It was a narrow victory in the end but that just makes it all the sweeter (1 point in 50!). 17 out of the 18 in the team scored points over the weekend (and Emma – the 18th – was right behind Claire in the individual and had a coin toss gone the other way could have been in a scoring relay team too) which just goes to show how important it is to have depth and to keep going, no matter how tough it feels – every place matters.
This week the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) are taking place in Tampere, Finland. It’s for M/W 18s and 20s and attending is the peak of a junior orienteer’s career. More information about this year’s competition can be found here: www.jwoc2017.fi/ Read More…
It was always going to be difficult to beat England on their home soil, but it was a confident team who arrived at the start line on Saturday for the Individual Event at Headley Heath, and there were some great Scottish results:
Pride of place must go to a clean sweep for Scotland in the W14 class, with Emma Wilson (CLYDE) in first place, followed by Clare Stansfield (FVO) in 2nd and Abigail Mason (MAROC) in 3rd.
Chris Galloway (INT) was the winner of M18. There were also podium places for Daniel Stansfield (FVO), 2nd in M16 and Briony Kincaid (ECKO) 3rd in W16.
The M16 class was very hotly contested with Daniel only 7 seconds behind English number one and GB squad member Dane Blomquist. The first 4 finishers were within 30 seconds of each other with Sasha Chepelin (GRAMP) unlucky to be in 4th place. Other 4th places were achieved by M14 Ross McMurtrie (MAROC) and W16 Jenny Ricketts (MAROC). However, the English team came 1st overall, beating Scotland by 83 points to 68. Ireland just pipped Wales by 33 points to 32.
Prizes were presented at the Saturday evening social at High Ashurst Outdoor Centre by GB World Championships team member and British Champion Sarah Rollins.
Sunday’s Relay Event was held in beautiful sunshine at Wisley Common. There were some good individual results here, in particular Sasha Chepelin who was first back in the boys’ race, but with each team made up of one 16, one 14 and one 18, the strength in depth of the English teams was just too great and Scotland came second. Wales just beat Ireland overall to win the Judith Wingham Trophy for their own contest.
Full results and photos can be found on the competition website.
The following team were selected:
Kathryn Barr
Abigail Mason
Clare Stansfield
Emma Wilson
Briony Kincaid
Evelyn Mason
Bronwyn Matthews
Jennifer Ricketts
Rona Lindsay
Katrina McLeod
Rhona McMillan
Rozy Shepherd
Alex Carcas
Callum Hunter (injured pre-event)
Samuel Galloway
Ross McMurtrie
Rowan White
Alexander Chepelin
Matthew Galloway
Daniel Stansfield
Thomas Wilson
Joshua Dudley
Christopher Galloway
Andrew Lindsay
Craig Nolan
ScotJOS – sponsored by Apache
Plans are now in place to host a Scottish Junior Cup league over three different races during the spring and summer of 2021. The league will offer a set of high quality, fun, and competitive races which will be open to all junior orienteers in Scotland with age classes from M/W12 to M/W18. The draft plan is as follows:
Our time in the Trossachs may have headlined as the Scottish qualifier of the CompassSport Cup/ Trophy but just as importantly it was 2026 Scottish Inter Club Championships . The remit of the Scottish Inter Club Championships is to help clubs foster a feeling of club comradery and member contribution towards the success of a club.
It was close but not close enough. Well done to England retaining the overall trophy for the Veteran Home Internationals .
After the individual we were 6 points down but the depth of the English team showed through in the relays. Nonetheless we managed first place on the women Men women combination with a cracking final leg from Kirsten Strain and we took second place on the men women men combination.
Well done to East Lothian Orienteers (ELO) who pulled together to host their first every Scottish Orienteering League event (SOL) at Hartside Hill. The Hartside Hill event was ninth event of the 2025 Scottish Inter Club Championships and as well as the third SOL of 2025.
Not only was it the first SOL that ELO had ever hosted but they also offered us the challenge of fresh terrain in an area mapped for the event. Whilst for some it brought back recollections of Limeriggs, it proved to be as promised a large plantation forest with deep cleughs, varied rides, and an extensive ditch network. For most the errors were of our own making and certainly there were quite a few sticks carried home by those whose hair had provided some protection.
Another great weekend was had by all of those who travelled to Perthshire for the 2022 Scottish Middle Distance Championship at Kinnoull Hill hosted by TAY and the third SOL of 2022 at Loch Ordies hosted by ESOC.
Read More…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.
The Junior Inter Area relay comprises an Orange, a Yellow and a Light Green leg. Encouraging participation is an important part of the competition and this year a record 121 young athletes took part in the relay, with more than half from North Area.