CLYDE SoSOL and Compass Sport Cup/Trophy - Cragallian and Mugdock

Craigallian and Mugdock is a Country Park on the northern fringe of Glasgow and was the venue for Clydeside Orienteers South of Scotland Orienteering League race and Compass Sport Cup and Trophy event. Patrick Walder's courses made really good use of the area and posed a variety of technical challenges. I ran the Blue Mens course which was 6.7k with 215m of climb and 19 controls.

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MOR Moray Mix - Culbin East and Forres

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2009



MOR Colour Coded Event - Culbin East

Culbin has been used for the World Relay Championships (in 1976) and the British Orienteering Championships (in 2008) and is forested sand dunes which give fast running, whilst providing a good technical challenge.

I ran the Brown course which was 9.9k with 200m of climb and 21 controls.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2009



MOR Street Event - Forres

Forres is a small town with woodland on it's eastern fringe and proved to be a really good venue for a street event. I ran the long course which was 7.3k with 24 controls.

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FVO Night Event - South Achray

This was the last FVO night event of the winter. Jason and Janine Inman planned a long course which made great use of the area, had lots of gaffling and which was 5.9k with 30 controls. Steve Barrett secured a comfortable victory in 47:15, with Ross McLennan second in ca 48:50.

Results to follow.

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FVO Night Event - Touch

Steve Barrett planned a really tricky course which was 4.9k with 25 controls and which was won by Will Hensman.

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ESOC Sprint O - Hopetoun House

The ESOC Sprint O consists of a Prologue, followed by a Chase where the first person home is the winner. Hopetoun House grounds, in the shadow of the Forth Bridges, was a great venue for Sprint O and gave fast, and close, racing.

The Prologue was 2.9k with 20m of climb and 13 controls and the Chase was 2.7k with 20m of climb and 15 controls.

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MAROC Scottish Night Championships - Birsemore Hill

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2009



MAROC put on a great event - efficient organisation, a superb area and testing courses; and a warm up map and post race soup too!

I ran M50/Course 2 which was 5.7k with 15 controls. Was careful and had a pretty clean run, with only a small miss at 8.

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FVO Night Event - Dumyat East

Fraser Purves planned a long course which was 5.7k with 20 controls. Gaffling split people at the start, with some doing my 16 - 19 first. Nobody found number 4 - either we were in the wrong place, it was put in the wrong place or it had been moved! Despite that, the course was great fun and gave Will Hensman a narrow victory over Ross McLennan.

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INT SoSOL - Norman's Law

With much of the country in the grip of snow and ice, Norman's Law in East Fife had fared relatively well, with only a light covering of snow. Richard Speirs of Interlopers planned some really good courses with the Brown, which I ran, being 8.2k with 350m of climb and 25 controls.

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FVO Night Event - Barr Wood

Trevor Hoey planned a great course (5.2k with 150m of climb and 20 controls) with lots of gaffles which, following a mass start, split runners-up really effectively. Will Hensman won in 41 minutes.

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LOC Regional Event - Bethecar Moor

Bethecar Moor lies between Windermere and Coniston in the southern Lake District and although open fell, provides a good technical challenge. I ran M50L which was 6.9k with 310m of climb and 14 controls.

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EUOC District Event and SoSOL - Holyrood and Meadowfield Parks

Photograph (from ESOC website) looking from Holyrood Park towards yesterdays city race area and Edinburgh Castle.



I had entered the Brown (longest) course at this District/South of Scotland Orienteering League Event, but a sore calf and a cold, meant I changed to the next longest (Blue) course, which was 5.8k with 430m of climb and 17 controls.

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