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Permanent Orienteering Courses: What Came out of September’s Community Conversation
Our September Community Conversation had a theme of using Permanent Orienteering Courses (‘POCs’) to encourage and widen participation, and saw good cross-club discussion with members on experience and ideas. POCs have loads of potential as means of offering easy taster courses, quick-to-set-up training courses for club sessions), and self-serve ways for individuals to practice skills and progress. What can help clubs make best use of them to support orienteering development work?
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What happened at the SOA AGM?
Thank you to all of those who took time out of their Monday evening to attend the SOA Annual General Meeting. A small group but essential for our governance joined the Board to hear our chair Jonathan Molloy summarise the SOA actions in the last year and have the opportunity to raise queries about the reports contained in the AGM Booklet.
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World Masters Mountain Bike Orienteering a great success
Keith Dawson, the SOA former Chair of the Board/ avid Mountain Bike orienteer and Event Coordinator reflects on the 2026 World Masters Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships held in Moray:-
So WMMTBOC26 in Scotland is a wrap! A vision of three years ago became a wonderful reality this week in the beautiful and varied forests of the Moray coast. Thank you so very much for all your kind and immensely enthusiastic comments about the races and your wonderful smiles.
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ESOC deliver a SOL for all the family
Last weekend Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club (ESOC) hosted the 4th Scottish Orienteering League (SOL) event of 2026 at Cademuir. Cademuir has been described by all involved in this event as a beautiful but quite awkward area to plan on. Along the high ridge of the area the short grass, intricate contours and rock detail provide excellent running whereas the slopes on either side of the ridge become very steep and less enjoyable. Thankfully our planner, Peter O’Hara, endured the wind and weather the day before the event on the exposed area to put out the controls and also managed to plan it so that everyone got to enjoy the intricate contours in the sunshine allowing everyone to take advantage of the fast conditions! The views were worth the climb for those who stopped to soak them and the sunshine in.
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Fantastic to see so many families "Try Orienteering" for the first time this weekend as part of the Summer of Sport initiative with sessions taking place in East Lothian, Aberdeen, Aboyne and Inverness. Huge thanks to everyone involved and we look forward to welcoming these families to local orienteering events over the coming weeks.
⭐ Weekend Round Up ⭐![]()
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It's been a busy weekend up and down the country with local and national events. In the SEdinburgh Southern Orienteering Club Club held SOL 4 at Cademuir, meanwhile in Moray the World Masters Mountain Bike Orienteering took place. ![]()
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🧭 8 Summer of Sport family coaching sessions supported by local clubs![]()
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Next week will also be exciting withMasterplan Adventurenture Coasts and Islands week in Coll.
Lots of different training courses coming up including a Grade C Controllers Course at Kinnoull Hill on October 17th and a Club Coach Course in Edinburgh the same weekend. Look out for more information and sign up on the SOA website or contact Judy for more details.
Good luck to every at SOL4 on Sunday at Cademuir. Thanks to all the volunteers Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club for organising the event. ![]()
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East Lothian Orienteers Interlopers Orienteering Club - Edinburgh Roxburgh Reivers Orienteering Club Solway Orienteers AYROC - Ayrshire's Orienteering Club STAG - St Andrew's Orienteering Club of GlasgowoClydeside OrienteersOForth Valley OrienteersOTayside OrienteersOKingdom of Fife OrienteersOLoch Eck OrienteersOBadenoch and Strathspey Orienteering ClubeMar Orienteering Club - MAROCuGrampian Orienteering ClubeMoravian Orienteering ClubeInverness Orienteering Clubering Club
Following feedback we have postponed the Club Networking events tomorrow and next Saturday but wanted to point you remind you that out AGM takes place this Monday online at 7pm. ![]()
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The AGM Booklet can be found on our website under the news section (link in the bio) and Neil Polwart (FVO) has stepped forward to be considered for the post of SOA Director. ![]()
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Read all about the AGM and find out more about Neil on the website and find the link to the Proxy form if you are unable to attend.