James Tullie comes second in Future Champions Cup

Photo: James Tullie and Douglas Coombs at the Future Champions Cup FinalRoxburgh Reivers’ James and Douglas Tullie took part in the Future Champions Cup Final, held in conjunction with the World Cup series of races, near Dorking in Surrey last weekend. In blistering 70 F heat, the M20’s and M18’s all ran the same course. The middle distance race (4.8km) was held at Mytchett a tricky army training area near Deepcut Barracks. James finished 2nd in 31.29 (1.51 down on Duncan Coombs, but 1.22 clear of 3rd), with Douglas finishing 10th in 35.27 after making a few mistakes.The Classic race (10.7km) was held on the very fast runnable terrain of Winterfold, Pitch & Holmbury Hills. James again finished 2nd (4.30 down on Duncan Coombs, but 2 mins clear of 3rd) completing the weekend in in second place overall and completing a Scottish 1-2. Douglas struggled a little with the length and heat but still had a good run to finish 11th in 76.11. This made him 9th overall (4th M18). In the FCC series of races James moved up from 9th to 4th on M20 and Douglas maintained his position in 3rd on M18.

James will almost certainly be selected for the Junior World Champs to be held in Switzerland in July and Douglas has a good chance of getting selected for the European Youth Games in Cezch Republic in June.

Summer Series 1 @ Bowhill

50 people sampled the delights of Bowhill on a sunny evening, including 16 from Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue out for a training night. James Kellock won Light Green by a good margin, as did Karen Maxwell on Orange. The competition on Yellow was closer, with Claire and Amy from Parkside Primary School just getting the better of Ryan and Kayleigh.

Results are available from the Results page.

SoSOL 10 @ the Eildon Hills

Results are now available for Roxburgh Reivers’ South of Scotland Orienteering League event at the Eildon Hills. After a slightly dismal start to the day the sun broke through mid-morning and we were treated to a glorious spring day. 145 competitors, the highest at one of our SoSols for quite a while, enjoyed the challenging courses and it was good to see some of the locals who have attended our Come and Try It days coming along too. The String Course proved popular, with over 20 kids trying it out, although Granny Hewat found the muddy bits tricky.

Only one SI unit failed but unfortunately for Robin it was the furthest away control. Hopefully he appreciates the fact that the Controller asked him to move it from it’s original position which was even more awkward to get to!

See the Results page for detailed results and split times. Final SoSOL standings available from the ESOA website.

Reivers come fifth in Compass Sport Cup

A small but dedicated band of Roxburgh Reivers members travelled to Faskally Woods near Pitlochry on Sunday to compete in the Scottish round of the Compass Sport Trophy. This team event involves runners competing on 8 colour coded courses with different age groups allocated to each course. The best thirteen scores are then added together to arrive at a winner. With class wins for Kirstin Maxwell on Orange and Douglas Tullie on Light Green and strong support from the other Reivers the club finished in 5th place.

The trophy went to the mighty Edinburgh Southern Orienteers who tied for first place with the Forth Valley club from Stirling but won on a count back rule. With a few members unavailable Reivers could only muster 11 scorers and a potential third place went a begging. There is always next year!

Club Championships 2005

Roxburgh Reivers Orienteering Club held their annual championships at Bowhill last Saturday. The cunning handicap system devised by Robert Cranston, Club Secretary, was designed to allow members of all ages and abilities to compete on equal terms but he hadn’t envisaged the resulting dead heat between two runners, which is almost unheard of in orienteering.

After runs of about 2 miles, Karen and Kirstin Maxwell from Jedburgh finished their two different courses with a sprint to the line and as the referee was unable to separate them they were jointly presented with a new trophy donated by the previous years winner. Sarah Tullie from Teviothead finished in a clear 3rd place with most of the remaining runners finishing within 4 minutes of her time.