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.

RR Christmas lunch

The club Christmas lunch will take place at the Glentress Hotel on 3 December, after ESOC’s local event at Glentress (see the Fixtures page for more details). The cost is £14.50 for three courses and coffee (see the menu choices).
If you can make it please let Judy McNeilly know as soon as possible so that she can confirm numbers with the hotel – email to turkeyandstuffing@roxburghreivers.org.uk. 

More info on the Glentress Hotel:

“O-suits” you sir!

Photo:new RR O-top (front)Photo:new RR O-top (back)The Club’s new O-tops have finally arrived from Norway and have apparently already been attracting admirers in the forest!

The tops are available in two styles, the “baggy” style modelled here and a more sporting slimline fit and are made by Norwegain kit manufacturer Trimtex.

If you would like one, John has a limited number of spares – otops@roxburghreivers.org.uk.

Reivers end SOL season on a high

After 6 rounds of the 2005 Scottish Orienteering League two members of Roxburgh Reivers had their age classes sewn up, but for another two it was down to the wire last Sunday when they had to win the final round to be certain of taking the title. The competition took place near Altarstone Forest, near Stobo on an area never used for orienteering before.

Having already won JW2, Karen Maxwell ran JW3 at Stobo, finishing in 3rd place. Ian, having won M45S opted to run M45L and finished 6th.

Both Kirstin Maxwell (JW4) and Lindsey Knox (W45L) went into the final round leading the League but, with several rivals hot on their heels, they knew that they had to produce good runs. Both ladies did just that with Kirstin finishing a close second but gaining enough points to win overall, and Lindsey finishing a clear minute in front of the rest of the field to seal her first Scottish title.

A delighted Club President, Judy McNeilly, said “We’re one of the smallest clubs in Scotland and it’s a tremendous achievement for us to have four Scottish League Champions”.

Full results are available from http://www.rstrain.ndtilda.co.uk/results_05/tt05/.

Wins for Reivers at wet ESOA Championships

Despite miserable conditions at Holyrood Park last Sunday, Roxburgh Reivers came away with three wins in the East of scotland Orienteering Championships. Karen Maxwell won W10, with sister Kirsten winning W14. Lindsey Knox also braved the atrocious conditions to come out victorious in the W45 class. Fellow club member Iain Maxwell came third on M45.

Full results are available from the EUOC website.

Reivers’ successes at Drummond Hill

The penultimate round of the 2005 Scottish O League series took place at Drummond Hill on 9 October. Reivers recorded some tremendous results, with no less than 4 wins, and three league titles confirmed.

In the juniors, Karen and Kirstin Maxwell came first on JW2 and JW4 respectively confirming their league wins for the 2005 series, with Sarah Tulie coming in fifth on the latter. In the junior boys, Andrew Tullie finished in second place, just under two minutes down on the winner.

There was more good news in the seniors, with wins for Robin Sloan (M55L) and Iain Maxwell (M45S), with Iain also taking the M45S title for the year, and Eileen Maxwell coming second on W40S. Completing the results, John Tullie was fourth on M45L and Carol Boyd third on W35S.

Full SOL results are available from the Interlopers website. The final round takes place at Broughton on 6 November.