Category: Junior Squad

This weekend the Scottish Junior Orienteering Squad headed west to Taynuilt for their first camp of the 2021/22 season. The new juniors to the squad had quite an introduction to ScotJOS camps thanks to the great Scottish weather….

Congratulations to the following juniors who have been selected to be part of ScotJOS 2021/22.

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.

More than 100 juniors from all over Scotland converged on Deeside for the annual Scottish Junior Inter Areas, on the weekend of November 9th & 10th. Teams from the North, East and West battled it out over a weekend of competition and fun with relays on the Saturday and individual races on the Sunday.

Following a highly successful year, Megan Keith (INVOC) has been awarded the accolade of Scottish Young Sportswoman of the Year at the Scottish Women in Sport awards ceremony last week.

A beautiful crisp October day saw more keen youngsters from West area clubs gather for the second SWAT (Scottish West Area Team) training session at Kippen.

Over the weekend of 11^th – 13^th October the Scottish Junior Team travelled to Northern Ireland for the Ward Junior Home Internationals. The individual races were held on the Saturday at Cassey Water in the Mourne Mountains and the relays at Donard Forest.

The newly formed Scottish West Area Team squad – also known as the “SWAT” squad – has taken off with over 30 juniors from the west area of Scotland signed up to enjoy training on how to improve orienteering skills.

Scottish Juniors made the long journey south to Doncaster at the weekend for the Junior Inter Regional Champs, with the individual races on a newly mapped area at Cowms Rocks and the relays in Tankersley woods on Sunday.

This year’s Scottish Spring and Sprint Scotland events have helped raise more than £4,000 to help the Scottish Junior Orienteering and Scottish Elite Development Squads.