The Scottish Orienteering 6-Day Event Co Ltd is seeking a Coordinator for Lochaber 2021. The Coordinator (not necessarily from the same club as the Central Organising Team) will play a key role in the successful delivery of the event, through the coordination of a team of volunteers and paid-for services as appropriate.
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The Simplyhealth XCountry moved from Holyrood in Edinburgh to a new location at Stirling Golf Club. Orienteers (running under their Athletic clubs) had some outstanding runs including Megan Keith (INVOC) and Pippa Carcas (INT) taking Silver and Bronze respectively in the U17 Girls Inter District.
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2019 has got off to a positive start as we have welcomed Fran Britain to our SOA staff team as Administrative Assistant. Fran will work from our office at Glenmore Lodge on a 2 day a week basis and will be the contact point for membership enquiries from clubs moving forward.
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If you want to try orienteering for the first time but aren’t sure what you need to know, a new video has been released to help explain the basics for beginners.
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Scottish Orienteering congratulates Terence John O’Brien on his award of the British Empire Medal (BEM) for “services to Orienteering”. Terry O’Brien as he is better known has of course been the driving force behind STAG for many years and served on the SOA Board in multiple roles. A link to the Queen’s New Year Honours list in Scotland is here. Read More…
Come to spectacular North East Scotland for an Aberdeenshire adventure this February at the British Night Championships Weekend. Be sure the 23/24 February is firmly in your Orienteering calendars for 2019! Read More…
As part of the Year of Young People celebrations sportscotland recently held an event at Hampden Park for young leaders in club sport in Scotland. Moravian’s Mairi Weir attended the event and has sent us this report of her day in Glasgow…
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Congratulations to BASOC on becoming only the second club to achieve the SOA Silver Club Accreditation Award! Read More…
With the Scottish 6 Days set to take place in Strathearn in 2019, orienteers are reminded that all the areas for next year’s event are embargoed for orienteering. This is especially important for the two areas that will stage the World Ranking Events – Dundurn & Cnoc a’Mhadaidh (Middle Distance) and Craig a Barns (Long Distance).
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The full results, Routegadget and list of winners for the 2018 Scottish Score Championships are all available on the Roxburgh Reivers club website, along with the Organiser’s and Planner’s reports. Read More…