Roxburgh Reivers will be holding its annual Boxing Day Fun Event at Wilton Park, Hawick on 26 December. The event will follow the usual format, with a Park-O style event followed by mince pies. All welcome.
Christmas social
Event information
| What: | RR Christmas social |
| Where: | Harestanes visitor centre (NT642244), followed by a meal at the Buccleuch Arms Hotel, St Boswells |
| When: | 11am, 2 December 2006 |
| Getting there: | Turn off the A68 to Nisbet, just south of the Ancrum junction. |
| Activities: | Mostly folk decide on the day what they want to do, nothing needs to be planned. More details about Harestanes. Options include: |
| Lunch: | Meal at the Buccleuch Arms Hotel, St Boswells afterwards (1:30pm) – £12.95 for three courses and coffee. Please email Robin Sloan (details below) asap if you wish to come to the meal so that he can confirm numbers with the hotel. |
| More information: | Robin Sloan E-mail: robin_sloan@roseisle.demon.co.uk Telephone: 01896 822548 |
Christmas social
There was a good turnout at Harestanes, the runners taking a route through the woods and onto Peniel Heugh.
Unfortunately we weren’t able to parade the Inter Club trophy because, on a recount, we ended up 2nd. However, we enjoyed the meal and the banter at the Buccleuch Arms.
Scottish Score and Inter Club Champs 2006
Controversy reigns again and the talk in the car park at Beecraigs was of crossing points. The organisers chose to designate two sections of the several roads through Beecraigs as busy and put in place a system whereby competitors had to punch a certain control twice, once on the way into a loop over a road and once on the way back. Everyone got told the basics of this at the Start but a combination of adrenalin and mis-interpretation meant lots of people didnt fulfil the requirement. The pre-event ruling was that anyone failing to punch twice would forfeit all the points for the loop, but with a large percentage of the field doing just that, it was agreed that he miscreants would forfeit 5 minutes instead. The actual class winners were largely unaffected but the Club Championships are currently provisional.
Having been disqualified (and taking some stick) at the recent ESOC Score event at Riccarton which had a similar crossing point requirement, Lindsey Knox carefully avoided going anywhere near a road and managed to take the W45 Scottish Score title. Ian Maxwell, Andrew Armstrong, Bill Bruce and Jim Knox all fell foul of the crossing point rules and will have points deducted. Funny how ALL the RR men managed to mess it up! Kirstin and Karen Maxwell both had well-judged runs to finish within time. Kirstin was 2nd on W14 and Karen 3rd on W12.
In the Scottish Inter Club competition Reivers are provisionally the winners of the magnificent silver and walnut Small Club trophy which the Maxwells will take to the do on Saturday for everyone to admire.
- Results here
ESOA Championships 2006
Roxburgh Reivers’ hosted this year’s East of Scotland Orienteering Association Championships at Bowhill and Fauldshope, near Selkirk, on 22 October 2006.
Full results and comments, together with a list of the new ESOA champions are available from the Results page.
Roxburgh Reivers’ next event is a come and try it event at Selkirk Hill on Saturday 4 November. This event is ideal for newcomers to the orienteering, or those looking for a training run.
ESOA Championships 2006
Event information
| What: | East of Scotland Orienteering Championships 2006 – also suitable for beginners and newcomers |
| Where: | Bowhill and Fauldshope, Selkirk (NT432281) |
| When: | 22 October 2006 |
| Getting there: | Signed from the Selkirk to Moffat road at Generals Bridge. |
| Terrain: | Open hillside and woodland. |
| Map: | 1:10,000/1:15,000 (Brown only) |
| Courses: | Full range of colour-coded courses |
| Starts: | 11:00 to 12:30 (10 to 15 minutes walk from car parking) | Punching: | Sport Ident (punch hire 50p) |
| Other information: | Competitors should run the appropriate colour for their age class to be eligible for the ESOA Championships. EOD, but if possible please email entry details in advance to Lindsey Knox (lknox46426@aol.com): Brown M20,M21,M35,M40 Blue W20,W21,W35,W40,M18,M45,M50,M55 Green W16,W18,W45,W50,W55,M16,M60,M65 Short Green W60,W65,W70,M70 Light Green W14,M14 Orange W12,M12 Yellow W10,M10 No dogs please. |
| Entry Fees: | Seniors: £6.00 Juniors: £3.00 Parking: £1.00 |
| Organiser: | Ian Maxwell E-mail: ian.c.maxwell@btinternet.com Telephone: 01835 863268 |
| Planner: | Robert Cranston |
| Controller: | John Biggar (LINOC) |