Last chance to enter Scottish 6-DaysMain Tay 2009 postal entry deadline has now passed - however if you haven’t entered it is not too late - you can still enter online (subject to map availability) - (Adults £16 per day, Junior/student £5 per day) - up until 20th July - but you will have to collect your number bib and Programme at the event.
22nd Jun 09 
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Jamie Stevenson Trophy 2009Congratulations to MAROC for winning the trophy for the 2nd year running.
Full results, splits & RouteGadget on the ESOC website.
22nd Jun 09
Scotland take on Scandinavia at the Jukola RelaysLast weekend SEDS sent two teams over to Finland to compete in the biggest relay in the world, the Jukola.
19th Jun 09 Read more…
Scotland’s first ever Ultra SprintAt Ballogie on Sunday 28th June Maroc will include an Ultra Sprint event in addition to it’s normal event offering a full range of brown to white courses. There will also be a ‘bring your own food’ barbeque.
16th Jun 09 Read more…
Ochils LongO, 14 JunThe results and organisers comments are now on the Tayside website.
It seems as though the orienteering challenge was enjoyed by everyone, but there were also a few other unexpected challenges.
15th Jun 09
Scottish Championships 2009 ResultsOverall | By course | Splits | Winsplits | RouteGadget | Badge times now available.
Overall | Splits by Class | Splits by combination | Winsplits | RouteGadget
See and share photos from Flickr
12th Jun 09
Scottish O League 3, Teviothead, 7th JuneFast open soft grassy fields, intricate contours, wonderful views. Used only once before, for the 2006 Harvester and SOL. Now with 10% more boulders !
Results are available here, and RouteGadget here.
07th Jun 09
Junior Inter Area CompetitionThe Scottish Junior Inter-area Championships consists of a relay event and an individual event between the East, North and West areas of Scotland. This year the relay event was held on 6 June 2009 at Vogrie and the individual event was held in conjunction with SOL3 at Teviothead. The overall weekend was organised by the East area and overnight accommodation was arranged at Melrose Youth Hostel. Around 70 juniors took part in the competition
06th Jun 09 Read more…
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I’m sure we’ve all had experience of the wee sleekit beastie; but unlike Rabbie Burns, I mean the vampiristic tick! My concern is that too often we do not give them the respect they are due. Many of the ticks in the UK carry a bacteria (Borrelia Burgdorferi Sensu Lato) which if transmitted through a bite, can result in Lyme Disease. Fahrer H et al. wrote, in the Scientific Journal of Orienteering in 1993, that in Switzerland more than 40% of Orienteers had positive blood tests for this bacteria. The tests are now far more sensitive so perhaps this research should be repeated! Lyme Disease (LD), if left untreated, can lead to some very grave health problems.
Symptoms of LD can present between 3-30 days after the initial bite and may include...
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