. |
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| Map | 1:10,000 printed on waterproof paper. A3 for all courses. Gorse and other minor updates Jan 2012 by Robin Sloan. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registration | Registration 10:30 12.30. Starts from 11am 1pm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Timing | SportIdent timing will be used. Free to hire for the day but £30 will be charged if you lose it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terrain | Mixture of woodland and open hillside with many areas of fast running. A programme of gorse clearing has opened up new sections of the hill, and recent fires have improved the runnability of the heather. In the event of bad weather waterproofs may be compulsory. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Facilities | Basic/limited toilets near Parking. Clean/warm public toilets in Earlston, next to bus stop on south side of the main street. Also toilets at Milestone Garden Centre at the south end of Newtown St Boswells. They have a nice coffee shop for after your run. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dogs | Allowed, but must be on leads sheep in the area. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Officials | Planner: Rob Cranston.Organiser: John Tullie
Controller: John Biggar (LINOC) |
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| Enquiries | John Tullie. Tel: 01450 850217
Email: john@bowanhill.demon.co.uk |
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| Flyer | Download the flyer HERE |
The 2nd event in 2012 will be at Selkirk Hill on 18 February 2012.
Parking/Registration: At Argus Centre, adjacent to Selkirk High School. Link HERE
Time: Registration opens at 12:45 with Starts from 1 – 2 pm. Courses close at 3pm.
Entry Fees: Juniors £1, Adults £3, Families £5 maximum.
Courses and approximate length:
Yellow (easy) – 2km
Orange (medium) – 2.8 km
Orange ++ (experienced/training) – 3.4km
Electronic timing will be used – bring your SportIdent dibber if you have one.
Organiser: Lindsey Knox. Tel. 01450 377383. Email: Lindsey@Lknox.me.uk
The first event of 2012 will be at Lanton on 14 January 2012. This also incorporates the RR Club Championships and AGM.
Where: Parking and Registration is a Lanton Village Hall (or a road nearby). Map HERE. Registration is open from 10.30am until 11.30am
Start and Finish: are up the hill into Lanton Woods 1200 metres. A good warm-up for you.
Courses: Yellow and Orange, with Starts from 11am – 12 noon. We would appreciate if people could arrive promptly.
Entry fees: £1 for Juniors, £3 for adults, £5 maximum for families.
Club Championships: Mass start at 12 noon. If you’re intending running in the Championships please email Ian Maxwell (Ian.C.Maxwell at btinternet.com) before Friday evening so that he can work out handicaps. Anyone turning up on the day without having pre-warned him might get a less favourable handicap !
Other info: Electronic timing will be used for all courses. Download is at the Village Hall.
AGM: The club AGM will follow on from the Championships, after we’ve had something to eat.
Results HERE. Notes: Fiona Forrest was manually timed, and Eleanor Heger forgot to Download. I’d uploaded Routegadget before getting this information, so neither appear on the Routegadget files.
Routegadget HERE. You can draw on your route on the map and compare it with others. Start by clicking “draw your route” at the top right hand corner, then choose your course and name.
Organiser’s Report
Pity about the rain on Saturday – we might all have preferred the snow of last year. It was a beautiful morning setting out the controls and not bad for taking them in, but the deluge came at just the wrong time. However, it was a great turnout for the event and hopefully all enjoyed their course. More routes on Routegadget please! From those who have put their routes up, I can see there are a few deficiencies in the map – especially around 114 (#7 on Orange and O ++) – so these have been corrected for next time. Otherwise, you seem to have found enough route choices – Tweedbank is ideal for this kind of event.
Well done to Kirstin for the fastest time on O++, but 62 seconds only between the first 4 runners! And well done to Rainer and Marc for a super-fast run round the Yellow course.
Thanks to Rob for manning Registration, Lindsey for printing the maps and doing the computing, and to Douglas and John for bringing in controls. That all meant we were just about on time for our 2pm lunch!
Robin