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The Battle of the C Course LAMM 2012 and Brain Bending at WTOC 2012

Have a quick look at the top few teams on this year’s LAMM C course and see how many GRAMP (and MAROC) names you can spot. We have Ian Hamilton+ Alec Erskine in 8th, Alistair + Rosalyn Marshall in 6th, Gordon Urquart + Douglas Cowan in 5th and right at the top of the listContinue reading “The Battle of the C Course LAMM 2012 and Brain Bending at WTOC 2012”

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”

Jubilee Five – Scolty MTBO

The third event in the Jubilee Five festival of orienteering in Royal Deeside was the mountain bike orieteering competition, held in Scolty and Blackhall Forest, south of the River Dee near Banchory. Conditions were as near as perfect as you could ask for – dry trails (mostly…though John Mason managed to fin a wet ditchContinue reading “Jubilee Five – Scolty MTBO”

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”

Glen Dye Level C 27/5/12

Results Splits Routegadget BOF results loaded but for some reason not picking up non-comps. Will correct after Jubilee 5 and hols. Another scorcher! 27 degrees this time – too hot for Rachels and a few others judging by the results. Was glad to reach the relative cool of the coast as it wasContinue reading “Glen Dye Level C 27/5/12”

2012 Forest Sprint Series

Another great little series was wrapped up on Friday 25th May. GRAMP’s Sasha Chepelin M16 managed to finish 2nd thereby securing his title of 2012 Forest Sprint Winner, closely followed by Callum Roberts M18 and Josh Dudley M18 tying for 2nd which means Evgueni was forced into 4th in the end. The youngsters also dominatedContinue reading “2012 Forest Sprint Series”

Sasha invited to BOF Talent Camp

British Orienteering have announced selections to their Talent Camp, to be held at Badaguish Outdoor Centre this summer, and the list includes several SCOTJos names not least our own Sasha Chepelin for M16. Well done Sasha!

Summer Series 2012

A big thankyou to all organiser/planners for braving baking sun/midges/downpours to put on this year’s series and also to Sean, Neil and Anne for officiating or keeping the scores in various ways. Overall points and Awards for whole series. Congratulations to all Award winners, but special mention must go to Ondrej Masek who took part inContinue reading “Summer Series 2012”

Balmoral races

The Balmoral 15 mile race on Sunday was an invasion of orienteers. The route was Balmoral to Invercauld bridge and back via Glen Gelder and the lower slopes of Lochnagar (a few hills then). Robbie Siimspon sometime LAMM partner of Oleg Chepelin came first in 1.21, with Murray Strain and Oleg taking 2nd and 3rd.Continue reading “Balmoral races”

JK 2012 – a weekend of seconds

Just back from the JK and trawling through the results the overall impression is quite a few 2nds for GRAMP, some good personal performances from some and two 1sts – congrats to Sasha and Tim Gomersall for adding to their silverware collection! Some pretty tough terrain out there, not helped by a lot of recentContinue reading “JK 2012 – a weekend of seconds”

Technical info for Summer Series/Forest and Autumn Urban Sprint/DNC Organisers

Summer Series Guidelines * Registration form .doc 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 shout out to our Fixtures Team or someone on the committee and they will put you in touch withContinue reading “Technical info for Summer Series/Forest and Autumn Urban Sprint/DNC 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”

Jon Duncan Junior Deeside Cup 2012

Congratulations to all GJOs who took part in this year’s Jon Duncan Junior Deeside Cup and here are the Final Results. Usually, we present the trophies at the GRAMP and MAROC AGMs so if your name is on one then a special congratulations and GJOs please come to collect your trophy on Saturday 8th Dec.Continue reading “Jon Duncan Junior Deeside Cup 2012”

CompassSport Cup 2012 Report

Team GRAMP came third in the CompassSport Cup competition today, 59 points behind arch rivals (and friends) MAROC who in turn lost to ESOC by a mere 11 points. Congratulations to ESOC who now go through to the final in September. Thanks to everyone who heeded the clarion call and turned out for the club,Continue reading “CompassSport Cup 2012 Report”

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”

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Deeside Night Cup 2011/12

Click here to jump through to the DNC blog to see who won what lavish prizes for the 2011/12 DNC and the overall results. Most nights saw frantic competition in relatively mild conditions compared to last year’s snowy epics – (although I think some folk secretly miss the buzz of floundering through deep drifts with theirContinue reading “Deeside Night Cup 2011/12”

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”

Fun ski O at The Clash on Saturday 7th

Congratulations to Ian H and Gen J on coming 2nd on the Long and Short courses respectively. The Langs and Barracloughs were also out in force on the Short course and Bob Daly was seen in racing mode on the Long trying to dash round on what little snow was left by the end ofContinue reading “Fun ski O at The Clash on Saturday 7th”

Hogmany Hangover Handicap 2012 Results

Here are the results – slightly different from what was announced on the day but as far as I can make out the only damage done is one or two folk gaining more chocolate than was really good for them. Thanks to Katrina and the rest of the McLeod clan for planning and hosting. ResultsContinue reading “Hogmany Hangover Handicap 2012 Results”

Post-AGM Bi-O-thlon @ Kirkhill 11/12/2011

Splits Simple results and notes. Glad to see Ewen practically did the Bike O section (as opposed to impractically which would presumably mean by unicycle?) but dismayed to see that Carolyn won the Short Bi-O course on foot alone!! (Although maybe she should be DSQed as she didn’t wear a helmet or have to figureContinue reading “Post-AGM Bi-O-thlon @ Kirkhill 11/12/2011”

3 GRAMPs win at 2011 Scottish Score Champs

Well done to 3 GRAMPS who won Scottish Score Championship status at Stirling today (27/11/11) – Tim Griffin M45, Dave Armitage M60 and Katrina McLeod W18. Also to Sam Gomersall M50 who came second behind Martin Dean (which is as good as winning in my book as the area is Martin’s back yard!!) 😉 TheContinue reading “3 GRAMPs win at 2011 Scottish Score Champs”

Jon Duncan Junior Deeside Cup 2011

Latest (JD)2C standings after the Crathes event and a reminder that there are only two more events left this year!

Sun 13/11/11 Raemoir Level C Colour Coded

Raemoir_Results.pdf Raemoir_Splits.pdf Winsplits Routegadget BOF ranking points

Josie clocks 100!!

The following GJOs were given Participation Award badges at the Junior training event at Countesswells: 5 courses completed Hannah Will 10 courses completed Duncan Will 10 courses completed Kirsty and Morven Farquharson First club member to qualify for the 100 Award is Josie Gomersall – that’s real dedication to orienteering. Well done everyone! Oonagh

CONGRATULATIONS GJOs @ the Junior Inter-area Competition 2011

Kate and Rob Wilkinson, Naomi Lang, Laura Barraclough and Sasha Chepelin were all picked to run for the North Area Team (GRAMP, MAROC, MOR, BASOC, INVOC) at the Junior Inter-Area Competition down in the borders 29th/30th October. North Area Team came 2nd overall after Saturday’s Relays and Sunday’s Individual results were added into the mix. Continue reading “CONGRATULATIONS GJOs @ the Junior Inter-area Competition 2011”

Technical info for competitors – age classes / jargon busters / O map and control description symbols explained

BOF age classes explainedSeniors: M/W21, M/W35, M/W40, M/W45, M/W50, M/W55, M/W60, M/W65, M/W70, M/W75, M/W80Your age class is dictated by the age that you will be on 31st December of the current year.E.g. I will be 46 this year so fall into the M/W45 age class for the whole year 1st Jan to 31st Dec.Continue reading “Technical info for competitors – age classes / jargon busters / O map and control description symbols explained”

GRAMP Officials Expenses Claim Form

You can claim expenses from the Treasurer for event and other club activity related expenses by using this form and following the instructions on it. Gramp expenses form xls

Technical info for Organisers

Organiser’s Manual has a wealth of tips and advice for novice Organisers and the checklist is an invaluable summary of the most important aspects of organising guaranteed to help even the most experienced. Organisers’ Manual (Feb 2025) Organisers Checklist (Feb 2025) Equipment is stored at Jonathan Smith’s house, Colthill (off Countesswells Road) : http://www.what3words.com/healthier.hero.tidy PleaseContinue reading “Technical info for Organisers”

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EEE – Early Email Entry

For each competitor please tell us: your Name and chosen Course. Also, if you’re a member of an orienteering club, tell us the Club and your British Orienteering membership number (if you have it handy, otherwise we can search on our archive). We ask for your email address too, which will only be used inContinue reading “EEE – Early Email Entry”

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Technical info for Planners

Control numbers, where to get hold of maps and other useful stuff.

VHI 2011 Relays – partial results

Firstly, I would like to offer a wholehearted apology for the error that caused us to void the relay result and, by consequence, the overall Veterans Home International 2011 event. Quite simply, we made a labelling error for the all of the 2 Women + 1 Man category courses, i.e. on 4 of the 8Continue reading “VHI 2011 Relays – partial results”

Autumn Urban Sprint Series 2011

We decided to experiment this year by keeping the regular Wednesday pm slot going through the autumn by using some of our urban maps. Not quite as popular as the Summer Series but we still had a regular core of runners including some of our Cosmic friends who, although being more used to running flatContinue reading “Autumn Urban Sprint Series 2011”