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New Junior Incentive Scheme

SOA is introducing a new incentive scheme for children, which will run alongside existing badge schemes.

01st Jul 08 Read more...

Condes course planning

Version 2 of the new User Guide for version 8 of Condes is now available.  As before, the document will be expanded and improved from time to time.

01st Jul 08 Read more...

Jamie Stevenson Trophy, 14th Sept 08

The competition is open to junior members of Scottish Clubs and will be held at St Magdelene Hill, Perth, GR NO108217.
Entries, by club, should be via a club coordinator, before the closing date of 31st August 2008.
Entry form. Event rules & guidlelines.

22nd Jun 08 Read more...

Athletics - Bank of Scotland Cup, 1 July 2008

This event, which will see Scotland compete against Wales, Ireland, a Bank of Scotland Development Team, a USA Junior team and guests, will take place on 1st July at Grangemouth Stadium, Falkirk.
The televised event will start at 7pm and tickets are £3 for two hours of live international athletics with a great atmosphere.

20th Jun 08 Read more...

Scottish O League 2008

Current scores table after 2 events are here. Results from SOL3 to be added in the next few days.
Confirmed fixtures and results links for the 2008 SOL series are as follows.

19th Jun 08 Read more...

Scottish weekend of Mountain Bike Orienteering

The British Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships are being held at Dalbeattie (Long distance) on 28th June and Mabie (Middle distance) on 29th June.
Two brand new areas to MTBO with a full range of ridability and navigational challenges. Open to everyone.

18th Jun 08 Read more...

Scottish O League, Devilla, 15 Jun

Results are available on the KFO website
RouteGadget is here

15th Jun 08

GLASGOW 2014 Legacy Consultation – Public meetings

A series of public meetings are being held across Scotland to ask people what legacy they want from the 2014 Commonwealth Games.  Confirmed future events are:

15th Jun 08 Read more... 2 comments

SOA Marketing questionnaire

The SOA board of directors is currently working on developing a strategy for marketing orienteering. The process involves first analysing the strengths and weaknesses of the SOA, then identifying the opportunities and threats facing the sport. It was important to get as many views on this as possible in order to develop an effective working strategy. The opinions of all SOA members were sought and I am extremely grateful to those of you that spared the time to complete a the questionnaire.
The responses will soon be published (anonymously) for all to see. 

11th Jun 08

Junior Inter-Regional Championships 2008

This year the JIRCs are being hosted by N.E. England, on 28th and 29th June, and will take place near Richmond in North Yorkshire.
The following team has been selected:

10th Jun 08 Read more...

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Featured item

Purple Thistle, Oban, Aug 23/24

The island of Kerrera and the classic Creag Mhic Chailein are the locations for this year. Information is now available from the Purple Thistle website.
Online entries now open at oentries.com.

From the Purple Thistle website:

“This year we are heading to the west coast where we have teamed up with our good friends, Lock Eck Orienteers, to provide another weekend of Barebones orienteering.

We will take you to two quality areas within easy reach of the accommodation. One of which,

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