We were absolutely thrilled to receive such excellent nominations for Young Orienteer Of The Year – it was extremely heartwarming to read about the valuable and varied contributions our Junior members make to the sport. Read More…
Two new clubs – Stirling University Orienteering Club (STUOC) and Masterplan Adventure (MA) – have recently become affiliated to SOA, bringing the total number of clubs in Scotland to 25. Read More…
Many thanks go to FVO for staging the Scottish Sprint Championships 2018 as part of their “Stepping into Spring” weekend. Most of the stepping was into mud or the occasional snow drift still remaining on the University of Stirling campus. The event consisted of two races, a Prologue and Final, but the total of both races counting towards final positions and results ( SOUL results counted separately). Full results are available on the FVO website including links to Winsplits and Routegadget. The latter cannot do justice to the rain and mud. Read More…
We are pleased to announce SportsAid Scotland awards 2018 for five of our junior athletes. Each will receive an award from the Robertson Trust of between £300 and £750. Congratulations! Read More…
We are very pleased that the SOA magazine, SCORE, has received a Best Newsletter Award from CompassSport for the 4th year in a row, and 9th time overall! Read More…
This was the 10th anniversary of the Edinburgh University Orienteering Club’s Big Weekend, although this year “Huge Weekend” might be a better name. There were 4 events, over 750 runners and nearly 2000 runs. Read More…
We are very pleased to welcome Fiona Keir to the post of Chief Operating Officer starting work with us on 4th January 2018. Read More…
The SOA is delighted to announce the appointment of the new Regional Development Officer North: Sarah Dunn Read More…
The Junior Inter Area competition is an annual competition where the 3 areas in Scotland (North, West and East) compete during a relay and individual event to see which area will come out on top. This year the relays were hosted at Dechmont Law alongside the Scottish Orienteering Urban League event and the individual at Drummond Hill using the final Scottish Orienteering League event of the year. Congratulations to the North Area who are this year’s Junior Inter Area Champions! Read More…
The penultimate Scottish Orienteering League (SOL) event of 2017 was staged by Grampian Orienteers whose website is sub-titled “Take a Run on the Wild Side.” Forvie National Nature Reserve certainly lived up to this billing – in the pre-event information Gramp stated “It’s windswept, it’s wild, it’s wonderful (in our not-so-humble opinion but we’re sure you’ll agree)”. Hurricane Ophelia was somewhere out to the west but still the wind forced the download team and their computers into the back of a van and there was some concern that the controls would be taking off into the North Sea. Read More…