To help us continue to grow the sport, the Scottish Orienteering Association needs the opinions of Scottish orienteers of all ages to help choose the best way to increase income from the sport. If you’re an SOA member, we’re asking you to please complete this survey by Friday 10 May:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W7RMZB6
Read More…The SOA Board have concluded that, to continue building the sport of orienteering in Scotland, we need to increase income to support the costs of running quality orienteering and we will be tabling a proposal to do this at the AGM. We realise this is a contentious subject and would like to get feedback from you beforehand.
Read More…Many thanks to everyone who spared time to respond to the survey on the inaugural Scottish Middle Distance Championships. We had 74 responses, of which 66 were from individuals who participated at Birnam – a very impressive response rate of 29.7%.
Read More…The Scottish Orienteering 6-Day Event Co Ltd is seeking suitably qualified and experienced course planners/setters for the Sprint World Orienteering Championships 2022 (WOC 2022) which will be staged in Edinburgh.
Read More…Scottish Orienteering is welcoming two people to the team this month, as Peter Hodkinson has filled the role of Scottish Orienteering Performance Coordinator, and Fran Loots has become the new Regional Development Officer for the west of Scotland.
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We realise there have been quite a few new staff announcements so we wanted to ensure all our clubs and members knew who to contact, so here are all our staff details in one place! Read More…
Following his appointment as Technical Director for WOC2022, 
Graham Gristwood has stepped down as Performance Director on the SOA Board. In light of his decision, the Board of Directors co-opted Claire Ward as our new Performance Director at the Board meeting on Saturday 19th January. She will fulfil full Performance Director duties with immediate effect and will stand for the position come the AGM in June this year.
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2019 has got off to a positive start as we have welcomed Fran Britain to our SOA staff team as Administrative Assistant. Fran will work from our office at Glenmore Lodge on a 2 day a week basis and will be the contact point for membership enquiries from clubs moving forward.
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The SOA team is delighted to introduce our two newest SOA team members, Denise Martin and Judy Bell! We hope you join us in giving them a warm welcome as they embark on their roles as Coaching & Volunteering Officer and Regional Development Officer (East) respectively.
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The Scottish Orienteering Association and Scottish Orienteering 6-Day Event Co Ltd are pleased to announce that Graham Gristwood (of Masterplan Adventure and FVO) has agreed to take on the role of Technical Director for the Sprint World Orienteering Championships, set to take place in Edinburgh in 2022.
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