Category: News

It was another tricky day in the forests of Denmark, but three Scots performed well enough in the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) middle qualifier to make it into tomorrow’s final.

While Grace Molloy has been grabbing the headlines for her medal winning performances, Claire Ward gives us an insight into all the action from Junior World Orienteering Championships in Denmark. Lots of positive performances from the Scottish athletes, with more to come!

We are pleased to announce that Jon Musgrave has been selected to lead our SOA Competition Calendar Review.

Faskally Woods & Pitlochry will host the Scottish Score championships on Sunday 1 September, with STAG hosting the event.

Six Scottish juniors have headed to Denmark for the Junior World Orienteering Championships which start this Sunday.

The minutes from the Scottish Orienteering Association Annual General Meeting are now available to be downloaded from the link below, following the AGM which took place in Bo’Ness on 22 June.

Mar Orienteering Club’s Jon Musgrave was awarded the 2019 Scottish Orienteering Association President’s Medal at the SOA AGM in Bo’Ness on 22 June, for his outstanding achievements organising orienteering events in Scotland.

We will be hosting an EGM this year on Sunday 22 September to coincide with the SOL and VHI events. Please put the date in your diary, more details to follow.

Alice Wilson (Clyde), Lizzie Stansfield (FVO) , Rachel Brown (ESOC) and Matthew Gooch (MAROC) represented Scotland on the last weekend in June as the first junior international orienteering competition of the year took place in Belarus.

On Friday 28 June, Callendar Park near Falkirk hosted the UK’s first ever orienteering event to be broadcast live, as The Adventure Show showed the JOK Chasing Sprint live on a beautiful summer evening, giving a fantastic introduction to the sport.