The weekend kicked off with a tricky sprint race on Friday around the medieval fortress in the old town. Megan Keith (INVOC), competing for the first time at this level, had an incredible run winning the W16 gold medal by a massive 34s over the next competitor! This is an amazing achievement and GB’s first ever EYOC female gold medal! The others put in great runs in fields of around 100 all easily making top 35 (see below for all results). Read More…

Last Saturday not only marked our AGM but was also our President Roger Scrutton’s last day ‘in office’. With the launch of Volunteers’ Week from 1st to 7th June, we thought it was a fitting time to recognise Roger’s contribution to orienteering having served his maximum 9-year tenure on the SOA Board of Directors as a volunteer. Read More…

World Orienteering Day takes place on 23rd May this year, organised by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF), and all countries and particularly young people are encouraged to hold or participate in activities in the week 23rd-29th May.

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The Scottish Orienteering Association (SOA) staged the British Orienteering Championships 2018 over the weekend Saturday 19th May to Sunday 20th May in Royal Deeside. The Long Distance Championships were held over the Balmoral Estate with the British Relay Championships at nearby Torphantrick (Cambus o’May).
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The rescheduled British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Orienteering Championships were held over 28-29th April in Oxford. Originally scheduled for the first weekend in March, the snow put a stop to students from Edinburgh, Heriot Watt, Edinburgh Napier, Glasgow, Strathclyde and Aberdeen competing.

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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…

Pollok Country Park, 10 February

St Andrews Orienteering Club (Glasgow) organised this year’s Scottish Night Orienteering Championships on a brand new map of Pollok Country Park.  Further information on the STAG website.

Results, WinSplits and RouteGadget.

Scottish Night Champions 2018

• M16 no entries
• M18 Ben Brown   ESOC
• M20 Tom Nichol  AYROC
• M21 Josh Dudley  MAROC
• M35 no entries
• M40 Michael Atkinson  ELO
• M45 Fraser Purves  FVO
• M50 Ben Stansfield  FVO
• M55 Keith Brown  ESOC
• M60 Martin Dean  FVO
• M65 Les Dalgleish  ESOC
• M70 Phil Smithard  KFO
• M75 no entries

• W16 Alice Wilson  CLYDE
• W18 no entries
• W20 no entries
• W21 Rona Lindsay  ESOC
• W35 no award
• W40 Heather Thomson  ESOC
• W45 Hazel Dean  FVO
• W50 Jane Ackland  INT
• W55 Christine Patterson  CLYDE
• W60 Sally Lindsay  ESOC
• W65 Margaret Dalgleish  ESOC
• W70 Eleanor Pyrah  ESOC
• W75 no entries