EckO - Loch Eck Orienteers News http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/ Information, resources, reports etc. en info@ecko.org.uk Copyright 2010 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:24:23 GMT Members leaflet updated http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/members-leaflet-updated/ http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/members-leaflet-updated/#id:203#date:22:24 I have updated the leaflet and sent it to the printers for 2000 copies. The aim is to distribute them around the area to stimulate new participants and also to give them out at events. It explains what to do at an orienteering event and provides information about EckO.

You can download a copy of the leaflet as a PDF to see it, but if you would like copies to give out then contact Paul.

]]> Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:24 GMT AGM, 20th March 2010 http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/agm-20th-march-2010/ http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/agm-20th-march-2010/#id:194#date:16:52 The 2010 A.G.M. will take place on Saturday 20th March 2010, approximately 5:30pm in Hillend Chalet, Lagganlia

]]> Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:52 GMT Club Coaching weekend http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/club-coaching-weekend/ http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/club-coaching-weekend/#id:201#date:14:13 Details of the accommodation, coaching sessions, evening entertainment and ‘what to bring’ for the weekend!

]]> Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:13 GMT Briony selected for Scottish Squad http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/briony-selected-for-scottish-squad/ http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/briony-selected-for-scottish-squad/#id:193#date:08:20 Briony Kincaid, has been selected to join The Scottish Junior Orienteering Squad (Scotjos).
This provides training and a development programme for teenagers showing a high ability in the sport.

]]> Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:20 GMT New Year Deflab Fun Run 2010 http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/new-year-deflab-fun-run-2010/ http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/new-year-deflab-fun-run-2010/#id:192#date:13:25 The (now) annual New Year deflab fun run took place on Sunday 3rd January 2010. The format and location was meant to be the same as last year, but the icy weather put paid to part of that! John Anderson reported that the road up to the Nature Reserve at Taynish was impassible but he suggested an alternative.

]]> Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:25 GMT Sutherland’s Grove, 13th Dec 09 http://www.ecko.org.uk/results/sutherlands-grove-13th-dec-09/ http://www.ecko.org.uk/results/sutherlands-grove-13th-dec-09/#id:191#date:22:32 The detailed Results are here, and RouteGadget here.
Thanks Niall, for an interesting twist on a Norwegian event.
At the start (and each control), there was a map for each course, showing only the next control, but the twist was that there were 2 or 3 options (1a, 1b, 1c) with a multiple choice question and the correct answer was the actual control. So if you knew that the answer was b you just had to remember where b was and how to get there (you didn’t get a map to keep).

]]> Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:32 GMT Kilmory, 29th Nov 09 http://www.ecko.org.uk/results/kilmory-29th-nov-09/ http://www.ecko.org.uk/results/kilmory-29th-nov-09/#id:190#date:21:18 The detailed Results are here, and RouteGadget
The weather prior to the event meant everything was wet and muddy and slippy. We lost some path routes, which made the yellow rather short but still worthwhile for the novices/juniors.

]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:18 GMT British Schools Orienteering Championships, 2009 http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/british-schools-orienteering-championships-2009/ http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/british-schools-orienteering-championships-2009/#id:189#date:20:05 These were held near Newcastle at Druridge Country Park on the 22nd November. It was a great weekend with training on the Saturday afternoon, a social on the Saturday evening and then the competition itself on the Sunday. Like all orienteering events it was really well organised with a games tent for the children while they were waiting and the opportunity to speak to some of the British team who were answering questions and signing autographs.

]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:05 GMT Ceilidh, Sat 28th Nov http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/ceilidh-sat-28th-nov/ http://www.ecko.org.uk/articles/ceilidh-sat-28th-nov/#id:188#date:22:51 Amy Kincaid is holding a ceilidh on Saturday 28th November in the North Connel Hall to raise money for a trip to Ecuador, which some of you may know about. In January she is going to volunteer in a primary school and help out in a community farm in the Andes for 6 months.

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:51 GMT Fearnoch, 15th Nov 09 http://www.ecko.org.uk/results/fearnoch-15th-nov-09/ http://www.ecko.org.uk/results/fearnoch-15th-nov-09/#id:187#date:19:58 Results
When I started putting out the controls on Sunday morning I came across a large tractor and could hear a lot of mechanical noise in the distance. It turned out that a contractor had decided to re-grade a section of the forest road that was a central part of every course I had planned.
He admitted that he wasn’t meant to be there on Sunday but thought it would be OK, so he volunteered to pack up until we had finished.

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