Two new clubs – Stirling University Orienteering Club (STUOC) and Masterplan Adventure (MA) – have recently become affiliated to SOA, bringing the total number of clubs in Scotland to 25. Read More…

Many thanks go to FVO for staging the Scottish Sprint Championships 2018 as part of their “Stepping into Spring” weekend. Most of the stepping was into mud or the occasional snow drift still remaining on the University of Stirling campus. The event consisted of two races, a Prologue and Final, but the total of both races counting towards final positions and results ( SOUL results counted separately). Full results are available on the FVO website including links to Winsplits and Routegadget. The latter cannot do justice to the rain and mud. Read More…

We are pleased to announce SportsAid Scotland awards 2018 for five of our junior athletes. Each will receive an award from the Robertson Trust of between £300 and £750. Congratulations! Read More…

Pollok Country Park, 10 February

St Andrews Orienteering Club (Glasgow) organised this year’s Scottish Night Orienteering Championships on a brand new map of Pollok Country Park.  Further information on the STAG website.

Results, WinSplits and RouteGadget.

Scottish Night Champions 2018

• M16 no entries
• M18 Ben Brown   ESOC
• M20 Tom Nichol  AYROC
• M21 Josh Dudley  MAROC
• M35 no entries
• M40 Michael Atkinson  ELO
• M45 Fraser Purves  FVO
• M50 Ben Stansfield  FVO
• M55 Keith Brown  ESOC
• M60 Martin Dean  FVO
• M65 Les Dalgleish  ESOC
• M70 Phil Smithard  KFO
• M75 no entries

• W16 Alice Wilson  CLYDE
• W18 no entries
• W20 no entries
• W21 Rona Lindsay  ESOC
• W35 no award
• W40 Heather Thomson  ESOC
• W45 Hazel Dean  FVO
• W50 Jane Ackland  INT
• W55 Christine Patterson  CLYDE
• W60 Sally Lindsay  ESOC
• W65 Margaret Dalgleish  ESOC
• W70 Eleanor Pyrah  ESOC
• W75 no entries

We are very pleased that the SOA magazine, SCORE, has received a Best Newsletter Award from CompassSport for the 4th year in a row, and 9th time overall! Read More…

This was the 10th anniversary of the Edinburgh University Orienteering Club’s Big Weekend, although this year “Huge Weekend” might be a better name. There were 4 events, over 750 runners and nearly 2000 runs. Read More…

We are very pleased to welcome Fiona Keir to the post of Chief Operating Officer starting work with us on 4th January 2018.  Read More…

The SOA is delighted to announce the appointment of the new Regional Development Officer North: Sarah Dunn Read More…

For the 2018 new membership year, from 1st November 2017, we’ll be offering an additional membership option to new and existing members. As well as the new option meeting the needs of our members, our funding from sportscotland is based on member numbers so it is a valuable aid to growing our membership and further developing orienteering in Scotland.

The Junior Inter Area competition is an annual competition where the 3 areas in Scotland (North, West and East) compete during a relay and individual event to see which area will come out on top. This year the relays were hosted at Dechmont Law alongside the Scottish Orienteering Urban League event and the individual at Drummond Hill using the final Scottish Orienteering League event of the year. Congratulations to the North Area who are this year’s Junior Inter Area Champions! Read More…