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National Centre course schedule

Full schedule for Teaching Orienteering courses 2012-13 now available, with courses all over Scotland;  also dates for Regional Coaching Workshops.

NB date of UKCC Level 2 course changed.

 

 

TEACHING ORIENTEERING courses

Book by e-mail via the Contacts page.

Teaching Orienteering Part 1

Individual course fee for 2012: £75

 

2012

Tuesday 21 February - Oban ("closed" course but some spaces might be available)
Wednesday 22 February - UHI, Fort William (closed course)
Wednesday 29 February - UHI, Fort William (closed course)
8 & 15 March - Strathearn Community Campus, Crieff (closed course but places might be available)
Saturday 14 April - Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore
Saturday 28 April - Invergarry, Highland
May - Lairg, Highland (date to be confirmed)
Saturday 9 June - Dunfermline, Fife
Thursday 28 June - Banchory, Aberdeenshire
Tuesday 12 July - West coast/islands
Thursday 23 August - Stirling
Saturday 25 August - Glasgow South
Saturday 6 October - Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore
Autumn 2012 - Melrose, Borders
Autumn 2012 - Glasgow North
Autumn 2012 - Aberdeenshire
Tuesday 20 November 2012 - Moray

2013
Spring 2013 - Dumfries
Spring 2013 - Linlithgow
Spring 2013 - East Lothian
Spring 2013 - Fort William
Spring 2013 - Inverness
Summer 2013 - Dunfermline, Fife
Summer 2013 - Portree, Skye
Summer 2013 - Perth
Summer 2013 - Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
Summer 2013 - Glasgow South
Autumn 2013 - Edinburgh
Autumn 2013 - Aberdeenshire
19 November 2013 - Moray
November 2013 - Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore

Teaching Orienteering Part 2

Individual course fee for 2012:  £95

2012
Thursday 17 May - Moray
Sunday 7 October - Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore

2013
16 May - Moray
Autumn 2013 - Glasgow North
November 2013 - Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore

Young Leader Award

Courses arranged for groups - please phone to discuss rate

 

TRAINING FOR COACHES

UKCC Level 1 Coach

Please read the information on course fee and booking process


Please also read the Level 1 Information Pack specifically for courses running in Scotland.


2012
Friday - Sunday 23-25 March - closing date 10 February
Wednesday - Friday 18-20 July - closing date 6 June
An additional course might be arranged south of the Central Belt.

UKCC Level 2 Coach

Course fee available on application.  Funding is available for some candidates.

Please read the Level 2 Information Pack supplied by British Orienteering.  Please note this is a 3 day course and candidates must attend all 3 days of the same course.  Post-course work is then completed before final assessment, which must be within 2 years.

2012
Saturday - Sunday 28-29 April and Saturday 12 May - closing date 23 March NB date of first weekend has been changed.

SOA Regional Coaching Activity Workshops - 2012

Saturday 31 March - Aberdeenshire
Saturday 21 April - Edinburgh/Borders
Saturday 19 May - Central Belt (Stirling?)
Saturday 7 July - Inverness/Moray
Saturday 15 September - Ayrshire
Saturday 29 September - Edinburgh/West Lothian

TECHNIQUE & PERSONAL PERFORMANCE

Whatever your current standard, we can offer you guidance and tuition to hone your skills!  Courses are tailored to participants’ specific requirements.  Max. 6 participants per coach.  £5/day discount for members of SOA clubs.

Adult Beginners

Course fee £20 per person

2012
23 July

Adult Intermediate/Improvers’ weekends and single days

Course fee £40 per person (weekend) /£20 per person (one day)

2011
22-23 December - weather permitting - light relief from Christmas preparation:  1 or 2 days of orienteering-related fun with modest coaching element;  adults and accompanied children welcome, all standards catered for!

2012
3-4 March*
24 July
* dates marked with an asterisk include the opportunity for recently qualified coaches to do a bit of mutual coaching - please discuss if you’re interested.

COURSES FOR OFFICIALS

SOA Club Development Conference

Saturday 26 May 2012 (venue to be confirmed)

Event Safety Workshops

2012
25 January, Shawlands Academy, Glasgow, 6-9p.m. - Lynne Walker (ECKO) - bookings close 18 January

Grade C Controllers’ course

 

next course will be autumn 2012

Grade B Controllers’ course

2012
Saturday 10 March

Planners’ course, Condes Workshops and OCAD Workshops

These are usually run locally;  please phone to discuss.

For courses that do not state any particular booking method, please use the standard booking form DOC or PDF
Closing dates:  Bookings will not normally be accepted after the closing date, where one is stated.  For some courses, an early closing date is necessary in order to obtain course resources.

Most courses are run at Glenmore Lodge;  it is our preferred venue for several reasons, not least the fact that we’ve got an excellent range of areas nearby which are suitable for a wide variety of activities.  The course schedule is constantly changing, with latest additions or cancellations outlined in the summary as above.

Courses will be confirmed or cancelled within 24 hours of their stated closing date.  We recommend that you don’t commit to accommodation etc. until your course has been confirmed. 

Unless specified otherwise, please send a booking form DOC or PDF, or Contact us for further information.  We aim to acknowledge bookings as soon as possible after receiving the form, so if you don’t get an acknowledgement, please phone.  It has been known for people to send things to wrong addresses, whether e-mail or postal, and sometimes even for people to think they’ve sent things when in fact they haven’t.

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