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Some 350 children from upper primary age to the upper age in secondary schools poured into Hopetoun House Gardens near South Queensferry on Friday 7^th June 2019 for the 2019 Scottish Schools Festival.

What do you think would make the biggest difference to orienteering in Scotland in the next 4 years? Do you have ideas and inspiration that can help structure our work for the best outcomes?

The weekend marks the start of the international orienteering season, with the first World Cup races of 2019 to be held in Finland. Great Britain are taking a team of 11 athletes, including the Scots Jo Sheperd, Jess Halliday, Alasdair McLeod, Hector Haines and Alexander Chepelin.

The Scottish Orienteering Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) and the Youth Annual General Meeting are scheduled to take place as part of the Sprint Scotland event at Bo’ness on Saturday 22^nd June, and the SOA is keen to answer some questions we have received.

Throughout Volunteers’ Week we’ve been celebrating many of the volunteers who help put on orienteering events across Scotland, and the last volunteers of the week are two from Grampian Orienteers, so thank you to Rachel Scott and Bob Daly!

Throughout the week we’ve celebrated many of the volunteers who make orienteering events across Scotland special and we’re starting off the final day of Volunteers’ Week by thanking Edinburgh University Orienteering Club’s Ali Masson and Laura King!

Throughout Volunteers’ week we’ve been celebrating many of the volunteers who help arrange fantastic orienteering events across Scotland, and today we’re highlighting volunteers from Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club, so thank you to Judy Bell and Ewart Scott!

As we continue celebrating many of the volunteers who make orienteering great throughout Volunteers’ Week, today we’re highlighting volunteers from Solway Orienteers, so thank you to Stuart Graham and Dave McQuillen!

Scottish selectors are about to choose the final squad for the 2019 Senior Home International – set to take place in South Wales on 7^th-8^th September – and any squad hopefuls with illnesses/injuries or other extenuating circumstances they’d like to be taken into account should email Claire Ward by Sunday 9^th June.

With Volunteers’ Week taking place from 1-7 June, through our website we’re celebrating many of the volunteers who help make orienteering in Scotland great. Today we’re highlighting volunteers from East Lothian Orienteers, so thank you to Michael Atkinson and Jamie Wilson!