Autumn Training Bonanza
Aimed particularly at students, but open to everyone: from mid-September to mid-October, controls will be out in 5 excellent areas, with special low rates for students!
05th Aug 08 
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News
Purple Thistle, Oban, Aug 23/24
215 people have entered so far. What is surprising is the number of entries from outside Scotland and the noticeable absence of a lot of regular SOL participants.
Perhaps they haven’t realized that there is an opportunity to orienteer on 2 high quality areas in one weekend. Creag Mhic already has a reputation and I’m sure that Kerrera will have one after this weekend.
This also promises to be a great social weekend, with a commercial campsite being the base for the event. So help out your fellow orienteers and pass the word.
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Mhairi Mackenzie 4th at WUOC08 Long
An excellent performance, that only missed a bronze medal by 16 seconds.
Full report on the British Orienteering website.
31st Jul 08
Scott Fraser wins Bronze at WUOC08 Sprint
SOA professional Officer Scott Fraser won a Bronze medal in the Sprint race at the World University Orienteering Championships today.
Full report on the British Orienteering website.
(Photo: Rosen/Elder)
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Gold for Brits at WOC
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
Simple funding opportunity
On the face of it, this looks like a helpful and simple funding opportunity for clubs…
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Scottish O League, Loch Vaa, 7th Sept
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.
18th Jul 08 Read more...
SOA Marketing questionnaire
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
