We are notifying all members of our intended Annual General Meeting date of Saturday 28th May 2022 to be held after the Scottish Championship (individual) event in Deeside, we intend on hosting our first ‘in-person’ AGM for 3years and hope members will engage with us on the 28th May. There will be a proxy vote option for those unable to attend. We will confirm location of the AGM in due course. We are in the process of putting together the AGM handbook to outline proposals and matter of business however we welcome any proposals from clubs/members that you wish raised at the AGM please contact Fiona@scottish-orienteering.org to outline any proposals or matters of business for consideration.
We are seeking election of some SOA Board members and request anyone interested in any of the positions to contact Fiona@scottish-orienteering.org or speak to a member of the current Board. All role descriptions can be provided on request. We have received a number of nominations which will be outlined in full in the handbook.
Chair – currently one nomination
Operations Director
Performance Director – currently one nomination
Communications Director – currently one nomination
The Scottish qualification round of the 2022 Compass Sport Cup and Trophy brought more than 400 competitors to Callander Crags for a memorable race in tough underfoot conditions.
Callander Crags (image (c) Solway Orienteers)
FVO brought out a new map of the area, but heavy rain in the hours leading up to the race meant that the steep slopes below the crags, which demarcate the Scottish Midlands from the Highlands, were quite slippery in places.
FVO won the Compass Sport Cup round by 76 points from ESOC, although as FVO is also hosting the final, and has a reserved place, both clubs progress. The Compass Sport Trophy round was the most competitive of any of the eight national qualifiers, with no fewer than 15 clubs chasing one of the three final berths. Three-time winners Interlopers booked their final place by winning the competition, including overall victories on both Open courses, and they are joined in the final by MAROC and Moravian, who were separated by only four points at the end of the day.
Results including WinSplits and Routegadget can be found on the FVO website
The event also counted for points in the 2022 Scottish Inter-Club Championship, and ESOC continues to lead the way in the Large Clubs division from FVO, who closed up slightly on their lead. INT now has more than 100,,000 points logged and remains 3rd.
The overall lead in the Small Clubs division has changed hands once again, as RR got in front of ELO to establish a narrow 400 point advantage. The Junior competition for small clubs is still led by ELO, with TAY moving into second position. Almost all of the clubs are now in play in the Junior Inter-Clubs, with only the student teams and TINTO yet to get off the mark.
Interlopers hosted a successful East Area Junior Training session, on a gloriously sunny Saturday afternoon at Craigmillar Castle Park in Edinburgh. The training was the first of a planned series of opportunities for juniors in the east of Scotland to get together to learn and practice new skills, and have an opportunity to meet and socialise with youngsters from different clubs.
The 2022 Scottish Inter-Club Championship continues to gain momentum, with a double header of fixures on both sides of the country at the weekend.
Dumbarton, venue for CLYDE’s SOUL races
CLYDE hosted the second race in the Scottish Urban League at Dumbarton, and ESOC continued their busy start to 2022 with a SoSOL event at Derghorn in the Pentland Hills.
Battle is well and truly joined in the Small Clubs division; RR fought their way to the top of the table following the SOUL races, only for ELO to stage a counter-attack to regain the lead after the Dreghorn event. STAG and TAY also picked up valuable points across the two events, while KFO remains in contention, despite being short-handed.
ESOC’s lead in the Large Clubs division is now more than 27,000 points, and they have the top five points scorers in the entire league, and seven of the top ten. However, the early season fixtures have gone very much in their favour, with six of the nine rounds in the Lothian area, three of them hosted by ESOC themselves. FVO remains in second place, and CLYDE made major ground to get back within touching distance of MAROC in mid-table.
FVO and ELO continue to lead the Junior Inter-Clubs, while ESOC has established a 2nd team in the Large Clubs competition.
The events come thick and fast, and the next SICC rounds will be an FVO double header this weekend, with the Scottish qualification round of the Compass Sport Cup and Trophy at Callander on Saturday, followed by a Middle distance regional race at Falkirk Wheel on Sunday
League tables after nine events can be found on this link
Results have been compiled and we can publish the trophy and medal winners from the Scottish Night Championships. Congratulations to all the medal winners and to those taking home the coveted titles of Scottish Night Champions!
The review of the Performance Pathway for 16-18 year olds resulted in the creation of 3 Super-Regional squads – North, South and Scotland. Last week the 3 squads met together for the 1st time for a training camp in the Lakes.
The SOA development team is keen to help clubs and other external organisations to organise orienteering camps for newcomers in various locations around Scotland this summer. We have a cohort of students and young people that have expressed interested in instructing at camps and now we would like to try and match them up with some suitable opportunities. To this end, we are seeking expressions of interest from partners that would like to organise summer camps that will include orienteering as all or part of their offering.
The Scottish Inter-Club Championship moved into its seventh week, as ECKO hosted a Scottish Orienteering League fixture at Coille Nathais, near Taynuilt.
BASOC are offering a summer job opportunity in the Aviemore area. The club is looking for an enthusiastic development officer to work with the club on a part-time basis over the summer months. The CDO will support a programme of volunteer-led activities, including running introductory sessions in the local community. Through this programme, the club aims to attract and retain more new members, increase participation in the sport and develop our volunteer base.
Further details and a role description can be found here
