After missing out in 2020 we are delighted to announce that SOL and SOUL trophies will be presented early in 2022 from the results of the 2021 series. Read on to find out the winners and a full list of results for the leagues this year. We would like to thank all the volunteers who made the events happen and a special thanks to Paul Hammond, Pat Squire and Richard Oxlade for their work behind the scenes collating events and results.

Keep a watch for the new issue of Score arriving in December.

We are urgently seeking someone to work with us throughout December on a full time basis to help us ‘spring clean’ our website and ensure it is fully updated ahead of the new year. We can offer a month long contract on a self employed basis up to £2000 plus any agreed expenses. Please contact Fiona@Scottish-orienteering.org to express your interest in this opportunity and to arrange an informal discussion.

Each year the Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) organise a training camp based at Hawkshead for M/W 16’s from across the country. A group from Scotland ventured down to join in the fun!

As we approach the end of November we would like to extend our sincerest thanks to Denise Martin who leaves Scottish Orienteering after 3 years in the Coaching and Volunteering Officer position. Denise has brought humour, integrity and a great deal of innovation to the role. Not only has she been able to pivot to online delivery, when necessary, but has driven forward the re-working of coaching materials across a wide range of our curriculum. She has been a popular member of the team and we wish her the very best in her next chapter.

Will we ? Won’t we ? That has become the familiar pattern for 2021 so we were delighted when Forth Valley Orienteers (FVO) agreed, at very short notice, to host the British and Scottish Relay Championships for 2021.

A beautiful day dawned allowing for an exciting event with some closely fought races between Juniors and for those contending the Men’s and Women’s trophies.

Fairy Knowe and Doon Hill provided a high quality technical challenge with generally good conditions underfoot despite the deluge the day before that threatened to swamp the start area!

Experienced Russian coach Mike Vinogradov is organising a series of free webinars suitable for orienteering coaches and athletes. He is asking interested parties to indicate their topic preferences via a google survey.

Congratulations to all the juniors who have been selected to be part of the new Talent Scotland squad and thanks to all the coaches who have volunteered to support them.

So what is Talent Scotland?

As a follow-up to the conversation last week on how we keep young people engaged in orienteering, we are seeking more views and ideas around this topic. Help us by having your say here . We ‘d love to hear more from young people themselves so please share this widely. We have gathered in the initial thoughts on the subject to share with you.

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….