The SOA Board have concluded that, to continue building the sport of orienteering in Scotland, we need to increase income to support the costs of running quality orienteering and we will be tabling a proposal to do this at the AGM. We realise this is a contentious subject and would like to get feedback from you beforehand.

Are you new to orienteering but not sure where to start? Claire Ward, SOA Performance Director, put together this guide, as featured in the latest issue of SCORE.

Many Scottish orienteers are heading to Yorkshire this May Day weekend for the 2019 British Orienteering Championships.  Following the individual and team successes at the recent JK, hopes are high that Scots will feature prominently on the podium.

Everyone at Scottish Orienteering says congratulations to all who have been selected to run for Great Britain in this summer’s junior international races.

This year’s World Schools Championships in Orienteering (WSCO) is being held from 29 April – 5 May in Estonia. Scotland will be represented by a team of 15 athletes from throughout the country, and three coaches.

With World Orienteering Week set to take place from 15th-21st May 2019 we’re helping schools, clubs and other groups across Scotland become part of the 350,000 people aiming to break a world record in this year’s event.

With three months to go until the 2019 Scottish 6 Days Orienteering event, entrants have already signed up from more than 26 countries, and orienteers from around the world are encouraged to enter by 30 April to take advantage of discounted entry.

A well-organised Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering 2019 saw a huge effort put in by many volunteers from across the south of England and as far afield as Moravian. Four days of racing, plus two days of Trail O (Temp O and Pre O) proved fairly demanding for anyone who went for the full weekend!

This year’s Scottish Schools’ Orienteering Festival is set to take place at Hopetoun House in South Queensferry on Friday 7 June and schools from across the country are encouraged to come and take part!

Everyone at the SOA would like to wish good luck to all the Scottish orienteers making the long trip south to this weekend’s Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering 2019, as well as those staying north for Tayside Orienteers’ “Not the JK”, near Perth.