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.

RR Summer Series 2005

Details of Roxburgh Reivers’ forthcoming Summer Series events are now available from the Summer Series 05 homepage. The series of events, runnning fortnightly from 27 April, are aimed at newcomers to the sport who want to “come and try it”, as well as existing club members looking for a midweek run.

For more details download the full colour event advert (PDF format, 65KB).

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 hadnt 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.

Results from the Club Championships

2005 Club Championships and AGM

Roxburgh Reivers’ 2005 AGM will be held at Bowhill Estate on 5 February, following the Club Championships. More details nearer the time.

Roxburgh Reivers’ forthcoming Saturday morning events have now been added to the Fixtures page.

Boxing Day event and winter fixtures

Roxburgh Reivers will be holding a number of events over the coming months, starting with the traditional festive Boxing Day novelty event. This year’s Boxing Day event takes place at Wilton Park, Hawick, starting at 11am. The event will be followed by mince pies at the Hawick Cycle Club clubrooms. For more details, download the flyer below or contact Rob Cranston on 01450 372095.

Roxburgh Reivers will also be holding a couple of Saturday morning events in January and February. These will be added to the fixtures page shortly, but for a sneek preview, please download the Winter Events flyer (PDF format).