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Holiday abroad anyone?
As some of you said you’d like to do more of the virtual O here’s one somebody else made earlier. No cryptic shenanigans just straight forward questions to answer thanks to an Italian club in Trentino.
Question form (in English – they’ve cottoned on they’ve got an international audience) has links to the O map and Google imagery. Too late to submit the form now to take part in the competition but do it anyway with a big THANKYOU! on the bottom.
Visit https://oritrentino.it/virtual-cpop/ for more of these but you’ll have to translate the questions.
Important stuff we want to keep reminding you about........
Those of you who are British Orienteering members will have received an email this morning (17/3/20) announcing the suspension of all orienteering activities with immediate effect on the advice of PHE, WHO and others.
All bets are off as to when we can recommence but I think you’ll need to find alternatives for your exercise fix for some weeks if not months to come. Cue MapRun! BUT… DO NOT TRAVEL UNNECESSARILY JUST TO DO THIS AND PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE NOT OFFICIAL BRITISH ORIENTEERING REGISTERED EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES.
We’ll see about adding some more courses for you to have a go at when restrictions are relaxed but for the moment keep it local, don’t all go at once and respect the 2m rule. Stay safe everyone!
GRAMPIAN MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE 7th/8th NOV: Entries were due to open 1/4/20 but that’s now been postponed until 1/7/20 TBC so keep watching and waiting.
What? Grampian Mountain Marathon
When? 7th and 8th November 2020
Where? Lochnagar area
2 days of tough running in spectacular scenery – orienteering section on all courses on both days – run individually or in pairs – we carry your camping gear to the overnight campsite – we also provide hot food and cold beer
Visit the GMC page for more details
What more can we say except put it in your diary, start spreading the word and keep your eyes peeled for link to online entries open 1st July now due to Coronavirus keeping us all on tenterhooks.
SCOTLAND’S FRIENDLY
SOCIABLE WINTER
MOUNTAIN MARATHON
Sarah Dunn of Scottish Orienteering is championing this mobile based version of orienteering using your phone’s GPS capabilities to track and time yourself while running one of our MapRun courses. Upload to Strava too so you can challenge your Stravamates.
Visit the MapRun page for more info, instructions and downloads for the MapRun app and pdf course files.
REGULAR SERIES ON WED EVENINGS
...FOREST SPRINTS...(in conjunction with Maroc)
...One course TD3/medium difficulty
...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
SCOTLAND’S FRIENDLY SOCIABLE WINTER MOUNTAIN MARATHON
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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.
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