MapRun is an app which allows you to use your smartphone to enjoy orienteering without a need to set up physical control points on the ground. There are now MapRun courses set up all across Scotland which you can go and run right now, with more new ones being added all the time.

Anne Hickling gives an update on the SOA’s Operations Director role, after Keith Roberts stepped down from the role.

The Scottish Orienteering Association’s latest Regular Orienteering Mapping Programme (ROMP) course has been laid out at Inschriach North, which is south of Aviemore.

November and December have been busy months, as we have seen a BIG increase in our coaching team with new Level 1 & 2, Controllers and Tutor Foundation graduates.

Inverness Orienteering Club’s Oscar Shepherd has been awarded the Young Volunteer of the Year for 2019 at the Highland Coaching, Officiating and Volunteer Awards.

To enhance the Scottish Orienteering Young Leaders award further, the Scottish Orienteering Association is now a proud ambassador of the Saltire Award. The award is the Scottish Government’s way of celebrating, recognising and rewarding the commitment, contribution and achievements of young volunteers in Scotland, aged between 12 and 25.

At the Scottish Orienteering Association we need your help – and that of every member from the past four years – to help us raise funds from Gift Aid.

Scottish Orienteering is keen to explore ways of improving its inclusivity to help support anyone to participate in the sport. On Saturday, 16^th November, we hosted a workshop where the development team and other interested club orienteers got together with experts who work with youngsters with autism.

In addition to the Junior Inter Areas, the second weekend of November also hosted the Scottish University Championships. Teams from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and Aberdeen enjoyed a weekend of competition with relays at Scolty Woods on the Saturday and individuals at Cambus O’May on the Sunday.

More than 100 juniors from all over Scotland converged on Deeside for the annual Scottish Junior Inter Areas, on the weekend of November 9th & 10th. Teams from the North, East and West battled it out over a weekend of competition and fun with relays on the Saturday and individual races on the Sunday.