Perthshire 2027 Scottish 6 Day Co-ordinator and Assistant Coordinator appointed and at work

Following the success of Deeside 2025 this summer, Graham McIntyre of Interlopers was appointed as the Perthshire 2027 Scottish 6 Day Co-ordinator. Following the decision by the Scottish Orienteering 6 Day Event Company to ask the areas to take the lead in the organisation of the event, East Area are taking the lead on the central organisation for Perthshire 2027. Graham’s position is a volunteer role and we are very grateful for him volunteering to fulfil this role. Graham has been involved in the sport for many years both as an elite athlete and working to support performance athletes at British Orienteering before working outwith the sport but he continues to participate both as an athlete and as a very experienced event official.

There has been plenty of progress both before Graham’s appointment, with TAY members Allan Downie and Alastair Duguid among others identifying and starting the permissions progress, and since with the appointment of David Steel as Assistant Co-ordinator for the event. David Steel’s position is a paid role to support the volunteers organising the event and lead on obtaining permissions and services for the event to ensure delivery of a high quality event. David comes from a military background, has a love of mountaineering (having completed all the Munros, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds, Nutalls (English and Welsh) and Dillons (Irish) and is now tackling the Marilyns) and has plenty of experience of orienteering via the armed forces.

With recruitment of the Central Organising Team well underway the team are looking forward to have a presence at the Jan Kellstrom Festival at Easter next year and the 2026 Scottish Championships in May, both being held in Perthshire, to encourage everyone to make sure they have Perthshire 2027 in their diary (1st to 6th August 2027).