Armchair Planning competition

Andrew Hewat has agreed to judge an armchair planning competition, open to all club members. The idea is to plan two courses (Brown and Orange) from the comfort of your own armchair (or desk) using just a blank map of Strathmashie, the venue for Days 2 and 4 of Lochaber 2001.

If you weren’t at the AGM and would like to enter, then please contact Robin Sloan (email: robin_sloan@roseisle.demon.co.uk), who will then send out a copy of the rules and a couple of blank maps.

The closing date for entries is Febraury 28 2002.

RR AGM

The club AGM will take place at Tweedbank Barns Centre on Thursday 24 January 2002 at 7:30pm.

Boxing Day fun event

Roxburgh Reivers’ Boxing Day fun event will take place at Wilton Park in Hawick. As usual the format will be announced on arrival and the event starts at 11am. Meet at the changing rooms next to the walled garden.

Afterwards we’ll go for a mince pie and a cup of tea at the Hawick Cycling Club club rooms. Any questions then contact Rob (email: r.a.cranston@btinternet.com or phone 01450 372095).

Scottish Night Championships and Tinto Twin

Carmichael Estate in Lanarkshire once again played host to the Tinto Twin and Scottish Night Championships last weekend (Nov 3-4 2001). Reivers’ best results were recorded during the day event and for the second week running John Tullie (M40L) came home in first place, with less than a minute separating the top three.

Other good results were recorded by Andrew Tullie, who was second on M14A, whilst older brothers James and Douglas came second and third respectively on M16A.

Full results from each day can be found at the Tinto results page.

ESOA Championships and ESOL 3

The 2001 East of Scotland Orienteering Championships took place at Archerfield Estate, East Lothian, last weekend (Oct 28 2001) in conjunction with ESOL 3. Although only a few Reivers were competing, the standard was high and as per usual the Tullie family managed to produce 4 podium finishes out of a possible four.

Andrew (M12), Douglas (M14) and dad John (M40) all won their respective classes and proved that a weekend in Wales (see below) was the best possible training. And James Tullie, running up a class in preparation for next year, finished off a good day for the Reivers by coming third on M18.

In addition to the championship results, other Reivers results included Malcolm Cattermole and Bill Bruce (38th and 45th respectively on the Blue course) and Jenny Cattermole, who was 39th on the Green course.

Full results for both the Championships and the ESOL are available on the Interlopers Web site. For the latest ESOL standing see the ESOA Web site.

The next ESOL takes place at Coillhallen Wood, Callander on November 11.

Junior Home Internationals

Two of Roxburgh Reivers’ brightest stars, James and Douglas Tullie were selected for the Scottish Junior Squad in the recent home international at Pembury in Wales at the weekend (Oct 7 2001) and helped Scotland finish in second place behind England (once again).

In the individual, Douglas finished an excellent fourth behind fellow Scot Duncan Coombs and ensured high points for Scotland on M14A. And on M16A James was also second Scot, finishing in seventh place behind winner Oleg Chepelin.

In the relays, Douglas’s team (Andrew Brunton, Douglas Tullie, Alex MacLachlan) finished in seventh place and James’ (James Tullie, Kyle Heron, Duncan Grassie) in eighth. However, the best result of the day went to the girls who finished in first place, giving Scotland three victories over the course of the weekend.