The GB relay team of Graham Gristwood,Jon Duncan and Jamie Stevenson have won the Gold medal at WOC 2008.
An excellent report from Gareth Candy can be found on the British Orienteering website. Photo courtesy of Digisport.
21st Jul 08
On the face of it, this looks like a helpful and simple funding opportunity for clubs…
18th Jul 08 
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CLYDE are hosting SOL 4 at Loch Vaa on Sunday 7th September. Entries are now open at www.oentries.com
Loch Vaa is one of the best orienteering areas in the UK, and was used for the World Championship Relays in 1999 and the Scottish 6 Days as well as several other high profile events.
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The SOA board of directors is currently working on developing a strategy for marketing orienteering. The process involves first analysing the strengths and weaknesses of the SOA, then identifying the opportunities and threats facing the sport. It was important to get as many views on this as possible in order to develop an effective working strategy. The opinions of all SOA members were sought and I am extremely grateful to those of you that spared the time to complete the questionnaire.
You can now view the (anonymous) responses .
14th Jul 08
The first offering in Scotland of the new UKCC accredited Level 1 Coach course will be on 18-19 October at Glenmore Lodge.
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BASOC will be hosting the 11 Person Relay on Saturday 6 September at Loch Vaa.
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The Hungaria Cup is a 5 day event including a park/sprint race. Lynne Walker won a bronze medal in W55 and Katharine Melville was 4th in W65.
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Congratulations to Sarah Dunn (Gold, W40), Jon Musgrave (Silver, M45), Eddie Harwood (5th, M55) and Martin Dean (11th, M50).
06th Jul 08 
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Scotland were runners-up in the Junior Inter-Regionals held last weekend in North Yorkshire. They were beaten into second place in a very close contest (482 points to 473) by a strong team from North-West.
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As of Friday, 27th June, I abruptly ceased to have access to my Pipex email account ( ).
If you have sent me any emails since then, please resend them
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Are you passionate about maps? The SOA is seeking a volunteer to take control of its Mapping Policy.
The mapping portfolio of the SOA and its member clubs is seen as one of the key assets of Scottish Orienteering – without maps there would be no events. So the SOA has established a Mapping Policy designed to ensure the mapping portfolio is managed in a way that reflects its importance. SOA
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