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Escaping the snow on Speyside, ROMP has gone to the seaside - controls are now out in Roseisle.

Entries

Individual entries are now open at Fabian4.co.uk
Entries close on 31 August 2010 for all individual entries.
The number of entries may be limited, so early registration is recommended.

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Scottish Orienteering are delighted to announce that the current World Orienteering Champion, Daniel Hubmann (Switzerland) will compete in Perth, in September, along with Fabian Hertner (Sprint Silver in the 2009 World Orienteering Champs) and Brit, Graham Gristwood (World Champion in the relay, 2008).

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Saturday 11th September

Morning, Day 2: Re-run of Friday ‘Day 1’ event. This is being made available for those who wish to run the courses from the day before but who could not make it to the event. We don’t want people to miss out on a run at the fantastic Scone Palace because of weekday commitments. Please note running this race will make you ineligible to qualify for the elite final of the main race (‘Day 3’)
Starts from 10:00 – 12:00
Afternoon, ‘Day 3’: sprint race and Park World Tour International (Saturday 11th September). Afternoon: Qualified elites (30 men, 30 women) will run first, with others running afterwards.
Starts from 14:00 – 18:00

10th Mar 10 Read more…

Friday 10th September

PWT Sprint Qualification and open races in Scone Palace - mixture of parkland and fast forest.
This will be the qualifying race for the Park World Tour International on the Saturday. You MUST enter this if you wish to try and qualify for the final.
The M/W winning time will be approximately 14/15 minutes.
Starts from 13:00 – 16:30

10th Mar 10 Read more…

SoSOL, Gullane Dunes, Sun 7th March

Results for today’s record breaking SoSOL are here.
Routegadget is ready, comments etc will follow later.

07th Mar 10

British Night Championships, 2010

Results for the event held on the North Pentland Hills, Saturday, 06th March
The event was filmed for the BBC’s Adventure Show.

07th Mar 10

Scottish Sprint Championships, 2010

Congratulations to the Scottish Sprint Champions following the race hosted by Interløpers at King’s Buildings, Edinburgh on the 6th March.
W21 Helen Bridle (ESOC) | M21 Alasdair McLeod (EUOC)
W18 Kirstin Maxwell (RR) | M18 Tim Gomersall (GRAMP)
W40 Sarah Dunn (MAROC) | M40 Ben Hartman (INT)
Results are here
RouteGadget is here

06th Mar 10

SOA Coaching Conference 2010

To be held at Fordell Firs Scout Centre, Dunfermline, from 10:00 to 16:00 on Saturday 24th April.
The theme is “Coaching for All”, and the event is open to everyone, not just qualified coaches.

05th Mar 10 Read more…

SOA Club Development Fund

The SOA is reintroducing its Club Development Fund, last available in 2007. The first deadline for applications is not far away - 16th April - with a second one this year on 1st October.

05th Mar 10 Read more…

Older items

Scottish Championships 2010… 04th Mar 10

SEDS, camera, action!… 03rd Mar 10

Scotjos Development Weekend, Feb 2010… 02nd Mar 10

SoSOL, Elibank, Sun 21st Mar… 01st Mar 10

Scotland’s Sporting Chance… 01st Mar 10

New director for the Scottish 6 Day Board… 28th Feb 10

Scottish Schools’ Festival 2010 - Friday 4th June… 28th Feb 10

SoSOL, Dalguise, Sun 28th Feb, CANCELLED… 26th Feb 10

Notes of Controllers’ Update Session… 26th Feb 10

Board meeting minutes… 22nd Feb 10

BBC Scotland ‘Out of Doors’ interview… 21st Feb 10

Second Place for Scott in Portugal… 17th Feb 10

Warm Weather Training - Israeli-Style… 17th Feb 10

Scott Fraser leads the way in Portugal… 16th Feb 10

With a twist of Lyme

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.