Month: December 2019
President’s Piece – A View from the Board
Published:
December 22, 2019
As we come to the end of 2019, the Scottish Orienteering Association’s President, Richard Oxlade, gives an update on the SOA’s strategic plan as we look forward to the next five years. You can read this in the latest issue of SCORE, or below.
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View from a Junior Orienteering Planner
Published:
December 21, 2019
As a sport, it’s vital that we get young people involved in helping to plan and organise orienteering events. Here’s the views of Faith Kenyon’s (W14, MOR), first taste of ‘proper’ event planning.
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December 2019 issue of SCORE is now available!
Published:
December 20, 2019
You can now download the December issue of Scottish Orienteering’s magazine – SCORE – with print copies set to be in the post in the New Year.
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Meet the Club – Auld Reekie Orienteering Society
Published:
December 20, 2019
Taken from the latest issue of SCORE magazine, you can learn more about AROS, where they started and the plans they have in place for their 10th and EUOC’s 55th anniversaries next year.
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Keep active over the holidays with MapRun
Published:
December 19, 2019
MapRun is an app which allows you to use your smartphone to enjoy orienteering without a need to set up physical control points on the ground. There are now MapRun courses set up all across Scotland which you can go and run right now, with more new ones being added all the time.
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Change of Operations Director
Published:
December 17, 2019
Anne Hickling gives an update on the SOA’s Operations Director role, after Keith Roberts stepped down from the role.
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New Regular Orienteering course laid out at Inshriach
Published:
December 12, 2019
The Scottish Orienteering Association’s latest Regular Orienteering Mapping Programme (ROMP) course has been laid out at Inschriach North, which is south of Aviemore.
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Courses and graduates update
Published:
December 11, 2019
November and December have been busy months, as we have seen a BIG increase in our coaching team with new Level 1 & 2, Controllers and Tutor Foundation graduates.
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Oscar Shepherd wins Young Volunteer of the Year Award
Published:
December 3, 2019
Inverness Orienteering Club’s Oscar Shepherd has been awarded the Young Volunteer of the Year for 2019 at the Highland Coaching, Officiating and Volunteer Awards.
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