The Scottish Schools Festival will take place Wednesday 1st June at Scone Palace, by Perth . A treat in store for all who make it along.

ESOC extended its lead at the head of the 2022 Scottish Inter-Club Championships to more than 13,000 points as they hosted the second Scottish Orienteering Urban League race of the year at Peebles.

The Edinburgh-based club is taking advantage of the early rounds of the championship being in their local area, and a large contingent of their members in regular action is racking up the points for their total. FVO remains in second place in the Large Clubs competition, and Interlopers has overtaken MAROC for third place.

In the Small Clubs division, ELO maintains its place at the top of the table, but it was a good weekend for Roxburgh Reivers as they closed ELO’s lead to within 4000 points, and STAG, who have overtaken TAY for third place.

There’s a new leader in the Junior Inter-Clubs Championship, as FVO has bypassed MAROC to take the lead, while ELO leads the Small Clubs competition

League standings after four events can be found here, with individual scores for all competitors now included.

The fifth and sixth rounds of the championships will take place this weekend, as ESOC plays host once again, with the Scottish Night Championships at Braid Hills, followed by the first round of the Scottish Orienteering League, with Interlopers hosting at Gullane.

Scottish Orienteering is keen to help facilitate opportunities for youngsters to try out orienteering at summer camps in various locations around Scotland, especially in the lead up to WOC 2024 in Edinburgh. To help make this happen we need a team of people who are interested in paid coaching work over the summer to get involved with delivery of the activities. No specific coaching qualifications or prior experience of delivery are necessary as we would help get you trained up with the relevant skills.

Ahead of the 2022 Scottish Night Championships due to be held on the 12th February at Braid Hills (Edinburgh) organised by ESOC, there have been some amendments to the rule and guidelines for the Scottish Night Championships. We have published the rules and guidelines here

If you are interested in more details about the Scottish Night Championships, have a look here Entries are still available

A January training camp in Perthshire seemed like a great idea, but this turned into a camp of many plans…..

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Fanni Gyurko (FVO) as performance director for the Scottish Orienteering Association. The board has unanimously agreed to co-opt Fanni until this year’s AGM when she will stand for election by the membership.

After the success and positive feedback from last year’s Scottish Junior Cup we plan to repeat the competition this year, with a set of 3 junior focussed weekends on offer.

This year’s coaching courses have now been added to the new look courses page of the website. Lead coaches and club development officers are reminded that Coaching Foundation courses can be run for individual clubs if you have 6-8 interested participants. These courses are not assessed, but provide beginners with the tools and confidence they need to get started on the coaching pathway. Get in touch with Suzanne if you feel this is the way forward for your club.

The 2022 Scottish Inter-Clubs Championship sped into full action as the majority of the clubs got their first scores on the board, following the EUOC Big Weekend.

The Big Weekend featured two scoring events, with an Urban race around the West End of the city, and then a Classic distance race on the iconic Arthur’s Seat. The Urban race also counted as the first event in the 2022 Scottish Orienteering Urban League, and both events were included in the UK Orienteering League programme, so there were a large number of visitors from over the border in attendance.

There is a new leader in the Large Clubs division of the SICC, as ESOC took full advantage of the races being in their home city to notch more than 40,000 points for the weekend and catapault themselves straight into the lead, with a 5000 point margin over FVO.

It was a good weekend for ELO in particular in the Small Clubs division, as, led by some impressive junior performances, they opened up a fairly comfortable lead over Roxburgh Reivers to head the table after the first scoring event for the smaller clubs.

MAROC continues to lead the Junior Inter-Club table, but has been closed down by both FVO and ESOC, with several lowland events to follow soon, while ELO’s juniors top the table for the Small clubs.

Full results from the weekend are with Robin Strain, and league tables after three events are here.

The next event in the Inter-Clubs Championship will be ESOC’s SOUL races on 6th February, followed by a Dark ‘n’ Dunes Weekend, as ESOC and Interlopers host the Scottish Night Championships and the first event in the 2022 Scottish Orienteering League the following weekend.

The Sprint World Orienteering Championships is coming to Edinburgh in July 2024!

Although it is still over 2 years away we are keen to ensure that we make the most of the opportunity from WOC to promote and develop our sport in Scotland. That means that we need to start putting some project plans in place now. The SOA staff team has come up with some proposals which we hope that clubs will want to buy into, and to that end we would like to get your feedback on them.

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