Next Event: Sat Jan 28, EckO Winter event, Ganavan, Nr. Oban

28th Jan 12 in Event information Read more...

Last Results: Sutherland’s Grove, Christmas romp 2011

Results, RouteGadget, WinSplits
Merged green results below.
The EckO Christmas Romp was a sociable occasion. We had everyone start together at 1:30 and there was soup and Christmas fare at the finish.

03rd Dec 11 in Results Read more...

SOAnewsletter.pdf

SOA Newsletter

The monthly newsletter issued by the SOA, with items of interest. SOAnewsletter.pdf

17th Jan 12 in Articles

CompassSport Cup 2012

The CompassSport Cup is an annual event, which will be at Faskally (a fun little map near Pitlochry) on 19th Feb. Clubs compete against each other in area qualifying rounds; the top clubs then go forward tot he national finals. This is the Scottish round.  The leaders will go through to the final which this year will be in the borders, so doable for us if we qualify.  My understanding is that up to 4 of 9 of the smaller clubs from Scotland will go through, though it’s all a bit complicated, but we’re in with a shout!

08th Jan 12 in Articles Read more...

Two EckO members in the ScotJos 2012 squad

Congratulations to Callum and Briony in being selected for the Scottish Junior Squad 2012.
It’s good to see the hard work they have both put in is recognised by others. The extra support that being in the squad offers should help them progress faster in the coming year.

15th Dec 11 in Articles

British Schools Orienteering Champs 2011

Congratulations to Eilidh Shearer for coming 1st in the year 6 Girls class.
Taynuilt Primary were 4th in the Middle-Preparatory class.
The championships were held at Beecraigs Country Park, on the 20th November.
Full results here…
It was also the Scottish Schools’ Sprint Championships on the Saturday, and we did well there to, Sprint results.

20th Nov 11 in Articles

The Event that Almost Never Was

I like Sutherland’s Grove. Yes, there are some horrendous bits of jungle, the river can only be crossed (orienteering-wise) at three points, many of us are on first name terms with some of the boulders and there is really only one feasible starting area. But there are some interesting parts, some unmapped.

07th Nov 11 in Articles Read more...

Junior Inter-area Competition 2011

Last weekend saw 8 juniors from EckO (Murray, Briony, Callum, Emily, Ellis, Tom, Emma and Roanne) join 10 others from FVO, Clyde, Ayroc and Solway to form a “West Area” team for the Junior Inter area Competition. The competition consisted of relays on the Saturday followed by individual runs on the Sunday.

03rd Nov 11 in Articles Read more...

Future event info

The club champs for 2011 have been decided (and congratulations to all) so now it is time to look towards the autumn, winter and spring programme for the club.
Read on for all the details.
Lynne has also converted all the EckO events and other important events into a single PDF that you can print and stick on the fridge door:
New Event list uploaded 1st October 2011
Download the Event list here

01st Oct 11 in Articles Read more...

Orienteering – a running sport

If orienteering is a combination of running and technical ability, just where do you stand with each of these? Recently there has been a discussion on Nopesport about this.
New times added.

27th Sep 11 in Articles Read more...