Category: News

Collecting data from people who enjoy Scotland’s countryside, the TickApp project is a citizen science study aiming to estimate the risk of exposure of humans to ticks and tick bites in Scotland.

SOA Trophy Coordinator Sally Lindsay is asking all orienteers – and anyone who’s known an orienteer in the past decade – to help find a Scottish Championships Quaich, which was last seen around 10 years ago.

This year, Scottish Orienteering is asking SOA members to put forward your nominations for the 2019 President’s Medal.

The Scottish Orienteering Association has launched a new code of conduct for those organising and taking part in orienteering activities across the country.

On a clear and beautiful starry evening the forests of Muir of Dinnet were alive with headtorches at the weekend, as close to 500 orienteers from across Britain participated in the British Night Championships.

Launched in 2018 and kindly sponsored by Tulloch Homes, nominations for the young Orienteer of the Year 2019 are now open, giving you the chance to highlight the work of young people making a considerable contribution to orienteering.

Were you a good girl or boy last year? Did Santa bring you a shiny new GPS watch? Do you now have an old watch lurking unused at the back of the drawer? If so – would you consider donating it to support orienteering development in East Lothian Schools?
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Nominations for this year’s British Orienteering Awards close this Sunday – 24^th Feb – giving just a few more days for you to say which of Scotland’s great clubs, coaches and volunteers deserve recognition across the whole of the UK.
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As part of the Regular Orienteering Mapping Programme, a new ROMP area has been added for training and coaching purposes at Errochty, west of Blair Atholl.
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The Organising Committee for the World Orienteering Championships 2022 is looking to appoint a volunteer Training Coordinator to organise training opportunities for prospective WOC 2022 athletes.
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