Pipped at the post in CompassSport Cup Qualifier

Sam Gomersall, Rob Hickling and John Wilkinson, GRAMP’s top 3 Blue Men, psyching out the opposition Congratulations to all of you who ran for the club in the CompassSport Cup Qualifier at Birsemore 17/2/13. We were narrowly beaten by Maroc who scored that little bit more relatively in the shorter courses, no doubt due toContinue reading “Pipped at the post in CompassSport Cup Qualifier”

GRAMP Roll of Honour 2012

GRAMPIAN ORIENTEERS ROLL OF HONOUR 2012 Club events: 4th in Jamie Stevenson Trophy (Alexander, Jack, Struan, Lachlan, Keith, Paul Calum, Katrina, Kate, Josie, Naomi, Laura, Ailsa & Duncan) Area Events: North Area 2nd in Junior Inter Area Championships (Calum, Katrina) International Call-ups: Scottish Vets for VHI – Scotland 2nd under Team Captain Rob Hickling, DaveContinue reading “GRAMP Roll of Honour 2012”

Foggieton Post-AGM Advent Calendar Score 9/12/12 – Results

Thanks to Anne for setting up a fiendish little Advent Calendar -based exercise to tax our Sunday brains as well as stretch our legs. Just the effort of spotting the next number in sequence on such a crowded map was bad enough! And thanks to Rob for bending his brain “doing the math” in theContinue reading “Foggieton Post-AGM Advent Calendar Score 9/12/12 – Results”

Grampian Mountain Challenge 2012 Glen Dye – Results

Here are the results for GMC 2012 :- Overall results    Day 1 – Splits   Day 2 – Splits   Routegadget UPDATE 21/11/12 – Routegadget is now loaded up, separately for the Forest sections and the Hill sections of both days.  PLEASE would all competitors take the time to add their routes, as this will help theContinue reading “Grampian Mountain Challenge 2012 Glen Dye – Results”

Sasha and Katrina help Scotland win 2nd at Junior Home Internationals

Sasha and Katrina went waaaaaaaay down south to Surrey over the weekend to help the Scotland Team gain 2nd place at this year’s Junior Home Internationals. It’s a two day event with an Individual race on the Saturday – Sasha was 4th M16, Katrina 5th W18 – followed by a Relay on the Sunday whereContinue reading “Sasha and Katrina help Scotland win 2nd at Junior Home Internationals”

Sasha makes it into the British Talent Development Squad 2012/13

Fantastic news on the BOF website that Sasha has earned a well-deserved place in the M16 group of the British Talent Development Squad! You can see the announcement and the company he’ll be keeping on the BOF website. Sadly, this probably means we’ll be seeing even less of him at our local events now, byContinue reading “Sasha makes it into the British Talent Development Squad 2012/13”

Tim Gomersall picked for SHI

Taking time out from his studenty studiousness, Tim ran M20 for Scotland at the Senior Home Internationals 23rd/24th Sept at Craig a Barns and Errochty. Scotland won pretty much everything in sight, finishing with a total of 55 points against 44 for England, 28 Cymru and 22 for Ireland. Tim got to rub shoulders withContinue reading “Tim Gomersall picked for SHI”

Forvie SOL 4 09/09/12 Results

Hope you all enjoyed Forvie’s contours – did it help to get your eye in by doing the Pre-O Trail O Taster en route to the Start I wonder? Final Results                      Final Splits Routegadget                      Winsplits                   BOF Results with Ranking Points Pre O Results         Pre O Solutions      Pre O Organisers’ commentsContinue reading “Forvie SOL 4 09/09/12 Results”

GRAMP Champs 2012

Gramp Champs 2012 Final Rankings by Age Class here.       And weighted for Junior/Senior/Vet categories here. And in Excel format with all the counting scores from each event if you want to analyse your performance further (is it better to target events like Pannanich where you think there’s more chance of hoovering up points?) Counting events andContinue reading “GRAMP Champs 2012”

Autumn Urban Sprint Series 2012

Another great little series again this year thanks to good planning and enthusiastic competitors with some very keen competition at the top of the league between various M18/M20/M21s and one or two older Ms with youthful legs. Calum McLeod and Naomi Lang had the Junior side sewn up and Carolyn McLeod met her match inContinue reading “Autumn Urban Sprint Series 2012”

Crathes event Level C – 12 August 2012: Results

On a warm day at Crathes, over 135 people enjoyed running Nick Hale’s courses, carefully controlled by Steve Spencer with our thanks. Well done for getting out and doing some sport, not just watching the Olympics on the box! Appreciation to organiser Adrian Will and timing team Jayne MacGregor and Ian Hamilton, plus all theContinue reading “Crathes event Level C – 12 August 2012: Results”

Scotland win JIRCs!

Scotland have won the Junior Inter Regional Championships down in Norfolk. Well done guys! The organising club, NOR, has full results showing Sasha as M16 Champion and Katrina in 7th place W18.  (Think they may be the only two representatives from GRAMP this time?) Try checking the NOR website for more info. Individual results http://www.norfolkoc.co.uk/media/Results%202012/indres.html OverallContinue reading “Scotland win JIRCs!”

Scotland 2nd at VHIs

Well done to all the Scottish Vets for securing second place overall in this year’s Veteran Home Internationals over in Tollymore during the weekend. Provisional points are reported on the SOA website by Rob Hickling, VHI Team Manager http://www.scottish-orienteering.org/soa/page/vhipoints-results-from-the-vhi and you can check the individual athlete’s performances on the Tollymore O’Fest website http://www.niorienteering.org.uk/tollymore2012/results/results.htm. Obviously RobContinue reading “Scotland 2nd at VHIs”

2012 Scottish Relays Championships – Routegadget is loaded up + link to photos added 13/6/12

Visit the GRAMP Routegadget site to enter your routes for the Scottish Relays, and compare your gaffles, routes and splits with others on the same course! http://www.gramp.routegadget.co.uk/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi 6/6/12 Message from the Organisers: Firstly, thanks go to Nicholas Barber of CLOK who interrupted his first leg run to help Steve Feltbower of FVO who suffered anContinue reading “2012 Scottish Relays Championships – Routegadget is loaded up + link to photos added 13/6/12”

2012 Scottish Relays Championships Results

Following correction of names and checking times and punching, here is an updated set of results (by class) and splits (by course) that you can download. RH SRC12 Results Sun Evening.pdf SRC12 Splits Sun evening.pdf Winners: Men’s Open: Interlopers Team Compasspoint 1 (Alan Cherry, Oleg Chepelin, Murray Strain) Women’s Open: Edinburgh University EUOC Myths (RebeccaContinue reading “2012 Scottish Relays Championships Results”

Technical info for Summer Series Organisers

Summer Series Guidelines             Instructions for organisers Summer Series Variables 2018      List of contacts etc Summer Series registration form .doc     Summer Series registration form .pdf Summer Series Sample Notice.docx Non BOF Members Insurance Details Advance Notice – sample.pptx                    Advance Notice -sample.pdf If you need more help then contact the Summer Series Coordinator using thisContinue reading “Technical info for Summer Series Organisers”

Sun 25th March Tyrebagger Level C Colour Coded

Results and Splits     Winsplits Routegadget (sorry Green doesn’t work in this version use link below) Routegadget for Green course BOF ranking points (for TD5 courses and BOF members only) Lost property: size 3F Clarks baby shoe, soft brown leather – contact us to claim Phew! What a scorcher – the car dashboard showed 22 degrees asContinue reading “Sun 25th March Tyrebagger Level C Colour Coded”

Scottish Sprint Champs 2012

Congratulations to both Carolyn McLeod W45 and Sasha Chepelin M16 who won Scottish Sprint Champion status at St Andrews Uni Campus over the weekend. Katrina was also on the podium, 2nd equal in W18, having kept up the McLeod family tradition of racing each other over the same courses and beating Mum by 55 seconds.

Sun 26/2/12 Bogendriep Level C Colour Coded Results

Simple results Splits RouteGadget BOF ranking points   – please check and if you spot an error in your club or BOF number let us know so we can correct it Winsplits . Please accept the Planner’s apologies for the mix-up with the control descriptions on the Green course. The last minute change of venue forcedContinue reading “Sun 26/2/12 Bogendriep Level C Colour Coded Results”

Scottish Night Champs Glen Dye – 25/02/12

Here are the final results for the Scottish Night Champs 2012 – what a superb night for orienteering. Great courses (thanks Richard). Routegadget        Winsplits FinalResults_Classes.pdf FinalResults_Courses.pdf Final_SplitTimes.pdf The SNC trophy winners are; 2012 Course 1 Mens open Ali McLeod EUOC Course 2 Womens open Hollie Orr EUOC M40 Jason Inman FVO M45+ Jon Musgrave MAROCContinue reading “Scottish Night Champs Glen Dye – 25/02/12”

Telegramp newsletter

Telegramp has been mothballed indefinitely. In the meantime, feel free to send adverts for/reports on events, thoughts/opinions, photos, big birthdays or other things to celebrate to Rachel to put on the web instead webmaster@grampoc.com   or to Sally Lindsay for Score (contact her via the SOA website). Ta in advance! 2010   Jan/Feb   Mar/Apr   May/Jun   Jul/Aug   Sep/Oct   Nov/Dec 2011  Continue reading “Telegramp newsletter”

GRAMP Champs Final Rankings 2011

Congratulations to all our 2011 Champs and especially to Naomi Lang (W12) and Mark Stockton (M21) who earned Most Improved Junior and Senior Awards respectively. GRAMP Champs Final Rankings 2011 in pdf by age class and by weighting (to compare results across age classes) The 2011 CHAMPS file in xls showing each event’s results inContinue reading “GRAMP Champs Final Rankings 2011”