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7 gramps made the journey to the West Coast for the Scottish Champs. Fantastic area and courses although very tough we’ve been told. Neil McLean became Scottish Champion for M80. Well done, Neil👏 David was 2nd in M40S, Bob 6th M65L, Lesley 7th W60L, Sam Gomersall 8th M60L, Mike 12th M60L and Tim coming backContinue reading “Scottish Champs 2023”

Thanks to Ros we have the chance to refresh our orienteering wardrobes with some great new-look kit featuring two lots of contours, taken from Robin Sloan’s original 1972 Blackhall map and the updated 2022 Glen Dye map, plus a new take on our strapline: “50 years of running on the wild side”. Choose from techContinue reading “Celebrating our 50th with new-look club tops”

Aberdeen City Council Countryside Ranger Service are holding a gorse busting session on Wed 18th at Scotstown Moor, aka Perwinnes Moss, if you fancy working off Christmas excesses and are free 10:00 – 15:00. No fee for attending but you need to need to register via Eventbrite.

CAKE!! 50 Years after Gramp was recognised by the SOA as an orienteering club in its own right, we’ll be celebrating with cake at Balmedie! It would be great to have at least 50 members there (we’ll count ex-members too!) and there will be spot prizes for some lucky competitors. Come and join in theContinue reading “Happy Birthday to us!!!”

Tucked away on the west side of our (extended) Seaton Park map is a small but venerable building currently on the At Risk register, the neglected Wallace Tower. Originally built in 1600’s it was moved and rebuilt stone by stone to make way for M&S in the 60’s. Since then it’s struggled to find aContinue reading “This is no ordinary tower….”

Zoe sent round the latest Gramp Gossip on 4th Sept packed with info on upcoming events, training, Gramp’s 50th birthday celebration plans for next year, Griffin call-ups to the Junior and Senior Home International squads plus news of a trial of a online post-run analysis initiative using Zoom: Tuesday 27th September – Post run analysis ofContinue reading “Did you get your Gramp Gossip last week?”

Love it or hate it, there’s no denying that Scotstown Moor/ Perwinnes Moss is one of the more eclectic maps in Gramp’s portfolio with a little bit of everything – heathland, marsh, woodland and a SSSI. There are plans being mooted to replace trees in the storm damaged area of woodland in the middle plusContinue reading “New tree planting at Scotstown Moor aka Perwinnes Moss”

– Autumn Sprints in August (bit earlier this year to avoid late starters running in the dark) – then towards the end of the year we have bigger events planned at Crathes and Balmedie Wednesday 10th Aug – Autumn Urban CoveWednesday 17th August – Autumn Urban WesthillWednesday 24th August – Autumn Urban Abz UniWednesday 31stContinue reading “Loads of events happening on your doorstep soon…”

For the benefit of new members who keep seeing our posts urging you to enter SOLs and SOULs but aren’t sure what we’re on about…. SOL = Scottish Orienteering League (sponsored by CompassPoint) – larger events – 350-400 runners on average – a full range of courses to choose from including Black and Short Green/Blue/BrownContinue reading “SOL? SOUL? What’s all that about?”

No Champs this year but some great runs/results including: 1st Pete Lawrence M55S Helen Greenwood Yellow 2nd Duncan Grassie M35L Gary Morrison M55S Chris Aust M70S Neil McLean M75L Gramp3 Mike Greenwood, Gary Morrison, Dennis McDonald Relay Class: 14+ points 3rd Matthew Thomson M35L Kevin Reynard M55S Bob Daly M65L Ros Nicholson W55S 4th SamanthaContinue reading “GRAMP successes at Scottish Champs 2022”

Well done to Sam Griffin and Jeremy Huthwaite, M18E and M50S respectively, for wins at Golden Valley & Cognor Wood down in Englandshire. Click on the image below to link through to our Facebook page (and while you’re there Like it to get news like this as soon as our roving reporter posts.)