Compass Sport Cup – 26 February 06

This year’s Compass Sport Cup will be held at Interloper’s event at Norman’s Law, Fife, on 26 February. As the event clashes with a junior training weekend, numbers will be tight and RR will only be able to put out a skeleton team. If you can go, please let John Tullie know asap by emailing coach@roxburghreivers.org.uk.

For rules see: www.britishorienteering.org.uk/documents/rules/regsguin3p0.pdf

New format for RRoar

You may have noticed that Roxburgh Reiver’s website and newspage, RRoar, has a new format. Posts can now be searched and sorted using the options on the righthand side of the screen. You can also add comments to news articles using the comments option below each posting.

Apologies for any disruption whilst the transfer to the new system takes place!

Forthcoming events- Club Champs and AGM

Following on from the Saturday morning event at Bowhill on 18 February, the annual Club championships will take place. This event is open to all club members and involves an ingenious handicap system. The event will start with a mass start at around 12:15pm. If you would like to take part please let Rob Cranston know (email secretary@roxburghreivers.org.uk).

The Club Championships will be followed by a haggis lunch in the visitor centre at Bowhill and the 2006 AGM.

Parking is at the top car park.

Forthcoming events – Saturday mornings

Roxburgh Reivers will be hosting several events over the next month or so.

Firstly, there will be Saturday morning events at Gala Hill (21 January) and Bowhill (18 February). These events are aimed at newcomers to the sport and existing club members looking for a training run, with Yellow (easy), long Yellow (easy, for runners) and Orange (some experience advisable) courses on offer.

Starts will be from 10:30am to 12 noon, and entry fees will be £2 for seniors and £1 for juniors.

For more information, please contact either John Tullie (for the event at Gala Hill) or Rob Cranston (for the event at Bowhill).More details available from the Fixtures page.