2022 Inter-Club Championship update with 5 events to go

With only five events left it will be a challenge for any club to alter their positions in the 2022 Scottish Inter Club Championship Table but never say never…

In the Large clubs, Forth Valley Orienteering Club (FVO) remains at the top of the table with Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club (ESOC) trailing by 18,0000 points in second position which is possibly too large a gap to make up in such a short period. Moravian Orienteering Club (MOR) and Mar Orienteering Club (MAROC) lie in third and fourth position respectively but are in all likelihood too far off the pace to challenge the top two at this stage given the location of the last few events.  There is however potential for MAROC to overhaul MOR and take third place if they can get a better turn out for the final fixture at Balmedie.  

For the Small clubs the race for the title is still wide open!  Roxburgh Reivers (RR) are at the top of the table lying 2400 points ahead of the second placed St Andrew’s Orienteering Club Glasgow (STAG).  The last weekend proved a good scoring weekend for STAG but with four of the last five events based in the Lothian region can they get the counting members to travel?  East Lothian Orienteering Club (ELO) are currently in fourth position and 12,000 points off the pace, but they are hosting two of the remaining five events this may give them the opportunity to climb up the table as it gives some of their lower scorers an opportunity closer to home to shine.

The picture is similar to the seniors for the Junior Large clubs table with FVO topping the table but MAROC lying in second. MOR have six runs in hand which could allow them to overcome MAROC if they can get their runners out.  

Whilst in the Junior small clubs, ELO are at the top of the table and as we said before as they are hosting two of the last five events this might give the edge to hold on to the first spot.  RR have potential to gain a few more counting runners as events are relatively local but possibly not enough to challenge.  

Looking to the overall individual scores, the juniors are leading the way with James Hammond of FVO in top spot, Finlay McLuckie of MOR climbing after a great run at the weekend into second and Sam Hunt of FVO being knocked down to third.  The only senior in the top five being Will Hensman of FVO.  

As we near the end of the year your feedback on the structure of the Inter-Club Championships would be appreciated.  This is the first year of the competition in this format and are looking to incorporate any learning/ concerns into the structure of next year’s format.  Please direct any feedback to either Steve Scott at fixtures@scottish-orienteering.org or Nikki Howard at nikki@scottish-orienteering.org before 31st December.