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Feedback wanted from orienteers in Scotland for tick research project
Have you spotted the SOA website article on reporting ticks for a research project?
Important stuff we want to keep reminding you about........
This week we are at Crathes Castle, parking in the normal visitor car park at the top of the drive.
Please pay and display if not an NTS member.
Usual 4 courses available:
easy (all on paths – white/yellow standard – upto 2km)
medium (partly on paths – orange standard – upto 3km)
short and long tech two as-hard-as-we-can-make-it courses of different lengths (generally with as-the-crow-flies distances between 2.5 and 4.5km)
Also long tech option with no paths to make it harder for those that know this area well
You’ll be pleased to know that bracken is nowhere near as prevalent as the last few areas we’ve visited.
Summer Series Events
Fun, friendly events with something for everyone on Wednesday evenings. All events will have 4 courses making them suitable for beginners and experienced alike:
- easy (all on paths – white/yellow standard – upto 2km)
- medium (partly on paths – orange standard – upto 3km)
- two as-hard-as-we-can-make-it courses of different lengths (generally referred to as short and long tech with as-the-crow-flies distances between 2.5 and 5km).
Starts 6-7pm, courses close 8pm (unless changed for a particular event, please check website for any changes)
Seniors £4, students/juniors £2
If you need to know more please or have any questions, please contact the summer series coordinator using this form.
Junior attendance awards up for grabs again. (That means CHOCOLATE!!)
Links to maps showing the car parking/registration locations will be added nearer the time.
| 23-May | Hazlehead & World Orienteering Day | Results |
| 30-May | Countesswells | Results |
| 06-Jun | Foggieton | Results |
| 13-Jun | Dunnottar | Results |
| 20-Jun | Perwinnes Moss | Results |
| 27-Jun | Balmedie & BBQ | Results |
| 04-Jul | Tollohill | Results |
| 11-Jul | Tyrebagger | Results |
| 18-Jul | Crathes | |
| 25-Jul | Scolty | |
| 08-Aug | Glen Dye | Parking opposite Bogarn on B974 |
| 15-Aug | Templars & BBQ |
Grampian Mountain Challenge – Scotland’s Friendly Sociable Winter Mountain Marathon
The GMC will be back in 2018 staying with its traditional date slot and will be over the weekend of 10 / 11 November 18.
It will be held in the Braemar area. All the usual features will be present, including a remote overnight camp with catering and heating, kit transfer to and from the camp, and orienteering and traditional hill sections over the two days. Ali R has agreed to take on the job of Planner once more, and Dave K and Ian H are again doing the Organising and Controlling.
NEWS: We have the potential to provide Fri night accommodation (sleeping bag on the floor) in Castleton Hall if we get 10 or more takers – email dkirk006@btinternet.com if this is of interest – and there will be Portaloos at the overnight camp.
Check the updated information sheet in the link below for more details.
GMC18 – Information, Rules and Kit List (updated 14 June)
GMC18 – Flyer
*****Online entries via SiEntries now open*****
Feel free to download the flyer and send it to friends or display at work or whatever it takes to help spread the word and fill the 100 places available.
REGULAR SERIES ON WED EVENINGS
...SUMMER SERIES
...Four courses from easy to hard
...URBAN SPRINTS
...One course TD3/medium difficulty
...DEESIDE NIGHT CUP...(in conjunction with Maroc)
...Two courses both TD5/hard
...FOREST SPRINTS...(in conjunction with Maroc)
...One course TD3/medium difficulty
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TICK AWARENESS AND TREE DISEASES
Ticks (no not this kind, the bad kind) just love to move in on unsuspecting orienteers. Here's a brief guide on what to look for and how to remove the wee critters.
Scotland is still suffering outbreaks of tree diseases and we can do our bit to help stop the spread and also continue good working relationships with landowners whose land we use by following the guidelines given here.
GRAMP RG2
New club tops still available
SOA
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SOA news
- World University Orienteering Champs 2018Next up in the international competitions over the summer are the World University Orienteering Championships, held every other year, this year's are in Kuortane, Finland.
- Tick Research ProjectTick bites and Lyme disease are always a concern when spending time outdoors. Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and the University of Edinburgh are carrying out a citizen science project to improve predictive mapping of the risk of tick bites and Lyme disease in Scotland. The project involves recruiting volunteers to report the number of ticks or tick bites th […]
- SOUL - Menziehill 8 JulyThe 5th event in the Scottish Orienteering Urban League (SOUL) was on July 8th in an exciting new area: Menziehill, Dundee. Menziehill was mapped last year for the British Squad as a world champs training area, used in particular by the now European Sprint Bronze medalist Kris Jones (FVO). Round 5 in this year's league was organised by Tayside orient […]
