We manned our club tent at Thirlestane Castle last Sunday and handed out “learn to navigate” leaflets to anyone whom we caught even looking in our direction ! Some very positive vibes but the proof will be attendance at our two upcoming events. Kirstin and Karen ran in the Junior 2 mile race, finishing in 21st and 29th places respectively from a field of 152. John, Ian, Rob, Robin and Lindsey ran in the Senior 5 mile race finishing 23rd, 33rd, 53rd, 73rd and 77th from a field of 131.
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Roxburgh Reivers Orienteering Club invite you to try orienteering in pleasant Borders woodlands. Introductory talk and demonstration at 11am when the basics of orienteering will be explained – with time to try one of the courses afterwards, either in a small group with a member of the club or on your own. Two courses on offer: one basic, the other slightly more technical. We supply the map, just come prepared for a walk or run in the woods (mainly paths and tracks for these introductory days). |
| Where: | Eildon Hills, Melrose (NT572326) |
| When: | 11:00 to 12:30, Saturday 20 October 2007 |
| Getting there: | Signed from Eildon Village on old Newtown to Melrose road. |
| Courses: | Two courses, one basic and one slightly more techical |
| Start time: | 11:00 |
| Entry Fees: | Seniors: £2.00 Juniors: £1:00 |
| More information: | The Maxwell family Telephone: 01835 863268 Email: ian.c.maxwell @ btinernet.com |
Roxburgh Reivers Orienteering Club invite you to try orienteering in pleasant Borders woodlands.
Introductory talk and demonstration at 11am when the basics of orienteering will be explained – with time to try one of the courses afterwards, either in a small group with a member of the club or on your own.
Two courses will be on offer: one basic, the other slightly more technical. We supply the map, just come prepared for a walk or run in the woods (mainly paths and tracks for these introductory days).
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Several club members have been selected for representative honours this autumn:
Running for Scotland at the Junior Home Internationals being held in Ireland on 29/30 September are Karen Maxwell and Andrew Tullie. John Tullie and Lindsey Knox are in the Scottish team for the Veteran Home Internationals taking place near Blair Atholl in November. Last but not least, Douglas Tullie scooped the prize for the best weather selection and is heading for Southern France as a member of the GB team at the Junior European Cup being held near Nantes on 12-14 October.
Teviothead orienteer Douglas Tullie has just returned from an exhausting but very successful trip to Australia. The nineteen year old Edinburgh University Architecture student was one of six men and four women competing for the British team at the Junior World Orienteering Championships. The event, which took place in and around the picturesque tourist town of Dubbo (situated 400km west of Sydney), attracted the 130 best male and 90 best female orienteers from over 30 countries.
Following a traditional opening ceremony and march past of teams the intensive programme of 5 races in six days got under way with the fast and furious sprint discipline. This took place in the extensive grounds of the renowned Western Plains Zoo and proved to be a unique challenge for the competitors. Straying into one of many out of bounds areas could have proved fatal! Douglas covered the 3.3km course in 16 minutes to finish in 59th place. Best British result was the 22nd place achieved by Banchorys Duncan Coombs.
The following day the action moved to the hills around Dubbo for the Long distance race. The granite strewn, bush terrain was a new experience for many of the teams and proved to be very technically and physically challenging. Douglas finished in 47th place after completing the 11.1 km course in 87 minutes. However an uncharacteristic 3.5 minute mistake at a spectator control robbed him of a potential top 30 place. This disappointment only helped to spur Douglas on to do better in the Middle distance race. This discipline involved a qualifying system of three heats with only the top 20 from each heat going through to the final. Despite a couple of small mistakes Douglas qualified comfortably in 11th place from his heat. The following days final saw him produce his best run of the week, flying round the 4.5km course in 26 minutes to finish in an excellent 16th place. This proved to be the best British result of the week and one of the best British junior results for several years.
The week concluded with the relay competition where Douglas produced a storming run on second leg for the British A team to pull them up 7 places. Despite briefly challenging for a top 6 podium position on last leg they eventually dropped back to finish in 13th.
Although pleased with his 16th place in the middle final Douglas still felt there was room for improvement. This has made him more determined than ever to do better next time, in his last year as a junior, when the World Championships return to Europe and the challenging Swedish terrain around Gothenburg.
Oops, forgot to mention that James Tullie was one third of the winning Mens Open Relay team, running for EUOC. A few photos added click here